Posted in Dallas - Fort Worth
October 07, 2017
17 Extremely Weird Things Only People From Dallas – Fort Worth Do
We’re proud. Boastful. Bigger than life. And yeah, perhaps a bit weird. Like everything else we do around Dallas – Fort Worth, it is our uniqueness (or quirkiness) that makes us who we are. Here are 17 things that we Dallasites – Fort Worthians do:
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The BIG campaign (where the person forms the "I" in the sign) is the genius of Visit Dallas. The signs build on the city's nickname as "Big D" and appear throughout the city and sporting different themes and colors throughout the year.
We have 49 bronze steers and three cowboys statues at Pioneer Plaza...
And a prominent art mural painted on the side of a building in downtown Fort Worth...
And even conduct two "mock" cattle drives for tourists daily in the Fort Worth Stockyards.
As cosmopolitan as some of us think we are, our Texas slang remains a part of our vocabulary.
Maybe it's that everything is so spread out here, or a control issue, but most locals prefer personal transportation over any other options.
Be sure to check out this year's state fair double winner: a deep-fried Funnel Cake Bacon Queso Burger.
It's tradition. Not much learning gets done anyway wearing those atrocities to school.
A mythical chimera was first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of main animals of Texas livestock. The Woofus features the mane and neck of a horse, a turkey tail, pig body, duck wings, sheep’s head, and of course, Texas longhorns.
"The Bronze Crowd" is in the Nasher Sculpture Garden in Dallas.
This always makes for great Instragram or Facebook memories.
We know it's a little boastful, but we just can't resist. The Dallas Arboretum even celebrates our state with a pumpkin display.
Hey, at least you know these classics never go out of style!
TEXAS: Dr Pepper was invented in Texas in 1885. The museum is located at 300 S. 5th St. in Waco.
There are only sporadic days when we even need a jacket, but we still love the fall fashions, y'all!
To experience a mechanical bull ride from John Travolta's 1980 movie, Urban Cowboy,
This 30-foot eyeball stares at passersby fronted by a carefully manicured lawn. It is located at 1607 Main St. in Dallas.
What other unusual… ok, weird… things do people do for fun in Dallas – Fort Worth?