To the unschooled and insular citify masses who live in the heart of Dallas , there ’s a whole world of communities alfresco of the bound that is “ the loop ” : they ’re roll in the hay as the suburbs . Suburbanites , you are n’t that much different than the folks in the city heart , yet a fistful of telltale sign survive that severalize you from , say , downtown dwellers . Here are a few surefire path to tell if you ( or someone you have a go at it ) is a suburbanite .
You think Dallas is “far”
Come on – thanks to our car - well-chosen local cultivation , main road and tollways are plentiful , and you’re able to gush from downtown to McKinney in less than a half - hour . Get off your duff and labor !
Your Dallas friends never come to visit
Because “ far . ” Friends : see the above . Or , you : get salutary friends .
You cheer the arrival of a non-chain restaurant
Seriously – bust out the unspoiled champagne when a non - Shenanigan ’s comes to townsfolk . Because as one of the big eatery concept mental testing market in the country , the Dallas area nock a heap of chains , and a spate of them land in the ’ burbs . That say , they keep landing in the ’ burbs for a ground – you only have yourself to charge ’ burbanites !
You have no clue how to navigate DART Rail
Alas , you ’re too far to partake in of light rail . Do n’t finger so sorry : The Dallas Area Rapid Transit ’s sprinkle rail organisation scantily helps those of us in the loop , either . But the suburbs really , unfeignedly get a tender mickle .
You’re single… and the exception
Hey , everyone motivate to Plano and Frisco for the school day , so we desire you were n’t expecting a sizzling - hot nightlife or that you do n’t marvel why it might be hard to encounter other singles out there .
Your high school could not have been less DARE friendly
And you think you were beingtotally hardcoresipping a malt liquor or vino cooler once a quarter until you saw your schoolhouse on the eve or national news . experience barren to crow to your parents that you were one of the good child all along .
You’re not used to walking anywhere
Unless you ’re mall - hiking , nothing ’s really close to anything else , or your home . present it , your city planners were all about housing and retail acreage . Walkability and greenspaces ? Not so much . While it ’s not a gross ton better in Dallas , we at least have a few walkable portions of popular neighborhoods .
Those one-direction streets in Downtown Dallas terrify you
Oh , we ’ve seen you cluelessly judge to hang up the wrong right wing onto Elm St ( we were the ones honking ) . It ’s fine if you marvel how median civilians effortlessly remember which streets go which way – but next time , take Uber .
The rampancy of valets baffles you
The phenomenon of valet service everywhere is definitely go around northward , but if you ’re from the Mid - Cities or the exurbs , you might meditate the necessity of valet at the mall , the cafe , or the corner taco joint .
You work for a major corporation
If your piece of work badge learn Dell , Frito - Lay , or HP , chances are you hold up a Harlan Fiske Stone ’s throw from your companionship ’s gigantic suburban digs . Ca n’t blame you – who needs that commute ?
You drink (and enjoy) crappy beer
This one ’s a sad one , because really great microbrewery are opt to root themselves in the suburbs of late , so there ’s really no excuse to sip bad suds . But we ’ve heard time and again from some damn good restaurateurs that they ca n’t fathom open an outpost in the suburban area without offering bottles of … er , cans of … well , you sleep with the ones . ( Note : this does not apply to non - hipster / unironic drinkers of the stuff . )
You host all of the barbecues and parties
All hail the mighty backyard . No more scraping off eld of viscous charr from the grille at your apartment ’s biotic community pool . Or getting bust for keeping a baby Weber on your wooden balcony . You ’ve got your own grill ( and smoker ! ) drive up a prime box of your yard – plus , with all the street parking out front , you may invite all of your buds .
You’ve seen the end of the George Bush Turnpike
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Farah Fleurimais a Dallas - found food writer who is known to wave at the suburbs when she drives past . Find her local reflexion atThe Dallas Divaand on Twitter at@TheDallasDiva .
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