Dallas

 Dallas

June 18, 2022 by Stevie G

If you look at a satellite image of Dallas you’ll see cement in all its glory. Freeway wraps around everything like a spiderweb stretching every direction across the expanses of Texas. Really got me thinking about cement (and all sorts of asphalt, you know, mixtures of rock laid on the ground or formed into buildings and such). When you drive on a road, in a car, you are aware primarily of the road itself, how smooth or bumpy it is, the width of lanes. But then I had this thought of simply considering the vastness and volume of roads and sidewalks. It’s no wonder roads are always in disrepair and always yet never being fixed, just too many goddamn roads to fix.

So there is the traffic in Dallas – serious white knuckle freeway drivin’ there. Interchange after interchange and crossing five lanes of traffic back and forth. So many cars. Human populations, like volume of roads in the US really are difficult to grasp. Dallas and Fort Worth have almost 8 million people.

So I think a lot about the cars, and the people, and the roads of a city as I like to walk and bike. Decent bike lanes in Dallas, but the roads weren’t great in our area, a lot of debris in the lanes, etc. And a lot of super busy thoroughfares that take forever to cross from the traffic. I guess it is just city living (I’ve lived the past 15 years in the city, but Dallas is just too much for me man.

That said, there were some really cool civic things to do, and for this reason the city is worth a visit. Kennedy museum, George W. Bush library, Art museum – all top notch. Downtown is fun to walk around and look at stuff. Lots of places to get a beer, sit outside and see some music. So all that is cool and really the reason city-livin’ is cool in general. Just too many people for this ol’ dood.