state of Texas. Located in northern Texas, it is the ninth-most populous city in the United States and third-most populous city in Texas, with a population of 1.3 million at the 2020 census. Along with the city of Fort Worth, Dallas anchors the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. and the most populous metropolitan area in Texas, at 8.5 million people. Dallas is a core city of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern U.S. and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea. It is the seat of Dallas County, covering nearly 386 square miles (1,000 km2) and extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties.
Getting to Dallas
= = The sprawling Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW IATA), halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth (equally inconveniently for both), is American Airlines' largest hub and is served by all other major domestic carriers. Various shared-ride shuttle services are available, with door to door pickup and drop off, costing ~$30 for ~20 miles (~30 km), which will get you to most places.
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Dallas' original airport, and the home base of America's largest low-cost carrier, Southwest Airlines.
Worth seeing
Dealey Plaza in Downtown Dallas was the site of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The Sixth-Floor Museum maintains a collection of artifacts related to JFK and his assassination. The JFK Memorial Plaza is a stark but elegant space for quiet reflection on the President's life. Dallas City Hall in Downtown Dallas is an imposing Brutalist edifice by famous architect I.M. Pei.
Things to do
State Fair of Texas - A large part of Dallas' culture and probably its biggest attraction, the State Fair is hosted annually for three weeks around September and October. More than anything, the Fair is known for its fair food, most of it deep-fried. Heated competitions held for the best-tasting and most creative of these have seen deep-fried incarnations of practically every food (and drink) imaginable.
Where to eat
Areas with high concentrations of restaurants include the following: Beltline Road through Addison and North Dallas, just north of I-635, has perhaps the most restaurants per-capita in the U.S. If there is a type of food you like then you can probably find it there. Greenville Avenue running north to south in East Dallas, has many restaurants along its length, particularly in Lower Greenville.
Getting around Dallas the local way
- Get inVarious shared-ride shuttle services are available, with door to door pickup and drop off, costing ~$30 for ~20 miles (~30 km), which will get you to most places.
- Get inThere are also various shared-ride shuttle services available which offer door-to-door pickup and drop off.
- Get inMany of these planes are available through charter operators and air taxi companies that provide shuttle flights, with the most common routes flown between Houston or Oklahoma City.
- Get inAir charter brokers such as Alliance Air Charter and Private Jets Dallas offer access to charter planes in Texas across the country.
- Get inIndependent bus charter with full-size motor coaches, shuttle vans, luxury sedans, and SUV's.
- Get inGreat for group travel, private chauffeuring, or corporate charter buses.
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