nostyle1261 Charlotte isn’t comparable to the entire core of Dallas. Including Uptown, Downtown, and Victory Park.

It's not as far off as you'd think, given Dallas is a metro of 7 million and Charlotte is 2.8 million. Put it this way. Charlotte's CBD isn't half the size of Dallas'.

@@nostyle1261 The "Dallas Metro" is actually a multi-polar region. It's called the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex for a reason. The are doesn't revolve around Dallas

I agree. That's why I made the same point in my original post.

This footage doesn't show it, but Dallas is actually FAR larger than you may think. I don't know how much of it you visited, but beyond Uptown and Victory Park, there are a lot more large buildings at LBJ & Central, LBJ at Dallas North Tollway (Addision business district), Las Colinas which is like another smaller downtown (in Irving), then all the high rise buildings along Stemmons Freeway northwest of Downtown (not shown in this footage). The best views from the ground can be seen from I-30 west of downtown at Loop 12, looking North, and East, then looking Southeast and East from LBJ and Stemmons. And none of that includes Arlington, Fort Worth, Richardson, Plano, Allen, McKinney, or any of the other 60 something cities/suburbs. The metro area is huge, about 63 miles running East/West, and nearly 60 miles North/South. Kind of like the LA metro area, if you visit just downtown, it's not a big deal, but the surrounding metro area is pretty big.

Sterile would be more appropriate. No character.

Xero Dallas much bigger, Austin more liberal, it’s like California

Dallas is a segregated shithole, very pretentious and snobby, rude assholes lol

Austin is just as segregated as Dallas, if not even more segregated. I-35 basically functions as “the great wall of Austin” - white and wealthy to the West of the freeway, and dark-skinned and poor/working class to the East. Dallas is more diverse and much bigger. Austin has more natural beauty. It’s at the edge of the Texas hill country. Dallas is basically flat and sits in the middle of the inland prairies. Dallas has MUCH better freeways and public transportation. Even though Austin is smaller, it has much worse traffic than Dallas. Even worse traffic than Houston. Austin has better nightlife, but it’s all concentrated on a few streets in downtown. Dallas has several different nightlife districts. Austin is WAY more expensive than Dallas. The cost of living in Austin is almost at California levels, except without California wages or salaries. You get a lot more bang for your buck in Dallas. Austin people are every bit as snooty and stuck up as they are in Dallas, except it’s a more liberal-flavored form of snootiness. To sum it up, if I had to choose I would definitely pick Dallas. Austin *WAS* a great place to live over 20 years ago, but it has been completely ruined by overhyping and overpricing. On the other side of the equation, Dallas has really improved over the last 20 years, and has become more progressive and diverse. So, you have one city heading downhill (Austin), and another city heading up. That’s how I see it. That said, I’d rather live in San Antonio than either of those cities.

Austin skyline is actually been getting a taller building every 5 years now starting a new 860 feet Tower for 2023!!!

FOUNTAIN PLACE is one of my favorite Towers in the USA HOWEVER let's not kid ourselves Austin's skyline is almost the size of ((UPTOWN HOUSTON))visually seems longer and more Modern than Dallas and that waterfront is ALL YEAR AROUND and that seals the deal.

But DFW is still king in Texas big boy lol

Joe Martin - uptown Houston (I still call it ‘galleria area’) is laid out in a very different pattern than uptown Dallas. The buildings are spread out over a larger area than uptown Dallas. Dallas’ uptown blends directly into downtown, whereas uptown Houston is separated from downtown Houston by something like 6 miles. I’d have to guess that the actual number of buildings/high rises/skyscrapers are roughly the same in both cities’ uptown districts. They’re also both adding new buildings at the same rate.

DARK STAR - come on now, we all know that Fort Stockton is king in Texas.

Houston’s Uptown is miles away from Downtown and doesn’t have a true urban walkable feel like Uptown Dallas.

Serk J - True, but I think the reason for the lack of walkability is actually because Houston’s Uptown isn’t in the inner city, whereas Uptown Dallas is very much a core area and basically an extension of downtown Dallas. The two areas blend seamlessly. Can’t really compare these two different ‘Uptowns’, because it’s apples and oranges. Houston is focusing most of it’s urban redevelopment efforts on the inner loop. “Uptown” (I can’t even call it that. It’s still ‘Galleria Area’ to me) is outside the loop. The whole area was built around a giant mall. Not that I think it shouldn’t be more walkable, but Houston already has core areas like Midtown, Montrose, Med Center, and the Museum District that are much more walkable and urban, and function much better in that capacity. Houston’s ‘Uptown’ has a weird structure. It’s not classically urban, but it’s too built up to be suburban. It’s almost like it’s stuck in some limbo nether-region in between. It’s definitely more suburban in my opinion than those other areas I mentioned. Just applying the name ‘Uptown’ to it, which I’ve always thought was ridiculous, tends to make outsiders and newcomers have these unrealistic expectations. It was a shit choice of rebranding, and no one was calling it that until the mid 2000’s. Most actual natives in Houston are like me, and still refer to it as “Galleria Area”, or sometimes “Post Oak”. In other words, it’s all down to a name, or a title. In this case, the title is ‘Uptown’. I guarantee you if the short-sighted developers had just left it well enough alone and let the Galleria Area remain ‘the Galleria Area’, no one would be comparing it to Uptown Dallas. A much more appropriate and accurate comparison would be Uptown Dallas and Midtown Houston.

@Alberto Alaniz Alegria I returned from Dallas c. 3 weeks ago. Downtown Dallas / West End is NOT safe after dark, even during the day. In that area, 11 cops lost their lives fighting the BAD guys who control the downtown. West End DART stop on Pacific Ave and intersection with N. Lamar St is very DANGEROUS. Police is present ALL THE TIME. The black guys faces are really...scary. When I told to a hotel staff that in my city I can walk at 1:00 AM without any fear, he was really surprised. Another one told me..."well, this is West End"...

Alberto Alaniz Alegria shut up Dallas is not even that safe Mexican and black took over the city white peoples are moving out

ROMANABSOLUT DFW have 5 downtown

ROMANABSOLUT U have to get used to it

Very safe during the day. No downtown safe after dark.

Slime Squad, There is one in every post

yes. please give credits though.

Texas is one of the best places to live. Houses are affordable and the job market is amazing.

@@Brandon-218 that's a damn lie, I'm so glad I'm out of that shithole of a state.

Texas will never be “the next California”. Not gonna happen.

yes you can use it. please give credits though.

yes. please give credits though.