Dallas and Fort Worth are just 30 minutes apart and sometimes they're referred to as Dallas - Fort Worth. Let's take a look at these cities and other cities in the metroplex.
@@jesusjr5364 The Katy Trail connects up to: 1) Mockingbird Station 2) Knox Street (A tiny Main Street) 3) West Village (A tiny Main Strret) 4) Turtle Creek Village Shopping Center 5) The Quadrangle 6) The Crescent / Stanley Korshak / Harwood District 7) Victory Park 8) West End District In the future, the trail will be expanded into the Dallas Design District. It isn't like Dallas has no walkabilty. What does Central Houston have that compares? 6)
@@WilliamJones-sf5pt In the. Houston Heights they have alleys. Slava did a vid on Houston but he didn't mention the Heights which used to be a lower middle class neighborhood. But the Heights started to gentify in the 90s and now you can't touch anything in the Heights for less than $650k. The Heights is very upscale today, close to downtown and family friendly. South of the Heights is the Montrose district which has been the LGBT neighborhood since the 1960s but has also gentrified.
@@WilliamJones-sf5pt Lol, are you trying to make it seem like Dallas is walkable. If you travel to other countries you'll see that Dallas has no walkable areas where you vould live a full life without a car. Even downtown is empty and dead compared to other major cities. The few walkable areas in dallas are so tiny compared to cities with actual walkability. Even the gay dudes being interviewed said you had to drive to your walking excursion. Its better than houston tho
There are many reasons why Dallas-Fort Worth is on track to hit 10 million residents in the next 15 years to become the 3rd most populated US metro, only behind NYC and LA. I relocated to DFW 3 years ago. We call Arlington home and we love it. DFW has great job opportunities, cost of living, bang for your buck and having direct flights to pretty much anywhere in the world are all great reasons to move here, our reason was how clean DFW is as a whole. The streets, retail, restaurants, schools, and roads are all very clean for such a big place. People are pleasantly surprised how green and well kept the area is. I loved the video and am looking forward to your next one 👍
Clean? This dfw metroplex isn't clean and the roads are unFrikkin real. Mostly transplanted yankees and the city leaders of Dallas AND Ft worth must be pocketing our tax dollars... ESPECIALLY the fuel tax / highway use tax money. How do you spell... C O R R U P T
@@allandulles7108 what’s so great about DFW is that there is a place for everyone. Arlington happens to be the place for me. Sure, Arlington is older than most of the other suburbs and deals with some of the big city issues but for most, it’s still a lot better than where they came from. That just speaks volumes on how great the area is.
I was born and raised here in the D/FW area all of my life (51 years) and love it for the most part. I currently am not a fan of the traffic issues/construction on the major highways, but that is just growing pains! I work in the I.T. Industry and love everything the D/FW area has to offer! Pretty much anything and everything you want to do, you can do!
Yeah, the traffic at times is horrendous. It's too bad we can't fly like birds. Moved there in 68 when the whole Metroplex only had 1.7 Million people and now it's up to over 8 Million. Left in 17 for an extended family situation in very rural, slowly dying NE WI. Talk about a difference!! Wow!! I miss the Metroplex as that's where My family is. Now due to multiple brain injuries, I'm not able to travel whatsoever and my only trip there in the future will be in a body bag to be buried in FW near my murdered daughter from 41 years ago.
This is my home! Dallas is more popular but Fort Worth is beautiful!! It's one of my favorite cities. Oak Cliff used to be a very scary area but the artistic people have turned it into a very cool place. I live south right between Dallas and Fort Worth.
