What comes to mind when you think of Dallas, Texas?

Question

ok....OTHER than the TV show and our sports teams....what do you think about the CITY of Dallas and it's people?

Answer 1

the heat, the traffic, the summers where all you want to do is stay inside. Then there is the Mavericks & Stars

Answer 2

I suppose I always think of downtown; I used to work at the Federal Reserve Bank back in 1976, so I was in the downtown area a lot (it's been moved since I left). Neiman-Marcus and the old Titche's and Sanger-Harris Department stores also come to mind, and the crazy Hare Krishnas on the streets; receiving more Twix bars than I can count from people hired to promote them when they first came out, and being offered (and refusing) tons of cigarettes, likewise as promotions. The Hop-A-Bus shuttle - big old-fashioned buses painted pink with bunny ears and a big cotton tail attached (no, I'm not kidding...!).

Answer 3

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders....

Answer 4

the Rio Grande Valley that I call abode (mockingly shifting right here from California) between my widespread issues about Texas (not unavoidably in this order innovations ya'll ..) a million) pleasant those who make you sense at abode 2) low value of residing. the position in California are you able to lease a 2 mattress room, 2 bathtub apt. 3 miles from campus for $425 / month earlier utilities? 3) Multi-lingual a minimum of in this area of the state, in basic terms about quite everyone speaks both English and Spanish a minimum of conversably. 4) eye-catching women human beings 5) with the flexibility to play ice hockey three hundred and sixty 5 days 20 miles from the Mexican border (and not in any respect a gringofied border city like Tijuana or Juarez innovations you) 6) good beer (Shiner, authentic Ale) 7) good music (Selena, George Strait, Willie Nelson, Little Joe y l. a. Familia between many others) 8) Ditto barbecue 9) Texas Longhorns football 10) warmth climate three hundred and sixty 5 days round (became it 107 everywhere else in March?) 11) Mexicans with whom i visit communicate in Spanish and strengthen at it, that is between the justifications I moved right here. between my least universal issues about Texas: a million) The distances. i prefer to flow see the Dallas Stars play my widespread hockey crew, Montreal Canadiens, in early March, yet that is a ten hour stress each and each way and that's on a Sunday evening - and that i visit likely have a midterm (i'm a Kinesiology significant) Monday morning. 2) Dallas Cowboys football (sorry ya'll, been a Washington Redskins fan because the early 80s) 3) The stereotype that all of us like George Bush, even as i'm certain some do i do not. 4) Tejanos who refuse to communicate Spanish to me. i wager they are insecure interior the actual shown actuality that a Frenchie like me speaks it extra effective than they do. mhm Olive, how about you come down for a visit and placed the Spanish you're taking as a lot almost as good use?

Answer 5

ZZ Top (They're from Dallas) and the Cowboys. Oh and I LOVE to go to all the bars, I'm from a little town in TX so Dallas and Ft. Worth is where I go when I feel like having some fun!!!

Answer 6

big hats, big hair... j/k. Dallas is my hometown and I think about the downtown dallas area, places like the museum of art and Dealey plaza where JFK was shot. I can remember driving past in on the highway on the weekends when I would drive home from college and I can remember on a plane seeing it from up above. It's a little sentimental, I guess.

Answer 7

Entertainment

Answer 8

Ultra conservatives, right wingers, women with big *** hair, narrow minded people-- George Bush country. When I lived in Dallas, I noticed all people talked about was getting drunk (no wonder TX is the state with the highest DWI/DUI statistics) -- BORING! Nothing to do but work, go to the mall, and restaurants.

Answer 9

My ex-boyfriend, who was my first love...I live in West Texas, and everytime I hear anything about Dallas, even if its a weather report, I think of him.

Answer 10

The most beautiful skyline at night to see when flying in or driving into the city.

Answer 11

Super Town.
Cowgirls.