Dallas vs Atlanta - Quality of life (Fort Worth, McKinney: to live, dangerous)

[AK123]

Originally Posted by grindin

And whoever said D/FW is prettier than Houston, I'll give them that. Even though Houston is "greener" (but flatter) than D/FW, it is a lot more industrial looking than D/FW and Atlanta, not to mention the lack of zoning laws in the city of Houston make the city look really random. Dallas looks a bit more "sterile" than Houston.

Don't know about that. The industrial area of Houston is primarily limited to the east side suburbs, not spread all over. IMO, the rest of Houston outside of that specific area is prettier than DFW because of the trees and greenery.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

If you like Atlanta & East Texas for the beautiful surrounding piney woods & smell of flowers all year, then you would like the northern areas of Houston. The only difference between Atlanta & Houston is hilly terrain versus the flat Gulf Coast...oh & Houston has palm trees!

Since in TX I've only been down to Houston twice, but found the area from Huntsville thru Conroe and The Woodlands absolutely gorgeous terrain. In Houston I didn't see much outside of the interstates so can't comment too readily on that. On my way back to Dallas, I took a detour off the freeway and drove through the Sam Houston National Forest for a while. Again, I felt more at home. Being in a mature southern pine forest soothes something in my soul.

If I had to move to the Houston area, I would definitely consider that side of the metro area.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Saintmarks

Since in TX I've only been down to Houston twice, but found the area from Huntsville thru Conroe and The Woodlands absolutely gorgeous terrain. In Houston I didn't see much outside of the interstates so can't comment too readily on that. On my way back to Dallas, I took a detour off the freeway and drove through the Sam Houston National Forest for a while. Again, I felt more at home. Being in a mature southern pine forest soothes something in my soul.

If I had to move to the Houston area, I would definitely consider that side of the metro area.

Huntsville & Conroe are both semi-hilly with woods, but the further south on I-45 you go it starts to become flat around The Woodlands. Other wooded areas of Houston are in Humble, Spring, Cypress, & Tomball. Even right smack dab in the middle of Houston theres Memorial Park, a 1466 acre urban forest with beautiful multi million dollar homes, golf courses, tennis courts, & trails. Sometimes its easy to forget you're right in the middle of the 4th largest US city & not lost in Sherwoood Forest somewhere.

[Dee alb]

Im in the medical field and was thinking about moving to dallas or atlanta. Which city has the better hospitals and education (colleges and universities) institutions?

[rosscountry]

well looking at all of the replies I think we can agree that comparing Atlanta to Dallas is comparing apples to oranges. Sounds like Atlanta is more similar to Houston to me.

hmmm. Now what city out there is truly similar to the BIG D?

[rosscountry]

Originally Posted by Dee alb

Im in the medical field and was thinking about moving to dallas or atlanta. Which city has the better hospitals and education (colleges and universities) institutions?

If you are already in the medical field I think your "best" answer is going to come from your peers probably not this forum.

now here is the opinion of a non medical civilian:

Dallas by far is the best at least for Child birth.
I am a proud parent of 2 Baylor babies


here is a link for 3rd party info on your question
US news ranks the best hospitals in America. Depending on your speciality this may be helpful.

Top American Hospitals – US News Best Hospitals


I also do remember reading another article sometime ago that people in the medical profession here earn salaries as high as people in New York City but the cost of living here is much less.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by galore

Easy:

* Cheap
* New
* Homogeneous
* Big Houses
* Neat

What might top all of these on this list is the quality of the school systems

[daleherd]

everyone is pretty much right except far north dallas. the only thing he said that was accurate was about the basements. he is especially wrong about atlanta being bigger and more spread out. just the opposite is true. the metroplex is much bigger and far more spread out and solid.

[First24]

As someone who lives in both DFW and Atlanta. Dallas and Atlanta have more in common. Both are inland cities, arrrangement of the suburbs are similar, large airports, major N/S-E/W interstates, same type of diverse economic base, racial profiles similar, zoning similar, both cities downtowns and midtowns in situated similar positions.

Dallas with trees and a larger black population = Atlanta.

[Lakewooder]

Dallas has trees -- here's a shot from White Rock Lake looking across Lakewood to Downtown:

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2876/whiterocklakeskylinemk7.jpg (broken link)