Oak Cliff was the first semi- suburban area just south across the Trinity River. I was born and raised in South Oak Cliff near the Duncanville border. Oak Cliff was heaven up until the crack epidemic in the mid 80s. The one bridge that linked South Dallas to the Northeastern side of Oak Cliff was it's demise. The druggies had access to nice homes with nice cars and nice amenities. All of a sudden stolen hubcaps, stolen bicycles, stolen lawnmowers, burglaries and etc started happening in a place that was known as "safe". White flight took place around 1985-86 in my old neighborhood, every block was FOR SALE , FOR SALE , FOR SALE... Fast forward to 2022 gentrification is pushing the hood people out of Oak Cliff and into the surrounding suburbs. Oak Cliff is now turning back into the safe place. My parents still live in the house they bought back in 1974.
@@gabrielmerino7522how old are you? I can guarantee you don't even really know how big Oak Cliff is. Sure, some places in Oak Cliff have always remained safe but that's not being honest about Oak Cliff at a WHOLE. Like I said dude I'm 47. Oak Cliff is my HOME. I know every boundary street there is that defines it's complete territory.
@@jaysrandomnesschannel Been here all my life. Grew up right there across the street from Bishop Arts, the old one. Davis and Madison. Hung out around Founders Park. I'm just 10 years younger.
@@gabrielmerino7522 you definitely were in the "safer" area of Oak Cliff then. Oak Cliff is the biggest section of Dallas...even larger than Plano. Twice as big as Pleasant Grove.
I can honestly say I love living in the DFW. I first lived here briefly in 09 and moved back home then in 2016 I started visiting and was like why did I ever leave lol. After being home for 10 years I decided to head back for many reasons in 2020. I’m originally from Columbus, Ohio and let me tell you this was the BEST move I’ve made. It’s Something special about DFW and it’s going very far, just glad to be apart of it.
I moved to Dallas in 2016 and I absolutely adore this city and the entire metro area. I have witnessed many people visit this place and love the feel and be able to see themselves living here. So much opportunity, FOOD, and room for growth. Dallas changed my life and has given me a great start to my career. It's only a 5-hour drive from my hometown and I love the airports! Quick non-stop flights to pretty much everywhere in the country and countless international destinations. I visit other cities, even LA, NY, Chicago etc, but they don't appeal to me as a "move here" destination. Dallas is home for sure. It's a quick ride from Houston and Austin and an overall wonderful place to live your life. cheers!
2019 and I absolutely love it I'm so glad I moved here when I did because if I was in the same place where I was I would have lost my job due to covid and I probably would have been in a worse position than I am at now
Just came through to represent for Fort Worth. True Fortworthian here! There was a lot more that could've been shown about Fort Worth. And I wish it was more nationally known that Fort Worth is a totally different city from Dallas.
I agree that much more could have been shown about the Fort Worth area. Perhaps it would have been better to have three videos about the Dallas area, the Fort Worth area, and the areas outside the 4 most populous counties respectively. Yes, DFW is thought of as flat, but the Cedar Hill, Northwest Fort Worth (Lake Worth and Eagle Mountain) areas, Mineral Wells, and Glen Rose are all scenic with modest hills.
Fort Worth is way better than Dallas. People are more humble and laid back. People in Dallas Are pretentious. There are so more many gems in Fort Worth that Dallas folks don’t know about and let’s keep it that way. I do not want those weirdos from Dallas coming over here.
I've lived in Dallas for 15 years and I love it. If you want suburbs, you got it, if you want city life you got. You have so many choices of where to live, not stuck in one place because there's no choice of housing. Aside from the inflation, which has hit the whole country, you get more bang for your buck here than some other places.
Dallas is a BIG city with lots of amazing suburbs. We help people all over the world find a home here and can attest, it’s growing super fast with lots of amazing things to do. 🙌👍
They are not suburbs. They are all separate cities just happen to be close to Dallas and Fort Worth. I better not see anyone in this comment saying that Fort Worth is a suburb of Dallas. Fort Worth just hit 1 million people and is the 11th largest city in America. We’re out Growing dallas right now
I’ve lived here over 55 years now and this is an excellent representation of our cities. I love the Fort Worth area, even the city is small and easy to get around in. There are many smaller suburbs around Fort Worth too.
