Dallas, Texas

If you want all the opportunities of a big city without the attitude, you've come to the right place!

Dallas, which boasts more restaurants per capita than New York City, has become a global center of commerce and culture while still maintaining the feel of a medium-sized city. It’s also one of the most accessible cities in the nation with two airports and a light rail system with access to all business centers around town.

There's cool interesting tourist stuff like the state fair, holiday items, chili cook offs, taste of Dallas, the Ewing Ranch, important places in US history, the Aquarium, etc. Don't expect to see many cowboys. Unless you go to one of the huge country dance places, which is highly recommended if you're from far away. Once you're in Dallas, you're reasonably close to Fort Worth where you can go visit Sundance Square or the stockyards. You won't see much in the way of

cowboys at those places either. Dallas is more cosmopolitan.

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Economy

Since the Dallas/Fort Worth area is home to over 400 corporate headquarters today, the area is the largest corporate headquarters in the United States compared to any other metro. The area is sometimes called "Texas's Silicon Valley." Also, there are more than 40,000 telecommunication employees in the "Telecom Corridor" housing such companies as Southwestern Bell, AT&T, Alcatel, Ericsson, Fujitsu, MCI, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Rockwell, and Sprint. Central Dallas is supported by more than 100 miles (160 km) of fiber optic cable. According to the Dallas Women's Covenant, there are more than 81,000 women-owned firms in metropolitan Dallas. Although the Telecom industry was hit hard in the latest recession, most businesses in Dallas performed better on average than other regional economies.

AMR Corporation (parent company of American Airlines), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Radio Shack, and Pier 1 Imports are based in Fort Worth. id Software is based in Mesquite. ExxonMobil, Michael's Stores, and Zale Corporation are headquartered in Irving. Electronic Data Systems, Frito Lay, Dr Pepper and JCPenney are headquartered in Plano. FUNimation is headquartered in North Richland Hills. Educational Products, Inc. is headquartered in Carrollton. Sabre Holdings, the owner of the Sabre System, is headquartered in Southlake.

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Attractions

Dallas Attractions include the Dallas Museum of Art, the Meyerson Symphony Center and the newly opened Nasher Sculpture Garden, considered one of the most important sculpture collections currently in existence. The world-renowned Dallas World Aquarium and the Sixth Floor Museum are also close by. The other entertainment districts such as Uptown, Lower Greenville, and Deep Ellum.

Famous attractions in the greater Dallas area include the Six Flags Over Texas and Hurricane Harbor amusement parks, Dallas Zoo, and Malibu Speedzone.

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Sports

Dallas is one of the few cities in America offering local major league teams in Football, Soccer, Hockey, Basketball and Baseball. Ritual's offices are a short walk from the newly built American Airlines Center, home of the Dallas Mavericks professional basketball team and the Dallas Stars professional hockey team.

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Cost of Living

One reason to relocate to Dallas is the combination of excellent quality of life and an exceptional cost of living with no state income tax. Dallas is one of the lowest cost major metropolitan areas in North America.

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Public Transportation

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is synonymous with a modern public transportation system that connects Dallas and 12 surrounding cities by bus and train. DART also operates a special commuter line to DFW International Airport.

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Climate

Dallas gets about 30 inches (760 mm) of rain per year, much of which is delivered in the spring time. The climate of Dallas is classified a humid subtropical climate, yet this part of Texas also tends to get hot, dry winds from the north and west in the summer. In the winter, the winds are cool, which can cause the region to fall below freezing occasionally. A few inches of snow for a day or two falls about once each winter, and about every other winter the cool air from the north and the humid air from the south lead to freezing rain, which usually causes the city to come to a screeching halt for a day or two if the roads and highways become dangerously slick. Regardless, winters are relatively mild compared to the Texas Panhandle and other states to the north. Dallas winters are occasionally interspersed with Indian summers.

Spring and fall and the pleasant, moderate temperatures accompanying those seasons are somewhat short-lived in Dallas. However short the season is, residents and visitors appreciate the beauty of the vibrant wildflowers (such as the bluebonnet, Indian paintbrush and other flora) which bloom in spring and are planted around the highways throughout Texas. In the spring the weather can also be quite volatile and change quickly in a matter of minutes. The cliché about volatile climates popular in various parts of the US—"if you don't like the weather, wait a little while and it'll change"—applies well to Dallas' spring weather. Many consider autumn, around late September and October, to be the best time to visit the Metroplex. Yet many events are also scheduled for the more volatile season of spring.

The USDA rates the city of Dallas as being part of Zone 8.

Ongoing comparisons are made between Dallas' summer weather and Houston's. Texans generally agree Houston is significantly more humid and Dallas is slightly hotter, although given Houston's humidity it may have a higher heat index than Dallas

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Links

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