Dallas: The Don'ts of Visiting Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

Visiting the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex can be a daunting experience, but a wonderful experience. Whether you are visiting Dealey Plaza and downtown Dallas or heading out to the South Fork Ranch or watching the cattle drive at the Fort Worth Stockyards there is a lot to see and enjoy and do in DFW! But there are some things you don't do as well. What not to do in Dallas Fort Worth, Texas.
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Copyright Mark Wolters 2021
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[Caderic]

"There is always traffic." No truer words are in this video!

[Scientific-qlzz]

Dam I live in DFW I just wanted to see what he would say about it.

[hgman]

My rule of thumb for finding great hole in the wall/gas station eats is to look for a parking lot which is overflowing with building contractors trucks at breakfast or lunch time. Your plumbers, landscapers, roofers, etc. are typically locals who dine out every workday and who know where to find the best cheap, good, and fast food.

[mikeweston]

As Wolter said, DFW is big. It's actually HUGE. East side of Dallas to West side of Ft Worth can easily be a two hour drive. We're talking an urban area about the size of Rhode Island here. Also, to sum up the difference between Dallas and Ft Worth, Dallas has long been focused on business, banking and mercantile whereas Ft Worth has long been livestock and agriculture. Dallas will be a bit more upbeat and cosmopolitan while Ft Worth will be a bit more laid back and country feel. Not everything will be this way but you'll see this more in the tourist areas and such like Dallas' art and science museums as opposed to Cowboy museum, rodeo and Stockyard attractions of Ft Worth. Both of these cities, as you said are connected by Arlington and host of other little towns and cities that all run together and sometimes make you guess where you are. There's not always a rural gap between cities and DFW is pretty much one huge urban/suburban Metroplex. Oh, and don't forget Denton either! Great Vlog, Walter, keep up the good work!

[Tiger]

Thanks for the “Don’t forget Fort Worth”
Born and raised here, and I love it!

[brianb]

There is public transportation between Fort Worth and Dallas. It's the Trinty Railway Express. It is a scenic train ride that takes about 45 minutes. It costs around $10.

[moremileyplease]

The same road will change it's name in different jurisdictions. Just a heads up.

[vickyferrier]

Deep Ellum can't be missed. It has spectacular art everywhere.

[lydiawaguespack]

Another Texan rule of the road is, when in traffic and someone let's you in front of them, wave thank you as you pass in front 🖐

[maryeckert]

To touch on the transportation between Dallas and Ft. Worth, you can take the TRE between the two cities. If you want great food in Ft. Worth, try going to the West End. Ft. Worth is more than just the Stockyards.

[tannerwilson]

When dealing with Arlington. You also have Six Flags Over Texas (The Six Flags Flagship Park) and Hurricane Harbor. Both parks are great!

[skeeterskier]

DO: Come to Dallas during the State Fair of Texas in Late September, early October.

[FuzzyNinja]

This is my city! Lived here for 30 years and still haven't seen everything

[justinvaldez]

“Don’t mess with Texas”, prob the biggest don’t

[ejedwards]

As a Texas native and long time resident of Grand Prairie I'm here to tell you July/August isn't summer, summer is May/June. Sometimes summer is April but July/August is a new season other states don't have called Melt. This has been a public service announcement

[JZir]

I'm from Dallas, this video is spot on, lol. Especially on our traffic. There is ALWAYS traffic & we all drive fast on the highways, regardless of speed limit😅. Keeping up with the flow of traffic seems to have more weight than the posted limit. In fact, you might get pulled over for going too slow outside of the far right lane🤷‍♀️

[Kevinized]

Fort worth is SO MUCH MORE THAN THE STOCKYARDS! I understand why tourists are interested in that part of town for sure, but fort with isn't just Texas stereotypes. The downtown, near southside, west 7th, northside, etc. has so much more to offer. Downtown fort worth is so pedestrian friendly and walkable, and the near southside is so hip and artsy.

[frostyman]

I met quite a nice fellow in Arlington who sold propane and propane accessories!

[Burbankelly]

Accurate video - I live in Dallas. The Dallas World Aquarium is incredible and located in downtown Dallas, close to the Nasher Sculpture Garden - also a great venue!

[Heptad]

Fort Worthian here, with a correction/elaboration.

Just for the record, the public transportation point (saw that one coming from a country mile away) is a big misconception: North Central Texas public transit, while it used to be almost abysmal, has advanced basically *light-years* and become quite alright, especially in the past ten years. Tourists, public transit might do ya just fine, depending:

* Arlington, for anyone who doesn't care about lining Jerry Jones' pocket or insanely overly-expensive amusement parks, is not a necessary visit. Plus, they actually do have pseudo-transit now in the form of "Via" rideshare (think a cross between a bus and Uber/Lyft that uses vans) that links to CentrePort Station on the TRE. No idea what's with their seeming allergy to just having buses. Must be something in the water. 🤷🏿‍♂️ If you want Arlington, though - yeah, best to drive.
* Speaking of the TRE, the downtowns of the "D" & the "FW" are linked by it - it's a train, and the acronym stands for Trinity Railway Express. It stops in Richland Hills, Hurst, CentrePort (an "in-between" development), and Irving.
* Downtown Fort Worth is linked to D/FW Airport by TEXRail, which also serves North Richland Hills, Haltom City, & Grapevine in between. Grapevine has a lot of high-end touristy stuff, and there's shuttles there that connect to the TEXRail station.
* Fort Worth's transit, aside from the aforementioned rail lines, are buses and, in some districts, Via (which accepts bus passes). It's called Trinity Metro on this side.
* Dallas is DART, and has an extensive light-rail/bus/rideshare system that connects all corners of the city and most of the suburbs on that side (the ones that aren't in DART don't have much for tourists anyway). Plano basically *is* southern Collin County and is part of DART. If you wanna visit elsewhere in CC like McKinney, though, gonna have to Uber/Lyft or drive. Frisco is Collin County's Arlington.
* Denton County has DCTA, which links to both DART & Trinity Metro via rail and bus, respectively, and serves most of SE & Central Denton County (most anything a tourist'd be interested in, it's there).
* The outlying areas/counties, while most do have transit options, still, for now, have yet to see much expansion to the "quite alright", however. If you intend on visiting most of the lakes, for example... yeah, driving is by far the best option.

As with most places that aren't, like, Tokyo or Paris or New York City, rideshare/taxis will likely have to also play a factor in your time here if you go the transit route. Driving is still the 'best' way, especially if you wanna hit a lot of places as a tourist quickly, although it does have its downsides (traffic, parking, etc). But the idea that this is still some wasteland for transit and that you HAVE to drive is just... not right anymore.