Dallas VS Houston POLL (Plano, Irving: condo, crime rates, house)

[C2H (ComingtoHouston)]

Allright, before ya'll break my chops about making another Dallas VS Houston thread, let me explain. The smackdown thread that exists in the Texas forum does not include a poll, so we can't see the clear winner. Another thing is, its limited to the Texas forum so we can't get opinions of outsiders. I'll explain a little of the two cities.

1. Houston- 4th largest city in the country, 6th largest metro in the country (soon to be 5th). Has dome great suburbs like The Woodlands, Sugarland, Pearland, Kingwood, Cypress, and Katy. Inside the loop there exists several business districts: downtown, greenway plaza, uptown/galleria, and Texas Medical center. Great shopping in Galleria, Memorial City, Rice Village, etc as well as restaurants. Houston has a light rail line but is in process of expanding to 5 lines within a matter of a few years. Over 90 different languages spoken, home to lots of foreign consulates and is a major player in trade because of the ship channel. New urban developments in downtown/midtown. Houston is also close to Kemah, Clearlake, NASA, and Galveston. Many different cultures and ethnic backgrounds in Houston.

2. Dallas is the 9th largest city in the country and sits inside the 4th largest metro in the country. Great proximity to Ft Worth which has a great downtown and western/cowboy flavor. Dallas also has extensive light rail and has Mockingbird Station which is a fancy train station w/ some retail and condo development. Great shopping per capita. Several large malls such as Galleria and Northpark. Great suburbs such as: Plano, Irving, Richardson, Frisco, and alot of great inner city urban renewal occuring. Beautiful romantic skyline at night which can be observed from Reunion Tower. Great restaurants, and etc.

[jdub2447]

I don't know how qualified I am to speak or vote on this topic, however I am planning to move to Dallas very soon. That being said, I have researched both cities in depth, and for what I'm looking for, Dallas seems to have more of everything. It does help that I have family right in the middle of the Metroplex also. Houston's proximity to the water actually proved to be a final turn off for me since I've lived my entire life on the Gulf Coast here in Florida. A major factor for me is that I really want to live in a climate that is still mild overall, but different than Florida. (Meaning - more than 1 season.) Houston seems almost identical in climate to what I'm used to. I know some might argue that Dallas gets hot too, but I think a Florida native can handle anything heat related. It's that mild "winter" that Dallas can get which South Florida never gets that makes me think I'd be at home in Dallas.

Both cities seem to be awesome places to live in, raise a family in, and have a successful career in. I think culture, sports, shopping, eating, etc. is in abundance in both places too, especially what I'm used to in Fort Myers, FL. I think either Dallas or Houston is a great choice.

[TexasTheKid]

I wonder how long it'll take our favorite Levittown resident to post something inane here...

Her: I hate them both. They're both smelly doo-doo heads!
Everybody else here: You've never been to either.
Her: All my friends and I laugh at Houston and Dallas! They're so sprawly and have no culture!
Everybody else here: But... you've never been to either.
Her: I travel a lot. I don't need to go there to know they smell bad.
Everybody else here: But, seriously... you've never been to either.
Her: I hate Florida too. NYC rulz lol.

[jdub2447]

^ I will never understand someone that condemns a place without ever visiting it, or says a food is gross without ever trying it, etc....Such narrow mindedness is entertaining and frustrating at the same time.

[C2H (ComingtoHouston)]

Just out of curiousity, where was this thread moved to?

[LAnative10]

Do we really need another Dallas vs. Houston thread?

Past experiances show how riled up people can get over this topic. At the end of the day, its only a matter of opinion anyway.

I personally think they are more alike than different. They are both very large, very international, very cosmopolitan, and very friendly. Both have lots of people who are blue collar and white collar, both have similar crime rates, both have lots of people from Latin American and Asia (though very few from Europe though), and both are growing at an exponential rate.

Granted one city might be slightly bigger or smaller at one of these catagories, but its really splitting hairs.

[C2H (ComingtoHouston)]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

Do we really need another Dallas vs. Houston thread?

I knew it would be a matter of time before someone hammered me. Congratulations on being the first cuz i also know you won't be the last. Like i said, this thread was started for visual results where the poll was included.

