Is Dallas World Class? (Houston, Fort Worth: top schools, camp, to live in)

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by northlakemetro

Dallas, the city full of shady of billboards, poor roads, horrible education system, no downtown life, no clean family friendly parks, no central meeting area or central parks, no large body of water nearby etc. etc. Dallas has a long long way to go. The suburbs are nice and cheap. But the city of Dallas would not make the Top 20.

Dallas is not a world class city, I agree, but we do have some very nice areas with beautiful parks, and great schools, etc... . We just don't tell you suburbanites where they are.

[lawguy25]

Dallas needs to develop it's southern sectors, infill more areas, turn DTD into a "real" downtown and encourage more of the wealthy to return to the city. As well, it needs to spur on the development of its emerging higher education centers (UT- Dallas etc) and further build up the healthcare sector. Dallas is "world class" as a financial center, it just needs to get there socially and service-wise. I would give it... 30 years of development. Assuming of course that the city leadership became truly visionary and could deliver on the "leadership" front (unknown). What gives me hope is that Dallas has gone through some WILD boom periods, think of Dallas in the 50's and look at it now. The most recent boom of the 2000's really laid some great groundwork it seems, lets just hope the next boom can capitalize on it.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by kdogg817

If Dallas really wants to become world class it’s going to have to separate itself from its southern sister cities Houston and Atlanta.

A little too late for that. The future success of Dallas as an "inland port" depends heavily on Houston. As a matter of fact, it wouldn't even exist if it weren't for Houston.

[justme02]

Greetings from Narita Airport in Tokyo!

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

People in Dallas have expensive taste, but I wouldn't go as far as to label it a North American fashion capital.

Just my .02

The Fashion Capital Media research group disagrees with you.

The Global Language Monitor » Fashion

[justme02]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

A little too late for that. The future success of Dallas as an "inland port" depends heavily on Houston. As a matter of fact, it wouldn't even exist if it weren't for Houston.

Dallas is the transportation and logistics hub for this area of the country. That has nothing to do with or without Houston.

[northlakemetro]

No matter how much Dallas develops, there are no natural natural environments nearby for recreational purposes. No large body of water, beaches, mountains or snow for skiing. To top that, the City Council is totally inefficient, incompetent and divisive, the parks are dirty, billboards line every block of its major freeways. People stay because the jobs are good and the suburbs are cheap. Recently I saw a survey that the majority of people in Dallas would rather live in Denver, Austin or some other city.

[lpepping]

Do you have a link to that survey?

[lh_newbie]

Originally Posted by northlakemetro

No matter how much Dallas develops, there are no natural natural environments nearby for recreational purposes. No large body of water, beaches, mountains or snow for skiing. To top that, the City Council is totally inefficient, incompetent and divisive, the parks are dirty, billboards line every block of its major freeways. People stay because the jobs are good and the suburbs are cheap. Recently I saw a survey that the majority of people in Dallas would rather live in Denver, Austin or some other city.

Lack of natural environments does not disqualify a city from being world class - it just means the city has to focus elsewhere. Paris doesn't have an ocean, nor mountains nor beaches - but it does have a great subway system, incredible architecture, well preserved history and amazing arts venues everywhere.

I'll agree that the leadership in Dallas is rather incompetent.

Brian

[northlakemetro]

"The researchers at Pew asked Americans what metro areas they would like to live in. Seven of the top 10 were in the West: Denver, San Diego, Seattle, San Francisco, Phoenix, Portland and Sacramento. The other three were in the South: Orlando, Tampa and San Antonio. Eastern cities were down the list and Midwestern cities were at the bottom."

"If you jumble together the five most popular American metro areas — Denver, San Diego, Seattle, Orlando and Tampa — you get an image of the American Dream circa 2009. These are places where you can imagine yourself with a stuffed garage — filled with skis, kayaks, soccer equipment, hiking boots and boating equipment. These are places you can imagine yourself leading an active outdoor lifestyle

These are places (except for Orlando) where spectacular natural scenery is visible from medium-density residential neighborhoods, where the boundary between suburb and city is hard to detect. These are places with loose social structures and relative social equality, without the Ivy League status system of the Northeast or the star structure of L.A. These places are car-dependent and spread out, but they also have strong cultural identities and pedestrian meeting places. They offer at least the promise of friendlier neighborhoods, slower lifestyles and service-sector employment. They are neither traditional urban centers nor atomized suburban sprawl. They are not, except for Seattle, especially ideological, blue or red."


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/opinion/17brooks.html

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

People in Dallas have expensive taste, but I wouldn't go as far as to label it a North American fashion capital.

Just my .02

Anybody know where the equivalent of FIDM could be found in Dallas and Houston?

Originally Posted by VegasMan_72

How about Las Vegas? It is the entertainment capital of the world. Too bad we don't get any respect.

Los Angeles might beg to differ. K-EARTH 101's legal id starts out with "From the Entertainment Capital of the World..."