Dallas - Fort Worth TEXAS. 4th Largest Metro Area in the US
Вставка
- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Dallas and Fort Worth are just 30 minutes apart and sometimes they're referred to as Dallas - Fort Worth. Let's take a look at these cities and other cities in the metroplex.
I live in Dallas and I love it. However, we need more walkable neighborhoods and tree lined streets
Dallas has long had sidewalks and things called alleys. By and large, Houston doesn't have alleys.
@@WilliamJones-sf5pt true but still not enough
@@jesusjr5364 The Katy Trail connects up to:
1) Mockingbird Station
2) Knox Street (A tiny Main Street)
3) West Village (A tiny Main Strret)
4) Turtle Creek Village Shopping Center
5) The Quadrangle
6) The Crescent / Stanley Korshak / Harwood District
7) Victory Park
8) West End District
In the future, the trail will be expanded into the Dallas Design District.
It isn't like Dallas has no walkabilty. What does Central Houston have that compares?
6)
@@WilliamJones-sf5pt In the. Houston Heights they have alleys. Slava did a vid on Houston but he didn't mention the Heights which used to be a lower middle class neighborhood. But the Heights started to gentify in the 90s and now you can't touch anything in the Heights for less than $650k. The Heights is very upscale today, close to downtown and family friendly. South of the Heights is the Montrose district which has been the LGBT neighborhood since the 1960s but has also gentrified.
@@WilliamJones-sf5pt Lol, are you trying to make it seem like Dallas is walkable. If you travel to other countries you'll see that Dallas has no walkable areas where you vould live a full life without a car. Even downtown is empty and dead compared to other major cities. The few walkable areas in dallas are so tiny compared to cities with actual walkability. Even the gay dudes being interviewed said you had to drive to your walking excursion. Its better than houston tho
There are many reasons why Dallas-Fort Worth is on track to hit 10 million residents in the next 15 years to become the 3rd most populated US metro, only behind NYC and LA. I relocated to DFW 3 years ago. We call Arlington home and we love it. DFW has great job opportunities, cost of living, bang for your buck and having direct flights to pretty much anywhere in the world are all great reasons to move here, our reason was how clean DFW is as a whole. The streets, retail, restaurants, schools, and roads are all very clean for such a big place. People are pleasantly surprised how green and well kept the area is. I loved the video and am looking forward to your next one 👍
Welcome.
U like arlington? Good god I cant imagine where you came from. Arlington is considered one of the worst cities by most in the area
Clean? This dfw metroplex isn't clean and the roads are unFrikkin real. Mostly transplanted yankees and the city leaders of Dallas AND Ft worth must be pocketing our tax dollars... ESPECIALLY the fuel tax / highway use tax money. How do you spell...
C O R R U P T
Do we live in the same DFW??? other than the flights and Job opportunity this place is a disgusting mess. The bluer it goes the worse it gets…
@@allandulles7108 what’s so great about DFW is that there is a place for everyone. Arlington happens to be the place for me. Sure, Arlington is older than most of the other suburbs and deals with some of the big city issues but for most, it’s still a lot better than where they came from. That just speaks volumes on how great the area is.
I was born and raised here in the D/FW area all of my life (51 years) and love it for the most part. I currently am not a fan of the traffic issues/construction on the major highways, but that is just growing pains! I work in the I.T. Industry and love everything the D/FW area has to offer! Pretty much anything and everything you want to do, you can do!
I'm in IT also, trying to get outta Phoenix to the FW area! Just need to find a job first!
@@TechMan042 wow, I think you will enjoy DFW. My physics teacher moved here from Phoenix.
Yeah, the traffic at times is horrendous. It's too bad we can't fly like birds. Moved there in 68 when the whole Metroplex only had 1.7 Million people and now it's up to over 8 Million. Left in 17 for an extended family situation in very rural, slowly dying NE WI. Talk about a difference!! Wow!! I miss the Metroplex as that's where My family is. Now due to multiple brain injuries, I'm not able to travel whatsoever and my only trip there in the future will be in a body bag to be buried in FW near my murdered daughter from 41 years ago.
@@TechMan042 why u leaving Phoenix?
@@TechMan042 If you're going to live here? You BETTER VOTE RED!! So WE Can keep it NICE LIKE THIS!!!
This is my home! Dallas is more popular but Fort Worth is beautiful!! It's one of my favorite cities. Oak Cliff used to be a very scary area but the artistic people have turned it into a very cool place. I live south right between Dallas and Fort Worth.
