Which metropolis feels larger: Dallas MSA or Houston MSA? (Galveston: live in, vs)

[dalparadise]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

You won't see any sexually oriented businesses next to churches in Big D. You will in Houston.

You have mentioned this before and were proven wrong. I agree with the comment that this is a bad thing and thankfully doesn't exist in Houston, either. I have been waiting for a month for you to show one single instance of this anywhere in Houston and you cannot.

[First24]

Originally Posted by Trae713

Southeast Texas counties are larger than north Texas counties. Urban areas are best to look at.

That's the same way I perceive city populations. As comparisons can be deceptive due to how the size of city limits vary.

[dalparadise]

Originally Posted by dalparadise

You have mentioned this before and were proven wrong. I agree with the comment that this is a bad thing and thankfully doesn't exist in Houston, either. I have been waiting for a month for you to show one single instance of this anywhere in Houston and you cannot.

I'd like to make this point very clear to you. Before, I gave you the benefit of the doubt that you were merely mistaken, because you didn't understand how even a city without zoning laws would have protections in the form of laws and ordinances to regulate certain types of development. I showed you how this is the case in Houston with respect to churches, bars, sexually oriented businesses, etc. As a matter of fact, Dallas is well known to have more lax city ordinances with regard to SOBs than Houston.

With that knowledge in hand, you continue this bizarre campaign of misinformation. You are no longer mistaken. Now you are simply lying.

[stoneclaw]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

People always seem to say this but it really doesn't make sense...Explain how this happens?...If anything the city of Dallas targets run down areas and clean them up...All of the most run down parts of Dallas all have extensive revitalization plans with most already under construction or finished..So what happens is you visit Dallas and notice a run down hood and the next time you visit...that same area you remember is all cleaned up now...which I guess provokes the sweeping under the rug notation...IDK..Im asking?

Dallas has plenty of run down areas. They may be better kept and less run down than Houston's, but they do exist. Dallas has a way of building new developments primarily right in the immediate vicinity of the freeways, but they do still have their rougher neighborhoods tucked away. That's where the "sweeping under the rug" scenario comes from.

Kudos to Dallas for being able to do this well.

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by stoneclaw

Dallas has plenty of run down areas. They may be better kept and less run down than Houston's, but they do exist. Dallas has a way of building new developments primarily right in the immediate vicinity of the freeways, but they do still have their rougher neighborhoods tucked away. That's where the "sweeping under the rug" scenario comes from.

Kudos to Dallas for being able to do this well.

I guess none of you have been south of Downtown.

[stoneclaw]

Originally Posted by Dallaz

I guess none of you have been south of Downtown.

??? Whaat ???

That's where the majority of Dallas's rundown areas are. That's another example of how Dallas is good at tucking them away. Don't know what your point was, but you helped further mine. Thanks, charity is always appreciated.

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by stoneclaw

??? Whaat ???

That's where the majority of Dallas's rundown areas are. That's another example of how Dallas is good at tucking them away. Don't know what your point was, but you helped further mine. Thanks, charity is always appreciated.

How can it be tucked away when a vast majority of it is out in the open. The majority of the Interstates are there (35, 45, and 20) so how are we hiding anything? To get to San Antonio, Austin, and Houston you have to go through it.

[dallasboi]

Originally Posted by Dallaz

I guess none of you have been south of Downtown.

Yep....the exact areas I was speaking on. South Dallas,Pleasant Grove and South oak Cliff have nice plans in place and are really starting to build up and fill in. The "Bexar Street Corridor" is a perfect example of the vision for South Dallas. The "Lancaster Corridor" which is under construction will be a MAJOR catylist for serious development in South oak cliff. We are only at the tip of the iceberg in developing the "Southern Sector" But its definately only gonna pick up steam from here....starting with the 4 Diamond golf course thats about to be constructed in Pleasant Grove.....Wonderful years ahead for allas

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

Yep....the exact areas I was speaking on. South Dallas,Pleasant Grove and South oak Cliff have nice plans in place and are really starting to build up and fill in. The "Bexar Street Corridor" is a perfect example of the vision for South Dallas. The "Lancaster Corridor" which is under construction will be a MAJOR catylist for serious development in South oak cliff. We are only at the tip of the iceberg in developing the "Southern Sector" But its definately only gonna pick up steam from here....starting with the 4 Diamond golf course thats about to be constructed in Pleasant Grove.....Wonderful years ahead for allas

Yeah, I looked into all of that and it sounds good. We need to really build out that area because it alone could hold at least half a million people, considering that it covers more land than Seattle and Atlanta.

[stoneclaw]

Originally Posted by Dallaz

How can it be tucked away when a vast majority of it is out in the open. The majority of the Interstates are there (35, 45, and 20) so how are we hiding anything? To get to San Antonio, Austin, and Houston you have to go through it.

It may be out in the open, but it sits right outside of the main parts of the city. And the area appears very rural and is kind of covered behind trees, sometimes, I forget that's even apart of Dallas. Once you hit downtown dallas coming from the south, there's long stretches of new development lining the freeways.