Imagine DFW in 30 years... (Houston, Dallas: apartment, lofts, big house)

[1957TabbyCat]

I see Dallas and North Texas as more third world with low wages for most and a few people at the very top of the pyramid with not too many middle class.

In the City limits alot like that now.

A question is will sprawl continue if energy costs do not get under control?

Will there be population shifts where real estate becomes more expensive close in?

There could be also other cities where people can live and work close to home as there already are in the North Dallas Suburbs where people have little need to even go to Dallas at al.

[DtX4415]

Originally Posted by barrett21

I would say the schools up here are better than LA school district to name just one. However, they are horrible compared to any school that I know of in Texas .

San Antonio has some of the worst school districts in the state.

[mSooner]

Huge chance? When you buy a home, you KNOW exactly which school your kid will go to. How is that chance? It's called planning. I know most people are lazy and don't want to do the leg work, but...

But there is only one middle school on the list. My point was your kid might go to a good elementary school, but after that the likelihood one of those schools will feed into a middle school on the list is very small.

[Lakewooder]

It is more difficult (because of many issues - more subgroups, taking the tests in English etc) for middle and high schools to earn the recognized and exemplary rankings. That also holds true in the suburbs.

Even if a school is ranked AU (academically unacceptable) that does not mean that the whole school is 'crap' - only that a subgroup had a certain number which failed in a certain subject. There can still be a critical mass of high-achievers going on to great colleges - Franklin and Hillcrest are good examples.

[1957TabbyCat]

It is really up the parents in the end.

The DISD gets money for everyday kids are in class.

I had a very unpc conversation with my youngest son who is still in the DISD.

When dad was a kid the taxpayers did not cater to the self esteem of stupid kids and thier parents. The city of Dallas is about 70% illiterate.
That means a large proportion of people can only do very simple jobs, collect social services or steal.

WHen I was in grammer school I was given books such as Alfred P Sloan's My Years with General Motors, as will as books by Jack London and others.

[mSooner]

At any rate, my intention wasn't to get in yet ANOTHER DISD argument, just point out that there are a lot of caveats to what you said.

Ha...in some way we are alike--we both hate generalizations about DISD. We are just quick to point out the errors of different types of generalizations

[Lakewooder]

Also I don't know where this guy came up with the figure of Dallas being 70% illiterate. Is that what he learned at 'grammer' school? I agree that in the past they did not cater "to the self esteem of stupid kids and thier (sic) parents". However, if they don't do that now the kids drop out and it's counted against a school in its ratings. This is the same conundrum faced when raising the difficulty or threshold of TAKS or the new end of course tests.

So a school can actually be penalized not only for diversity but also for requiring 'rigor' (as the cliche' goes today).

[Fort Worthian]

Just in case this means anything Dallas Independent School District (DISD) Has 2 out of the top 3 best public High Schools in the United States, they have the number 1 and number 3 best public high schools in the USA and technically Dallas is actually putting there money to work, unlike hundreds of Districts, Dallas actually cooks (pricey) there cafeteria food, they don't go cheap and warm up food and serve it to you, so give credit to there educational system at least there making a use of the money, and usually huge Districts would have problems with managing there education but in Big D that's not true

[Fort Worthian]

I can not recall which website I got this from but but by 2030 Fort Worth should have over 1 million people living in the City, in addition most cities in the metroplex are seeing positive things, like Dallas is actually recovering there economy slowly, DFW is having a population boost, according to Forbes DFW dominates the faster growing metro and Dallas and FW are in the top 15 highest paying cities, DFW has added a lot of jobs which attracts people, DFW has a lot of unique places where people can live like Dallas, Ft Worth, Arlington, Denton, Irving, McKinney, Frisco, Addison, Garland, Plano, Grand Prairie, and they also have a lot of suburbs for people who don't want to live in the city Duncanville, North Richland Hills, Keller, West Worth Village, Lake Dallas, Lake Worth, and I can name 1000s of more, and DFW is surrounded by more towns that are nearby like Gainesville, Paris, Weather-ford, Mineral Wells, Tyler, Waco, Texarkana, etc. Dallas is actually going to add more high rises in the Reunion Area (Near the reunion tower) according to the media, I have no idea but the sketch seemed like another city, so if the plan is correct (It was from Fox so I doubt it was real lol) Dallas will have High rises and office buildings pop up eventually around the Reunion Tower and Hyatt Hotel

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Demographically, it will probably be similar to what LA is today.