Thank you for highlighting the DFW Metroplex, Slava. It is far from perfect, but it has the least congested and urban feel of any of the other top five metropolitan areas and the lowest cost of living among them, too. You and Lena are always welcome here!
April is here, full of greenery. I'm also excited by the spring breeze. I hope your body and mind will be full of health and excitement in April. Thank you for always improving video sharing, my dear friend💝like144🌸🌼🌼🌹
Slava, your tour videos are always so informative. Makes me want to visit each city especially the museums, gardens, art district, etc. Thank you! 🤸🏽♀️🤾🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️
I am a lifelong resident for 65 years of the DFW area, born in Dallas but moved to Garland after I got married. Life here is nothing like what I remember as a child but lucky to have been born and raised in the good ole DFW.
I live in Fort Worth and love it! More laid-back than Dallas with the fun western and trendy vibes. I also feel so spoiled with a large airport like DFW having so many nonstop flights to so many destinations.
@Moon Shine The United States is the one very few countries in the world which don't have compact cities. Latin American countries which have the same population density of that of the United States such as Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia all have very compact cities.
@Moon Shine Latin American countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Peru have plenty of lands too. Why do these countries still have very compact cities?
Wonderful place of Dallas 😍 Nice upload my friend 😍 good work. Thanks for sharing your amazing video. Wish you have a wonderful day 😊👍. Greeting from Creston
Will Rogers once said: "Fort Worth is where the West begins and Dallas is where the East fizzles out." Having lived and worked in both there is a lot of truth in that. Dallas is just a big city with all the good and bad that go along with that. Lots of pockets of good around a lot of pockets of bad. It is also a migrant city because most people there are transplants from elsewhere in the country. North Dallas places like Plano and Frisco are also migrant. Fort Worth still has its roots and soul in West Texas. It is a friendlier city, in my opinion. I call it home.
Exactly. Lived in the Metroplex 50 years, 34 of it in FW. Surviving siblings live in FW & Dallas respectively. I'm now stuck in the Wilderness of NE WI due to wife's parent situation. Miss the vibe of the Metroplex. Not able to travel at all now due to multiple brain injuries. I'll be back eventually to be buried in FW by my murdered daughter.
@@VahidMusictx I have lived in and around Ft. Worth for 56 years and worked in Dallas for 12 of those. You couldn't pay me enough to work or live there again. I remember before 635 and Las Colinas were built. I drove I-30 between Ft. Worth and Dallas when it was still a toll road. I used to hunt near Flower Mound. I remember when Plano and Frisco were tiny country towns with nothing but country roads to get there. So, I think you are the newcomer to the scene, even if you were born out there.
Great Metropolis. From Addison to Arlington. There are so many great spots to go out to and have some fun or grab some great food. You have the stockyards in Fort Worth, then you have the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, and Six Flags in Arlington. It's all in the center of several major cities like Houston, Shreveport, San Antonio, Austin, and OKc. All within about 3.5 hours.
Great video, 1st time watching your channel. I lived in DFW in the early 2000's before kids. We are relocating back to the Northern Suburbs McKinney/Melissa. Glad to be back!
Great video! I moved here two years ago and still getting to know the area, your video highlighted places I did not know and will look into now! Thanks! 😃
Slava, great job as usual capturing a city/metroplex so well. I've lived in DFW for 25 years, and your video is pretty comprehensive for a nonresident. You must spend alot of time doing research. Great to see some new content from you. Thanks!
@@powerfulstrong5673 I think its cause the land is cheap. If you look at the Frito-Lay and Toyota HQs, the buildings aren't tall, but they are spread out. The campus' are huge.
DFW is very clean and upscale, with well kept green grass everywhere. The best roads you can find, you won't spot a single pothole. Most freeway roads there ever is. Texas has the most road network in USA - and DFW has the most in Texas. 300 people move to the DFW metroplex every single day. New road construction has to keep up with the rate op population growth there is always construction going on here.
