I think the cultural distinction between the two cities is much greater than the distance would indicate. IMO, the "sensitivity" to this routine oversight is less about [John Holmes] measuring and more about that cultural aspect. I don't live in Fort Worth proper, but i also don't want to be associated with Dallas b/c that place sucks. I know b/c I work in Dallas.
I'll grant you that most of these broadcast simpletons who refer to Fort Worth as Dallas have no idea that there is even a minor cultural difference between the two cities and, if they did, most wouldn't care less about it b/c they don't live close enough for it to mean anything to them. In that sense, you really can't fault their ignorance, but their carelessness is symptomatic of other types of laziness in journalism about which we all complain.
But that doesn't make the cultural difference meaningless. Ask nwla about the difference between Shreveport and Bossier City. They're even closer than Fort Worth and Dallas, but the distinction is important. San Francisco and Oakland aren't amalgamated into one, though a physical geographic barrier may have something to do with that. Maybe froginmn can shed some light on how folks in Minneapolis and St. Paul deal with this.
I just don't see why you'd be surprised by the "sensitivity" since you've lived in both places and understand the clear contrast between them.
I was worried about this also. Had no idea what the link is for it.Yeah, PurpleBlood87's signature made it to the new board!
"Fort Worth-Dallas"
by Bob Schieffer
(written for his band Honky Tonk Confidential)
Fort Worth's where the West Begins:
Cowboys, boots and fringed buckskins.
But we know without a doubt
Dallas is where the East peters out.
Dallas has its bidnessmen,
Plenty of fashions, latest trends.
But it's short on cattle with too much hat.
Still the D comes first, what's fair about that?
CHORUS: Dallas, Dallas, yeah we love ya.
But why's that airport DFW?
Move that D, shift that letter.
Fort Worth-Dallas is so much better!
Fort Worth riders drove the steer.
The Chisholm Trail really had no peer.
We hate to raise ol' Dallas' wrath,
But the Shawnee Trail was just a path.
CHORUS: Dallas, Dallas, yeah we love ya.
But why's that airport DFW?
Move that D, shift that letter.
Fort Worth-Dallas is so much better!
Living large and thinking big,
Dallas, we don't give a fig.
The only critters you can herd in a pen
Are sleazy lawyers and insurance men.
CHORUS: Dallas, Dallas, yeah we love ya.
But why's that airport DFW?
Move that D, shift that letter.
Fort Worth-Dallas is so much better!
Dallas-Fort Worth makes us irate,
Some even want to un-hyphenate.
So we say with just a hint of malice
Not Dallas-Fort Worth, it's Fort Worth-Dallas.
CHORUS: Dallas, Dallas, yeah we love ya.
But why's that airport DFW?
Move that D, shift that letter.
Fort Worth-Dallas is so much better!
TCU can get it right.
If it comes to that, yeah, we'll fight
In books and maps and conversation.
Let the word go forth throughout the nation.
CHORUS: Dallas, Dallas, yeah we love ya.
But why's that airport DFW?
Move that D, shift that letter.
Fort Worth-Dallas is so much better!
Fair is fair we bear no malice.
But get the order right - say Fort Worth-Dallas.
Move that D, shift that letter.
Not Dallas-Fort Worth, it's Fort Worth-Dallas.
From now on, it's Fort Worth-Dallas.
CHORUS: Dallas, Dallas, yeah we love ya.
But why's that airport DFW?
Move that D, shift that letter.
Fort Worth-Dallas is so much better!
I looked for a recorded performance of it. Couldn't find one. I heard Schieffer and his band perform it at a TCU gala in 2008.What's the tune? Love the lyrics.
Dallas based Texas Wesleyan is still in the mix and made the finals of the NAIA.I guess TCU and UTA are the only Dallas area basketball teams still playing.......
Dallas based Texas Wesleyan is still in the mix and made the finals of the NAIA.
Does it involve gay masseurs and alternate happy endings? If so, I'll take him off ignore for a bit.Deep,
Tell your story again about the Dutch millionaire you escorted around campus who decided Fort Worth over Dallas for his business. That was a good one.
SF
Deep,
Tell your story again about the Dutch millionaire you escorted around campus who decided Fort Worth over Dallas for his business. That was a good one.
SF
You have me confused with someone else. I've never had a gay masseur and never told a story about getting a massage from one. I guess age plays tricks with the mind.Does it involve gay masseurs and alternate happy endings? If so, I'll take him off ignore for a bit.
There's been a certain amount of burying the hatchet between Dallas and Fort Worth in the last 20 years -- especially as their economies become more interdependent. In the old days, the prosperity of the whole region depended mostly on Dallas, and Fort Worth was very much the junior partner.FROGNUTZ: Culturally, the difference between Dallas and Ft. Worth is a helluva lot smaller than it was 20-25 years ago. I think a lot of the "life is too short to live in Dallas" mentality is starting to get out-dated after Ft. Worth has changed SO MUCH. Whenever I'm in Ft. Worth now for a game or meeting it doesn't feel any different from Dallas. Same thing with Austin. Lived there too for 4 years. All used to have very distinct vibes but now feels more or less homogenous.
Was going right along with Frognutz until the highlighted ridiculous sentence. Why he's (she's?) voluntarily choosing to live in Dallas remains a mystery. Life is still too short to live in Dallas.