Quote: (07-19-2013 04:37 PM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:
Yeah, Texas is a pretty good place overall. The cost of living is just too good to pass up, that's why we have so many 20K millionaires and posers.
Haha. Very true. Though I've heard some ppl in certain neighborhoods of Houston that complain about "being decked out" just to visit the grocery store. We def have those neighborhoods in Dallas too.
Quote: (07-19-2013 04:37 PM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:
I live in the northern Dallas suburbs, like .5 mile from Addison. The bars/restaurant scene changes a lot since we have like the highest concentration in the US. Most fail after 6 months.
That's legit. I get what you mean about the failures. I think the "in places" there now are McFadden's & Social House eh? I actually like the Londoner for game/atmosphere in Addison moreso than the one in Uptown.
I was supposed to move to Brazil this past May for some training & personal endeavors so moved my shit back into the "rents" house, which is around Richland Hills area from Las Colinas/Irving where I had same roommate for 5 years. Some fun times, but he was 10 years older than me & got married in Jan. Off to BR again as I have peeps waiting for me again this Fall.
Quote: (07-19-2013 04:37 PM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:
What about Denton? Thursday game seems good there with all the college kids around. Probably not a weekend place since many just go back to Dallas. The girl quality is good, although it has many femin/anarch/social-ists.
Those femi-nazis can be avoided quite easily. It's a great place for chicks, cheap ass drinks, and fun times. UNT chicks are hot & more "open-minded" about fun, haha.
Just a killer drive out there if you don't pull :/
Ever been to Sneaky Pete's or Lake Lewisville?
Quote: (07-19-2013 04:37 PM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:
The SMU area is pretty good too, plenty of wealthy college girls who like to get drunk and have a good time. I've made a few strikes there. Exchange numbers and they will kindly let you know they are lonely or drunk and want you to come over.
There can be some good SMU chicks. I've never had any luck with them however, haha. I find TCU gals to be more outgoing overall..same as their alumni as they'll be more open-minded. The good thing about Dallas though is that the SMU scene make up hypothetically 5-10% of the social scene whereas it feels like TCU comprises 50-60% of the bar areas in Ft. Worth while the professionals are all engaged, married, not interested, whatever.
But mad props if you've had good luck with SMU gals.
Quote: (07-19-2013 04:37 PM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:
Funky Town is a mixed in the back place, as you said...some go out for girls night and it's cheaper. But most of the stuff happens in Dallas and driving back and forth gets old.
Ft. Worth ppl are in denial about this, but both people in that city and ones in Dallas are all about "being seen." If you want access to different ethnic foods, fun leisurely activities, etc etc...then you really have to drive around the whole Metroplex. I have friends that live in the new "West 7 FW" or "Uptown Dallas" that are complete bitches about driving outside of a 5 mile radius as they'll only eat at the cool places.
Uptown has great logistics for pulling, but I actually wanted to use my vacation time for worthwhile destinations these past several years so never really lived there. The place is essentially like you mentioned entry level workers with no life direction that can barely afford it not to mention their car lease payments before getting laid off. Not to sound like a jerk, bc I would hate that situation but there is quite a bit of that.
The issue with living in Downtown FW or West 7th though is there's just not enough professional opportunities out there. Sure there are some government or healthcare based employment choices, but a lot of work is really in Euless, Southlake, Irving/Las Colinas, Lewisville, Arlington, Plano, Richardson, Dallas, Addison, Carrollton, etc. What's the pt. of "urban living" if you need to commute 40-45 minutes to work?
They tend to brag about how American Airlines is "headquartered in Ft. Worth," but it's really in the Euless/Mid-Cities area near DFW Airport so a person living in West Ft. Worth would travel 25-30 minutes there without traffic, but with traffic easily 50-60 minutes.
Quality of living out in FW however is technically much higher though as there's a reason why the city is growing so much population wise.