Is Houston friendlier then Dallas overall? (Austin, Fort Worth: homes, friendly, live)

[MattDen]

I was wondering Ive never been in Dallas or Houston. But Houston just seems much nicer based on my perception then Dallas.

Dallas despite being in the same economic league as Houston for some reason ive heard is just a very, very snooty and fake place and Houston is more genuine, real and laid-back. Thats just what I have heard but I guess Dallas has a long record of having a very arrogant populous compared to other Texas and american cities.

I have been to neither but I have interacted with people from both and while the people ive been around from Houston have been friendly, genuine people who seem fun to be around the ones from the Dallas area have had sterile, arrogant, prententious personalities.

For some reason when I think of Dallas I think of people walking in designer fashions from their expensive european SUV's in 110 degree heat with big glasses like they are celebrities while Houstonians I see as being the more laid-back type similar to what Austin's image is about but just on a larger scale.

I guess for some reason Dallas seems like a place where someone is judged based on the square footage of their wood-framed residence. I might be off base but it just seems like for being a metropolitan area of 6 million people being someone who likes to visit urban areas I have never felt anything for Dallas or heard anything at all good about it from people who been there but Houston I hear lots of great stuff about the culture down there and the scene.

Anyway, are these perceptions right?

Is Fort Worth similar in personality to Dallas?

[houstoner]

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Originally Posted by MattDen

I was wondering Ive never been in Dallas or Houston. But Houston just seems much nicer based on my perception then Dallas.

Dallas despite being in the same economic league as Houston for some reason ive heard is just a very, very snooty and fake place and Houston is more genuine, real and laid-back. Thats just what I have heard but I guess Dallas has a long record of having a very arrogant populous compared to other Texas and american cities.

I have been to neither but I have interacted with people from both and while the people ive been around from Houston have been friendly, genuine people who seem fun to be around the ones from the Dallas area have had sterile, arrogant, prententious personalities.

For some reason when I think of Dallas I think of people walking in designer fashions from their expensive european SUV's in 110 degree heat with big glasses like they are celebrities while Houstonians I see as being the more laid-back type similar to what Austin's image is about but just on a larger scale.

I guess for some reason Dallas seems like a place where someone is judged based on the square footage of their wood-framed residence. I might be off base but it just seems like for being a metropolitan area of 6 million people being someone who likes to visit urban areas I have never felt anything for Dallas or heard anything at all good about it from people who been there but Houston I hear lots of great stuff about the culture down there and the scene.

Anyway, are these perceptions right?

Is Fort Worth similar in personality to Dallas?

Of course we realize these are generalizations and there are exceptions to every rule. Okay, now that that's out of the way... Overall, I would say your perception of the differences in friendliness between these two cities is pretty spot on. This isn't to say there aren't any friendly people in Dallas... but the difference is you may hit a wall in Dallas much sooner than you would in Houston. Dallasites can be polite, but they seem more cliquish, like they stay in their own little circles more. In Houston you are much more likely to meet someone and be invited somewhere upon first meeting. Houstonians seem to think you can never have enough friends whereas in Dallas people seem content with the friends they've got. Does that make sense? Funny, because as I type this I realize I kind of witnessed this last night as I found myself in my car at a stoplight between three cyclists on their way home. Two to my right, one waiting to make a left. They were having a conversation across my car and it was apparent they'd just met that evening. While waiting for the light to change, the guys on my left got to know the guy on my right, who ended up inviting them to an upcoming race. In my experience stuff like that doesn't happen in Dallas, or at least not with the frequency it happens here.

Ft. Worth is not similar to Dallas in this way, or at all really. I've visited a few times and it's a neat little city. People struck me as considerably more laid back in Ft. Worth than in Dallas. The pace is slower to reflect this and people are friendly there.

[love roses]

Dallas is more pretentious than Houston, and there is a lot more cliquishness. People can be friendly in Dallas, but they do like to show what their money can buy...Houston, if people have money, don't flaunt it as much, and are friendlier to those that don't have as much. So what you posted is pretty accurate in my opinion.

[NOTAM]

dont know about Houston............but with regards to your question about Ft Worth........you cannot compare Ft Worth and Dallas. just cant. and yes it is friendlier in Ft Worth

[rlndjssc]

Fort Worth is more country, and Dallas is all city. I've lived in between all my life and I like both. Yes, Dallas is pretty plastic. Growing up here I didn't know any different until I visited Austin.

BTW, they don't live in wood frame homes, lol. The ones that do are not part of any elitist crowd.

I didn't know Houston was considered friendlier. I hate Houston, but I'm told Houston and Dallas are exactly alike and people from each dislike the other. (The place, not the people).