Oak Cliff was the first semi- suburban area just south across the Trinity River. I was born and raised in South Oak Cliff near the Duncanville border. Oak Cliff was heaven up until the crack epidemic in the mid 80s. The one bridge that linked South Dallas to the Northeastern side of Oak Cliff was it's demise. The druggies had access to nice homes with nice cars and nice amenities. All of a sudden stolen hubcaps, stolen bicycles, stolen lawnmowers, burglaries and etc started happening in a place that was known as "safe". White flight took place around 1985-86 in my old neighborhood, every block was FOR SALE , FOR SALE , FOR SALE...
Fast forward to 2022 gentrification is pushing the hood people out of Oak Cliff and into the surrounding suburbs. Oak Cliff is now turning back into the safe place. My parents still live in the house they bought back in 1974.
No much thing! Oak Cliff has always and will be safe.
@@gabrielmerino7522how old are you? I can guarantee you don't even really know how big Oak Cliff is. Sure, some places in Oak Cliff have always remained safe but that's not being honest about Oak Cliff at a WHOLE. Like I said dude I'm 47. Oak Cliff is my HOME. I know every boundary street there is that defines it's complete territory.
@@jaysrandomnesschannel Been here all my life. Grew up right there across the street from Bishop Arts, the old one. Davis and Madison. Hung out around Founders Park. I'm just 10 years younger.
@@gabrielmerino7522 you definitely were in the "safer" area of Oak Cliff then. Oak Cliff is the biggest section of Dallas...even larger than Plano. Twice as big as Pleasant Grove.
I can honestly say I love living in the DFW. I first lived here briefly in 09 and moved back home then in 2016 I started visiting and was like why did I ever leave lol. After being home for 10 years I decided to head back for many reasons in 2020. I’m originally from Columbus, Ohio and let me tell you this was the BEST move I’ve made. It’s Something special about DFW and it’s going very far, just glad to be apart of it.
Terell! I plan on moving there soon, bro. HMU!
OMG TAKE ME WITH YOU PLEASE! I’D LOVE TO LIVE THERE 😍
I’ve been here since I was born in 2011.
I moved to Dallas in 2016 and I absolutely adore this city and the entire metro area. I have witnessed many people visit this place and love the feel and be able to see themselves living here. So much opportunity, FOOD, and room for growth. Dallas changed my life and has given me a great start to my career. It's only a 5-hour drive from my hometown and I love the airports! Quick non-stop flights to pretty much everywhere in the country and countless international destinations. I visit other cities, even LA, NY, Chicago etc, but they don't appeal to me as a "move here" destination. Dallas is home for sure. It's a quick ride from Houston and Austin and an overall wonderful place to live your life. cheers!
I plan on moving to dallas once i graduate barber school i can not wait it’s the main thing i’m looking forward too right now
2019 and I absolutely love it I'm so glad I moved here when I did because if I was in the same place where I was I would have lost my job due to covid and I probably would have been in a worse position than I am at now
@@michaelcabada2933 welcome!!
@@gwuapochopo hope you can make it here before it becomes TOO crowded.
I just don't understand why Dallas Fort Worth area does not have too many skyscrapers and highrise buildings.
Just came through to represent for Fort Worth. True Fortworthian here! There was a lot more that could've been shown about Fort Worth. And I wish it was more nationally known that Fort Worth is a totally different city from Dallas.
I agree that much more could have been shown about the Fort Worth area. Perhaps it would have been better to have three videos about the Dallas area, the Fort Worth area, and the areas outside the 4 most populous counties respectively. Yes, DFW is thought of as flat, but the Cedar Hill, Northwest Fort Worth (Lake Worth and Eagle Mountain) areas, Mineral Wells, and Glen Rose are all scenic with modest hills.
Invite me over and show me all the metropolitan area 🤣
Fort Worth is way better than Dallas. People are more humble and laid back. People in Dallas Are pretentious. There are so more many gems in Fort Worth that Dallas folks don’t know about and let’s keep it that way. I do not want those weirdos from Dallas coming over here.
I've lived in Dallas for 15 years and I love it. If you want suburbs, you got it, if you want city life you got. You have so many choices of where to live, not stuck in one place because there's no choice of housing. Aside from the inflation, which has hit the whole country, you get more bang for your buck here than some other places.
I’ve lived here over 55 years now and this is an excellent representation of our cities. I love the Fort Worth area, even the city is small and easy to get around in. There are many smaller suburbs around Fort Worth too.
