I'm sure each town has its own personality. I lived in Dallas several years also. It was fine when I was single. Hubby and I met there and will do anything to AVOID raising our children there. But we liked it when we were single.
Three reasons...
1. Welfare
2. Birds of a feather, and all that
3. More homeless shelters
And, NO, I'm not ashamed of myself for saying that.
:O)
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To each his own. We spent years looking forward to the day where we could get our children out of the sticks. Different mindsets I guess.