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Originally Posted by Fahrvergnügen
Hey guys, I stumbled upon this thread and found it amusing. Care if I join in? haha
I basically just moved to the DFW area 3 weeks ago from Chicago and 1 of those weeks I spent in NYC on a business trip. I am not too familiar with much at the moment but can obviously understand how the north edge of Dallas (Uptown, Highland Park, Preston Hollow) can be the see-and-be-seen area. I live way up on the west side of Frisco (yeah, far).
I've driven around a little and I actually really like it up here. I lived in the city of Chicago and after 6 years got annoyed with the city. My wife and I don't have kids yet but our neighbors do and they all seem pretty cool.
It's funny that someone mentioned $30k millionaire. I drove past an apartment building on the side of a highway in Frisco last week and saw a bunch of luxury cars parked underneath (not exotics just BMWs, MB, etc.) and thought to myself that their car payment is probably close to their rent payment.
People have it nice down here in terms of taxes though. My monthly income basically increased (due to no state tax) enough to afford a leased Lexus IS for my wife and still have some leftover. Sales tax on a car is 6% unlike 10.5% or whatever in Chicago.
I'm sure there are douches acting rich in every city but at least the DFW area has a lot more 'Chill' people than Chicago. ha my 2 cents
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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.
