Most people from Dallas that I have met seem less "Texan" than people from any other city in Texas. (ie if I lived in another state and met them, I never would have guessed they were from Texas without them telling me).
It seems that ways because SE Texas is where all the Battles for Texas Independence were fought. So all of Texas' history is here. And we're home to the world's largest rodeo so naturally you're going to get a more Texas feel here than in northern Texas.
The fact that Houston's GDP is larger than Dallas' now (and has widened the gap this decade), proves your point. I completely agree.
Depends. CNN doesn't do that. Also, it has more to do with spacing than anything else (and I see San Antonio more than Austin).
I disagree. For the short time I lived in Dallas before moving to Houston, Dallas feels much more "Texan". Driving around Houston, you don't feel like you're in Texas like you do in Dallas. Must be all the prairies and "wide open" spaces out there.
I've lived in both cities and Dallas doesn't have a Texas feel like Houston. There more people who actually wear boots and western wear on a regular day w/o it being rodeo season here in Houston. There are no wide open prairies in Dallas, TX. It's all city and home of the most Fortune 500 companies in the U.S. If want to more a Texan side in north Texas, go to Fort Worth, Mesquite, Weatherford, but not Dallas.
I think it's all the a__holes in $5,000 ostrich boots and JR-style cowboy hats... okay, cheap shot... But my point is, Dallas feels like the rest of the country's stereotyped image of Texas. It gives off a very "blue jeans, expensive boots, dress shirt (no tie), blue blazer, cowboy hat" vibe that I don't think is very "Texan" at all. I'm a native Houstonian, but I think the place that feels most "Texan" is the Hill Country, well outside of the cities. Rocky hills, mesquite trees, very big pickup trucks, a healthy dose of Mexican ancestry, large homemade barbecue pits and smokers, tough people that are also kind and welcoming... THAT is Texan. Sorry about the fact that there were almost more commas in this post than words. I thought about a bullet point format, but it also did not feel Texan.
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No, it's not. It's 3rd. Behind Houston. Houston has almost twice as many Fortune 500 companies as Dallas does. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2009/cities/
I agree, that dallas has a more texas feel. Not necessarily cowyboy-y, but certainly texas. Especially duting the summers. You get the dry, 100+, days. Houston certainly has a texas feel...just not as much as dallas. Mostly, i think, because houston has more international influence. ALso, when people think texas, i dont think they don't necessarily think of it being as wet/humid/green as houston is.
