Didn’t see a chopper, maybe not hiring pilots right now. Would have been really cool if a chopper landed at the end. Lol.

And, they take trade ins! Wow!


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That was great!
"HAY! We got horses!"

They do have a sense of humor

I always see it as DFW and they're about 30 miles apart but are the cities different when it comes to culture? I know a lot of people from Chicago who moved to Dallas. The traffic is worse than awful in Dallas but I don't know much about Fort Worth.

Yes, really different. 30 miles apart in distance, but 30,000 miles apart in culture.

"Haute Couture" snobs in Dallas. Much friendlier & honest folks in Fort Worth.

Dallas is liberal and run by democrats. Fort Worth is far more conservative and mostly Republican.

(Yes, that's a gross generalization, but you get the idea.)

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Originally posted by Edmond:
I always see it as DFW and they're about 30 miles apart but are the cities different when it comes to culture? I know a lot of people from Chicago who moved to Dallas. The traffic is worse than awful in Dallas but I don't know much about Fort Worth.

The entire metroplex is growing like a weed. Fort Worth and it's near suburbs are no exception. Right now the Fort Worth expansion is to the north. Needless to say, traffic is pretty bad during rush hour and there is road construction everywhere in an attempt to keep up with the increasing number of cars on the roads. Still, in non drive time, getting around is reasonable. And yep, a different culture vs Dallas. Dallas tends to be more liberal (dem) while FW leans heavily conservative. Dallas is glass and shinny, Fort Worth, even though the city offers a good amount of culture, is still more country. I've lived in a near north FW suburb for 40 some years and like it a lot. No question, anyplace in the metroplex will tax your AC system in mid summer. I abide by the saying, "only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid day sun".

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Originally posted by Tailhook 84:
Yes, really different. 30 miles apart in distance, but 30,000 miles apart in culture.

Indeed.

I grew up in the northern Fort Worth area in the 80s and 90s, and even several decades ago the cultural difference between Fort Worth and Dallas was apparent. I can only assume the divide has widened in the meantime, alongside with the overall national cultural divide.

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Originally posted by Edmond:
I always see it as DFW and they're about 30 miles apart but are the cities different when it comes to culture? I know a lot of people from Chicago who moved to Dallas. The traffic is worse than awful in Dallas but I don't know much about Fort Worth.

I live in DFW, closer to Ft Worth.

Everyone I know here, they say Ft Worth when given a preference between Dallas, no contest. For a nice night out, we go to Ft Worth, not Dallas. I've seen these t-shirts a few years ago and got one for my wife for her birthday

The tall officer at the end pretending to be one of those car dealership inflatable inflatable flappy mannequins was an especially nice touch.

That was great!

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Originally posted by Edmond:
I always see it as DFW and they're about 30 miles apart but are the cities different when it comes to culture? I know a lot of people from Chicago who moved to Dallas. The traffic is worse than awful in Dallas but I don't know much about Fort Worth.

Fort Worth is the city in Texas where all the cool kids want to live these days. It is a good city - WAY more relaxed and less status conscious than Dallas. Much smaller than Houston. No commies, as opposed to Austin. But the city is still big enough to have culture, and all that stuff. Ft. Worth is still, in some ways, a cow town. Not that it is literally dependent on the cattle industry, but it feels like it.

That is a funny ad.

Love it - kudos to them for having some fun!

Is it real or just joking? If real, that’s a place for a second career for me!

The straight faced squiggly air man was funny.

^ It's real. FW Police has done a lot of creative job recruiting over the last number of years.

The DFW Metro-Mess is growing like crazy. And there is NOT enough water. DFW has been trying hard to get Oklahoma Water, especially from SE Oklahoma, got really aggressive about it, and the US Supreme Court said NO. Google it if you want. The Supremes said no you can't sneak up and take the water, bring a lot of $$$ if you want the water.

I have a lot of family and friends in DFW. I used to love going down and visiting, including all the events that were going on or coming in.
Not anyway, traffic is a real big pain in the butt problem. People driving like they're NASCAR drivers, or NHRA. Either standing on the gas pedal, or standing on the brake.

