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Arlington is a Fort Worth suburb and it’s not shared with Dallas. Arlington has no connections with Dallas outside of the Dallas Cowboys playing there. Arlington is virtually an extension of Fort Worth and none of its city limits lies within Dallas County. It’s silly to think that a suburb that touches Fort Worth entire eastern side is some kind of way linked to Dallas. That attitude your portraying is exactly why some Fort Worthians have a problem with Dallas. It’s that better than you mentality as if Dallas s*** don’t stank. Besides low key degrading Fort Worth only weakens Dallas status.
I dont know that Id agree with that completely. Arlington generates about the same number of commuters to Dallas as it does to Fort Worth. 360 is basically the halfway point between the two cities and it runs through Arlington. Which county Arlington is in is completely irrelevant. Grapevine is in Tarrant county and generates more commuters to Dallas county than to Fort Worth itself.
Saying Arlington belongs to Fort Worth is like saying DFW Airport belongs to Dallas or Fort Worth. It doesnt belong to just either one and its biggest redeeming quality is being between the two.
Though I agree with the poster that said Arlington has the charm of a used car lot...
I dont know that Id agree with that completely. Arlington generates about the same number of commuters to Dallas as it does to Fort Worth. 360 is basically the halfway point between the two cities and it runs through Arlington. Which county Arlington is in is completely irrelevant. Grapevine is in Tarrant county and generates more commuters to Dallas county than to Fort Worth itself.
Saying Arlington belongs to Fort Worth is like saying DFW Airport belongs to Dallas or Fort Worth. It doesnt belong to just either one and its biggest redeeming quality is being between the two.
Though I agree with the poster that said Arlington has the charm of a used car lot...
Considering the city of Arlington has stated they do not want to be called Dallas should tell you they do not identify as a Dallas suburb. Arlington does have its own employment centers like DR Horton, Texas Health Resources and GM, which has tons of subsidiary companies in Arlington. It also benefits from Fort Worth Centreport home of American Airlines and Bell Helicopter. Both located a relatively short distance from Arlington. Many more track north to Alliance and west to downtown Fort Worth. I’ve been on 30 during rush hour coming from Dallas and the traffic is really not that bad heading west from Downtown Dallas during the afternoon commute. However, during the afternoon rush hour there are swath of cars leaving downtown Fort Worth and the Alliance corridor heading east on I20 , I30, 121 and U.S. 287. I live in Tarrant County so I should know. With that said a lot of eastern Tarrant County residence do work on the Dallas side particularly Irving. 183 is pretty much congested in both directions during rush hour. I am absolutely positive based on traffic patterns I’ve seen that the majority of Arlington residence track west for work.
Tarrant County largest employers
AMR/American Airlines
Fort Worth
25,000
Lockheed Martin
Fort Worth
13,690
Fort Worth ISD
Fort Worth
12,000
Texas Health Resources
Arlington
12,000
NAS - Fort Worth - JRB
Fort Worth
10,000
Arlington ISD
Arlington
8,500
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington
7,311
JPS Health Network
Fort Worth
6,500
City of Fort Worth
Fort Worth
6,161
Cook Children’s Health Care System
Fort Worth
6,042
Tarrant County College
Fort Worth
5,999
Alcon Laboratories Inc.
Fort Worth
5,393
Bell Helicopter Textron
Fort Worth
4,953
BNSF Railway
Fort Worth
4,500
Tarrant County Government
Fort Worth
4,310
General Motors
Arlington
4,125
GM Financial
Fort Worth
3,820
JPMorgan Chase
Fort Worth
3,678
City of Arlington
Arlington
2,937
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Considering the city of Arlington has stated they do not want to be called Dallas should tell you they do not identify as a Dallas suburb. Arlington does have its own employment centers like DR Horton, Texas Health Resources and GM, which has tons of subsidiary companies in Arlington. It also benefits from Fort Worth Centreport home of American Airlines and Bell Helicopter. Both located a relatively short distance from Arlington. Many more track north to Alliance and west to downtown Fort Worth. I’ve been on 30 during rush hour coming from Dallas and the traffic is really not that bad heading west from Downtown Dallas during the afternoon commute. However, during the afternoon rush hour there are swath of cars leaving downtown Fort Worth and the Alliance corridor heading east on I20 , I30, 121 and U.S. 287. I live in Tarrant County so I should know. With that said a lot of eastern Tarrant County residence do work on the Dallas side particularly Irving. 183 is pretty much congested in both directions during rush hour. I am absolutely positive based on traffic patterns I’ve seen that the majority of Arlington residence track west for work.