Great video of my city. I love it here in Dallas. The job opportunities, amenities and schools are amazing. DFW is an amazing city with endless opportunities.
Other than cheap cost of living and jobs - Dallas doesn't have anything to offer as other world class cities like New York LA Paris Dubai , no offense.
I've lived in Dallas, Chicago, Miami, LA, Vegas, and Phoenix. All have good and bad but DFW metro area's highway system is better than the others and is improving. Great Video
What are talking about? Texas has THE WORST ROADS IN THE COUNTRY. I moved to Ft. Worth 5 years ago, the roads all around our 15 year development have been torn up FOR 5 YEARS AND NO END IN SITE. If I knew then, what I know now, I would have stayed in AZ.
Another excellent video! Full of interesting facts, well researched (except for Plano’s household income 😉), and nice photography. I hope all is well with you and your family).
Yes, ouch, that median $$ figure is definitely incorrect by a *long shot.* I didn’t wanna point that out in my own individual, separate response, however when I ran across _your_ comment here, I decided to speak up FWIW. And I appreciated this video so much and the effort that went into it, plus I’m the type of person who feels badly pointing out errors to people. It’s wired into in my silly DNA. 🙃 Take care, and I hope you & yours are having fab holidays.
Thank you so much for this vid, gonna be moving to Fort Worth soon and was wondering about the neighborhoods and lifestyle, have only been hearing great stuff about Fort Worth.
So here with another beautifully made content, seriously I feel like I am experiencing myself within the city watching your videos. Thank you so much. Keep it up Slava.
The fully integrated circuit, the hand-held calculator, the ATM, and many other important high tech items were invented in the Dallas area in the 1950s and 1960s. The patents created wealth, and the wealth created jobs. That is the reason why we have seen massive population increases since then.
Thanks for this video!! I"m considering moving to dallas!! I already love the church you showed and that it feeds the homeless. If I move I"m going to go there and be volunteering every sunday!!
FYI. Oak Cliff is not a city and has not been one since 1903. Oak Cliff was founded by John S. Armstrong and Thomas Marsalis. The goal was to make Oak Cliff the ‘Brooklyn of Dallas.’ After the experiment of Oak Cliff failed, it was annexed into Dallas, and is now called the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. John Armstrong would move on to develop the areas of Highland Park and University Park. Also, Oak Cliff is not West Dallas. The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge goes into West Dallas into Trinity Groves, La Bajada and Los Altos. If you would like more information about Dallas from someone who has been born and raised here, I am more than happy to talk with you.
I must say this is the BEST video on Dallas I’ve ever seen. I’m from Houston and I never knew Dallas had tunnels like we do downtown?! And I always stay in downtown Dallas. 😭
@@allandulles7108 If you area bored in DFW you are not paying attention! We have never been bored in 33 years living in FW. Museums, parks, live theater, fabulous downtown and the Stockyards, Stockshow, numerous Equestrian events, and Dinosaur footprints about 30 miles to the south.
Lived in DFW since 1991. Moved here from Upstate NY. Loved it for awhile. Raised my kids here. Retirement is drawing closer and I am considering leaving Texas. Cost of living here is increasing as the West Coast invades. As DFW grows, the quality of life is decreasing. Traffic is awful, smog is worse every year and the summers are a beat down. If you're young, go for it. Older, maybe not.
@@powerfulstrong5673 On the road as I speak for my summer hiatus from the Texas heat. DFW has built OUT, not up. I live west of FW. It took me 2 hours on packed highways in triple digit heat just to leave the Metroplex east of Dallas on a Wednesday afternoon before rush hour. In Tennessee this morning and it already feels more tolerable.
@@dxw5795 Fort Worth seems much more beautiful than Dallas in this video. Fort Worth has more flavor of a Texas town than Dallas. Dallas lacks the typical Texas town flavor which Fort Worth has. In other words, Fort Worth has more Texan flavor than Dallas.
