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AGAIN -- The issue presented WAS NOT whether Houston was more beautiful than Dallas. The issue presented was simply -- "is Dallas a pretty city." The pictures I posted show that. Houston is also a pretty city. Houston and Dallas don't have naturally eye-pleasing topography of rolling hills and beautiful blue water. Therefore, most of our beauty is man-made. Both cities are VERY similar in terms of beauty. The winner of the beauty contest is in the eye of the beholder. Therefore, the Houston Boosters will always pick Houston and the Dallas boosters will always pick Dallas. Both cities are pretty and could learn from each other. However, I wish we could act like gentlemen instead of insecure street thugs.

I have NEVER said Houston was ugly. It has beautiful parts also. The issue you presented was whether Dallas was pretty. It was NOT whether Dallas was prettier than Houston. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Your constant posts prove you were looking for the bad in Dallas, and sure enough -- you found it.

If that really happened you should call the Dallas media and or hire a lawyer to go after them for deprevation of civil rights. However, I sincerely doubt the police would use tear gas just to make people go home after bar drinking.

The issue is NOT whether Dallas has something Houston doesn't. The issue is whether Dallas is pretty. Those pictures of the lake are some evidence of Dallas' beauty.

You stayed in Dallas' equivalent of the fifth ward. Good job judging the whole metro area based on the ghetto and views from the freeways. Think about it -- if you were to build a nice house -- would you choose to build it next to a highway or someplace peaceful and serene? If your definition of beauty is the suburban sprawl of Houston or Plano -- then our ideas of "beauty" are completely different.

Again -- the beauty of Dallas. About 4 miles from downtown.

So let me get this straight. Some folks are so biased against Dallas, that this is not pretty: These are all pictures taken 3 miles or less from downtown Dallas. If you can't find parts of Dallas that are pretty -- you're blind.

We have to constantly "one up" Dallas. We cannot read an article about Dallas' population growth without saying, "Yeah, but we're bigger!" Dallasites know we're bigger. They are not as obsessed with us as we are with them.

This thread has gone from interesting, to frustrating, to just plain sad.

I sure hope someone builds there. That is a GREAT location.

Houston has plenty to be confident about. Perhaps if we start acting confident the rest of the world will take us more seriously. Now people that have never been to Houston read those articles that say living here is a sentence, then they see that people who live here are insecure about it. It makes them believe that garbage! Just be confident in your city. There is plenty to be proud of without putting every other city down.

Source please?

Simmer down pal. Dallas could have 10 million people or 10 people. It doesn't affect Houston. I was just happy for the North Texas area. I expect that they counted people properly in this study. I personally don't need to review the statistical analysis of the study to realize that its a "ballpark" figure. Like the census -- its an estimate. No system is perfect. Don't get bent out of shape over it.

This story is not that hard to believe. Additionally, it does not come at the expense of Houston. People aren't leaving Houston to move to Dallas. Why are we so defensive over this? The statistics are based on the study conducted by the DBJ. Why is that so hard to swallow?

That's a lot of money. What a great day for the museum!

This represents a fundamental insecurity of our city. Just because the Dallas area is growing we feel threatened. The story did not say that Houston was NOT the fourth largest city. The story did not mention Houston. It simply said that the North Texas region is 6 million and growing. IT DOES NOT AFFECT HOUSTON AT ALL.

Thanks for representin' H-town -- I think.

^ Still smells like sour grapes to me.

DT Houston is really going in the right direction. It's by far my favorite area of town. Hopefully we will be able to get some affordable residential down there soon.

Yeah, most of the downtown eateries are shut down on the weekends. I tried to do the same thing once.

It's impressive that Texas has several major cities like Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and Austin. Most states just have one major city. This is something to be proud of as a Texan.

That's awesome!

It took another year of hard work, but I have successfully helped Houston become the fattest city in America -- AGAIN!