Dallas vs San Antonio (Houston, Austin: hotel, high school, university)

[Lakewooder]

Maybe you haven't been inside the city limits of Dallas and have only been to the new burbs on the prairie. I can't grow anything but shade plants. I have to go to work in North Dallas and I travel through the Park Cities and up Hillcrest - I am under an almost constant canopy of shade. Some days I don't even use the AC. I know Oak Cliff is mostly shaded as well. In addition to White Rock Lake (I don't think SA has anything like that) we have Bachman Lake, Kessler Lake, Lake Cliff etc.

Here's a couple more views of the shade in my area - use street view to 'drive':

6900 Tokalon dallas texas 75214 - Google Maps

7100 fisher road dallas texas 75214 - Google Maps

[antgar]

maybe who start this thread will not mind much the trees but to find a well-paying job to give their family an adequate standard of living. In my opinion Dallas is still better than San Antonio in this field. If you keeping said that one city is better than other only by their scenery or trees, then I see a lack of arguments.

[Dangerfield]

Originally Posted by sxrckr

Unlike San Antonio / Austin / Houston ... Dallas is practically in Oklahoma and doesn't have the huge lush trees and as much rainfall as these more southern/central parts of the state. Lakewooder always brings up that same photo, which is not typical of the way DFW looks and just a tiny portion taken at just the right angle of a park near downtown to make you think Dallas is somehow blessed with tons of large trees and greenery instead of the dry prairie the majority of the metro actually is.

Why are you combining San Antonio with Houston and Austin? San Antonio doesn't have widespread huge lush tree cover either. FYI, average annual rainfall: Dallas 37 in, Austin 33.6 in, SA 29 in, but don't let facts get in the way of you trying to make a point.

[bostoner]

Let's see...

San Antonio - "warm weather, close to the beach, close to Mexico (road trips), lots of hispanic, close to Corpus Christi, Austin and Houston, etc."

Dallas - warm weather, close to Oklahoma, close to Northeast Texas (road trips through the backwoods), lots of Hispanics to mow your lawn, close to Shreveport, uh... Austin and.. uh... Waco?, better jobs, etc.

The clear winner - San Antonio

[Dangerfield]

Originally Posted by houstoner

Let's see...

San Antonio = "warm weather, close to the beach, close to Mexico (road trips), lots of hispanic, close to Corpus Christi, Austin and Houston, etc."

Dallas = warm weather, close to Oklahoma, close to Northeast Texas (backwoods), lots of Hispanics to mow your lawn, close to Shreveport, Austin and uh... Waco?, better jobs, etc.

The clear winner = San Antonio

San Antionio:
warm weather: some of us enjoy a more four season climate.

close to the beach: whether I'm in SA or Dallas, I'd still fly to SPI.

close to Mexico: don't see the advantage.

lots of hispanics: I enjoy a area with a more varied ethnic populous.

close to CC Austin Houston: Dallas is diverse and large enough that many don't feel the need to be near other large cities in the state. Besides, we have two major airports with a wide range of non-stop domestic and international flights.

Dallas:
warm weather: see above.

close to Oklahoma: better Oklahoma than Mexico.

close to NE Texas (backwoods): some of the most beautiful scenery in the state is only 1 hour east of Dallas, love the hilly piney woods and numerous lakes.

close to Shreveport: I enjoy the casinos.

Austin: nice day trip.

Waco: OK.

Lots of hispanics to mow your lawn: some but; I actually see alot of Hispanics with their own businesses and in white collar jobs, many seem to do very well in Dallas.

better jobs: yep.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by SweethomeSanAntonio

It's sorta comparing, San Antonio-Austin-New braunfels-San Marcos to Dallas without Ft Worth-Arlington-Denton. Not a fair comparison in region size, neary 3.9 million to 6.1 million(19 counties). Also, DFW didnt go from 6.1 million July 2007 to 6.5 million in a year.

DFW is area is still about the same size or maybe even smaller than San Antonio-Austin area (even though that isn't a real metro area). DFW CSA stands at 6.5 million as of July 1, 2007. DFW MSA stands at 6.1 million. So it depends on what way you want to look at it. The Dallas-Fort Worth area is still growing faster than both San Antonio and Austin COMBINED. In all honesty, you cannot compare San Antonio and Dallas. Too entirely different beasts. Dallas is bigger than San Antonio in any way you slice it. Unless you want to look at irrelevant municipality population stats.

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

Dallas attracts less vistors per year despite having with one of the largest Airports. It would not beat San Antonio,for, Government-National Defense, Healthcare-Medical(Second to Houston), Tourisim-Convention or Financial Industry. I will look for the link I read ,and post it. San Antonio leads the state in these industries. More employees in these industries and impact on the economy. San Antonio also leads the state for Mix-Use develpments under construction. So to say Dallas beats out San Antonio in every which way, is further from the truth.

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

Originally Posted by antgar

maybe who start this thread will not mind much the trees but to find a well-paying job to give their family an adequate standard of living. In my opinion Dallas is still better than San Antonio in this field. If you keeping said that one city is better than other only by their scenery or trees, then I see a lack of arguments.

San Antonio has one of the strongest economies in the country. San Antonio's median Family income is higher than that of Dallas. San Antonio has one of the hottest Real Estate markets as well as Job markets. I't seems you don't know much about San Antonio!

[imaterry78259]

Yea, SA is always the bridemaids in these forums

[texdav]

While I love san antonio with out the military it doesn't compare. In the end it is a low cost of living town.It doesn't compare at all to houston or dallas as a big city.Its also kind of a mix between south Texas and the hill country with not alot of the latter.San Antonio kind of the start of south texas in my mind than the start of the hill country culturally.The hill country is a mix of german settlements and the cowboy cuture of dallas IMO.Houston is more a international city.