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Originally Posted by Viffermike
Dude, yes: you're a total Dallas newbie.
This city and Chicago can't really be compared all that much. For instance: Your definition of 'chill' is our definition of 'friendly'. Roughly ... because trust me on this: 'chill' does NOT describe the people in Dallas and its suburbs. This town is not laid back (which is *my* definition of 'chill'). By any stretch.
The biggest thing to realize is this: expendable income. There's far more here (and in any large Texas city) than any other U.S. city of comparable size. However, Dallas distinguishes itself from the other Texas cities by its level of commercialism. People here like "stuff", as George Carlin once said. Expensive stuff. Big, expensive stuff. And in relatively new and very affluent suburbs like Frisco (I'm sorry to say this, but ... Frisco is hell unless you have a family -- then, it's close to heaven), "stuff" has an even more rarefied definition.
Two key statistics to back this up:
- The Dallas metro area, per capita, has more retail space than any other U.S. city. By far.
- Dallas, per capita, has more restaurants than any other U.S. city -- yes, even New York City. It passed NYC in the early 2000s.
All that said, don't define Dallas by Frisco. While its existence is definitely a reflection of some aspects of the consumerist culture here, it also magnifies them unfairly. Case in point ...
... Fort Worth is much, much more 'chill' than Dallas.  |
Hey, sorry if I offended you but I never meant to try to define Dallas by Frisco. I know they are different just like the burbs of Chicago and Chicago the city.
I didn't think 'chill' and 'laid back' were so different, I use them interchangeably. My neighbors and people I meet day-to-day up in Frisco are friendly, chill people. I guess your version of hell is different than mine... Frisco is awesome even without a family - I have more space than I need (house/yard), no homeless, new roads, bunch of parks / things to do... If I wanted to go bar hopping and walk around tall building while living in a condo I would've just stayed in Chicago.
Also, I think level of commercialism should be defined by GDP, no? Of course DFW has more commercial space than other big cities... it has so much more space and less people than NYC/Chicago. Also, I was unable to find a source on your restaurants / capita - was this in reference to fast food places?