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Going to be there tomorrow and Friday nights. Anything to recommend in DFW besides the track?

http://www.billybobstexas.com/

Nuff said. :D

NICE!!!!!!! Love it

Joe T's in Fort Worth for Mex.

That place is excellent!

I have a job interview in Fort Worth tomorrow. I'll be sure to check it out!

From NYC to Fort Worth? Wowsers... hope you like country music like I do. Haha :o

If they pay me enough, I'll live in Iraq! (well... maybe not that extreme)

Seriously, I've never even BEEN to Texas... but if they want me, I'll certainly make the best of it!

I've lived somewhere in NYS my whole life. Maybe it's time for a change.

Might work out great for you... Texas is one of 7 states with no state income tax. You'll probably save some money. :) I've got a few friends in the Dallas area... I haven't been in a couple of years, but it's always fun when I go. Tons of stuff to do.

If you go to Billy Bobs, then you need to go Lonesome Dove for dinner. It's about a block away and some of the best food I have ever had.

JoeT Garcias in Ft worth is one of the best Tex - mex places arround but if you go to LS , the Simo pavilion has the best Nauchos anywhere. Get the combo. If ypu make it to Dallas try Bobs Steak and Chop house, He has two in the Dallas area , the original on Lemon ave , near Love Field and a new one out in the Addison area. Bob does alot of advertising and is a big supporter of LS and horseracing. The train from The stockyards to Grapevine is a nice afternoon and oldtown Grapevine is nice place to stroll with a lot of nostalgia. Get ready its HOT.

I lived in Texas for a year when I was in grade school.

Did you buy your cowboy boots and hat yet?

I never found Mexican food in Ft. Worth or Dallas. So please report back on your findings Phil. I need a place up there as I visit now and then. And my sister who lives up there has yet to find one. But something good must have migrated up there.

Dfw is thefranchised Mex food capitol of the US. While Joets is an intitution it has evolved into a franchised operation. Not what it was 20-30 years ago. Alot of mom and pop places around that have converted old DQs into mex food places but they are a hit and mis thing and end up closing after 6 mo or a year even if they have good mex food.

I lived there from 93-95. I was 23 and single and it was the best two years of my life, up to that point. I'm married now with a child and back in NY were I was born and raised. I don't think I would want to raise a child down there (no offense to the southerners on the board) but as a young single guy from NY, it was awesome.

I'd head over to the Dallas side of things if you are a yankee. You may find Fort Worth to be a bit hokie. Try either lower Greenville Ave or Deep Ellum (www.deepellumtx.com).

I'm from Florida, so technically I'm not REALLY southern, but why wouldn't you want to raise a kid in TX? I figured it'd be better to raise a kid in that environment. Just curious...

Schools aren't the greatest, unless you send your kids to private school. It's a different way of life than we've got up here in the NorthEast. It was fine for 2 years of fun in my 20's, but I think spending a "lifetime" down there would be different. Weather is tough also, no seasons. As far as the enviorment goes, once you get out of NYC itself, there are quite a few areas to live here that would be considered good healthy living.

I am a Texan and I really have a very hard time with Dallas/FW. To me the area is extremely ugly, that just me. And it is a cultural desert imo.

I love Austin and I love San Antonio. But they are both getting so big. So Gator I dont think its the state as much as the particular city in the State.

I personally think Phil has been invited to a less than desirable spot.

The schools are horrible unless you are in the burbs. Dallas ISD is a mess.There are some very very good schools in the suburbs. Private Schools in Texas are not nearly as good as they are in other parts of the country because the urban blight has not set itself firmly. Most private schools are places to send kids that have had problems in public schools and need a highly restrictive environment. Or parents that dont want to hear any cussing in the halls of any sort. Depends on whether they are associated with a denomination or not also.

And in places like Highland Park the schools are very good but highly competitive and I would deem extraordinarily stressful as parents are competing against each other by GPA of their kids.

While I agree about DISD, It is just a small part of the public school system and the dfw area.. Rockwall,Richardson ,Plano Arlington ,Denton,and Grapevine are just a few of the better public school system in the area. As far as private schools St Marks is one of the best in the US.

