Hey guys, I didn't intend for this to be a Dallas bashing thread. I just merely wanted to stated my observations from my recent trip over the weekend.

Personally, I've never really liked Dallas. I just don't think there's any character to it. Concrete, concrete, and more concrete, as far as I'm concerned.

I do think OKC needs to learn from Dallas. Instead of focusing on building bigger and better, I think we need to focus on building a nicer first class town. Before we even consider building something as ambitious as a NFL stadium or something like that, I think we need to focus on beautifying our city by funding more streetscape projects, landscaping around town, breautifying our interstates and entryways, planting large trees, improving our parks, cleaning litter and enforcing anti-litter laws, etc. I think what sets cities like Tulsa apart from cities like Dallas is the pride that they have in the upscale artsy image they show. Dallas may indeed be trying to improve its arts district, but the trash and lack of culture really restrict their cause!