Better place to live?? Dallas metro or Houston metro? (Austin: incomes, vs)
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If you live closer to Dallas then you won't have any problems. The best cities in the metro are Addison and Richardson. Cedar Hill and Duncanville are south of Dallas but are also good.
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Originally Posted by stoneclaw
I wasn't necessarily saying it was better, although I personally like having more amentities in one general area and because of the stadiums, i think that's where Houston may have a slight advantage. DFW is going to feel disjointed because it has two major cities and steroid suburbs, which will make it difficult for a visitor to really get a feel of the area. Houston is not much better, but having a larger core and being the center of its metro gives it more of an advantage.
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Dallas metro is probably better IMHO.
Try Cedar Hill if you want lush hills, lakes, ponds, above average shopping, slow small-town living, and peaceful neighborhoods.
Try Addison if you want big city businesses, big city life, modern living, access to everything, multicultural flair, etc.
Houston metro has one great city called The Woodlands. It's a modern city with nice forests and trees.
Lake Conroe, Lake Houston, among other massive recreational lakes. No lack in that. I actually go wake boarding every once a week. So I'm familiar with the topography of Houston Metropolitan Area.
There are hills in the Northwest Side of the Metropolitan Area for people to utilize but on the real there are no mountains and the only city in Texas that can lay claim to that is El Paso.
Houston's urban core the Inner Loop of Houston is the densest and more urban area in the Sunbelt outside of Miami & Los Angeles respectively. And it has a lot of pedestrian friendly areas with more on the move to come.
And racially Houston is one of the only 4 metropolitan areas that are the most diverse along with Miami, Los Angeles, & Bay Area.
Ethnically it has the largest number of Asian population in the American South, and ethnically it is more balanced than Dallas-Fort Worth but it is not more ethnically diverse. They are balanced.
I know its your opinion, but all the things that exist in Dallas-Fort Worth very much so exist in Houston. Dallas-Fort Worth is indeed more fashion trendy than Houston, has an NHL team, and also has a Federal Reserve Bank. But Houston has beaches, no one really cares to go swimming but the historical Galveston areas are great to see and white sand beaches are amazing walk space. As for trees, both of them have trees and nice green lush ones at that.
There is no such thing as "better" or worse. As a metropolitan area Houston is more liberal than Dallas-Fort Worth. As a city Dallas is more liberal than Houston. As the Inner Loop of Houston is more liberal than the city of Dallas.
These things can go back and forth all day to be honest. They are ideally the same when it comes to living standards.
There is no such thing as "better" or worse. As a metropolitan area Houston is more liberal than Dallas-Fort Worth. As a city Dallas is more liberal than Houston. As the Inner Loop of Houston is more liberal than the city of Dallas.
The political differences between DFW and Greater Houston are virtually non-existant. Greater Houston may be slightly more liberal, but its so insignificant its not even worth it. Statistically Greater Houston is 0.3% more liberal than DFW by voting record.
As for Inner Loop Houston vs. the City of Dallas, what stats do you have to show what the difference is? I havent seen exact stats.
As for the diversity thing, yes, Houston is moreso. Houston is the 3rd most ethnically diverse metro area in the US of the majors. However, DFW is the 5th. Thats still not bad.
There is so little difference in the 2 that it would make no difference at all in one persons individual life. I mean it wouldn't matter at all which one yo made home
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The political differences between DFW and Greater Houston are virtually non-existant. Greater Houston may be slightly more liberal, but its so insignificant its not even worth it. Statistically Greater Houston is 0.3% more liberal than DFW by voting record.
Yeah that's what I meant to say basically, I was just trying to tell Artsyguy, because he thinks Dallas is the only Liberal city in Texas this because he needed to know other place in Texas are liberal too.
I wasn't trying to illustrate Houston as any more progressive than Dallas-Fort Worth, but I was just trying to get artsyguy's attention so that way he would know other Liberal places exist in Texas too.
In no manner was I trying to take anything away from Dallas at all, I was just trying to get a perspective out.
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As for Inner Loop Houston vs. the City of Dallas, what stats do you have to show what the difference is? I havent seen exact stats.
No dude you are taking me way to serious in that post. Let me clear up what I meant, I meant that Inner Loop Houston is more Liberal than the city of Dallas because its closer to the inner core of the the city, and the Inner of any city is Liberal and the further you move out into the city limits of Dallas or Houston the more suburban it starts to become, thus being conservative (in Houston and Dallas metropolitan areas suburbs generally are more conservative).
That's what I meant, if the city of Dallas has like an Inner Loop type of ring then everything inside that would be just as Liberal as the Inner Loop of Houston since they are the cores of their given cities.
What I meant to say was basically Inner Loop of Houston (and areas near the core of Dallas) > City of Dallas (or City of Houston) in how Liberal they are.
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As for the diversity thing, yes, Houston is moreso. Houston is the 3rd most ethnically diverse metro area in the US of the majors. However, DFW is the 5th. Thats still not bad.
No hold up dude, it's Racially more diverse not ethnically because it's impossible to ever determine what city is more ethnically diverse when they are around the same size in population and they both lead in certain ethnic groups over the other.
My post wasn't meant to be taken seriously man, I know better than that to take anything away from Dallas, I was just trying to get artsyguy get the idea that other cities in Texas have diversity too.
God, let's just agree to agree that Dallas is the absolute best city in the SW U.S.! Those lights give me weak knees...OK, over that! Duck Fallas.
don't be silly it is not the nicest in the SW it is the nicest in this solar system. I have friends from Jupiter and Saturn who go there for the lastest in summer fashion
Try Cedar Hill if you want lush hills, lakes, ponds, above average shopping, slow small-town living, and peaceful neighborhoods.
Try Addison if you want big city businesses, big city life, modern living, access to everything, multicultural flair, etc.
Houston metro has one great city called The Woodlands. It's a modern city with nice forests and trees.
erm, the Woodlands is not a city BUt yeah The Woodlands is the only place in Texas with over 50K people that ranks in the top 25 highest income places in the US
and Houston Metro has many wonderful cities. west University, Bellaire, Sugarland. Piney Point, Hunter's Creek, Bunker Hill. Some of these have the highest per capita income in Texas.
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BUt yeah The Woodlands is the only place in Texas with over 50K people that ranks in the top 25 highest income places in the US