Tarrant County largest employers
AMR/American Airlines
Fort Worth
25,000
Lockheed Martin
Fort Worth
13,690
Fort Worth ISD
Fort Worth
12,000
Texas Health Resources
Arlington
12,000
NAS - Fort Worth - JRB
Fort Worth
10,000
Arlington ISD
Arlington
8,500
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington
7,311
JPS Health Network
Fort Worth
6,500
City of Fort Worth
Fort Worth
6,161
Cook Children’s Health Care System
Fort Worth
6,042
Tarrant County College
Fort Worth
5,999
Alcon Laboratories Inc.
Fort Worth
5,393
Bell Helicopter Textron
Fort Worth
4,953
BNSF Railway
Fort Worth
4,500
Tarrant County Government
Fort Worth
4,310
General Motors
Arlington
4,125
GM Financial
Fort Worth
3,820
JPMorgan Chase
Fort Worth
3,678
City of Arlington
Arlington
2,937
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According to this link, About 144,000 Tarrant County residents commute to Dallas County for work, and about 66,000 commute from Dallas County to Tarrant (beats your anecdotes about rush hour traffic) and quite a few of those residents come from Arlington. No one is denying that Fort Worth is a primary city in the metroplex and a large employment center in and of itself (considering the vast majority of people in Tarrant work there), and it’s not an insult that many people in the mid cities like Arlington commute to Dallas for work. It doesn’t matter if Arlington doesn’t want to be viewed as a part of Dallas, but when you have thousands of commuters who drive there to work, Dallas does have a pull and influence, no matter how much you insecure Fort Worthians try to separate yourselves. Anecdotally, I have a few friends in South Arlington who commute to the city of Dallas. That doesn’t take anything away from Fort Worth/Tarrant County, so stop being so sensitive. You’re entirely too emotional and juvenile about this when this subject comes up.
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DFW Commuters: Where do they come from? Where are they going?
According to this link, About 144,000 Tarrant County residents commute to Dallas County for work, and about 66,000 commute from Dallas County to Tarrant[/url] and quite a few of those residents come from Arlington. No one is denying that Fort Worth is a primary city in the metroplex and a large employment center in and of itself, and it’s not an insult that many people in the mid cities like Arlington commute to Dallas for work. It doesn’t matter if Arlington doesn’t want to be viewed as a part of Dallas, but when you have thousands of commuters who drive there to work, Dallas does have a pull and influence. Anecdotally, I have a few friends in South Arlington who commute to the city of Dallas. That doesn’t take anything away from Fort Worth/Tarrant County, so stop being so sensitive. You’re entirely too emotional and juvenile about this when this subject comes up.
Well I did state that a sizable number of Eastern Tarrant County residents commute to Dallas. I think that it’s odd you would think I would be insulted by Tarrant County residence working in Dallas. Especially considering I have defended Dallas on numerous occasions from some of your over zealous and juvenile comments. You have made it very clear that you have great disdain for the North Texas region. My big issue was with the low key jabs being made by a particular poster.
Last edited by Exult.Q36; 11-01-2018 at 06:35 PM..
The reason why so many people turn their nose up at Arlington is that the only places they go to in Arlington are around the sports arenas and 6 Flags. Those areas are awful and if all I saw of Arlington was that I’d agree. There are some lovely and fun areas though such as River Legacy, downtown Arlington, and Interlochen.
DFW Commuters: Where do they come from? Where are they going?
