Bob wrote:
Texas is a lot flatter then I thought it would be
- It's greener then I thought it would be too, at least around Dallas area
I guess you've never heard of "The Hill Country" then? Texas ranks 14th on the list of highest elevations of US states. The highest point is Guadalupoe Peak at 8,751ft.
Do you know Texas also has a Canyon? Palo Duro Canyon down down over 2000ft.
- Dallas/DFW/Ft Worth is really spread out, to the point of being stupid. - There is no public transportation so everyone drives.
DART provides both light rail and bus services to member cities. There are lines that go from Plano, Garland, Irving, South Dallas into Dallas. Many cities have bus service and special transportation for disabled. Of course is it spread out, it's a cluster of a lot of cities.
- They build lots of freeways but they call them expressways and charge you to
drive on them. Lame.
No, they're called tollroads and you have an option as to whether you drive on them or not. If you want to pay to get there a little faster, you're welcome to. By the way, Dallas isn't the only city with tollroads. I seem to recall
you can barely cross a bridge in San Francisco without having to pay a toll.
- Highway construction vehicles have flashing blue lights on them, but they are not cops. They are just trying to fool you.
Every state has a different rule for their emergency vehicles. Nebraska, for example, allows blue and amber lights on construction vehicles. In fact, Texas is very explicit when it comes to constrcution vehicles in a work zone. Blue
on the drivers side and amber on the passenger side.
- There will be expressway and non-express way versions of the same freeway and its nearly impossible to figure out which one you should use or what lane to be in in order to get where you are going.
Maybe you should learn to read signs.
- DFW is a horrible airport that is too big and spread out.
DFW airport is the 10th busiest in the world and 4th in the US. It handles over 75 million passengers per year. That works out at 205479 per day.
Imagine trying to find gates for 1850 flights a day and how cramped it
would be trying to fit all those people into terminal areas. The total area taken up by DFW airport is less than half that of Denver International.
- Ft Worth has cows.
Ft Worth has a popular stockyards and rodeo area if you're into that sort of thing.
- There are endless fast-casual family dining options in strip mall shopping centers off the freeways.
Why is having an option on where to eat a bad thing? There's a lot of chains, as like with every city, and plenty of independent restaurants too.
If you want to diss my state, come with a better argument because none of your points are valid.
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