Arlington, Tx

So, anyone ever been to Arlington Texas?
I've decided to consider going to school up there at UTA, because as of now my only option for my choice of major is U of H, and I just think that sucks. Ive lived in h-town my whole life, and i don't really think the campus is what I'm looking for. I just want a place with a good amount of trees and predominately down to earth people.

I know it's a long shot, but an anyone tell me what's it's like?

 

I live in Irving, about 20/30 min from Arlington. I'm originally from Tampa, FL. I hate it here. Seems like there's no hip scene, everyone is obsessed with emo. It's like cool to be depressed or something. But I'm sure it's cooler on a campus

 

yikes...

 

Austin aye.... Yes theres folks here alright, many wierd ones and many that have no mind of their own and voted for bush. Plenty of pretty people though ahahahaha.

 

seems every town has it's share of hick cousins

 

You don't want to go to Arlington (or UTA). Arlingtons the bit you go though when you're going to either Dallas of Fort Worth and it's got no buses either. The University looks like most of it was designed in a hurry (who on Earth decided to put it on either side of a main road?) out of cast off buildings other universities either didn't want or had run out of use for. I'm sure it's a nice place, but it looks naff.

 

I lived in Arlington too long. Now Fort Worth (near enough). I am here by Default. And trying to leave as we speak. Don't get stuck here. Arlington used to be a cow-pasture. It's a small town that grew up really fast between two others. Arlington got Dallas & Fort Worth's hand-me-downs. It puts the middle \|F|| in DFW. Then came 6 Flags, then the Ballpark, then phony mansions south of I-20 with no space between them. Then the big tornado which was really awesome. FBI, CIA, papers all over the streets from the Ca$h America building. What a scene. I liked the wood paneled looking windows on the skyscrapers in Fort Worth. Arl rejected busses because they'd have to admit there are sleazy people in the old parts who'd ride them. (Dallas named their transit system D.A.R.T. so Fort Worth couldn't copy them as usual unless they named theirs F.A.R.T.) Here comes the football stadium & higher taxes for Arlington. Whoohoo. Why not charge the footballers for their playgrounds? Don't they make multi-millions. I've never been to one game.

UTA is sincerely the ugliest school on the planet. It does straddle either side of 8-lane Cooper St. connected by a skywalk...er so you can peer down at traffic. It has no real campus that I have observed. Not like an actual college usually does. Texans don't appear to be overly fond of trees, myself being an Ohioan/damned yankee. They cut them down with a vengeance, considering they have so few in this part. East TX=trees. I remember campus police harassment of young raver & skater kids just driving through UTA area. Texas is not a liberal or fun place unless you are a cowboy & are into that scene. Then this is the Promised Land. It's a good-ole-boy State. Denton has an Art College, but although it's supposed to be a Hippy Mecca, it's contained. They leave in the summer. I'm sure Austin rates way higher on the Granola Scale. Denton is like too new. Austin is way old. If you have to go to Arlington, avoid Pantego & Dalworthington Gardens which somehow got stuck in the middle of it. Those are speed traps. Keep the limit on Bowen. Go around em or don't go through them late. Even Arlington has its own, like Division St. & service roads. They stake out the clubs after hours. Everybody goes to Dallas to party. Fort Worth has some good stuff like the 2 Museums but mostly more restaurants for the rich old-money people & it's nicer to drive in than Dallas which also has a Museum. Do not miss the famous (macabre) Dealy Plaza where John Kennedy was delivered from this ugly, hateful world. Throughout Big D road-raging drivers are carrying on this legacy seemingly trying to kill everyone else on the road as well. Fort Worth has the Botanic Gardens & Japanese Gardens. About the only nice place to go. Naw--UTA is not aesthetically pleasing. It's crappy looking in a whatever area. Why don't they let some serious ivy grow on the buildings? They have a lake (?) that looks like a drainage ditch. Don't come here, it's like quicksand. You'll be sorry. I'm leaving if it's the last thing I ever do. The whole job mystique of being better here than other places is also BS. Totally.



I couldn't get over the iTunes Volume control & how it looked like a pig. Sorry.

 

"I WAS RAISED IN THE WEST. THE WEST OF TEXAS. IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO CALIFORNIA. IN MORE WAYS THAN WASHINGTON, D.C., IS CLOSE TO CALIFORNIA."
-IN LOS ANGELES AS QUOTED BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, APRIL 8, 2000

 

"I WAS RAISED IN THE WEST. THE WEST OF TEXAS. IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO CALIFORNIA. IN MORE WAYS THAN WASHINGTON, D.C., IS CLOSE TO CALIFORNIA."-In Los Angeles as quoted by the Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2000

 

I used to live in Austin. It was a cool place. Loved it there. Alotta great places to go. Now I'm trapped in the most polluted city in the US and one of the most dangerous, Houston TX. I've been through Arlington briefly but that's all.

 

Yes, I'm afraid you are correct, Monsieur. It pains me to agree with you that there is one marginally worse place on the planet than DFW. And it is truly Houston. Those rainy, smoggy, polluted afternoons stuck in traffic. It seems everyone in Houston lives an hour & a half away from one another & you have to go through the center of town to get there. But you have Lake Livingston just to the North. And you can escape to the Gulf to the South. Plus, the weirdest thing is that when I go to online dating sites, like webdate, there are so many more fair ladies in Houston than up here. So what up? There's more tree-mendous girls in your area, man. I don't know what your situation is, but I know there are 'two girls for every boy' (some places.) Jan & Dean, the surf singers, 'sanguin' about it so...so it must be true. Maybe it's to refresh & purify our souls & the air is thereby gratified. We are graced with these sanguin, palm tree-like women. What the heck does sanguin mean? I always wanted to use it in a sentence. Seriously now, are you guys having an impossible time posting photos from your gallery to your emails, or is it just me-- the helicopters are flying over? Say on...Austin rules. A sharp stick in the eye is better than here. Arlington is a brief non-issue between Grand Prairie & Fort Worth with nothing to see. How many times can you go to Six Flags or the Ballpark. I guess some people dig those. But it's very boringly average. Not a trace of soul. Dallas has all the good nitches & nite spots, but it sucks to live there. Rave on...

 

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