How similar are Dallas and Houston in layout/suburbs/cities?

[R1070]

I actually find the fact that Dallas has several prominent and thriving suburbs interesting and beneficial to the area. You can find many amenities throughout the entire Metroplex. You obviously can't fit everything in Dallas so why not offer them in another area rather than not having the benefit at all? For Dallas/Ft Worth to have so many large and smaller cities combined, it's nice to see how well they all work together and form a cohesive region rather than a jumbled mess of a region like you find in Atlanta and other cities.

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by R1070

I actually find the fact that Dallas has several prominent and thriving suburbs interesting and beneficial to the area. You can find many amenities throughout the entire Metroplex. You obviously can't fit everything in Dallas so why not offer them in another area rather than not having the benefit at all? For Dallas/Ft Worth to have so many large and smaller cities combined, it's nice to see how well they all work together and form a cohesive region rather than a jumbled mess of a region like you find in Atlanta and other cities.

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[R1070]

Ummm... do you know much about the Atlanta area? That metro area does not function well as a region at all!

[Nairobi]

Some people like multipolar metros like DFW, but the rest of us prefer more concentrated cities.

I like how most of everything revolves around Houston, and the suburbs are more or less where you reside and where your kids go to school.

Houston feels more like a metropolis, and DFW just feels like a region.

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by R1070

Ummm... do you know much about the Atlanta area? That metro area does not function well as a region at all!

Yes, I use to live there for 4-5 years. I see what you mean, but then again, I don't.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

Some people like multipolar metros like DFW, but the rest of us prefer more concentrated cities.

I like how most of everything revolves around Houston, and the suburbs are more or less where you reside and where your kids go to school.

Houston feels more like a metropolis, and DFW just feels like a region.

I agree. I mean it is nice to have big burbs. It is nice that the burbs have things. But in addition to the burbs having things the central city should have them too.

Yes NY has teams outside the main city, but NY has much better transportation options and higher concentrations of people from the central city all the way out.

SF is in the same boat.

Dallas is often compared to other cities with amenities all over the metro such as NY, SF, Boston etc. The big difference they don't get is that in addition to the amenities being outside the main city in these cities, they are also in the central city And these cities are much better connected by public transportation.

so they can say it is good that the burbs add to the amenities list, but that would be worthwhile if they were actually adding to the metro as a whole as opposed to taking away from the central city.

[stoneclaw]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

On the contrary, Houston is more dynamic All the good stuff in one central area while in DFW you have to cross too many lows to get to the highs. a ten mile radius around DT Houston packs more punch than anywhere else in Texas

I generally agree with the bolded statement. Houston with TMC, downtown, greenway and Uptown indeed does have the same "punch" or feel. It feels like a Dallas/Ft.Worth wrapped up in to one. However, i think downtown San Antonio packs more punch than any other downtown in Texas, including Austin.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by stoneclaw

I generally agree with the bolded statement. Houston with TMC, downtown, greenway and Uptown indeed does have the same "punch" or feel. It feels like a Dallas/Ft.Worth wrapped up in to one. However, i think downtown San Antonio packs more punch than any other downtown in Texas, including Austin.

How so?? Have you by chance ever lived in SA??

SA's downtown has by far the worst Public transportation.
DT SA has the crappiest shopping options of the 4
DT SA has the smallest population of the 4
DT SA has the smallest Workforce out of the 4

SA has the River Walk and other Tourist attractions. All a smokescreen for how crappy it is living there. I hated going DT

I honestly never saw what all you guys have been raving about Dt SA.

[compSciGuy]

I live in Plano, and giving my 2 cents to the discussion. As an overly broad generalization, I would say Plano is more like Sugar Land instead of the Woodlands.