Dallas is a BIG city with lots of amazing suburbs. We help people all over the world find a home here and can attest, it’s growing super fast with lots of amazing things to do. 🙌👍
Suburbs are destroying the city
They are not suburbs. They are all separate cities just happen to be close to Dallas and Fort Worth.
I better not see anyone in this comment saying that Fort Worth is a suburb of Dallas. Fort Worth just hit 1 million people and is the 11th largest city in America. We’re out Growing dallas right now
Nah. Not attest. Not “attest.” /
My first time in Dallas was this past weekend. My family really enjoyed it.
👏👏👏 what was your favorite part?
You should think about living here Elizabeth
Lived in Dallas back in the 80’s. Many of the areas I remember so well.
Thank you for highlighting the DFW Metroplex, Slava. It is far from perfect, but it has the least congested and urban feel of any of the other top five metropolitan areas and the lowest cost of living among them, too. You and Lena are always welcome here!
It's getting congested severely and will be as expensive as ny la soon enough.
What part of the metroplex do you live in, cuz I want to move there.
@@valerief1231 you'll be looking forward to LA or New York style traffic
The more it grows, the more expensive it will get. Especially if land is taken away to BUILD more "lakes". That's the way that works.
Slava, your tour videos are always so informative. Makes me want to visit each city especially the museums, gardens, art district, etc. Thank you! 🤸🏽♀️🤾🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️
👏👏👏 yes. Once you visit though, you may never want to leave
Seems beautiful, but all that hot humid weather🥵
April is here, full of greenery. I'm also excited by the spring breeze. I hope your body and mind will be full of health and excitement in April. Thank you for always improving video sharing, my dear friend💝like144🌸🌼🌼🌹
I don`t even remember when I subscribed to this channel but I really enjoyed this video. Well presented! Thanks!
ua-cam.com/users/SScreations5115
I am a lifelong resident for 65 years of the DFW area, born in Dallas but moved to Garland after I got married. Life here is nothing like what I remember as a child but lucky to have been born and raised in the good ole DFW.
Happy to see a new video coming out. As always great work. Keep up Coolvision!
Wonderful place of Dallas 😍 Nice upload my friend 😍 good work. Thanks for sharing your amazing video. Wish you have a wonderful day 😊👍. Greeting from Creston
Great video, 1st time watching your channel. I lived in DFW in the early 2000's before kids. We are relocating back to the Northern Suburbs McKinney/Melissa. Glad to be back!
I live in Fort Worth and love it! More laid-back than Dallas with the fun western and trendy vibes. I also feel so spoiled with a large airport like DFW having so many nonstop flights to so many destinations.
I just don't understand why Dallas Fort Worth area does not have too many skyscrapers and highrise buildings.
@Moon Shine The United States is the one very few countries in the world which don't have compact cities. Latin American countries which have the same population density of that of the United States such as Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia all have very compact cities.
@Moon Shine Latin American countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Peru have plenty of lands too. Why do these countries still have very compact cities?
@Moon Shine DFW metroplex is too suburban and spread out.
@Moon Shine Car-oriented development is bad. The euclidean zoning sucks.
I'm from California and just visited this Area and I fell in love with Arlington.
There can be very sketchy parts of Arlington, but if you stay on the good side it's amazing.
Leave your California mindset in California. We Texans DO NOT LIKE Californians.
@@poocheese55 @javier estrada the parts of Arlington above i30 are nice!
Informative video . Nice clean city Dallas. Thanks for sharing.
Great video! I moved here two years ago and still getting to know the area, your video highlighted places I did not know and will look into now! Thanks! 😃
ua-cam.com/users/SScreations5115
You must be a nice person I bet 😊
Very well made informative video! There are many lakes and lake communities within driving distance near DFW area also!
@Ahmed Zuq JESUS THE CHRIST IS THE LOARD OF ALL!!!!!!
Love your videos man - keep 'em coming!
Great video. I lived there sometime back, and your video brought some old memories. thanks
Been here 5 years and you explained this city very well! Love this city 💯‼️
I live in DFW. I Moved here from LA., 29 Years Go. I love it here for the most part.
Ya'll come visit.
Great video of my city. I love it here in Dallas. The job opportunities, amenities and schools are amazing. DFW is an amazing city with endless opportunities.
Rrř
Other than cheap cost of living and jobs - Dallas doesn't have anything to offer as other world class cities like New York LA Paris Dubai , no offense.
Hi 👋
Your videos are the best
Keep on posting such content, It is really fascinating and informative.
Great video! All the necessary Information in this Video, top Quality!
