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Dallas Love field has the Dallas Skyline in the background (makes Dallas feel very cosmopolitan)
Here is the Dallas City Center as seen from Dallas Love Field Airport, about 7 miles northwest of the City Center, taken on 06-10-10. Looks pretty damn mighty!
Downtown Dallas from Dallas Love Field Airport & Bachman Lake, 06-10-10 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/52949402@N03/5492908759/ - broken link) by skys the limit2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/52949402@N03/ - broken link), on Flickr
Last edited by skys the limit2; 04-17-2011 at 11:39 PM..
There's a reason why some freeways in Southern Dallas County do not have any developments along it. I know a part of I-20 is in a large forest and it's along the Trinity River flood plain. I-45 in South Dallas has a large forest on both sides and the Trinity River is under it.
The City of Dallas extends south of I-20 & parts of it still look very countryish, open land with cattle grazing & little in the way of modern development with your occasional liquor store or fireworks stand off the side of the interstate.
At the airports alone, Atlanta's HJ makes you feel like you're in a bigger city than Houston or Dallas. Or atleast, a more "important" city. But when your plane is on the taxiway, off in the distance you can see the skyline, and from that angle it makes it look rather tiny, and you're like "that's it?"
Then again, I always forget the Texas cities have two airports to ATL's one.
The City of Dallas extends south of I-20 & parts of it still look very countryish, open land with cattle grazing & little in the way of modern development with your occasional liquor store or fireworks stand off the side of the interstate.
Leave it to Metro Matt to point that out. I thought the city of Dallas didn't have any available land to grow? I know there is land in Southern sector of Dallas into Hutchins that is suppose to house the Logistic Hub.
The City of Dallas extends south of I-20 & parts of it still look very countryish with open land & little in the way of modern development.
I would have to agree with metro matt that Dallas looks very countryish with open land and little in the way of modern development, much like this photo reveals.
As a note, this photo was taken on 10-18-08, two and a half years ago.
Since then, six highrises and skyscrapers were constructed and completed in the City Center that are not shown in this image.
Plus, there are four additional highrises and skyscrapers under construction in the City Center as this is being written that are also not represented in the image.
It is really so sad how backward and countryish Dallas looks! What an embarrassment!
And this view is just one little tiny pie wedge of Dallas!
Just imagine how embarrassing it would be for Dallas if the rest of its wide-open, countryish views were shown!
Oh well, thank goodness there is Houston to save Texas from such embarrassment!
Dallas cityscape from just north of I-635 loop & Dallas North Tollway, 10-18-08 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/52949402@N03/5414536875/ - broken link) by skys the limit2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/52949402@N03/ - broken link), on Flickr
Leave it to Metro Matt to point that out. I thought the city of Dallas didn't have any available land to grow? I know there is land in Southern sector of Dallas into Hutchins that is suppose to house the Logistic Hub.
There probably won't ever be development on that part of I-20 in South Dallas. Lancaster will probably get more residential growth than Dallas will, when the Logistics Hub is built.
I would have to agree with metro matt that Dallas looks very countryish with open land and little in the way of modern development, much like this photo reveals.
As a note, this photo was taken on 10-18-08, two and a half years ago.
Since then, six highrises and skyscrapers were constructed and completed in the City Center that are not shown in this image.
Plus, there are four additional highrises and skyscrapers under construction in the City Center as this is being written that are also not represented in the image.
It is really so sad how backward and countryish Dallas looks! What an embarrassment!
And this view is just one little tiny pie wedge of Dallas!
Just imagine how embarrassing it would be for Dallas if the rest of its wide-open, countryish views were shown!
Oh well, thank goodness there is Houston to save Texas from such embarrassment!
Dallas cityscape from just north of I-635 loop & Dallas North Tollway, 10-18-08 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/52949402@N03/5414536875/ - broken link) by skys the limit2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/52949402@N03/ - broken link), on Flickr
I would have to agree with metro matt that Dallas looks very countryish with open land and little in the way of modern development, much like this photo reveals.
As a note, this photo was taken on 10-18-08, two and a half years ago.
Since then, six highrises and skyscrapers were constructed and completed in the City Center that are not shown in this image.
Plus, there are four additional highrises and skyscrapers under construction in the City Center as this is being written that are also not represented in the image.
It is really so sad how backward and countryish Dallas looks! What an embarrassment!
And this view is just one little tiny pie wedge of Dallas!
Just imagine how embarrassing it would be for Dallas if the rest of its wide-open, countryish views were shown!
Oh well, thank goodness there is Houston to save Texas from such embarrassment!
Dallas cityscape from just north of I-635 loop & Dallas North Tollway, 10-18-08 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/52949402@N03/5414536875/ - broken link) by skys the limit2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/52949402@N03/ - broken link), on Flickr
Oh come on. It's not a knock on DFW that it is more wide open and country than Houston is. That's just the way it is. Because of the feeders (and flatness), Houston is more built up, so it looks bigger (plus, it has taller buildings and is more centralized). The hills in DFW and the stop and go of the feeder roads make it less built up, especially the Fort Worth side (over around W 820). All you see is wide open prairie for miles and miles, with a mid-sized skyline in the middle. It's almost the same way with I-20 going through South Dallas. I-30 between both cities isn't fully developed and won't ever be. The way DFW is, it makes it more relaxing to drive through than Houston.
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