According to this link, About 144,000 Tarrant County residents commute to Dallas County for work, and about 66,000 commute from Dallas County to Tarrant (beats your anecdotes about rush hour traffic) and quite a few of those residents come from Arlington. No one is denying that Fort Worth is a primary city in the metroplex and a large employment center in and of itself (considering the vast majority of people in Tarrant work there), and it’s not an insult that many people in the mid cities like Arlington commute to Dallas for work. It doesn’t matter if Arlington doesn’t want to be viewed as a part of Dallas, but when you have thousands of commuters who drive there to work, Dallas does have a pull and influence, no matter how much you insecure Fort Worthians try to separate yourselves. Anecdotally, I have a few friends in South Arlington who commute to the city of Dallas. That doesn’t take anything away from Fort Worth/Tarrant County, so stop being so sensitive. You’re entirely too emotional and juvenile about this when this subject comes up.
I live in Dallas County. Moved here in 1965 from West Texas. I identify with Dallas as I live in Irving. But Fort Worth is a special place in Texas. It's on the same level as San Antonio. Those two are the two big city truest Texas cities. You go to those cities and you will know Texas.
I'm not sure why Dallas or even Fort Worth for that matter would want to claim Arlington. It has the charm of a used car lot and an economy of a Banana Republic. Hardly any public transit to speak of and a dumping ground to make Jerry Jones richer.
Oh, I have no interest in claiming it. But the fact is it splits commuters between the cities, so both of us are stuck with it lol
You know this attitude Dallas and Fort Worth residents have towards each other is funny and it must be a little awkward for metroplex homers, because without each other neither would have anywhere near the clout they do together.
Not awkward at all. They are the two principle cities of the metroplex, but Dallas is clearly the older brother in the relationship. The sports teams have Dallas's name and it's Dallas-Fort Worth, clearly starting them in the order of importance to the region. (Geographically it would be Fort Worth-Dallas, left to right)
Considering the city of Arlington has stated they do not want to be called Dallas should tell you they do not identify as a Dallas suburb. Arlington does have its own employment centers like DR Horton, Texas Health Resources and GM, which has tons of subsidiary companies in Arlington.
I remember the hissy fit Arlington threw about the "Skyline Jerseys" having the Dallas skyline on it, it was pretty hilarious. I mean what is their skyline, 6 flags? The Death Star?
Arlington wants to pretend they are a city in their own right, but really they are an overgrown suburb and the worst municipality over 400k in the US. I don't care what the bond ratings say, Arlington screwed up with their awesome position in the metroplex by trying to be a dog and pony show while the northern burbs snatched up HQs.
Ya, with 400k people you will have some jobs, but the vast majority of people in Arlington Commute to Dallas or Fort Worth for work, thats just a fact.
I worked in Arlington for a year out of college and while you would expect a city with that many people to have some nice areas, the vast majorty of the city is as another poster said "About as charming as a used carlot"
I would go so far as to say that Division street with the seedy hotels, cruddy dive bars etc is actually the most visually interesting part of the city, but not in a good way.
But yeah, Arlington isn't Dallas. It isn't Fort Worth either, I've never heard anyone in Arlington claim to "be Fort Worth", it's a burb between the two.
Arlington is a Fort Worth suburb and it’s not shared with Dallas. Arlington has no connections with Dallas outside of the Dallas Cowboys playing there. Arlington is virtually an extension of Fort Worth and none of its city limits lies within Dallas County. It’s silly to think that a suburb that touches Fort Worth entire eastern side is some kind of way linked to Dallas. That attitude your portraying is exactly why some Fort Worthians have a problem with Dallas. It’s that better than you mentality as if Dallas s*** don’t stank. Besides low key degrading Fort Worth only weakens Dallas status.
Arlington is considered one of the Mid-Cities which are shared by Dallas and FW. Look at how I-30 is designed to connect Dallas with Arlington vs. Fort Worth to Arlington. The old say that certain places are more of a suburb of one over the other is outdated. All of the burbs within the metroplex are essentially connected to the greater area overall and not divided into two areas.
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Especially considering I have defended Dallas on numerous occasions from some of your over zealous and juvenile comments. You have made it very clear that you have great disdain for the North Texas region. My big issue was with the low key jabs being made by a particular poster.
