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So I'm in Dallas Texas for a few weeks. I'm here on buisnes so I pobebly wont have a lot of time to do sight seeing. But I was just woundring how many of you people reside in this State/city and what do you have to say for it. I for one and just looking forward to the warmer weather!

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By the thread title I thought you were selling Texas. I was gonna give ya like 5 bucks.

Texas is pretty nice and I wouldn't mind visiting again one day.

I live in Texas! It's not... the most exciting state out there, but it does have a few things to offer. XD You'll probably definitely appreciate the warmer weather, for one thing. It's been nice outside lately.

As for Dallas, I guess it's not that different from most other cities. We don't all dress like cowboys and ride around on horses, so don't get your hopes up there, heh. And there obviously isn't a cool beach or anything nearby, so the only kinds of places I could recommend going to would be the different malls and stuff. Or Six Flags, if you have the time and would enjoy that?

Hope you have a good trip, anyway!

Watch out for big bugs XD

Shao Feng-Li (post: 1190558) wrote:Watch out for big bugs XD

Oh yeah, I guess that DOES deserve to be mentioned. XD When my friend from England came to visit, she freaked out at all of the different kinds that she saw...

But I like bugs, they're cool. 8D

$5!! Thas a steel! You gata give me at least 10 bucks. All those big bugs are woth at lest that much.

Well Texas as at lest one stat beat, Nebraska. Heh Nuff said.


Big bugs? 0.º (oro?)

Yeah, I live near Houston and we have huge flying cockroaches. But since it's "winter", I doubt you'll see any...
I've been to Dallas a few times --the malls are fun --and so is Six Flags over Texas and Ranger stadium in Arlington. Fort Worth is nearby and has a bunch of good restaurants and shops (Razoo's is my favorite restaurant there--the best Cajun food.)
I don't know a whole lot about the city of Dallas itself. Like I said, I've lived in Texas my whole life, but have only been there 3 times. The DART is fun to ride (it's a train that goes around the city) and if you have an attraction in mind, it's a quick and easy way to get where you need to go.

Dallas area resident for many, many years.

Dallas is well-known in the restaurant industry as an "incubator" for restaurants. A phenomenal number of well-known chains either had their start here, or were first 'expanded' here.

In terms of good restaurants to hit, on the fancy side look for Three Forks, and The Grape. If you have a really fat wallet, go to the French Room, which Fodor's ranks one of the best in the US. Sadly, they've temporarily closed the most unusual eating experience in town for renovations, or I would also include Antares, the rotating restaurant at the top of Reunion Tower. It will be open again in the fall.

On the low-end-good-eatin' side, make sure you go to Sonny Bryant's BBQ (preferably the original one, as they have a 'chain' of two or three additional stores that aren't quite as good) and also go to Jack's Burger House near SMU (this is unrelated to the southeaster "Jack's" chain of burger joints.) It is an old fashioned burger house where nothing has changed since the 1950s except the prices. I'm also fond of Ball's Hamburgers, which is a burger joint/sport bar combo.

Malls: Northpark is one of the oldest "regional malls" in existence, and one of the most upscale in the city, so lots of neat stores. We have several other nice ones, but Northpark is the king.

Attractions: Beyond the obvious sports venues, we have culture in these here parts, believe it or not. The Meyerson is one of the best symphony centers in the US, and it is home to a pretty good orchestra. The Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center between them make a first rate Art experience, and they are close together. And, over in Fort Worth they have an even better pair of art museums, the Kimbell and the Amon Carter. They also have a great zoo over there (Dallas does too, but Fort Worth's is better) and a wonderful jewel called the Japanese Gardens hidden inside their very good Botanical Gardens.

Of course, there's also the JFK memorial, which is no big deal, but some people go there for memories sake, and the 6th floor museum, a favorite place for conspiracy theorists. And for dancing, etc, there's always the West End.

I've lived in Texas most of my life (Houston native), but I've recently moved to Fort Worth for college. It's alright, and Sundance Square is nice to visit on occasion, but I really prefer living in Houston. All I can tell you about Dallas is they have a nice airport! XD (I fly out of Love Field a lot)

Sheenar, the cockroaches fly?

Well, that settles it for me.

Flying cockroaches 0_o

Yep, you heard right. Flying cockroaches. Only the Japanese Cockroaches (so called because they're imports) actually fly. The other great Texas roach experience is the 'water bug', a cockroach one to two inches long (and as much as a half-inch wide). It's normally an outdoors insect, but it comes crawling in to get out of the cold, usually locating itself dead-center on your kitchen floor.

We also have gi-normous 'mosquitos' (actually spinflies, but they look exactly like magnified mosquitos) with a couple inch wingspan. The real mosquitos can get somewhat large, too, but the spinflies are the source of all the 'huge mosquito' stories from Texas.

The, of course, there's green garden spiders with a leg-span of three inches, plus a couple varieties of tarantula, a couple varieties of scorpion, the occasional Africanized bee, the almost universal Fire Ant (My folks up in Colorado think it's hilarious the way my kids freak out when they see an ant hill. Neither of them has ever had a hundred Fire Ant bites on one leg. I have, and it put me out of work for three days waiting for the swelling to go down.) Yep, this is bug heaven, all right.

Of course, I did get to introduce my Dad to another great Texas critter when we were out fishing a couple summers ago. He looked out from the bank where we were standing and asked "what are those things swimming past us every once in a while? Muskrats?"

"Uh.. no Dad, I don't think we have muskrats around here."

"See? Look out there. There's one going by now. About twenty yards out?"

<Eric looks out casually, confirms his suspicion, shrugs.> "Oh that? Just another water mocassin. They live in these rocks. Ignore them."