@@averagetexan9930 As can I. I avoid Dallas whenever possible and mostly consider it something I have to go through to get to Kentucky to visit my sister.
I live right in the middle of the DFW Metroplex. I'm in an area called the Mid-Cities, and live right near DFW Airport. I have tons of things to do all around me and Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, and anywhere else in the area aren't far away. The DFW Area is the best in Texas. Yeah, it's not near the beach, but it has DFW Airport which can fly you anywhere you want to go. There is something for everyone here.
My friend from NJ was shocked that the DFW metroplex is about as big as the entire state of New Jersey. It can take a long time to drive from one side of it to the other side.
I don't know if the guy in the video is correct or not. I live in DFW so I'll give you a more correct size of it in terms of land area. Measured from East to West, DFW metro area is about 91 miles wide (from Weatherford to Royce City) Measuring from North to South (from Anna to Waxahachie) , it's about 75 miles. That is actually pretty big, but when compared to the whole state of Texas, it's just a small spot on the map.
@@trevorjameson3213 Wikipedia says the DFW Metroplex has an area of 8,675 sq mi (22,468 km2) while the whole state of NJ has an area of 8,722.58 sq mi (22,591.38 km2)
I'm from NJ and I live in Frisco. I will say the urban parts of the metroplex are comparable to northern NJ (NY Metro) in terms of scale and feel. The official sq mileage probably includes the large rural counties on the outskirts of the more urban area.
I lived in Carrollton a suburb in north DFW for 21 years. It is a beautiful safe city located with easy access to most areas in the metro. But even this easy access is unbearable due to too many people moving to DFW. Not that the commute was ever that bad and you can take the light rail, but there are just too many people for me, so I moved away. If you want a place to get anywhere within DFW try moving to Carrollton, unless you want to live in downtown Dallas, then my recommendation is the Bishop Arts District, it was still affordable when I left two years ago. Of course if I want a downtown, I prefer Fort Worth, it is smaller and just easier.
When I was ten way back during the dinosaurs, the Bishop Arts District was already there. That area of North Oak Cliff already had the pieces together going back to the sixties. My friend from Chicago was really impressed about Jefferson Blvd.. These are things that are taken for granted. Deep Ellum was famous before that. The name was created as slang for Elm Street. It's downtown like area located right outside of downtown just to the east of it served as a get together for blacks. The Dallas Design District is spillover from the Dallas Market Center. It is creating lots of eye candy for the city just as all those luxury car dealerships along Lemmon Avenue are doing the same.
You love small cities or towns and that’s OK but I love the big city that’s why I live in downtown Dallas and have never regretted moving there five years ago. I used to live in the suburbs of Dallas since I was a kid and I still own the house I grew up in but downtown is my favorite part of the metroplex.✌️
@@kimberlyvinson9047 As some parents will dictate what is a toy and how children should play with them, those parenting officials dictating over the city of Dallas are micromanaging their childish citizens the same way. They want gentrification to happen for all people in all places. I predict more and more people are going to be fleeing the rotting core that is Dallas to live in the suburbs not because they are racist, but because they are smart.
Fort Worth really doesn't have a typical downtown. It does have all the infrastructure for city services in place. What I mean is that it has a tiny office market to house businesses. What downtown Fort Worth does have fast developing is a central district. Lots of people actually live in downtown today and are moving to the areas surrounding downtown. There is a large medical district towards the south for example. There is a beautiful museum district towards the west. As more people move to the nine square miles making up central Fort Worth, it will be impressive enough. In time, a healthier mix of office space for businesses will be added.
Very Interesting video.. great info! ... however It's NOT an 'international' highway system. I believe it's our country's INTERSTATE highway system that you mean. There is a key (also called legend) in the first few pages of a printed atlas / map that can teach everyone what specific routes are. (U.S route, interstate highway, secondary highways ect.) Thanks for the great video 🇺🇸
I moved to FW 2 years ago. Nice place. Dallas is not bad but definitely feels more full of itself than FW. However, I can't wait to move back to NYC: I miss seasons and I miss walking everywhere.
