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Posted on 11/26/2025 4:38:04 AM PST by DFG
Hollywood legends are eyeing an underrated Texas city as the next booming film industry, but locals have spoken out about the downsides to having their home overtaken by sets.
Fort Worth, a suburb outside of Dallas, is quickly becoming a filming destination as Yellowstone creator, Taylor Sheridan, looks to bring his next big hit, Rio Paloma, to his hometown.
The slew of high-profile projects filmed in the city has already generated $1 billion in revenue and 50,000 jobs.
Local politicians have lobbied for Fort Worth's dominance in the industry, passing $1.5 billion in funding last month to incentivize directors to film in the city.
The massive funding legislation will provide $300 million to the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program every other year through 2035.
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker lobbied to pass the legislation, hailing film as the 'next great industry' in the city.
However, locals are skeptical of whether an increase in film, television, and commercial sets will change their beloved suburb.
'It’s absurd that film crews are allowed to disrupt our lives for days on end,' resident Cherri Cetto told the Dallas Morning News.
'I do get that Fort Worth needs business growth, but the city has to take into account how it’s impacting the residents,' Graham Brizendine, vice president of a local neighborhood association, added.
Locals have been forced to endure traffic jams and road closures due to the influx of sets.
In a Facebook group titled, I Love Fort Worth, locals sounded off on whether the film incentive was benefiting the city or just causing headaches for residents.
'That can be a great thing for Ft. Worth, but caution while the new growth is welcome, our lifelong residents hope our history and heritage of our city do not suffer as a result,' one comment read.
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They need to ask what’s a Fort Worth?
Ft Worth is the last Conservative city in Texas. Influx of Hollywood people will change that very quickly. Same thing happened to Austin and Atlanta.
https://gov.texas.gov/film/page/tmiiip
Holy crap.
If I were a resident, I’d be po’d, too.
Those incentives are coming out of taxpayers’ hides.
And note this bit from the above...
“This incentive program is in addition to Texas’ Sales Tax Exemptions.”
Lovely.
All of Texas is booming. My younger daughter and her family live in a town just south of Fort Worth, which is also booming. As a realtor, it benefits her, but because of blue state influx, it is changing Texas, and not always in a good way.
It’s almost like TX wants to turn blue.
I would imagine 50,000 jobs would make up for that pretty quickly.
The author apparently was ignorant of the fact that Fort Worth is where Tommy Norris lives ans has offices
Sure don’t want Texas turning blue. It’s a great state in my opinion but I don’t live there. Just don’t want ANY state turning blue; that always seems to bring problems.
Sure don’t want Texas turning blue. It’s a great state in my opinion but I don’t live there. Just don’t want ANY state turning blue; that always seems to bring problems.
Tell her it’s actually a suburb of Lubbock…. Or Beaumont…
I’ve never heard of Fort Worth being described as a suburb of Dallas.
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