Is San Antonio forgotten in Texas? (Houston, Dallas: vacations, ranked, deal)

[rynetwo]

Originally Posted by imaterry78259

The desert starts in West San Antonio

Not even close.

[C24L]

Originally Posted by imaterry78259

The desert starts in West San Antonio

Actually, it starts west of the Pecos River.

[imaterry78259]

Nada it is San Antonio

[pacific_trader]

I would say SA feels more like Hill Country than desert, but sometimes it is so dry and hot that it feels that way. I love coming from Houston on I-10, getting past Seguin, and those hills start. Houston is so flat and humid, the dry, dusty hills of SA remind me of home!

[Trainwreck20]

Originally Posted by imaterry78259

The desert starts in West San Antonio

Well, several hundred miles west of San Antonio. Desert is usually defined by 10" of rain or less per year, which doesn't happen until you get out toward the Big Bend area. You don't get down to 20" annual rainfall until about Terrell County, 200 miles west of San Antonio.

[trademark0013]

San Antonio isn't forgotten, just overlooked. What makes San Antonio a great city is the people and the culture which you really have to be a part of or surrounded by for some period of time to experience. From the outside looking in, it's not special. As a transplant, SA felt super antique and dusty to me when I first got here. I didn't truly appreciate it's beauty for what it was until later. Dallas, Houston, and Austin have way more appeal and coolness factors about them, but none of them beat SA's charm.

I like to think of Houston, Dallas and Austin as supermodel girls (Austin being the alternative tatted up one lol). They are hot and sexy and everyone does a double take looking at them, but there isn't as much substance in being with them. San Antonio isn't the hottest or sexiest when compared but she is attractive in her own right and her personality blows the rest out of the water. That metaphor isn't to say that the other cities lack character or substance (Houston is my side chick <3), but you get what I'm trying to say.

Also, the other cities definitely promote themselves and put their positives and attractions on display. San Antonio doesn't do that, but you can find hidden gems that are worth promoting all the time. I'm also really happy that SA doesn't promote itself because then it would lose what makes it SA in the same way people from Austin feel they are losing their city.

[Kthnry]

Originally Posted by trademark0013

San Antonio isn't forgotten, just overlooked. What makes San Antonio a great city is the people and the culture which you really have to be a part of or surrounded by for some period of time to experience. From the outside looking in, it's not special. As a transplant, SA felt super antique and dusty to me when I first got here. I didn't truly appreciate it's beauty for what it was until later. Dallas, Houston, and Austin have way more appeal and coolness factors about them, but none of them beat SA's charm.

I like to think of Houston, Dallas and Austin as supermodel girls (Austin being the alternative tatted up one lol). They are hot and sexy and everyone does a double take looking at them, but there isn't as much substance in being with them. San Antonio isn't the hottest or sexiest when compared but she is attractive in her own right and her personality blows the rest out of the water. That metaphor isn't to say that the other cities lack character or substance (Houston is my side chick <3), but you get what I'm trying to say.

Also, the other cities definitely promote themselves and put their positives and attractions on display. San Antonio doesn't do that, but you can find hidden gems that are worth promoting all the time. I'm also really happy that SA doesn't promote itself because then it would lose what makes it SA in the same way people from Austin feel they are losing their city.

Great post. Yes, it takes a while to understand SA's culture and appreciate the charm.

[PedroMartinez]

I love me some SA. Great town.

[grad_student200]

Originally Posted by George Brock

Whenever I hear people talking about Texas always hear about Austin, Dallas,and Houston but rarely about San Antonio. Is there a reason for this?

Is San Antonio less developed than the other Texas cities or what is going on?

No definitely not. I lived in Austin for a year. For Native Texans the "vibe" I got was that they talked about the "Alamo" as if it had happened yesterday. Many of the lakes, rivers, parks, businesses, etc. are named after participants in the "Alamo" and the subsequent "Battle of San Jacinto". Sam Houston, Colonel Travis, Davey Crockett, etc. all have places, parks, schools, businesses, etc. named after them throughout the state.
I love Texas. I didn't want to leave. But I had to return to Florida because I was unable to sell my house.


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[Redlionjr]

Originally Posted by SenorChip

For a tourist San Antonio is a boring city, in a single day you can walk the few points of interest.

Dallas or Houston are more sophisticated, with more things to see and better restaurants and commercial offerings. Even Austin is more interesting than San Antonio.

People go to San Antonio for shopping and return to Mexico, nothing interesting to see: The river, the malls, 2 theme parks and the zoo, and that´s it.

Not even from San Antonio but it's definitely the most tourist friendly city in Texas. Houston is definitely my favorite city but it's not as tourist friendly as San-Tone, DFW has a little more going for itself and even it's not as tourist friendly. Now if you just want to visit each city and not do the tourist thing but do as the locals do then Houston and DFW would offer more imo.