Texas, the new Florida (1 Viewer)

[dtc]

Just curious...what is it about the Dallas/Ft Worth, Houston areas that y'all don't like? Is it the people? Policies? Atmosphere? The only experience I really have is just driving thru. When I lived in San Diego years ago, I loved it. Then I moved away for a few years and when I came back it was a Sheethole. Is this what happened in Tx? or has it always been that way?

Yes. It's all of those things and Dallas has been a terrible piece of work since at least the birth of Jerry Jones.

 

[Zztop]

Every state is Florida.


They're just usually better at hiding it.

even Rhode Island?

 

[gboudx]

I’ve lived in the Dallas area since 95, except 03-04 when we lived in Prairieville. Some parts are better than others. But what I can say is that it has gotten worse in the past 8-10 years due to all the corporate relocations. Lots of people moving in from California, Illinois and NY. Traffic is worse and temperament as well. It’s not a horrible place to live but we’ll be leaving when retired.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

even Rhode Island?

Even in Cleveland, they like the way we swing

 

[CapitalCitySaint]

I’ve lived in the Dallas area since 95, except 03-04 when we lived in Prairieville. Some parts are better than others. But what I can say is that it has gotten worse in the past 8-10 years due to all the corporate relocations. Lots of people moving in from California, Illinois and NY. Traffic is worse and temperament as well. It’s not a horrible place to live but we’ll be leaving when retired.

I can't ever see myself moving back to Texas. I'll never say never but I just don't see myself there again.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Just curious...what is it about the Dallas/Ft Worth, Houston areas that y'all don't like? Is it the people? Policies? Atmosphere? The only experience I really have is just driving thru. When I lived in San Diego years ago, I loved it. Then I moved away for a few years and when I came back it was a Sheethole. Is this what happened in Tx? or has it always been that way?

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

 

[gboudx]

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."

 

[CapitalCitySaint]

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."

Dallas = keep up with the Jonses; money-grabbing butt crevasses.

 

[CapitalCitySaint]

In all seriousness, though i did find a lot of Texans to have a very ‘Texas-centric’ attitude when i lived there, relative to other places ive lived- i think honestly what it comes down to is that people are ****ing crazy, and wherever you find more people, you’ll find more crazy…. Hence why we hear so many weird stories from FL and TX.. this just in: There are also lots of crazy stories out of highly populous states like CA & NY (no link.)

In one outing just walking around my neighborhood in San Diego, I could have 10 Texas/Florida stories with the homeless/junkie population here. Now imagine how bad the homeless population is in SD, LA & SF areas and just think about how many stories these cities could tell.

I just think that TX & FL have an additional layer of crazy because of their public policies that can be a motivating factor to already loose cannons radical behavior (open carry, anti-abortion, what teachers are not allowed to teach in school, etc) that other states don't have so it makes their whole vibe even crazier.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Dallas = keep up with the Jonses; money-grabbing butt crevasses.

Back in the early 2000s, before I ever lived in TX, i had a couple friends who had lived in Dallas and the cliche at that time was that Dallas was the home of the ‘$30k a year millionaire’ and that most of the guys wore thumb rings and drove leased BMWs…. ... i think it was/is fairly accurate, and pretty amusing.

 

[CapitalCitySaint]

Back in the early 2000s, before I ever lived in TX, i had a couple friends who had lived in Dallas and the cliche at that time was that Dallas was the home of the ‘$30k a year millionaire’ and that most of the guys wore thumb rings and drove leased BMWs…. ... i think it was/is fairly accurate, and pretty amusing.

This is basically how LA is. Everyone lives in a crappy apartment with a couple of roommates but all driving BMW's & Mercedes.

 

[saintmdterps]

Not sure about in Texas, but in this neck of the woods the entire diesel truck culture is tiresome. Most of that lot are a bunch of jacked-up meatheads. I've seen too many instances of similar behaviors.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

This is basically how LA is. Everyone lives in a crappy apartment with a couple of roommates but all driving BMW's & Mercedes.

Lol I lived in L.A. for 6 yrs and I drove an old pickup truck.. but you’re right, I had two roommates at first in the Hollywood area, then moved out to Marina del Rey and had an apartment about the size of the iPad I’m typing on right now… L.A. gets a bad rap I think, but I found it to be (mostly) great becuase there are so many different pockets of the city where you can create your own ‘bubble’ for lack of a better word .. and i found the people to be (sweeping generalization alert) more authentic than most Texans… maybe it was just the people I chose to surround myself with, who are still some of my best friends.

 

[Eeyore]

 

[Day1]

Dallas = keep up with the Jonses; money-grabbing butt crevasses.

Local Dallas sports talk DJ referred to the come late/leave early beautiful people at Stars (hockey) games as "The coke and boob job crowd".