Great Metropolis. From Addison to Arlington. There are so many great spots to go out to and have some fun or grab some great food. You have the stockyards in Fort Worth, then you have the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, and Six Flags in Arlington. It's all in the center of several major cities like Houston, Shreveport, San Antonio, Austin, and OKc. All within about 3.5 hours.
Slava, great job as usual capturing a city/metroplex so well. I've lived in DFW for 25 years, and your video is pretty comprehensive for a nonresident. You must spend alot of time doing research. Great to see some new content from you. Thanks!
ua-cam.com/users/SScreations5115
I just don't understand why Dallas Fort Worth area does not have too many skyscrapers and highrise buildings.
@@powerfulstrong5673 I think its cause the land is cheap. If you look at the Frito-Lay and Toyota HQs, the buildings aren't tall, but they are spread out. The campus' are huge.
@@AnalogDave Do you think that DFW metroplex should build up?
@@AnalogDave I think it should build up. More skyscrapers and highrise buildings would make DFW metroplex more urban looking.
Maaannn your channel one of the best on youtube, very explanotory, very modern.. Thanks for the effort you put in...
DFW is very clean and upscale, with well kept green grass everywhere. The best roads you can find, you won't spot a single pothole. Most freeway roads there ever is. Texas has the most road network in USA - and DFW has the most in Texas. 300 people move to the DFW metroplex every single day. New road construction has to keep up with the rate op population growth there is always construction going on here.
Very nice beautiful houses in dallas and good job on the tour
Will Rogers once said: "Fort Worth is where the West begins and Dallas is where the East fizzles out." Having lived and worked in both there is a lot of truth in that. Dallas is just a big city with all the good and bad that go along with that. Lots of pockets of good around a lot of pockets of bad. It is also a migrant city because most people there are transplants from elsewhere in the country. North Dallas places like Plano and Frisco are also migrant. Fort Worth still has its roots and soul in West Texas. It is a friendlier city, in my opinion. I call it home.
Fort worth is slowly eroding over the years, it's losing its soul. Been losing since 2010.
Exactly. Lived in the Metroplex 50 years, 34 of it in FW. Surviving siblings live in FW & Dallas respectively. I'm now stuck in the Wilderness of NE WI due to wife's parent situation. Miss the vibe of the Metroplex. Not able to travel at all now due to multiple brain injuries.
I'll be back eventually to be buried in FW by my murdered daughter.
@@MarquosXoloVanda TRUE!! BUT EVERYWHERE IS GETTING THAT WAY.
@Moon Shine Marijuana is great but Abortion IS MURDER!! YES NO MORE IN TEXAS!!! WONDERFUL!!!
@@VahidMusictx I have lived in and around Ft. Worth for 56 years and worked in Dallas for 12 of those. You couldn't pay me enough to work or live there again. I remember before 635 and Las Colinas were built. I drove I-30 between Ft. Worth and Dallas when it was still a toll road. I used to hunt near Flower Mound. I remember when Plano and Frisco were tiny country towns with nothing but country roads to get there. So, I think you are the newcomer to the scene, even if you were born out there.
I wish you’d talked about “Trinity Trails” in Fort Worth!! It’s a beautiful trail next to the river and all kinds of activities!
You make high quality original content, I love it, I hope you have more up and coming HQ videos. Loyal subscriber ;)
Brilliant video. Thanks again for an excellent job. Dallas must be Thank You.
Love the video! I'm waiting on one like this for Houston 😁
Another excellent video! Full of interesting facts, well researched (except for Plano’s household income 😉), and nice photography. I hope all is well with you and your family).
Yes, ouch, that median $$ figure is definitely incorrect by a *long shot.* I didn’t wanna point that out in my own individual, separate response, however when I ran across _your_ comment here, I decided to speak up FWIW.
And I appreciated this video so much and the effort that went into it, plus I’m the type of person who feels badly pointing out errors to people. It’s wired into in my silly DNA. 🙃 Take care, and I hope you & yours are having fab holidays.
Wow I think this is one of the best videos I've seen on Dallas. I'm here because like most of your viewers I'm thinking about moving to Dallas.
You inspire me so much. You made me start being active on UA-cam one month ago, and my channel is now monetized. Your presentation is incredible.
I live right in the middle of the DFW Metroplex. I'm in an area called the Mid-Cities, and live right near DFW Airport. I have tons of things to do all around me and Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, and anywhere else in the area aren't far away. The DFW Area is the best in Texas. Yeah, it's not near the beach, but it has DFW Airport which can fly you anywhere you want to go. There is something for everyone here.
Carrollton, TX right here brotha! 🤙🏼
@@jakeslist569 Howdy, Bro! 🤙
DFW lets in terrorists from the Middle East to attack our local synagogue and hold them hostage.
