Dallas equivalents of Houston suburbs and neighborhoods

[spacecitytx]

Originally Posted by Redlionjr

Nigerian did admit the comparison was a stretch though. Personally I don’t think there’s an equivalent to either city for different reasons. Fort Worth is a medium size city that performs good on its own. It’s a legit city and not a suburb. It’s a city one can live comfortably in and have all the things Houston and Dallas have just on a smaller scale. It’s good enough. On the other hand, Galveston imo is one of the most unique cities in the state. Yeah it’s seen better days but there’s still no other city like it in the state. For a city with its population it punches above its weight imo. Galveston is too historic and too urban to be consider a suburb of Houston. It’s not a secondary city the way Fort Worth is but Galveston is its own thing. Ppl forget Galveston was the most urban city at one point in the state and those bones are still there.

Agree with every word here. Galveston is DEFINITELY it's own thing, and in a great way.

[ParaguaneroSwag]

Was looking at the shopping directories of Legacy West Plano and Woodlands Town Center and they look almost identical. I know mall stores are generally generic. But even the high end stores are the same: Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Tiffany’s. Are they perhaps managed by the same company?

[dallasboi]

Plano
https://youtu.be/l1gYpwark68

The Woodlands
https://youtu.be/_oLhj4Mq8pU

[DaBears02]

I know I'm reviving an old thread but I recently visited Dallas again and wanted to take a stab at this. Both cities definitely felt similar.

Downtown Dallas = Downtown Houston

Pretty self explanatory. I liked Downtown Houston slightly more but both are making progress.

Uptown Dallas = Western half of Midtown Houston + Upper Kirby

Both of these areas felt similar in built form though Uptown felt more developed. I loved Uptown Dallas substantially more than midtown Houston. I threw in Upper Kirby too since Uptown feels a lot more upscale than midtown and West Village kinda reminded me of the Arrive River Oaks development. Great neighborhood y'all have up there.

Oak Lawn (minus Uptown and Victory Park) = Montrose

Both hotspots for the LGBTQ+ population that are experiencing rapid gentrification. Cedar Springs strip and the intersection of Westheimer and Dunlavy felt similar. Both seem similar in built form too.

Lower Greenville = The Heights

They both have a similar vibe and both seemed to skew to a slightly older crowd. I prefer Lower Greenville since I hate those open ditches that are seen around the Heights and the development in Greenville felt more uniform.

Knox-Henderson = Rice Village + Highland Village

Knox definitely reminded me of Rice Village in built form especially after Rice Village repainted the facades of their buildings to the same white color seen in Knox-Henderson. I threw in Highland Village too since a lot of the shops in Knox-Henderson and Highland Village are the same.

Highland Park = River Oaks (Single Family Portion)

De-facto old money neighborhoods in each city.

There are some neighborhoods that I thought the other city had no answer to as well. There's no answer to the Deep Ellum in Houston. I know Washington plays a similar role but the Deep Ellum is significantly more pedestrian friendly and urban. I also don't think there's an answer to Uptown/River Oaks (the multifamily portion around the ROD) in Dallas. I think NorthPark comes closest but it really doesn't match the scale of the former.

Y'all have definitely got a beautiful city up there and Dallas would be my first choice if I had to leave Houston.