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Have you ever visited? Talked to locals? You might be surprised how friendly people are IRL.

munin 7y ago
I lived in Dallas and it is the only place I've lived where people would scream homophobic slurs at me in the street. I wouldn't say I'd never move back, but the situation would have to be dire for me to consider it. Definitely cut your hair if you visit.
- bsagdiyev 7y ago
  That's not unique to Texas, just assholes. I've seen it here in San Diego while walking through Hillcrest.
  - munin 7y ago
    I dunno, 40 years of living in other places, stuff like this only happens in Texas and the South. There are definitely assholes in NY and Boston but they won't get up in my grill for "looking gay" on the street so that's pretty neat.
  - bsagdiyev 7y ago
    I concede and won't argue with personal experience. It sucks that it is still a thing anywhere, hopefully we'll get there some day.
  - scurvy 7y ago
    It happened to me in Chicago, twice in one weekend. All I did was wear a pink shirt and walk down the street. That was enough to garner homophobic slurs. I'm not gay and when I mentioned it to one of my Chicago friends, and he just shrugged his shoulders and said, "Yeah." tl;dr jerks are everywhere
- ausjke 7y ago
  Dallas is actually very liberal, it's a blue city, totally blue,
- Aloha 7y ago
  When did you move away? I've been visiting here on and off for a decade before I decided to move here, and I've never experienced this.
  - munin 7y ago
    2000 or so.
    - Aloha 7y ago
      The world has changed in the last almost 20 years, the Dallas you left in 2000, is not the Dallas of today.
megaframe 7y ago
People can be friendly to your face and still vote for and support laws and political leaders who want you out of their area or worse. Look at how they fought gay marriage or how they treat Mexican-American's. There are pockets of safety in that state (Houston/Austin) but as a whole it's not that great. I lived a number of years in Idaho which has the same problem. I'm "OK" in Boise (even there things can happen) but I'm genuinely concerned for my safety when I have to drive anywhere else in that state.

I lived in Dallas and it is the only place I've lived where people would scream homophobic slurs at me in the street. I wouldn't say I'd never move back, but the situation would have to be dire for me to consider it. Definitely cut your hair if you visit.

bsagdiyev 7y ago
That's not unique to Texas, just assholes. I've seen it here in San Diego while walking through Hillcrest.
- munin 7y ago
  I dunno, 40 years of living in other places, stuff like this only happens in Texas and the South. There are definitely assholes in NY and Boston but they won't get up in my grill for "looking gay" on the street so that's pretty neat.
- bsagdiyev 7y ago
  I concede and won't argue with personal experience. It sucks that it is still a thing anywhere, hopefully we'll get there some day.
- scurvy 7y ago
  It happened to me in Chicago, twice in one weekend. All I did was wear a pink shirt and walk down the street. That was enough to garner homophobic slurs. I'm not gay and when I mentioned it to one of my Chicago friends, and he just shrugged his shoulders and said, "Yeah." tl;dr jerks are everywhere
ausjke 7y ago
Dallas is actually very liberal, it's a blue city, totally blue,
Aloha 7y ago
When did you move away? I've been visiting here on and off for a decade before I decided to move here, and I've never experienced this.
- munin 7y ago
  2000 or so.
  - Aloha 7y ago
    The world has changed in the last almost 20 years, the Dallas you left in 2000, is not the Dallas of today.

megaframe 7y ago

People can be friendly to your face and still vote for and support laws and political leaders who want you out of their area or worse. Look at how they fought gay marriage or how they treat Mexican-American's. There are pockets of safety in that state (Houston/Austin) but as a whole it's not that great. I lived a number of years in Idaho which has the same problem. I'm "OK" in Boise (even there things can happen) but I'm genuinely concerned for my safety when I have to drive anywhere else in that state.