Bedford! ✋🏻
@@AspiringDirtbag Hi Neighbor! 👋
Great thank you for the video, I will visit Fort Worth soon
You will enjoy it to
Thank you so much for this vid, gonna be moving to Fort Worth soon and was wondering about the neighborhoods and lifestyle, have only been hearing great stuff about Fort Worth.
Yea. And Fort Worth is way better than Dallas.
my city!, went to college in Ft worth and did my internship in dallas, lived in Arlington. nice drone shots and footage!
Beautiful city. Thank you for this
FYI. Oak Cliff is not a city and has not been one since 1903. Oak Cliff was founded by John S. Armstrong and Thomas Marsalis. The goal was to make Oak Cliff the ‘Brooklyn of Dallas.’ After the experiment of Oak Cliff failed, it was annexed into Dallas, and is now called the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. John Armstrong would move on to develop the areas of Highland Park and University Park. Also, Oak Cliff is not West Dallas. The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge goes into West Dallas into Trinity Groves, La Bajada and Los Altos. If you would like more information about Dallas from someone who has been born and raised here, I am more than happy to talk with you.
Yeah, I live here as well. I heard several mistakes in this video. People need to do more research before making videos. Just sayin.
Nice video bro , i like the way you produce your videos. God bless you and all your subscribers too!!!
Thanks for this video!! I"m considering moving to dallas!! I already love the church you showed and that it feeds the homeless. If I move I"m going to go there and be volunteering every sunday!!
Awesome video! I live in FW and I think it's got the perfect small town/big city feel
Fort Worth needs to be more walkable and invest in public transit
That’s what I love about Fort Worth. It’s major city but it feels like a small town. It’s a very unique city.
The fully integrated circuit, the hand-held calculator, the ATM, and many other important high tech items were invented in the Dallas area in the 1950s and 1960s. The patents created wealth, and the wealth created jobs. That is the reason why we have seen massive population increases since then.
I used to work at TI.
I must say this is the BEST video on Dallas I’ve ever seen. I’m from Houston and I never knew Dallas had tunnels like we do downtown?! And I always stay in downtown Dallas. 😭
Nice video. Descriptions are great. Thanks
I been living in Arlington Texas going on two years I love it. I'm from Mobile Alabama
I've lived in Dallas, Chicago, Miami, LA, Vegas, and Phoenix. All have good and bad but DFW metro area's highway system is better than the others and is improving. Great Video
What are talking about? Texas has THE WORST ROADS IN THE COUNTRY. I moved to Ft. Worth 5 years ago, the roads all around our 15 year development have been torn up FOR 5 YEARS AND NO END IN SITE. If I knew then, what I know now, I would have stayed in AZ.
Yeah they have great highways, but shitty public transportation.
Dallas is an magnificent place, one of my top ten US venues to visit.
thank you for this video, my fiancé and i are thinking about moving to the dallas area and this covered so much including the surrounding cities
So here with another beautifully made content, seriously I feel like I am experiencing myself within the city watching your videos. Thank you so much. Keep it up Slava.
I both am an expert on Dallas-Fort Worth and find this video naive and a very poor representation of what is the true Dallas and North Texas.
My friend from NJ was shocked that the DFW metroplex is about as big as the entire state of New Jersey. It can take a long time to drive from one side of it to the other side.
I don't know if the guy in the video is correct or not. I live in DFW so I'll give you a more correct size of it in terms of land area. Measured from East to West, DFW metro area is about 91 miles wide (from Weatherford to Royce City) Measuring from North to South (from Anna to Waxahachie) , it's about 75 miles. That is actually pretty big, but when compared to the whole state of Texas, it's just a small spot on the map.
@@trevorjameson3213 Wikipedia says the DFW Metroplex has an area of 8,675 sq mi (22,468 km2) while the whole state of NJ has an area of 8,722.58 sq mi (22,591.38 km2)
DFW airport property is same size as the island of Manhattan!
I'm from NJ and I live in Frisco. I will say the urban parts of the metroplex are comparable to northern NJ (NY Metro) in terms of scale and feel. The official sq mileage probably includes the large rural counties on the outskirts of the more urban area.
@bjdon99 and it's still landlocked with no natural lakes!!!
You have the best travel channel on UA-cam without a doubt.
Dallas is my second home I go there alot although I'm 4 hours away in Little Rock all my family there I love the night life and shopping the traffic sucks but hey that's pretty much anywhere with a city that size I can say it's real easy to navigate through the city it's so spread out with other cities nearby.
