Douche

I live in Dallas. It is one of many cities I have lived in. Although I like a few other cities better, there are a lot of great things about Dallas. It has a low cost of living, great housing, the women are beautiful, it has some fun nightlife, there are many yummy restaurants, traffic isn't too bad for a big city and it is a great city for someone who likes to travel because of the big airport in the middle of the country.

All that being said, there are some negative things. The biggest of which is its meet up central for the $30,000 millionaire. There is even a website dedicate to these morons with some great shirts. http://www.30kdm.com/

The typical $30,000 millionaire is epitomized by the following hilarious video. If you live in Dallas or have ever visited, you know the guys in this video, trust me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_GJHl3IWeE

I wrote the following in response to a post on another board on Nov 13th, 2006.

"I have always had the theory that Dallas is a "wanna be" city which is where all of the strangeness comes from. Its a big city in the middle of a desert with nothing else to do but the cosmopolitan crap like eating, shopping and partying.

Have you ever tried to take an out of town guest to do some tourist things? Except visiting where the death of a former president occured or the set of an 80's show (Dallas), there is nothing to do but take them to the mall or to some restaurants. There are no distractions for someone's time.

In LA, you have the beaches, Hollywood, mountains, a day trip to Vegas and countless other things. Denver has skiing and hiking. San Fran has the bay and a diverse culture. Seattle has lots of outdoorsey things, the pier and museums. New York has culture, broadway, financial center and is a tourist mecca. Miami has beaches, fashion, models.

In Dallas, you have none of that. There are no beaches, no tourist things to do, no mountains, no major colleges - nothing. The only thing to entertain ourselves is going out to an overcrowded lake (Lewisville) or an overcrowded park (White Rock).

It is not a "cool" city. And, what do you have when someone wants to be cool but isn't? You pose.....

$30,000 millionaires are rampant in this city and the posing that goes along with it. You would have a bitch shield too like many of the hot girls do if you kept getting lied to about how much someone makes, what they do for a living, etc.

Anyway, I am not hating but simply making an observation. I like Dallas for its beautiful people, its low cost of living and with my previous traveling job, its convenient airport to the rest of the country. It just has some weird cultural/social dynamics compared to many cities."