Dallas - thoughts?

[Anonymous]

If you like the ocean, don’t move to Dallas. You can’t drive anywhere nice on the water—you’ll need to fly or take a loooooong road-trip.

[Anonymous]

I went once and did not like— too sprawling and road-based and no real sense of history— but I have a friend living in a suburb there and seems to like it.

[Anonymous]

OMG no. Just - NO!

Too many MAGA/ supremacists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s getting expensive. And you’ll need to pay for private schools.

Don’t be fooled: it’s still very conservative despite the influx of Californians, midwesterners, etc. They are heading south for conservative vibes…including the influx of Asians and Muslims. They want Red politics.

Nope. Excellent public schools all over the metroplex. People who believe in public education, this is a city for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG no. Just - NO!

Too many MAGA/ supremacists.

You’ve never been, I take it?

[Anonymous]

I grew up in DFW and it's better than people think but not as good as visitors charmed by low prices want to believe.

Pros:
Friendly day to day interactions with strangers/acquaintances. Much nicer than around here, and I think people around here are fine
Lower (but no longer low) COL, and cheaper expectations for life (no 6 weeks of sleep away camp, etc)
Generally easy to find good school systems
Phenomenal food

Cons:
Weather. Not just heat but extreme weather- there are a lot of tornado's in the spring (and now summer)
Lack of natural beauty. You won't notice until you do and then you will (not) see it everywhere you look
Politics. It's easy to write it off as NBD or only a partisan woud care, but there is a lot of casual racism, people being A-OK with HOAs running their lives, and this kind of tyranny of the Church that is hard to understand until you've lived it
Weird gender stuff. This is a subset of politics but deserves its own mention. Things that are optional here (cheerleading, football) are more foundational there and it infiltrates the days to day more than you might think
You'd better freaking LOVE your car. A lot if Texans do, and if you do at can be great. But you'll be in it all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in DFW and it's better than people think but not as good as visitors charmed by low prices want to believe.

Pros:
Friendly day to day interactions with strangers/acquaintances. Much nicer than around here, and I think people around here are fine
Lower (but no longer low) COL, and cheaper expectations for life (no 6 weeks of sleep away camp, etc)
Generally easy to find good school systems
Phenomenal food

Cons:
Weather. Not just heat but extreme weather- there are a lot of tornado's in the spring (and now summer)
Lack of natural beauty. You won't notice until you do and then you will (not) see it everywhere you look
Politics. It's easy to write it off as NBD or only a partisan woud care, but there is a lot of casual racism, people being A-OK with HOAs running their lives, and this kind of tyranny of the Church that is hard to understand until you've lived it
Weird gender stuff. This is a subset of politics but deserves its own mention. Things that are optional here (cheerleading, football) are more foundational there and it infiltrates the days to day more than you might think
You'd better freaking LOVE your car. A lot if Texans do, and if you do at can be great. But you'll be in it all the time.

Agree with all of this, plus there isn't much greenery compared to the DMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG no. Just - NO!

Too many MAGA/ supremacists.

Guess what. They absolutely do not want you there, especially if that’s what you think of them.

No one is inviting you OR your divisive politics that somehow has you ascribing hyperbolic negative traits and more disdain for your fellow Americans who disagree with you than you can muster even for Hamas sympathizers, so please stay away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in DFW and it's better than people think but not as good as visitors charmed by low prices want to believe.

Pros:
Friendly day to day interactions with strangers/acquaintances. Much nicer than around here, and I think people around here are fine
Lower (but no longer low) COL, and cheaper expectations for life (no 6 weeks of sleep away camp, etc)
Generally easy to find good school systems
Phenomenal food

Cons:
Weather. Not just heat but extreme weather- there are a lot of tornado's in the spring (and now summer)
Lack of natural beauty. You won't notice until you do and then you will (not) see it everywhere you look
Politics. It's easy to write it off as NBD or only a partisan woud care, but there is a lot of casual racism, people being A-OK with HOAs running their lives, and this kind of tyranny of the Church that is hard to understand until you've lived it
Weird gender stuff. This is a subset of politics but deserves its own mention. Things that are optional here (cheerleading, football) are more foundational there and it infiltrates the days to day more than you might think
You'd better freaking LOVE your car. A lot if Texans do, and if you do at can be great. But you'll be in it all the time.

Agree with all of this, plus there isn't much greenery compared to the DMV.

Op here — yeah the lack of trees was something that was starkly evident and bothered me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG no. Just - NO!

Too many MAGA/ supremacists.

Guess what. They absolutely do not want you there, especially if that’s what you think of them.

No one is inviting you OR your divisive politics that somehow has you ascribing hyperbolic negative traits and more disdain for your fellow Americans who disagree with you than you can muster even for Hamas sympathizers, so please stay away.

+a million. Stay the F outta Texas. They don’t want you there and I don’t want you there when I move back home. You run your commie leftist mouth in Dallas and someone will put their fist in it in short order. Go to California where you belong. Texas is full.

[Anonymous]

Would never bc of abortion. Could be like Paris and Tahiti combined and would be a no from me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG no. Just - NO!

Too many MAGA/ supremacists.

Guess what. They absolutely do not want you there, especially if that’s what you think of them.

No one is inviting you OR your divisive politics that somehow has you ascribing hyperbolic negative traits and more disdain for your fellow Americans who disagree with you than you can muster even for Hamas sympathizers, so please stay away.

Blah blah blah. Thank you for being Exhibit A of the ignorant MAGA mindset. And no, don’t bother with “I voted for Biden.” Thanks.

DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Dallas vibe is just too try hard and superficial for me.

I like Houston much better.

I agree with the Dallas vibe. Living there, I found it to be very pretentious. My sister lives in Houston and I'm not sure it's much different there. I think the focus on superficial is just part of southern culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG no. Just - NO!

Too many MAGA/ supremacists.

You’ve never been, I take it?

+1 ignorance on display

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Dallas vibe is just too try hard and superficial for me.

I like Houston much better.

I agree with the Dallas vibe. Living there, I found it to be very pretentious. My sister lives in Houston and I'm not sure it's much different there. I think the focus on superficial is just part of southern culture.

Pray tell, where do you reside with a focus on the non-superficial?