Why is Houston Better Than Dallas? (Cleveland, Atlanta: casinos, move, money)

[Carlito Brigante]

Originally Posted by stoneclaw

Dallas/Ft Worth feels like an endless array of suburbs and office parks. Dallas is trying to at least present itself as a big city with the infrastructure improvements, arts, and urban planning. But seeing how Dallas's suburbs compete with Dallas, it effects the overall feel of Dallas. It will take a while for those areas to establish themselves.

stoneclaw

One of the big pluses of the Dallas area and the thing that gives it a better overall feel, and even look, to me is that there are so many wonderful communities and suburbs surrounding Dallas and Fort Worth (which are already awesome cities in their own right) that each have their own unique and distinct feels, looks, and identities. And instead of trying to "compete" with Dallas or Fort Worth as you say, if anything, they all do such an awesome job of working together and functioning as one huge, cohesive Metroplex. It's pretty much the best of both worlds.

[Johnhw2]

Dallas is planning on being like NYC..

Houston is planning on being a big unique city..

I believe both are planning to be something different than each other, which can be a good thing..... since men planning can make huge mistakes. Houston and Dallas are both on their way to being bigger better cities but have different visions of their futures.

[dallasboi]

Originally Posted by Johnhw2

Dallas is planning on being like NYC..

Houston is planning on being a big unique city..

I believe both are planning to be something different than each other, which can be a good thing..... since men planning can make huge mistakes. Houston and Dallas are both on their way to being bigger better cities but have different visions of their futures.

Right.....Dallas is more in tune with what it inspires to be...whatever that turns out to be would be exactly what Dallas wants. People say that Dallas has no Identity...Which is partially true but not for long.

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

Right.....Dallas is more in tune with what it inspires to be...whatever that turns out to be would be exactly what Dallas wants. People say that Dallas has no Identity...Which is partially true but not for long.

"aspires"

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

Right.....Dallas is more in tune with what it inspires to be...whatever that turns out to be would be exactly what Dallas wants. People say that Dallas has no Identity...Which is partially true but not for long.

Dallas does have an identity...as the largest landlocked city/metropolitan area in North America with no navigable access to a coast which is where this countries most cosmopolitan cities reside.

[BCB]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Dallas does have an identity...as the largest landlocked city/metropolitan area in North America with no navigable access to a coast which is where this countries (?) most cosmopolitan cities reside.

Which is where DFW, the port of the Metroplex, comes into play. Not to mention the bright-futured IIPOD.

[dallasboi]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

"aspires"

Thanks bro.....we all learn something everyday...Im glad you were the one who taught me.

[R1070]

Originally Posted by JJG

So now you wanna drag Fort Worth into this... and completely trash it.

Go jump off a cliff.

Did you mean hang out in Oak Cliff?

[R1070]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Dallas does have an identity...as the largest landlocked city/metropolitan area in North America with no navigable access to a coast which is where this countries most cosmopolitan cities reside.

I guess Dallas is the exception to that whole coastal/cosmopolitan rule huh.

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by R1070

I guess Dallas is the exception to that whole coastal/cosmopolitan rule huh.

Matt is right, though...this time. Virtually all of our nation's global cities are coastal/semi-coastal. Dallas and Atlanta are the only two oddballs.