I live in Fort Worth thanks for covering it in this video
Been living in DFW area for 12 years.. moving out of Texas this month. Too damn crowded and property tax is just smh 😢
Yep Sanghee, just too big, crowded, and hot as hell four months/year. I live here 40 years.
Before is was boring but quiet and affordablr. Now its crowded and unaffordablr and still boring.
@@allandulles7108 If you area bored in DFW you are not paying attention! We have never been bored in 33 years living in FW. Museums, parks, live theater, fabulous downtown and the Stockyards, Stockshow, numerous Equestrian events, and Dinosaur footprints about 30 miles to the south.
@@clairewood7416 you can do that in Mexico City, ten times better.
💙
Love the video and presentation. Very informatvie.
Another fantastic video .. Thanks again!
I love DFW, best place in the USA, great content
Moved here 3 years ago, Love it 👍
Wohooo long time no see man, rly missed these vids!
Great presentation I love it.
I will forever live in Dallas
I have neve been in Dallas. It's a beautiful city, a place where life must be really nice. Thank you for sharing this awesome video
I lived in Dallas are for 30 years. Yes it has some flavor and advantages in its own way but I definitely won't call it " beautiful".
@@dxw5795 Fort Worth seems much more beautiful than Dallas in this video. Fort Worth has more flavor of a Texas town than Dallas. Dallas lacks the typical Texas town flavor which Fort Worth has. In other words, Fort Worth has more Texan flavor than Dallas.
@@powerfulstrong5673 I live in Fort Worth and I can confirm what you say
@@averagetexan9930 As can I. I avoid Dallas whenever possible and mostly consider it something I have to go through to get to Kentucky to visit my sister.
I bet JFK didn't like DALLAS
Great to see you out there, making friends and great content Slava!
I truly miss the DFW metroplex. So much memories made there.
Love Dallas, best city in Texas
Fort worth has way more to offer than the stockyards! Hope you'll visit again soon to visit more neighborhoods!
Keep on uploading this great videos!
Im not sure who you are but i want to thank you for this storyline about the city of Dallas. I am scheduled to be there soon this year 2022 Dec. This gives me ideas on what to do and where to go. So again thank you for helping me plan my trip.
Your the man Slava. Keep em coming and take care of yourself
Cool vision and russion plus both are excellent
Im from Fort Worth, love seeing videos like this
Very Interesting video.. great info! ... however It's NOT an 'international' highway system. I believe it's our country's INTERSTATE highway system that you mean. There is a key (also called legend) in the first few pages of a printed atlas / map that can teach everyone what specific routes are. (U.S route, interstate highway, secondary highways ect.)
Thanks for the great video 🇺🇸
Lived in DFW since 1991. Moved here from Upstate NY. Loved it for awhile. Raised my kids here. Retirement is drawing closer and I am considering leaving Texas. Cost of living here is increasing as the West Coast invades. As DFW grows, the quality of life is decreasing. Traffic is awful, smog is worse every year and the summers are a beat down. If you're young, go for it. Older, maybe not.
I just don't understand why Dallas Fort Worth area does not have too many skyscrapers and highrise buildings.
@@powerfulstrong5673 On the road as I speak for my summer hiatus from the Texas heat. DFW has built OUT, not up. I live west of FW. It took me 2 hours on packed highways in triple digit heat just to leave the Metroplex east of Dallas on a Wednesday afternoon before rush hour. In Tennessee this morning and it already feels more tolerable.
@@frankduci7138 Why cannot DFW metropolex build up?
@@frankduci7138 Do you think that DFW should build up!
@@frankduci7138 I think it should build up. More skyscrapers and highrise buildings would make DFW metroplex more urban looking.
Thank you so much please upload more videos like this
Thank you for the sightseeing tour.
I'm from DFW, I loved it. But after 30 years the hot summers got to me once my daughter was born. I wanted a true spring/fall and more outdoor rec to enjoy with her, so we moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Yes it has some quirks, but it's been amazing.
Some not so good things to consider for people wanting to move here:
- If you live in downtown Dallas and need to drive, traffic can get VERY congested.
- Drivers don't slow down, and most wont let you over. You have to be an assertive driver - this leads to more accidents
- People always talk about the heat, but if you're not from a hot state you need to understand fully. You can go a full month or 2 in the 100s. And thats with a very high humidity, instant sweat when outside. Heat usually shows up in May and stays until September, sometimes even later. It'll get cold then hot again, 80 on christmas day is typical. then Jan/Feb is cold
- And with humidity, the winters are not fun if it gets in the 40s or lower. The air sticks to you, cold air. Doesn't happen every year though, some are mild, and luckily winters are short in comparison to any state further north.