That is the truth...Cistercian is also one of the best college prep schools in the country. Jesuit is an excellent school, down here in Houston St. Thomas High School has graduated a number of successful folks in the 107 year history (that's old for Texas). In SA you have Central Catholic, which has always been a good school.

I disagree with Pgardn that the private schools in Texas are bad.

NT

The school system in most of Florida stinks too. Our zoning procedure is totally ludicrous. I guess in that aspect, I can see where you guys are coming from. I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do for my son, actually... if I stay here in Florida for a couple more years, I don't want him in the public school system. Private school is so expensive... :eek:

We have a very good private school in San Antonio, ST. Mary's Hall. Its excellent. But the vast majority of kids that make the switch from public to private in my 21 years of teaching are way behind. In Science anyway, in upper division classes. And I mean way, way behind. Many have never even done labs because they dont have the facilities. So I respectfully disagree in my domain.

I respect what you are saying. What you experience, could it be students comming from inferior public school such as DISD, to the private sector. Mostof the kids in Rockwall,Plano, HP and other well repected school districts dont change to private schools because they receive a quality edcuation in the public sector. The disd is not a very good example of public education in the DFW area.

Plano has great public schools. Excellent some of the best in Texas. The others you mention as well. Colley.. something, Copell, those are all very good public burb schools.

And yes you might be accurate in your assumption because I have had the good fortune of teaching in public schools where the majority of parents have benifitted from education. It is valued in the household. If I were a young parent again, I would definitely make my decision on where I choose to live based on the public schools in that area. This is for Cajun.

Phil sorry the thread took a turn. I still need a Mexican food report and your experience at Lone Star if you dont mind.

LOL

Phil is probably mortified (no pun intended.)

Not at all! I'm curious to hear everyone's thoughts about the area. I'm not here for show, if I get this job I'm moving here (with another person who posts on here).

We need to know these things so I'm all ears! I want the real opinions not what they tell me in the interview.

So far, I can say DFW is the nicest airport in the US, and I've been to pretty much every large airport. It's massive, though. La Guardia would fit in a tenth of it.

Phil that is a major hub. It is huge. But I find it easy to get around. Good luck.

Dammit, Phil... I'm not ready to move in with you yet! LMFAO :D

As far as settling in the area the area nort and west of the airport offers a lot . Grapevine,Collyville,Kelleror even Arlingto. If The job is in FtWorth propper ,Parker county and the Weatherford area offors a nice rural setting.

Am I moving too fast? :p

Nice, I'm looking for a short commute and maybe on a golf course. We'll see how today goes before I start thinking about that.

There is a very good band named Emerald City that plays around town. "D Tags" is their leader and a childhood friend of mine. Wherever they play, it's a good show and a great time. They've played at the White House for Bush and did Mark Cuban's wedding. They're also the house band for the Dallas Mavs. I go there once a year and if you move there, I'll hook you up and we can work as "crew" on the floor. www.emeraldcityband.com

Signed,
Unpaid Emerald City Shill

just listen to our president speak-that should tell you why he doesn't:)

no offense to the rest of you in texasland

If you are staying in FW I have heard that Sundance Sq in the downtown area has a lot of varried entertainment. I havent been there. I might go to the track fri. If Im there Ill be at the simo pavilion. Ill be the old guy puffing on a pipe sitting at the end of the bar.

Sundance Square is a lot of fun and someone who was born and bred in NY can really get a taste of country music and such. Lot of bars down there and good restaurants. Unfortunately in my experience it was about all downtown Fort Worth had to offer.

In terms of living around or near Fort Worth...Coppell is a great option, not exactly around the corner, but for years now the development has happened northwest of Dallas, as the "Metroplex" expands even more. Colleyville is supposed to be nice...I haven't heard much negative about Hurst, Euless, Bedford, and North Richland Hills is close by and very economically priced.

I went to school in Irving, which is a ways from Fort Worth, but some of the smaller cities in between are nice and ridiculously affordable when compared to the northeast.

NT

I've heard this band play about a dozen times over the last ten years when traveling in Dallas. They're loud and fun. And I'm sure if asked, the guys in Emerald City are dying to give their thoughts on the public/ private school system in the Dallas area....

FYI, George W. Bush graduated from Yale University and obtained an MBA from Harvard. Are you insinuating that his early education was lacking?

Weak argument there... no offense.