Torn Between Houston or Dallas (San Antonio, Austin: moving, nightlife, design)

[usc619]

Crime is about the same City vs. City, but when you factor the surrounding areas.. DFW wins out due to the fact they have efficient LEO agencies in the pocket cities. Houston PD and the county sheriff (Unincorporated areas) are understaffed. Easy to do crime when you know the response time and coverage is **** poor.

That's why crime is more spread out down here.

[Jeohnny]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

Anyway, to get this back on topic I would tell the OP this:

If youre looking to live in the city and have more of an urban lifestyle, Houston has more things to do in a smaller radius in the city center. I prefer living down here because I live in the city only a few miles from downtown.

If youre looking to live in the suburbs, Id go to Dallas. There are many more good suburbs to choose from up there. The suburbs up there also seem to have more things to do.

Not to stir anything up but dallas offers a better urban lifestyle than Houston. Dallas actually have walkable neighborhoods and decent public transit.

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by Jack Lance

I said simi-anchor which is a homemade term that I thought would be easy to understand. Suburbs don't normally have downtowns either but you say Plano has one, as does Galveston...

There’s no way you can actually think Galveston to Plano is anywhere a remotely acceptable comparison. You’re talking about a city that’s the oldest in this area and was never a bedroom community compared to a place that was a tiny spot 50 years ago and started as a bedroom community from a small town. Galveston is 50 miles from Houston. Plano is 15 from Dallas.

Sorry but not sorry. Just because it’s in the same metro area doesn’t make it a suburb.

[Texyn]

Originally Posted by usc619

Give me a break, everyone knows you're the biggest Houston cheerleader on the site. You even had the audacity to come on the site and put a spin the Harvey flooding lol.

Originally Posted by usc619

What percentage of homes do you think flooded either during or after Harvey ?

Where exactly in that thread was there a spin on Harvey's flooding? Something has got your panties in a twist, cause you're quite irrational right now.

[Texyn]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

Whereas people who see more similarities than differences have usually:

1) Lived in both.
2) Are not from Texas.

Actually, that's kind of the entire point. Those not from Texas don't know much about the state besides what they hear on CNN. They can't be expected to be familiar with any of the nuances. It's basically a Charleston vs Savannah type of deal.

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by Texyn

Actually, that's kind of the entire point. Those not from Texas don't know much about the state besides what they hear on CNN. They can't be expected to be familiar with any of the nuances. It's basically a Charleston vs Savannah type of deal.

No I meant both points together not just one. People who haven’t lived in both don’t have as valid of opinions.

[Texyn]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

No I meant both points together not just one. People who haven’t lived in both don’t have as valid of opinions.

In that case, it would depend on what those people did as they were living in both. Hope they weren't couch potatoes.

[Jeohnny]

Originally Posted by edwinpa7

I've spent alota time in west Houston Katy, cypress.. and ibe always joked its like little dallas. The neighborhoods are newer and lack trees. The yards all look alike.

I think that's what give a Houston the edge over Dallas. The neighborhoods here are lined with huge mature trees. It gives it character.

I don't get how no zoning is a bad thing. It makes life easier. You don't really have to go far. I live in spring branch (the branch as we call it) and I have everything within walking distance. I MEAN EVRYTHING LOL. Car shop next yo a Walgreens next to a nail salon next to a barber next to Shipley donuts(mmm) and next to a tire shop.

It's so convienent.

There are so many neighborhoods in dallas that have trees. The lack of knowledge on this forum is killing me. Ever been to Kessler heights ? Lakewood? M streets? Hollywood santa Monica? Lake highlands?

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by Texyn

In that case, it would depend on what those people did as they were living in both. Hope they weren't couch potatoes.

If a person is a couch potato in Dallas they probably wold be in Houston too and vice versa.

[Jeohnny]

Originally Posted by Mr. Clutch

This to me is the biggest difference between the two - the greenery in Houston and the skyscrapers all over the metro, which is pretty unique for most American cities. In DFW, most tall buildings are in Downtown Dallas and Downtown Ft. Worth - everything else is pretty mid-rise oriented and suburban.

I think Houston has a better natural setting, while DFW has a bit better architecture - that's what primarily brings attractiveness to its built environment.

Wrong again. DFW has multiple locations with skyscrapers all over it's not just downtown. You have DT dallas, uptown, stemmons corridor ,central expressway corridor, Galleria area/addison, Plano legacy area, las colinas, DT fort worth. I think that's it.