- Pollution is bad, lots of people with cars. You won't visibly see it, but check the indexes
- If you have bad allergies, Dallas (and Houston) is one of the top 25 worst cities in the US. You have the fun yellow dusted everything seasons, you get winter weather patterns bringing in allergens from the north, gulf coast weather brings stuff in, plus there's plants everywhere. Hay, cottonseed, ragweed, all of it.
- Not Dallas specific, but Texas as a state doesn't have the friendliest of gay/trans laws. Very red state.
Positives:
- Food scene is VERY good. All major cities in Texas have a top tier food scene
- Despite what that one person said in the video, Dallas is an incredibly diverse city. My school in Carrollton had equal parts of every race attending. I grew up without even thinking about racial biases
- Its a very pretty city, especially at night
- Thunderstorms, yes its in tornado alley and some do come, but it heavy rains a lot. As someone who moved away from that, I miss it dearly. Heavy rains at night with slow thunder rumbles
- Everything is green most of the year. lots of trees, lots of grass, bushes everywhere, pretty flowers.
- Sports teams for every major sport.
- Six Flags Over Texas and Hurricane Harbor
- And if you dont want to live downtown, there are about 80 suburbs to choose and 95% of them are nice areas
Not sure if good or bad, up to the person reading:
- There are guns everywhere, doesn't bother me any, but I know it would some.
Side note: Fort Worth is the more laid back, western themed sister city if you're more that speed. Only 30 ish minutes away too if you want to visit.
I also moved from DFW to SLC. The main reason I left is something to add to the list of negatives: If you're an outdoors person, DFW really is a god awful place to live. Boring boring boring and so far from anything.
I truly appreciate this thank you planning a move to DFW so this truly helped with my pros and cons list blessings.
@@somecharactersnotallowed1319 yep, that's ultimately what made me choose to move. If you're looking for friends, we are open to make more. Friends are our family up here now, the more the merrier!
@@poocheese55 Im open to anything not lds, if still, shoot me a pm and i'd love to connect!
@@somecharactersnotallowed1319 I'm not LDS, idk how to PM and don't want to put my info on public YT lol
As someone who was born in the DFW Metroplex, it's very easy to see why everyone has a car in DFW. DART doesn't have that great of coverage in and around the Dallas side of the Metroplex when compared to New York or Chicago. One of the main reasons for this is due to the many active freight rail lines that run through a lot of DFW and their unwillingness to allow passenger trains on these lines as well
I just don't understand why Dallas Fort Worth area does not have too many skyscrapers and highrise buildings.
DART is actually great when you account for how spread out the metroplex is. Of course it's not going to be anything like NYC or Chicago because of the much lower population density in DFW.
@@andre86w DFW metroplex should have more highrise buildings. DFW metroplex should change zoning laws to allow more high-rises and midrises to be built.
@@powerfulstrong5673 DFW isn’t one city so there can’t be area wide zoning changes. That’s based on each city. There are quite a few high-rises U/C or planned in Dallas.
tnx a lot bro that was a great video i knew u spend a lot of time on in case i see the quality of it.
Great info! Thanks for sharing! 👍
I lived in Carrollton a suburb in north DFW for 21 years. It is a beautiful safe city located with easy access to most areas in the metro. But even this easy access is unbearable due to too many people moving to DFW. Not that the commute was ever that bad and you can take the light rail, but there are just too many people for me, so I moved away. If you want a place to get anywhere within DFW try moving to Carrollton, unless you want to live in downtown Dallas, then my recommendation is the Bishop Arts District, it was still affordable when I left two years ago. Of course if I want a downtown, I prefer Fort Worth, it is smaller and just easier.
When I was ten way back during the dinosaurs, the Bishop Arts District was already there. That area of North Oak Cliff already had the pieces together going back to the sixties. My friend from Chicago was really impressed about Jefferson Blvd.. These are things that are taken for granted.
Deep Ellum was famous before that. The name was created as slang for Elm Street. It's downtown like area located right outside of downtown just to the east of it served as a get together for blacks.
The Dallas Design District is spillover from the Dallas Market Center. It is creating lots of eye candy for the city just as all those luxury car dealerships along Lemmon Avenue are doing the same.
You love small cities or towns and that’s OK but I love the big city that’s why I live in downtown Dallas and have never regretted moving there five years ago. I used to live in the suburbs of Dallas since I was a kid and I still own the house I grew up in but downtown is my favorite part of the metroplex.✌️
Bishop Arts affordability is fading fast.
