Driving Around Paris, Texas

Paris, Texas is a city and county seat of Lamar County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 25,171. It is situated in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods, and 98 miles (158 km) northeast of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. Physiographically, these regions are part of the West Gulf Coastal Plain.
Following a tradition of American cities named "Paris", the city commissioned a 65-foot (20 m) replica of the Eiffel Tower in 1993 and installed it on site of the Love Civic Center, southeast of the town square. In 1998, presumably as a response to the 1993 construction of a 60-foot (18 m) tower in Paris, Tennessee, the city placed a giant red cowboy hat atop its tower. The current tower is at least the second Eiffel Tower replica built in Paris;

[RichardVernadeau]

For those unaware of how urbanized Paris, Texas actually is, it has all of the following: Home Depot, McDonald's, Applebee's, Burger King, Jack in the Box, Denny's, Popeyes, Sonic, Aldi's, Kroger's, a dozen or more convenience stores, and a great deal of crime (including a number of unsolved murders). The mythical small town is a thing of the past...

[Redacted]

Too bad it was such a dreary day. You can’t really even see anything other than the truck in front of you.

[thebes]

Nice highway shots. Nothing of downtown.

[dcasey]

this is what happens when corporate america takes over your town.

[rowdyyates]

Better class of people in Honey Grove.