If I hear one more person say Fort Worth is apart of Dallas.... (Center: airport, yard)

[city_data91]

This is one of my pet peeves too. Fort Worth is not Dallas.

[JJG]

Originally Posted by Billiam

But it is. And Dallas is a part of Ft. Worth. (well not exactly but you know what i mean!) Its a package don't you see the beauty in that? Like Hey! We have TWO great urban centers wanna see?

It's good and all to be in a big metro area like North Texas, but when you have two big cities, and ONE of them are constantly overlooked just because it's not as smaller than the other (and not by a HUGE gap like NYC and Newark) there will be a since of hatred there.

Like I said, Dallas and Fort Worth were rivals before the Dallas vs. Houston Smackdown, and they always will be as long as the two cities grow and thrive the way they are doing.

But there's not always something negative between the two. In some cases, both cities might defend each other. It just depends on the situation.

[NOTAM]

Ft Worth is nothing like any "South Texas" city. South Texas cities have nothing "western" about them. Ft Worth is western heritage all the way. Ft Worth is steeped in cowboy culture and western heritage and lifestyle. Ft Worth is about as "Texan" as any city in Texas can get.
To me, there ain't a "South Texas" city that has a "western" essence to it. They are more rooted in hispanic culture, Tex-Mex, Tejano etc.

And yes, to the original poster, I get very annoyed when I hear people lump Ft Worth and Dallas as one in the same. They are VERY different, worlds apart. It's like comparing Amarillo to New York City. Sorta kinda.

Originally Posted by Canes2006Champs

But it is....... (ducking for cover)

Just messing with ya JJG. I gotta say, I spent a day in Ft Worth this past summer, It really feels like a South Texas city, definetly more of a western-like atmosphere there, I felt like I was 3 hours southwest of Dallas.

[WillysB]

Originally Posted by south-to-west

Well you answered your own question at the end of your rant. A couple points worth mentioning:

1. The FW in DFW stands for something.
2. Downtown Fort Worth is actually cooler than Downtown Dallas.

Guy 1, "I'm flying into DFW"
Guy 2, "Dallas?" "For What?"

Okay... only kidding. I considered Fort Worth home for a good while as I was born in San Antonio but my family left the US while I was a toddler and returned while I was in the 1st grade. Those experiences from Fort Worth are the first I remember living in the US. And then always aware of the rivalry between Fort Worth and Dallas.

[D-Towner]

I understand what you mean, Fort Worth is superior in every way.

[catman]

Fort Worth is where the West begins. Dallas is where the East peters out.

I have seen projections which state that by 2030, Fort Worth will be bigger than Dallas because Dallas is completely surrounded by suburbs and can't grow much more.

[ladihawkae]

DFW tells everyone, especially us newcomers that they are combined as a metroplex. can't get away from it. if it makes you feel any better, we learn the differences between the two rather quickly.

[JJG]

Originally Posted by NOTAM

Ft Worth is nothing like any "South Texas" city. South Texas cities have nothing "western" about them. Ft Worth is western heritage all the way. Ft Worth is steeped in cowboy culture and western heritage and lifestyle. Ft Worth is about as "Texan" as any city in Texas can get.
To me, there ain't a "South Texas" city that has a "western" essence to it. They are more rooted in hispanic culture, Tex-Mex, Tejano etc.

And yes, to the original poster, I get very annoyed when I hear people lump Ft Worth and Dallas as one in the same. They are VERY different, worlds apart. It's like comparing Amarillo to New York City. Sorta kinda.

Yer not too far off with that comparison. And I too have never thought of Fort Worth as "southern" (even though I believe that if a state was part of the Confederacy, it's southern).
And your post gave me a new idea for a city slogan.... "Fort Worth, as Texan as you can get."

[Synopsis]

Fort Worth is a great city. I'd far rather live in FW than Dallas. There must be something in the water over in Dallas; their city council and DISD are a total mess.

Dallas is trying to ram through the Trinity River Project even though the US Army Corps of Engineers said that the levees were faulty and the area would very likely be flooded, including downtown Dallas.

What are they thinking???

[brendiej]

It is a huge metroplex (from on line dictionary: a vast metropolitan area that encompasses several cities and their suburbs: We're moving to the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.) That was not my example, but the one I pasted. Just add and add and add until you get to Oklahoma's border to the north. Incidentally, I read that Austin and San Antonio are inching closer to that mega metro plex. Say that 10X fast.
Really, though, Ft. Worth is much cooler and so hip. Who wouldn't want to live within a block of Sundance Square? Well, if I could live in Austin....