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08-12-2009, 01:31 AM
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Dallas and Houston please stop it!!!! You guys argue and bicker way to much and put each other city down and let ATLANTA get away with murder as if Atlanta is better than Houston and Dallas. For the poster that said Atlanta had a superior highway system than Dallas you are false. Anyone that has been to Atlanta Ga will tell you ATL traffic is beyond awful. So please enlightlen me how in the *** freeway system better than DFW or Houston for that matter.
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Originally Posted by Dangerfield
Dallas and Atlanta are similar in many ways. I lived in Gwinnett County, GA for 6 years before returning home to DFW in 2006.
Atlanta has a more linear skyline than Dallas but the setup of the of city proper and suburbs share alot of commonalities.
Dallas Uptown = Atlanta Midtown
Highland/University Park = Buckhead/Dunwoody
Plano = Marietta
McKinney = Alpharetta
Garland/Mesquite = Norcross/Duluth
Irving = Douglasville
Duncanville = College Park
Cedar Hill = Fayetteville
Lancaster = Lithonia
I-20 = common to both Dallas and Atlanta
I-30 = I-85
I-35 = I-75
I-45 = I-16
DFW = Hartsfield
Both Dallas and Atlanta are major hubs for 2 airlines - Dallas (Southwest, American), Atlanta (Delta, Airtran).
Nice flowing and zoned developments = Dallas and Atlanta. Houston, not so much.
Both Dallas and Atlanta are land locked but have numerous lakes in the surrounding area.
Lake Texoma = Lake Lanier
The heavily forested city of Atlanta makes Houston's tree cover look meager.
Atlanta is hillier than Dallas, but South Dallas does favor South Atlanta in terms rolling to hilly terrain. Houston is flat everywhere.
Gangsta rappers: Houston = Atlanta  |
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08-12-2009, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by AK123
I don't think it really does... except that some from one mostly flat city calling the other city "really flat" is odd to me. And I don't get the defensiveness from Dallasites about the trees either. Houston is just immensely more lush in general... it's sub-tropical and on the edge of a pine forest, in addition to all the planted oaks which grow much larger/lusher in a wetter climate... I just don't get the comparison to an area in a totally different part of the state.
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Yep. Houston does have more trees and Dallas is more hilly. Not really up for discussion, just the way it is. |
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08-12-2009, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Angel713
LOL.
Possum Kingdom Lake is not really near DFW.
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77 miles west of downtown Fort Worth. Which is nearly the same distance as downtown Houston to Huntsville. |
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08-12-2009, 11:20 AM
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Apart from geographical differences is there anything else?
We know that Dallas is more hilly and Houston is more wooded but apart from that what would be the next biggest difference?? What about things to do?? If I've got a Saturday or Sunday off with the family what could we do in the same day?? What would be unique about one over the other??
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08-12-2009, 11:23 AM
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Gen X in Sugar Land
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Originally Posted by josehernandez017
We know that Dallas is more hilly and Houston is more wooded but apart from that what would be the next biggest difference?? What about things to do?? If I've got a Saturday or Sunday off with the family what could we do in the same day?? What would be unique about one over the other??
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Houston's near a beach resort town (Galveston Island).
That's probably the biggest difference. |
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08-12-2009, 11:59 AM
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Exactly, much more (real) boating in Galveston Bay and along the coast. Salt water fishing. The frickin' Ocean! Slightly better than any lake..duh.
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08-12-2009, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by josehernandez017
We know that Dallas is more hilly and Houston is more wooded but apart from that what would be the next biggest difference?? What about things to do?? If I've got a Saturday or Sunday off with the family what could we do in the same day?? What would be unique about one over the other??
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Galveston
Kemah Boardwalk
Downtown Aquarium
Battleship Texas
NASA
Children's Museum |
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08-12-2009, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ladarron
Wow!!! One County away big deal!!
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Wow.
Do you realize how big Texas counties are? |
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08-12-2009, 01:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dangerfield
77 miles west of downtown Fort Worth. Which is nearly the same distance as downtown Houston to Huntsville.
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Or from Downtown Houston to Livingston right? Yeah, I don't know anyone in Houston who really claims Lake Livingston. |
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08-12-2009, 01:35 PM
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