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Old 01-21-2009, 10:02 AM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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This is not to bash Dallas people and this is my personal opinion, but whenever I'm in Dallas, I feel it is much less urban than Houston. Even with it's downtown area and everything being more built up around it. I just still feel Houston is more urban.
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Old 01-21-2009, 10:10 AM
 
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Houston may be more urban, but IMHO, Dallas is more urbane.
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Old 01-21-2009, 10:35 AM
 
Location: Houston
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Houston may be more urban, but IMHO, Dallas is more urbane.
Wow I just laughed so hard I spit out my coffee! Thanks for keeping me entertained at work!
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Old 01-21-2009, 10:41 AM
 
Location: Clear Lake, Houston TX
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If urban = dilapidated ghetto/barrio, then perhaps Houston wins.

Otherwise, uptown Dallas and midtown Houston feel about the same to me. The rest surrounding those areas are more similar than different IMO.
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Old 01-21-2009, 12:41 PM
 
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There's nothing about Dallas and Houston that can be compared. They could be on different planets. Their reasons for being have absolutely nothing to do with one another. You could be comparing NYC and LA.... no comparison.

The Houston metro has developed with its population in place, its expansion taking place by virtue of necessity, constantly pushing its borders outward. To live in the Houston metro is to live in Houston. Spring/Houston. Pasadena/Houston. Sugarland/Houston. Addicks/Houston. Metro/Houston.

The Dallas metro has developed as an escape from Dallas, and just kept going. To live in the Dallas metro is to live in whatever burg you have selected as your home. Richardson, Arlington, Plano, Grapevine... most wherever is not Dallas.

This being compounded by Houston having no zoning ordinance where Dallas and the surrounding cities are zoning oriented.
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Old 01-21-2009, 12:47 PM
 
Location: NE Atlanta Metro
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That's because you equate urban to highrises, instead of well planned walkable communities connected to light rail.
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Old 01-21-2009, 01:25 PM
 
Location: Austin/Houston
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The Houston metro has developed with its population in place, its expansion taking place by virtue of necessity, constantly pushing its borders outward. To live in the Houston metro is to live in Houston. Spring/Houston. Pasadena/Houston. Sugarland/Houston. Addicks/Houston. Metro/Houston.
Maybe i'm missing the point you're trying to relay but Sugarland, Pasadena, Katy, Spring, The Woodlands are their own boundaries. They are not even Houston. They are Houston metro. However Irving, Plano, Richardson, Carrolton are not Dallas either, they're Dallas Metro, but when you start going further west like in Arlington and DFW airport, then its DFW comblined metro.


Houston feels more urban to me because in Houston, you get the best of both worlds. It has the ethnic diverse population, 2 stadiums downtown, Relaint Park, Uptown, Medical Center, Greenway Plaza all inside the loop, and Uptown right at the edge. I'm going to repeat what i said in the other thread. You see just as many urban clusters inside of loop 610 as you see in the entire DFW metroplex. Everything is connected to Houston as one network instead of everything being spread out further between two major cities, thus serving as two networks. (I'm guessing that's what WillysB was trying to say).

Also downtown Houston is more urban than downtown Dallas. Houston has its own little version of the nightlife that Dallas's Greenville Ave has INSIDE downtown on Main Street. It also has its version of Victory Park INSIDE downtown on the development happening on the eastside of downtown Houston. It also has midtown which is equivalent to Dallas's uptown (although Dallas's uptown is slightly ahead).

One thing that Dallas has up on Houston is its mass transit system. As of right now (2009), Dallas's murders Houston's. But withnin the next 5 years, we'll start to see Houston's catch up to Dallas's.
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Old 01-21-2009, 01:44 PM
 
Location: I-35
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The reason is NO ZONING I love that Houston is divided into districts Medical Center, Uptown, Downtown, Westchase, Greenspoint, Dallas does have a better transit system but Houston has a better overall feel to it.
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Old 01-21-2009, 01:52 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX.
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Umm....because it is.....hello!! Welcome to Texas my friend!!
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Old 01-21-2009, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Houston is at the very center of its metro region giving it an advantage making everything around it feel more "integrated" IMO. People of different races, creeds, & gender seem to get along much better in Houston which can be attributed to its lack of zoning that in turn lets everyone have an equal opportunity at helping to build the city.

Dallas is located on the far eastern end of a two part metro region giving it less of an influence on the over all area. Fort Worth & everything Tarrant County might as well be its separate area as it has its own distinct cultural differences, identity, & suburbs. There seems to be a lot of political mess back & forth between those two cities & their suburbs as to who gets what & where making it feel more segregated especially North Dallas-South Dallas.

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