Holy crap, that sounds nuts. My neighbors bump some bass a little too loud from time to time, but we all smile & wave & don’t do much else as far as interaction goes (as we’re not all totally certain we speak the same language anyways).

Agreed on the “you have to hate the cheating winners” part. Hell, I’m just going to start referring to the Patriots as Cobra Kai. They are that bad guy jock from every ‘80s teen movie at this point, winning, but doing it by being cheating bastards. I can just picture every one of them with a stylish ‘80s Douche…

“a oozy brown sludge”

I’d nearly forgotten about that “good” ol’ Useless Trinity cheap shot.

Yeah, on the rare occasion I’m at lunch with folks who turn out to be campers (for whatever reason, religious, movie-debating, or otherwise), I tend to at least double-up my tip to compensate.

I miss Toby’s “Shoulda Been A Cowboy” through “Double-Wide Paradise” oeuvre. I nearly never hear that Toby on local country stations anymore (unless they’re doing a ‘90s throwback hour or something).

Unimpressive? That album was phenomenal, and I dare anyone who has lost a loved one & had to organize the life left behind afterward to listen to “Silent House” and not get misty-eyed. Hell, just thinking about it now, mere months after my most beloved grandpa’s passing, is making me tear up, and I’ve not heard the…

Duh, you’d look like a total Betty in that kind of skirt.

OOOOHHH! I *KNEW* that button-down suede skirts were ringing a ‘90s Teen Movie Fashion Bell in my head... AND NOW I REMEMBER WHY!

Most of these flares here are abhorrent, but I never gave up my bootcuts, even in these skinny-jean years. But seriously, most everything I’m seeing here, as well as on the hipsters in my local hangouts, are all so damn familiar to my junior and high school self from the ‘90s. The people they’re squarely aimed at were…

Back in the ‘90s, I had a suede patchwork mini backpack purse in the same colors they’re using for those handbags up there. It was like some weird junior high deja-vu...

WHY? Why would you cut open a perfectly good pair of blue jean pants and throw some ugly-ass denim patches between the legs, then call it a day???

Hey, even the “Best Fans In Baseball” were abandoning their obviously-playoff-bound team’s home turf by the 4th inning yesterday. As if crazy comebacks/a Cubs collapse never happens with more than half of a ballgame left to play.

Thank fuck I'm not the only one. NICK HOLT!

Despite what tinfoil-hatters say, Snopes is our friend:

Counter-point: I grew up in DFW. I was taught to never root for the Houston teams, and heard people talk shit about Houston all the time for the exact same things that were awful about the Metroplex.

All 3 of the places you mentioned not going blow all the places you did out of the water. And yes, Stubb’s is always overrated, but them, Ironworks, and Salt Lick are all kinda tourist traps anyway (and I only really like County Line for their bread, which I will heartily devour & am now craving), so most people that…

Don’t forget Freedman’s and Kerlin BBQ. Great stuff at those two as well.

Yup. DFW barbecue is lacking in quality. Hell, when I asked friend up there where to get some decent BBQ, they told me Dickey’s (one of the franchise locations in some chain-ridden strip mall). Ew.

I was born in Dallas & raised in the Metroplex. I hightailed it to Austin as soon as I was legally allowed to live on my own. If I was hard pressed to move back to one of the two larger/somewhat-more-affordable metro areas of this state, it would have to be Houston. Despite the smell, the swampiness, the lack of…