Take care and have a nice day!

[LAnative10]

Originally Posted by C2H (ComingtoHouston)

I knew it would be a matter of time before someone hammered me. Congratulations on being the first cuz i also know you won't be the last. Like i said, this thread was started for visual results where the poll was included.

Take care and have a nice day!

I have no qualms with discussing this topic, but it just seems that people go nuts.

Its all splitting hairs in my opinion becuase they have more similarities than differences. One place might have more or less or be bigger or smaller in certain catagories, but its not that big of a deal. For example Houston is more international than Dallas, however Dallas is still a very international city and the Metroplex is growing faster than the Houston area, but Houston is still one of the fastest growing metro areas in the country.

[TexasTheKid]

Originally Posted by C2H (ComingtoHouston)

I knew it would be a matter of time before someone hammered me. Congratulations on being the first cuz i also know you won't be the last. Like i said, this thread was started for visual results where the poll was included.

Take care and have a nice day!

STOP!!



It's Hammer time!

[NuSouth]

I am originally from Louisiana, but grew up from the age of 4 in the Bay Area. At 17 I moved to Dallas, and have lived here for 10 years. It's been really hard getting used to the cultural differences. In fact, Louisiana and Houston, i.e. South East Tx are more culturally alike than Dallas and Houston. Houston is Southern. Dallas is not.
I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed that in Dallas, they don't follow the 'unwritten' rules of southern etiquette, that if you're from the south, you learn from an early age.

for example....
-if you go to someone's house you don't know, you always ask b4 you use the bathroom
or...
-If you're going to someone's house, and you're bringing an unexpected guess, it's polite to call and say, 'hey yall, i'm bringing bob., is that cool.' Even tho southern etiquette requires you always say, sure it's cool, cuz of the hospitality aspect, you still mention it just to show consideration
-i don't know about other families, but we, and most of my friends, use ma'am and sir with everyone, even parents and older relatives
-you always offer help to someone, even a stranger, if they drop something or have a heavy load or need a door opened, and you ALWAYS, ALWAYS say thank you... in dallas, people look at you like you're all up in their business
-if someone does offer help, it's rude to refuse it
- even the bums and homeless people in Dallas are more aggressive and rude, they'll cuss you if you don't give them change, in houston, they sell flowers on the side of the road, or offer to clean your windows
-if someone offers you food at their house, it's polite to refuse the first time, and say something like, 'no, i don't want you to go out of your way.'
The proper southern, ie houston response is to offer again, and politely, you accept only after the 2nd offer. to accept immediately is rude, but to not accept at all is rude.
I try to explain this to dallas people, and they think I'm weird.
Even my friend from Atlanta Georgia, who now lives in Dallas, agrees with me.
Dallas is NOT southern, i don't care what anyone says.


In dallas, if someone offers you something, and you say, no thanks i'm fine, then they're just like, okay, whatev, and go on about their business.
In the houston area, you always smile at people, have conversations in the grocery store line, etc...
in Dallas, depending on the person, you may get that, you may not
although Dallas isn't Southern, culturally, we have a lot of southern people, who understand the rules of southern hospitality... but for the most part, dallasites don't get it.

In fact, i get pissed when my dallas born boyfriend leaves the house even to run to the corner stor and doesn't say, hey, i'm gonna run to the store for a second to you need anything. I've gotten in fights with him, telling him he's rude and inconsiderate. Dallas people think that stuff like is nosey.

In the south, houston always included, you excuse yourself to go to the bathroom, if you go somewhere, you always tell people where ur going, and ask if they want anything.
You never return a borrowed cassarole dish, or something, without cooking something to put in it in return.
You can never NOT offer your food to strangers in your home
but my dallas friends do that all the time... they'll be eating right in front of you, and not even acknowledge the rudeness.

Have any other southerners in Dallas noticed that people think we're rude for what in Houston and throughout the south is just simple consideration of others' feelings?

It's weird, cuz Dallas people r 'supposed' to be more sophisticated, so they think, and houstonions more laid back, then why do we have better etiquette than they (dallas) do.
Dallasites, and even in the surrounding towns, r just plain rude.