Billionaire and PayPal founder Peter Thiel, appearing on the Joe Rogan podcast, mentioned three Texas cities, including Dallas, as places where he could never live. Darn.
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It’s the God-given right of people who live in Texas to roast other Texas cities, and we exercise those rights frequently. But even on days when our anti-Austin and Houston sentiments are at their strongest, we wouldn’t say what Thiel said about them because it’s just not true. Both cities are music and arts hubs and Houston is a leader in the medical industry.
As for the notion that Dallas has an inferiority complex next to New York and LA, that needs to be addressed in two parts. First of all, the average Dallas resident spends zero hours a day thinking about New York at all. The people who want to be there, move there.
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