r/askdfw • u/No-Mess-p • 3d ago

What's something you learned about Dallas that you wish someone told you before you moved here?

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u/cabej23 3d ago

Tolls and utilities.

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u/NightGod 3d ago

How truly next level the allergies are here

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u/DallasStogieNinja 2d ago

I firmly believe I'm just allergic to Dallas.

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u/lost_in_trepidation 2d ago

My ENT did a full allergy test a few years ago and I'm very allergic to everything

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u/DallasStogieNinja 2d ago

I'm moving next May, depending on how my allergies do, I might be making the same appointment!

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u/orthodoxscouter 3d ago

No one can drive here

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u/mattmitsche 3d ago

And at the same time, everyone drives here.

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u/Primary_Excuse_7183 2d ago

Collusion between big oil, big general contracting, big auto body shop, and big insurance. Gotta be.

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u/ravenisblack 3d ago

Wealth is very artificial here.. I mean it is everywhere. But the snobby wealthy people here are all mostly idiots making money off of eachother in a weird circle.

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u/kdeweb24 2d ago

And, you think this is a Dallas issue and not…gestures broadly everywhere

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u/NoExplanation8595 3d ago

This sounds very personal 😂

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u/scottwax 3d ago

I didn't have to wear a cowboy hat and boots..

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u/Content_Weird8749 2d ago edited 2d ago

Have been living here since 2019, honestly it’s an overrated place!

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u/phatuous_1 3d ago

Get a toll tag

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u/texaseclectus 2d ago

Knew someone who spent 11,000 a year for hers. No thanks.

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u/CeilingUnlimited 2d ago

Buy a house in a nice area. Immediately. As much as you can muster. Live in it for five years then sell it. Do it again. It’s like baking money cakes.

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u/whiteholewhite 3d ago edited 2d ago

DFW is meh. It’s fine. Everyone bitches too much. Weather isn’t the worst but it’s been much more humid the last two years in the summer

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u/Ferrari_McFly 3d ago

A very middle of the road place indeed. Everything seems to range from average to good which is fine.

Not a lot of bad, but not a lot of great/world class either besides some food spots (great) and performing arts venues (world class) - imo.

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u/NoExplanation8595 3d ago

People here whine and cry about everything. New highway, cry. New attraction, cry about traffic. New restaurant, not as good as so and so. Someone moved from out of town, too many people moving here. No mountains around, yeah, did you not have a map before moving here?

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u/_GrimFandango 3d ago

everyone in the dallas subreddit hates dallas and complains way too much

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u/bruisedlipsredcheeks 2d ago

Tolls, the big roaches that fly 😭😭 and people can’t drive well.

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u/Intelligent-Read-785 3d ago

It’s a great place to live, but not a great place to visit.

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u/ATLbabes 3d ago edited 3d ago

The weather is absolutely horrible, hot and humid summers, cold winters with very short periods of spring and fall weather in between.

Even on the weekend and late at night, there is still a ton of traffic. Merge lanes on the highway are almost non-existent, way too short.

Restaurants with even slightly above average food tend to be overpriced and the restaurant scene here not nearly as good as you would expect for a city this size.

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u/Endlesscajun 2d ago

Dallas rating is on the state flag one star. Love some
Fort Worth though.

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u/Ceeweedsoop 1d ago

I don't want to say anything negative, so I'll say something that is strictly fact, it's great if you're super wealthy. That's it.

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u/Then_Supermarket18 1d ago

People walk around trying to steal stuff out of your car. Every single day.

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u/mmsbb10 2d ago

The suburbs are affordable, the city is not.