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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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. 
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Agree with all of this, plus there isn't much greenery compared to the DMV.   [/quote]

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

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