Quote Originally Posted by jerrywall View Post
When I think of a comparison to Addison in the Dallas metro, I look at what's happening along Memorial road.
Meh. It could be in the future. Addison is just on a much bigger scale. I think there is something like 180 restaurants and bars for a town smaller than Bethany. Of course the daytime population is huge. More important than that, there is a big cluster of young professionals and singles who live in the area, my sister being one of them. And there are a handful of developments that tend to be on a higher level than what you would find off Memorial, like Addison Circle. For the record, I personally prefer what we have here in Downtown/Bricktown/AA/Midtown, and if developed properly, could be something really special. But I have to give Addison credit because it gives people in Dallas a nice alternative should they not care for the Downtown/Uptown scene but still want a dense, young, and fun area. Which is something we definitely do lack here in our own suburban areas, with the caveat of course that Dallas is a much larger city.

Quote Originally Posted by pahdz View Post
To be fair, Scottsdale really shouldn't even be considered a suburb anymore. Isn't it almost half a million people now? It's like Minneapolis/St. Paul now.
I think you might be thinking of Mesa, which is indeed huge. Scottsdale is still pretty sizable at about 230K. Old town Scottsdale is probably smaller than Bricktown but it still attracts a nice crowd.