He hasn't been out fishing again in Texas since then.

Don't forget the armadillos (saw my first one this summer), opossums, raccoons, deer, and occasional wild boar. Oh, and there's also bobcats, coyotes, and cougars around too --I've only ever seen a bobcat, but I know the others are around.

We're basically a critter haven. Which is why I want to work for Texas Parks and Wildlife.

Yeah, but you might want to stay away from water mocassins. They're pretty poisonous...copperheads are also pretty common, but unless you plan to do a lot of walking in the wilderness, you'll probably just run into those "great rats of the city" --aka: pigeons.

The heck? The only Texas wildlife I'M familiar with are the rabbits that keep getting run over in front of my house.

YEAAAAH TEXAS. Man, living in MA for college has totally sparked my Texas pride. None of this white cold "sno" stuff, or the cussing at people in the busy streets, or the cab drivers and waiters that won't let you go if you don't tip more than 15%.

minakichan (post: 1190781) wrote:The heck? The only Texas wildlife I'M familiar with are the rabbits that keep getting run over in front of my house.

Mm. Well, Texas covers a fairly wide area, so Your Results May Vary, I guess. In my neighborhood, our local coyote keeps the rabbit population pretty much under control. Of course, I haven't mentioned to the kids that I figure that's what happened to the cat we lost a while back, too.

Sheenar (post: 1190758) wrote:Yeah, but you might want to stay away from water mocassins. They're pretty poisonous...copperheads are also pretty common, but unless you plan to do a lot of walking in the wilderness, you'll probably just run into those "great rats of the city" --aka: pigeons.

Yes, you need to stay clear of moccasins, but if you want to fish, there's only so clear you can get. Basically, you're hunting the same prey the moccasin is, so you're going to end up at the same places. Just be very polite, and let him have first dibs.

Every fellow fisherman I talk to carries a snake-bite kit in their tacklebox, though. Just to be on the safe side...

ShatterheartArk (post: 1190535) wrote:By the thread title I thought you were selling Texas. I was gonna give ya like 5 bucks.

That totally made my day.

I live in east texas. I love it out here.

If you want any info about Dallas, Message me.

Mith wrote:That totally made my day.

I was shocked Ashley did not deport me for that...

I live in another Texas city, but have been to Dallas/Forth Worth many times. I love the malls and restaurants. So many place to eat.

I have to admit, I was too.

Wave (post: 1190599) wrote:$5!! Thas a steel! You gata give me at least 10 bucks. All those big bugs are woth at lest that much.

Hey, we have NASA too! Doesn't that make Texas worth at least $15?

NASA is oned by the goverment so that would be -$1.

ShatterheartArk (post: 1190893) wrote:I was shocked Ashley did not deport me for that...

You're in Maine, you've already been deported

But yeah, /me lives in Texas, about two hours north of Dallas. If you haven't found out by now, Texans just about invented jingoism.

Icarus (post: 1191742) wrote:You're in Maine, you've already been deported

But yeah, /me lives in Texas, about two hours north of Dallas. If you haven't found out by now, Texans just about invented jingoism.

Two hours north?!? That's like, you've passed into Oklahoma by then. XD
Anyways, me? North of Dallas as well, but not two hours away. XD!

There's actually a ton of sketch groups that hang around Dallas and Richardson.
Dallas Sketch Group is becoming the most popular. http://dallassketchgroup.blogspot.com/
It's home to a bunch of Game, Animation, and AD-design studios too surprisingly.

And if you're resident in the D/FW area, and listen to 89.7 PowerFM, you'll know that there's just way too many concerts happening a week to go to them all. There was a time where like, 6 or 7 awesome Christian rock bands were all in Dallas at one time at 3 different venues.

Plus, come in early May and you'll get to go to A-Kon. It's pretty decent. The hotel food....leaves everything to be desired. lol

Dai-go (post: 1192031) wrote:Two hours north?!? That's like, you've passed into Oklahoma by then. XD
Anyways, me? North of Dallas as well, but not two hours away. XD!

There's actually a ton of sketch groups that hang around Dallas and Richardson.
Dallas Sketch Group is becoming the most popular. http://dallassketchgroup.blogspot.com/
It's home to a bunch of Game, Animation, and AD-design studios too surprisingly.

And if you're resident in the D/FW area, and listen to 89.7 PowerFM, you'll know that there's just way too many concerts happening a week to go to them all. There was a time where like, 6 or 7 awesome Christian rock bands were all in Dallas at one time at 3 different venues.

Plus, come in early May and you'll get to go to A-Kon. It's pretty decent. The hotel food....leaves everything to be desired. lol

I was guessing he might be in Wichita Falls. From Dallas, that's about two hours, although it's more Northwest than North. Another possibility is Paris (Northeast).

Unless you were seriously speeding, (or starting from the north dallas burbs) you'd only be just getting into OKC from Dallas at the two hour mark. If you were starting from Lewisville or something, you could be past it.

Don't hate on Maine because we see the sunrise first.

ShatterheartArk (post: 1192213) wrote:Don't hate on Maine because we see the sunrise first.

No, we hate you because you pay, like, 1/3 as much for lobster!!!

One of the most delicious meals I ever ate was in a seafood restaurant in Bar Harbor. I loved that place, and I will go back some day!

Driving by the new Cowboy stadium nearly everyday is really an event. Remembering that part of Arlington before and the way it looks now is totally awesome. It's amazing looking at the super-structure really takes my breath away. The way the arches tower over the Ballpark, and how it just makes me gitty that this whole area is growing and changing.

You can't get Tex-mex anywhere else that compares to Texas...or BBQ for that matter.

...This has got to like the THIRD thread to see who lives in Texas.

Houston native.