A few of my younger neices and nephews, in their 20's, are now living in Fort Worth, they say that is now the cool and best place to live. The Culture has moved from Dallas to Fort Worth.

As far as growth, the DFW Metro-Mess has been sprawling in all directions, as noted above, Fort Worth has been going North.

The Metro-Mess has now expanded North of Denton and is headed to pass Sanger and then get into Gainessville. Gainesville is on the OK-TX border, divided by the Red River.

Just when you cross into Oklahoma, going North on I-35, at Exit #1 is Thackerville, the site of the Worlds Largest Casino (by floor space), no joke, really it is, and the parking lots are always FULL of Texas License Plates. The Winstar is owned by the Chickasaw Indian Tribe. The amount of money, coming North just across the Red River into Oklahoma, is STAGGERING. It's beyond huge. Texans love a nearby Casino, for sure.

/&^Speaking of Thackerville, Terry Bradshaw, the Football Player/TV Guy, just put up for sale his Oklahoma Ranch for $22.5 MILLION. Terry has other ranches near there, on both sides of the River. Dude has a big love to animals and serious amounts of money.

The amount of money around that area is just, well once again, beyond crazy.

Having said all that, I look for one day, not too terribly far into the future, for a solid mass of humanity from the OK-TX Border to DFW and down by Waco, and in all directions. Crazy.

And, many will escape the DFW real estate costs and settle North of the Red River in Oklahoma, to Marietta and probably to Ardmore, one of these days. That's not the only place, go up US 75/69 from Plano/Allen and that's growing too, and the Casino in Durant is HUGE too. Texas money being dropped off daily.

Unbelievable.
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Originally posted by Edmond:
I always see it as DFW and they're about 30 miles apart but are the cities different when it comes to culture? I know a lot of people from Chicago who moved to Dallas. The traffic is worse than awful in Dallas but I don't know much about Fort Worth.

Fort Worth is the city in Texas where all the cool kids want to live these days. It is a good city - WAY more relaxed and less status conscious than Dallas. Much smaller than Houston. No commies, as opposed to Austin. But the city is still big enough to have culture, and all that stuff. Ft. Worth is still, in some ways, a cow town. Not that it is literally dependent on the cattle industry, but it feels like it.

That is a funny ad.

As a guy who has lived here, and raised a family here I think it's a great family place. My kids have done great. The worst thing that happened was my middle girl climbed out of her bedroom window at 17 or so and went partying. Got a call from the police at 2 am that she was with some suspicious looking dudes at the 7-11. We picked her up, had a good talk and the crap stopped. My son in his high school senior year was stopped with (Gasp) some beer in the car. My wife let him sit at the police department until they finally called and said please pick him up. Learned his lesson.

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Originally posted by NavyGuy:

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Originally posted by jhe888:

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Originally posted by Edmond:
I always see it as DFW and they're about 30 miles apart but are the cities different when it comes to culture? I know a lot of people from Chicago who moved to Dallas. The traffic is worse than awful in Dallas but I don't know much about Fort Worth.

Fort Worth is the city in Texas where all the cool kids want to live these days. It is a good city - WAY more relaxed and less status conscious than Dallas. Much smaller than Houston. No commies, as opposed to Austin. But the city is still big enough to have culture, and all that stuff. Ft. Worth is still, in some ways, a cow town. Not that it is literally dependent on the cattle industry, but it feels like it.

That is a funny ad.

As a guy who has lived here, and raised a family here I think it's a great family place. My kids have done great. The worst thing that happened was my middle girl climbed out of her bedroom window at 17 or so and went partying. Got a call from the police at 2 am that she was with some suspicious looking dudes at the 7-11. We picked her up, had a good talk and the crap stopped. My son in his high school senior year was stopped with (Gasp) some beer in the car. My wife let him sit at the police department until they finally called and said please pick him up. Learned his lesson.

My son and his family live there. They love it.

Been in Fort Worth my whole life, I can honestly say Dallas is worlds away. It truly is where the east begins.

OMG the crazy arms guy at the end killed me