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Old 11-27-2009, 06:38 PM
JJG
 
Location: Fort Worth
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Until Arlington gets a public transit system, I refuse to call it a stad alone city.

I don't care if it does have the Cowboys, Rangers, two theme parks, and a stadium that could hold the whole Metroplex.... no city bus, no city.
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Old 11-27-2009, 06:49 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Arlington is the worst excuse for a suburb or a city; Dallas or Fort Worth just needs to annex it.
First of all, Arlington isn't even in Dallas County so there is no way Dallas could ever annex it even if they wanted to. Also, Dallas is land locked with all of its surrounding mega burbs already...Irving, Mesquite, Garland, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Grand Prairie, Plano, Richardson, etc.

Fort Worth is the opposite. It has plenty of undeveloped available land to annex without having to annex one of its suburbs such as Arlington. Just a few years ago Fort Worth annexed some land for future development.
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Old 11-27-2009, 06:53 PM
JJG
 
Location: Fort Worth
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First of all, Arlington isn't even in Dallas County so there is no way Dallas could ever annex it even if they wanted to. Also, Dallas is land locked with all of its surrounding mega burbs already...Irving, Mesquite, Garland, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Grand Prairie, Plano, Richardson, etc.

Fort Worth is the opposite. It has plenty of undeveloped available land to annex without having to annex one of its suburbs such as Arlington.
.... You have to remember, to alot, and I mean ALOT of people, Dallas owns EVERYTHING in DFW.

It's not true, but that just seems to be the general thought.
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Old 11-27-2009, 07:06 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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.... You have to remember, to alot, and I mean ALOT of people, Dallas owns EVERYTHING in DFW.

It's not true, but that just seems to be the general thought.
Trust me, if it were left to Fort Worth, they would choose to be their own metro. Tarrant County alone is around 1.8 mill. in population & growing very fast.
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Old 11-27-2009, 08:08 PM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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First of all, Arlington isn't even in Dallas County so there is no way Dallas could ever annex it even if they wanted to. Also, Dallas is land locked with all of its surrounding mega burbs already...Irving, Mesquite, Garland, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Grand Prairie, Plano, Richardson, etc.

Fort Worth is the opposite. It has plenty of undeveloped available land to annex without having to annex one of its suburbs such as Arlington. Just a few years ago Fort Worth annexed some land for future development.
Well Arlington is already looked at as part of Dallas; However, it is closer to Fort Worth.

I agree with JJG. I refuse to recognize it as a stand alone city.
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Old 11-27-2009, 08:31 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Well Arlington is already looked at as part of Dallas; However, it is closer to Fort Worth.
This is where Fort Worth gets the short end of the stick, as it always does. Its even worse now since the Dallas Cowboys are in Arlington.

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Old 11-27-2009, 10:15 PM
JJG
 
Location: Fort Worth
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This is where Fort Worth gets the short end of the stick, as it always does. Its even worse now since the Dallas Cowboys are in Arlington.
The way I see it, as long as I can talk, that won't be a problem....

Ft. W - FTW
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Old 11-27-2009, 10:34 PM
 
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Arlington seriously needs to get some public transit going on
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Old 11-27-2009, 11:20 PM
 
Location: Texas
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seriously...they all just blur together. I lived in Richland Hills...one of Ft. Worth's original burbs. Still some great neighborhoods in there. And you can have horses (and llamas in your backyard!)
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Old 11-28-2009, 12:36 AM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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This is where Fort Worth gets the short end of the stick, as it always does. Its even worse now since the Dallas Cowboys are in Arlington.
Short end of the stick? Most people in Fort Worth dont care. Same with the who metro area thing. Its absurd to think they belong in different Metro areas. They send tons of commuters to the other, they share an airport, an economy, and a media market, etc.

Dallas and Fort Worth, as different as they might be, are one entity. There is no seperation any more except for some imaginary lines on a map. Is the same with LA and Orange County. They are very different and the attitude is much different. But they blur together, share a media market and an economy and thats just the way it is.
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