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I agree with your overall point, but Dallas is definitely nicer than Atlanta, and just about everything is nicer than Houston.

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I actually prefer Dallas to Atlanta as well. I go to Dallas for work every few weeks, and I've grown to really like it. In fact, I would say that Atlanta and Dallas are very similar. If I had to live in a big city, Dallas would be by first choice, followed by Atlanta.

I also go to Houston regularly, and I'm not really a fan. I do love the entrepreneurial, libertarian spirit of the city. But while those ideals have been great for the cities growth (in both population and income), its made it one of the uglier cities in America. That, plus the humidity causes Houston not to be very high on my list.

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If you combine DFW, which is already the 4th busiest in the country, and Love Field, you've got to be pretty close to Atlanta.

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ATL has around 101 million passengers per year. If you comebine DFW and Love Field, it equals about 89 million annual passengers. Fairly close, but Atlanta is busier.

When people point to the airport in Atlanta as one of the reasons its a global city, it somewhat irks me. I would bet 95% of the passengers that travel through Atlanta's airport are connectors simply going from one city to another. Does someone from Wilmington, NC, trying to get to Jackson, MS who stops off in terminal B for a few minutes en route really distinguish a city as "global?"

I mean it is impressive that the busiest airport in the world is in Atlanta, but Atlanta lags way behind in terms of International passenger traffic. JFK, Miami, and LAX are all ahead of Atlanta in terms of international passenger traffic... and probably several others, but I can't find a ranking other than the Top 30 international aiports, and Atlanta doesn't make that list.

Atlanta is a global city for sure, but to me the airport is just a small portion of what makes it that.

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I mean it is. There are neighborhoods in Dallas that Atlanta cannot touch. Dallas also has some of the top high schools in America.

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I will say, the Highland Park/University Park area of Dallas blows me away every time I'm there. There is so much wealth there its astounding. Very few cities can have an area so large in which the average home is worth around $2 million. There are over 11,600 housing units in those cities, and according to Zillow the current median list price is $1.75 million.

Other than Manhattan, parts of Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, and the north shore suburbs of Chicago, there is no other greater concentration of wealth in the United States like the northern suburbs of Dallas.

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Other than Manhattan, parts of Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, and the north shore suburbs of Chicago, there is no other greater concentration of wealth in the United States like the northern suburbs of Dallas.

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And the true suburbs, up in Collin County, are wealthy, too... I believe Collin County is one of the wealthiest per capita in the country or something. I used to live there. I don't want to live there again unless I have to, but you could do a lot worse.

We get a ton of Collin County kids at Arkansas, because it isn't that far of a drive.

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City? I love New Orleans, but it's a personal bias selection and I freely admit it.

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I LOVE LOVE New Orleans. Go there all the time. For me Nashville is a little better because it doesn't have that New Orleans smell and it actually dries out after a rain. Don't get me wrong though, N.O. for food, Zydeco music, and good drink specials all day.

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Other than Manhattan, parts of Los Angeles, and the Bay Area, and the north shore suburbs of Chicago, there is no other greater concentration of wealth in the United States like the northern suburbs of Dallas.

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Long Island, western Connecticut, north shore Boston, northern VA, northwest D.C., outlying northern NJ suburbs, I can keep going

If I was rolling in money, I'd have a house on the east side of Lookout Mountain, close to the TN/GA line looking out over the edge. My other house would be in "Old Florida" off of 30A, and my boat would be at the marina in Destin. I'd also have a condo in the Museum District in Houston. That way I could get my big city fix in the town I love.

I'd spend Thanksgiving to early January at Lookout Mountain, travel somewhere tropical in Jan/Feb. Spend early spring at the beach and late spring at Lookout Mountain. Early summer at Old Florida, and mid to late summer traveling and at Lookout Mountain. I'd spend the Fall in Old Florida. I'd probably go to Houston once a quarter for health care and just to go.

My realtor's number is 1-900-DRE-AMON.

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If I was rolling in money, I'd have a house on the east side of Lookout Mountain, close to the TN/GA line looking out over the edge. My other house would be in "Old Florida" off of 30A, and my boat would be at the marina in Destin. I'd also have a condo in the Museum District in Houston. That way I could get my big city fix in the town I love.

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West U, Bozeman and Rosemary Beach for me but I like your style

He is a Bama fan.

I am voting for Nashville. Amazing city.

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Long Island

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Are you talking vacation homes in the Hamptons? Sure. But we're talking primary homes located in or near a major city. Summer homes in the Hamptons are not the same thing.

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western Connecticut, north shore Boston, northern VA, northwest D.C., outlying northern NJ suburbs, I can keep going

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You could, but you'd still not be correct... especially when you factor cost of living.

If you look at the Zillow Home Value Index, Highland Park ($1,625,600) and University Park ($1,425,900) come in ahead of places like Greenwhich, CT ($1,351,300) and Chevy Chase, MD ($1,107,200).

All are very wealthy areas. And when you look at the income stats from the US Census, they are all very close (mainly because the census does a terrible job of accurately estimating income at those high levels).

But when you take into account cost of living, you realize its not even close. According to Business Insider's Cost of Living calculator, for the 53 US metros that have at least 1 million residents, Washington (#1), New York (#2), San Francisco (#3), Boston (#4), San Jose (#5), and Los Angeles (#14) are all very expensive cities. Your paycheck does not go very far there.

Dallas comes in at #45 in the cost of living index. The only US metros that are cheaper to live in for the average family are Cleveland, Louisville, Houston, New Orleans, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Nashville, and Memphis.

When you take this into consideration, you realize just how opulent some of the suburbs of Dallas really are. The disposable income goes way, way further.