I have visited Dallas every year for seminars and business meetings. For many years Dallas has been a fine place with many beautiful hotels to choose from. This past year was very disappointing. The downtown streets have been taken over by drug addicts and panhandlers. We were warned by locals not to walk around downtown by yourself. It's a shame.
This is true. I shuttle business travelers to and from DFW and Downtown. The homeless population began growing dramatically in 2021, not just Downtown but the whole Metroplex. It's almost as if New York, Chicago and L.A. began busing their homeless population here.
As someone who was born in the DFW Metroplex, it's very easy to see why everyone has a car in DFW. DART doesn't have that great of coverage in and around the Dallas side of the Metroplex when compared to New York or Chicago. One of the main reasons for this is due to the many active freight rail lines that run through a lot of DFW and their unwillingness to allow passenger trains on these lines as well
DART is actually great when you account for how spread out the metroplex is. Of course it's not going to be anything like NYC or Chicago because of the much lower population density in DFW.
@@andre86w DFW metroplex should have more highrise buildings. DFW metroplex should change zoning laws to allow more high-rises and midrises to be built.
@@powerfulstrong5673 DFW isn’t one city so there can’t be area wide zoning changes. That’s based on each city. There are quite a few high-rises U/C or planned in Dallas.
Dallas is my second home I go there alot although I'm 4 hours away in Little Rock all my family there I love the night life and shopping the traffic sucks but hey that's pretty much anywhere with a city that size I can say it's real easy to navigate through the city it's so spread out with other cities nearby.
@@sunshineabc9437 Joe T's is fun and has a fantastic patio with great Margaritas, butthere are about 150 places with better Mexican food. Literally you can throw a rock here and hit a Mexican eatery.
One thing that will hold Dallas back is the lack of mass transit infrastructure. Great cities of the world have one thing in come and that is being able to move their residents around with all available options. Great cities are also pedestrian friendly not car friendly.
Dallas has the largest light rail system in the United States. Five medical centers are connected by rail. Both major airports are connected by one rail line.
The DFW area will never be pedestrian friendly simply because of how spread out it is. It’s not dense by any metric and is one of the lowest density metro areas in the US. It’s mostly suburban sprawl with Euclidean zoning. Simply adding more public transit will hardly fix anything.
@@blackhole9961 There aren't any barriers keeping North Texas from expanding. The South Dallas County Port is going to be a major manufacturing area soon. Fort Worth is expanding westward. North Dallas is growing all the way to the Oklahoma border. Forney to the east will soon be a major suburb. In contrast, Houston has about 180 degrees to expand. Flooding and lowland swamps exist both to the east and south. Houston is growing south into Pearland, to the southwest, west, northwest, north, and northeast. Galveston Island use to be the principle city of Texas and the second wealthiest city in the nation. It got destroyed by a hurricane in 1900 causing its port business to move north to Houston and its retail to move to Dallas. Houston received 3 consecutive years of 1 in 500 year floods. As a result, the city is picking up to move southwest to Sugarland, west to Katy, and northwest to Spring and The Woodlands.
@@blackhole9961 well if it isn’t black hole back again to talk about Dallas. Dallas already has the most density of any Texas city. And has already reviewed a plan to replace $2Billion worth of sidewalks
@Ryan Jackson considering Dallas has an average walking score of a measly 46 that’s not saying much. Considering the DFW is my home metropolitan area, it would make since that id compare it to other areas.
Im not sure who you are but i want to thank you for this storyline about the city of Dallas. I am scheduled to be there soon this year 2022 Dec. This gives me ideas on what to do and where to go. So again thank you for helping me plan my trip.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 seriously!!! No waterfront. No port. No mountains. No real geography or topography. The reason why it can grow is because it's flat, featureless land. Until more land is needed to build more lakes for water!!!