Why Dallas?: Wednesday View from the Roasterie XXXVII: November 20, 2013
Now, west of the Mississippi and east of the Sierra, I understand why most cities are where they are and where their population comes from: Omaha and Albuquerque, Tulsa and Tucson, Salt Lake City and Oklahoma City, Austin and Las Vegas, Kansas City and San Antonio, Denver and St. Louis and Houston. River crossings and railroads, oil and state capitals, etc.
But Dallas? Why Dallas? What are nearly seven million people doing living in Dallas?
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