@@kimberlyvinson9047 As some parents will dictate what is a toy and how children should play with them, those parenting officials dictating over the city of Dallas are micromanaging their childish citizens the same way. They want gentrification to happen for all people in all places.
I predict more and more people are going to be fleeing the rotting core that is Dallas to live in the suburbs not because they are racist, but because they are smart.
Fort Worth really doesn't have a typical downtown. It does have all the infrastructure for city services in place. What I mean is that it has a tiny office market to house businesses. What downtown Fort Worth does have fast developing is a central district. Lots of people actually live in downtown today and are moving to the areas surrounding downtown. There is a large medical district towards the south for example. There is a beautiful museum district towards the west. As more people move to the nine square miles making up central Fort Worth, it will be impressive enough. In time, a healthier mix of office space for businesses will be added.
One thing that will hold Dallas back is the lack of mass transit infrastructure. Great cities of the world have one thing in come and that is being able to move their residents around with all available options. Great cities are also pedestrian friendly not car friendly.
Dallas has the largest light rail system in the United States. Five medical centers are connected by rail. Both major airports are connected by one rail line.
The DFW area will never be pedestrian friendly simply because of how spread out it is. It’s not dense by any metric and is one of the lowest density metro areas in the US.
It’s mostly suburban sprawl with Euclidean zoning.
Simply adding more public transit will hardly fix anything.
@@blackhole9961 There aren't any barriers keeping North Texas from expanding. The South Dallas County Port is going to be a major manufacturing area soon. Fort Worth is expanding westward. North Dallas is growing all the way to the Oklahoma border. Forney to the east will soon be a major suburb.
In contrast, Houston has about 180 degrees to expand. Flooding and lowland swamps exist both to the east and south. Houston is growing south into Pearland, to the southwest, west, northwest, north, and northeast.
Galveston Island use to be the principle city of Texas and the second wealthiest city in the nation. It got destroyed by a hurricane in 1900 causing its port business to move north to Houston and its retail to move to Dallas.
Houston received 3 consecutive years of 1 in 500 year floods. As a result, the city is picking up to move southwest to Sugarland, west to Katy, and northwest to Spring and The Woodlands.
@@blackhole9961 well if it isn’t black hole back again to talk about Dallas.
Dallas already has the most density of any Texas city. And has already reviewed a plan to replace $2Billion worth of sidewalks
@Ryan Jackson considering Dallas has an average walking score of a measly 46 that’s not saying much. Considering the DFW is my home metropolitan area, it would make since that id compare it to other areas.
Great video, this channel has amazing contents
I relocated here ( Mansfield ) from Detroit . I love it here! I’ll never go back north .
I love love Fort Worth….☀️☀️☀️
Do you ever go to the Stockyards?
@@jaysrandomnesschannel yes i have gone there a few times…. Just for Joe T Garcia’s ☕️☕️
@@sunshineabc9437 you should try Riscky's BBQ...they have some battered brisket bites to die for!
@@sunshineabc9437 Joe T's is fun and has a fantastic patio with great Margaritas, butthere are about 150 places with better Mexican food. Literally you can throw a rock here and hit a Mexican eatery.
@@clairewood7416 that’s good to know! The next time I get the opportunity to visit FW… I’ll certainly make more effort to try other eateries 🤗
3:30 Lee Harvey Oswald not Lee Harley Oswart
4:02 Old Red is not the original courthouse, It's like the 5th. Several before burned down.
13:50 Long Horns are descendants of southern European cattle, but they developed the high drought, stress tolerance, and the long horns over hundreds of years. The long horns were to fight off predators like mountain lions.
Great Video, you hit a lot of places I've forgotten about in the area!
I was looking for someone to correct Lee Harley oswart 😹 i had a good laugh about it
@@amyegure4501 I really hate to correct people but that's one I couldn't let go.
I had a good laugh too.
That was intentional because it was the FBI,CIA,the MOB & J.Edgar Hoover,old man BUSH & Johnson who killed JFK.
I live in Fort Worth near downtown Love it so much. My wife and I lived downtown for years as well. The near southside is our favorite neighborhood
One of my favorite areas! Magnolia and S. Main St 🤩
I love my home in the Phoenix metro but I always wanted to visit Dallas ever since I watched the television show when I was a kid. Dallas is on my bucket list
badly wanna go to Texas. and visit cities like Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi
Don't, LA and New York are more impressive to visit, Dallas is for living.