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Old 05-27-2014, 12:58 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Stats were based on these important criteria, not some random figures pulled out of thin air which automatically dismisses those folks saying suburbs & towns can't be included.

  • Nightlife per capita (bars, clubs, comedy, etc.)
  • Live music venues per capita
  • Active life options per capita (parks, outdoor activities, etc.)
  • Fast Food restaurants per capita (the fewer the better)
  • Percentage of restaurants that are fast food (the lower the better)
  • Percentage of young residents ages 20 to 34 (the higher the better)

 
Old 05-27-2014, 03:01 PM
 
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Stats were based on these important criteria, not some random figures pulled out of thin air which automatically dismisses those folks saying suburbs & towns can't be included.

  • Nightlife per capita (bars, clubs, comedy, etc.)
  • Live music venues per capita
  • Active life options per capita (parks, outdoor activities, etc.)
  • Fast Food restaurants per capita (the fewer the better)
  • Percentage of restaurants that are fast food (the lower the better)
  • Percentage of young residents ages 20 to 34 (the higher the better)
The point you are missing is that most suburbs are not likely to have those things at all, so it is pretty pointless to include them in the study.
 
Old 05-27-2014, 04:18 PM
 
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I cannot stand these negative lists!
Why are they negative? Not everyone is going to see the total grandeur and pleasantness of a small burb town. They can be really boring. Not all but a lot can be. It's not negative to say so.
 
Old 05-27-2014, 05:11 PM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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Many East Texas cities, suburbs, & towns have all of those qualities & more yet placed well below Dallas or Houston's burbs.

Longview, for example placed far down on the list. Tyler wasn't even on there because it was ranked as one of the better small cities in Texas recently by the same people who did this list.

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You cant compare two small/mid-sized cities with suburbs of major metro areas. They arent the same. Im glad I live in a borning neighborhood. I can drive to Dallas or Fort Worth when I want to do stuff, but I get to come home to peace and quiet at night. If you live in Tyler and want to do things that you cant do in Tyler (which are most things), you have to drive to Dallas or Houston. Not the same thing.

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Old 05-27-2014, 05:23 PM
 
Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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These are only suburbs, bedroom communities, and small towns. Was anyone confused in thinking that Rowlett was a nightlife destination? A more accurate title to the article would be "Places you'll hate when you're 25 but probably move to at 35."
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These places are supposed to be boring. Their selling points are their safeness, quietness, and predictability.
Exactly...
 
Old 05-27-2014, 06:06 PM
 
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Why are they negative? Not everyone is going to see the total grandeur and pleasantness of a small burb town. They can be really boring. Not all but a lot can be. It's not negative to say so.
Because it is silly and even somewhat condescending to declare certain places as "officially" boring, based on criteria that is completely relative. Calling a place boring is almost indirectly referring to the people that live there as boring. I do not care for the suburbs either but I am not going to assume some authoritative position and dismiss them as being unenjoyable places to live for everyone.
 
Old 05-27-2014, 06:18 PM
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Location: Fort Worth
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Yeah, there's really not much of a point to this.

No one moves to Pearland for Pearland.

No one moves to Rowlett for Rowlett.

And I don't think anyone moves to Granbury, period.
 
Old 05-27-2014, 06:38 PM
 
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Because it is silly and even somewhat condescending to declare certain places as "officially" boring, based on criteria that is completely relative. Calling a place boring is almost indirectly referring to the people that live there as boring. I do not care for the suburbs either but I am not going to assume some authoritative position and dismiss them as being unenjoyable places to live for everyone.
Pretty typical response. Exactly what I was expecting. It seems like all sorts of assumptions can be made by texans regarding the cities in the state, even comments of repulsion. Maybe not by you but I always hated being asked in the burbs and towns outside the loop in Houston why I would choose to live in the city? It was a loaded question.

But the second someone says that a small town might just be boring, it's like someone too a wiz on the carpet.
 
Old 05-27-2014, 06:45 PM
 
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Pretty typical response. Exactly what I was expecting. It seems like all sorts of assumptions can be made by texans regarding the cities in the state, even comments of repulsion. Maybe not by you but I always hated being asked in the burbs and towns outside the loop in Houston why I would choose to live in the city? It was a loaded question.

But the second someone says that a small town might just be boring, it's like someone too a wiz on the carpet.
I just said that I would not choose to live in the suburbs either so please spare me. I can have a preference for one place without referring to the alternative as boring.
 
Old 05-27-2014, 06:48 PM
 
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I just said that I would not choose to live in the suburbs either so please spare me. I can have a preference for one place without referring to the alternative as boring.
It all depends on the town but there are some small burbs and towns on the outskirts that are boring by many measures. Fredericksburg is not, Georgetown is not, Marble Falls? Not even. Heck, I've even had a blast out in Fulshear Texas. Katy too.

But Rosenberg? No its boring. Peatland? Pretty boring.
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