Texas, the new Florida

guidomerkinsrules said
I’d moved to teach in Denton - and one of the pitches when they were recruiting was ‘it’s only 30-45 from Dallas’ so I was kind of excited about that. I also had friends from college there and started dating a Cajun woman who was living there. I really tried to like it, but I found the whole place to be soulless (Denton had FAR more soul)

ive traveled a lot in the states and abroad
dallas, Sacramento, Rotterdam, and 95% of Bilbao were the only places that gave me that soulless vibe

I've heard from multiple sources that FTW has a lot more culture and character than Dallas. Dallas is an aesthetic wasteland of nothing interesting to see. And to not just pick on Dallas, it's pretty much the entire surrounding area. I've often wondered why the first settlers decided to stay here. "Yeah let's settle down here. It's brutally hot in the summer, there's not much to really see, the pollen is terrible in the Spring and Fall, but let's stay."