Dallas gets a bad rap.

[Robb]

Spent the holiday weekend there watching my new niece gurgle and spit up. :)

I mean, sure, there's a "President George Bush" parkway...

Sure, there's a lot of big ol' flags on big ol' SUVs...

But I'll tell you what. I was waiting at the baggage claim for my suitcase, and spied, over in the corner, rocking chairs, wired to the floor so no one could make off with them. Old guy reading the paper in one, right next to the carousel, rocking away.

I say this: Any city that puts rocking chairs out for public use can't be all bad. :)

[terrya]

1. One problem about Dallas....

Is that it's so FREAKING hot in the summer. I lived there for a year and a half. My God, was it hot during the summer. But, on the downside, the winters weren't too bad (there was a snowfall while I was down there...2"...and they closed the schools).

Dallas has a great skyline, BTW. A favorite restaurant of mine down there "The Black Eyed Pea". Great food. :-)

[celestia671]

5. It is too hot!

I couldn't stand the summers there, and the traffic...ugh! On the plus side, there were lots of things to do, good places to eat, and better job opportunities compared to where I live now.

[Ishoutandscream]

15. Amen. Hate July, August, and most of September

My dream is to live here in Texas during the winter months, and live in Maine in the summer. But that will never happen, unless I get that tax cut from President Bush.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Dallas just has no personality.

I find the whole place rather blah. :shrug: Now, Ft. Worth, I like. It has a personality, as well as a thriving arts community.

But, the rocking chairs are a nice touch. Their former mayor, Ron Kirk, ran for the US Senate. He was a pretty good guy, but being black, and a Democrat, he had no chance in hell of winning.

[theivoryqueen]

4. Hang on a mome

Ron Kirk was a closet GOPper, anyone who watched his shenanigans could follow the bouncing tax incentives and corporate welfare check stubs. I live downtown here in Big D, and while it can't claim to be a cultural mecca, there is much to experience in our galleries and music venues. Altho, as I prefer Love to fly in and out of, I have never seen this rocking chair phenom.

[GOPisEvil]

8. Yeah, you're right about Kirk.

But, he was a pretty good guy. No way a real liberal wins statewide in Texas these days. You have to admit he'd be a damn sight better than John "my next original thought will be my first" Cornyn. ;-)

I actually like parts of Dallas, I have to admit, but it's so...so...sprawling and homogenous... Love is an awesome airport though - very convenient. Herb Kelleher knew what he was doing!

[VelmaD]

3. The problem isn't Dallas so much...

as it's the suburbs around Dallas. Sometimes I think they invented "white flight". The people in the suburbs around Dallas have been pretty obnoxious over the years about letting Dallas Area Mass Transit into their cities because they don't want "those people" to be able to come to their town. It's ugly.

[LynneSin]

6. They stole that idea from Philadelphia

Philadelphia was the first city to put rocking chairs in their airports.

Dallas is just copying the originals. And we're a nice liberal city that wouldn't dare think of naming a street after anything with the last name of Bush!

[VelmaD]

9. But at least one of the big highways

through Dallas...is still named LBJ Freeway.

I've never heard anyone refer to this Bush freeway by that name but if people in Dallas have to get on LBJ every day. :-)

[terrya]

11. Central Expressway was pretty darned exciting, sometimes.

That was one freeway that you had to be cautious. It was one of the most dangerous expressways in the country, in terms of accidents.

[Ishoutandscream]

14. You're forgetting one thing

The most traveled highway in Texas, the loop around Dallas, is the LBJ FREEWAY. Pretty liberal to me.

The Bush turnpike is just starting up. They charge a fucking toll. Figures.

[sleipnir]

7. LaGuardia has rockin' chairs, too!

[Skittles]

10. the biggest attraction is where a prez got assassinated

that should tell you something

[Bronco69]

12. I moved here to Dallas in 2000

and I have to admit they are some of the nicest people in the world. I transfered from Phoenix, and my second day on the job a lady brought in a frozen pasta dish she had made and told me I shouldn't have to worry about cooking while I'm getting settled in. I think it was the nicest gesture anyone has done for me. We have our share of freepers here, but all in all I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

[Ishoutandscream]

13. Born, raised, and lived in the metroplex for 42 years

We have our share of conservatives, but once you meet a genuine Texan, you won't find a more friendly person. Many people in Dallas are folks who moved from other states - my neighbor across the street is from Chicago, another from Wisconsin (flies his Packer flag on Sundays) and my next door neighbor is from Arkansas.

Just let me try to fly a Cowboy flag in Wisconsin or go to a Philly game in a Cowboy jersey. I'd be toast. But here in the Dallas area, we have all kinds here.