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In reply to the discussion: Dallas Museum makes art free for all [View all]justabob
(3,069 posts)19. I don't know
I grew up in the 70s-80s and we were (and are) still fairly provincial compared to other cities in Texas. My guess as to what is behind our little cultural revolution is the transplants. The gay community has always been here (my lifetime). I don't know if it is still true, but back in the 80s, Dallas had the largest (or one of the largest) gay population in the country. We had a huge wave of people from California in the 80s-90s too (continuing now) plus people from everywhere else since then. I know more people from elsewhere than I do natives. Another possibility is that all that "new" money from cotton, cattle, and oil has grown up some and seen the need for culture.
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I notice that when I am in museums in Europe I see young families with a couple of kids
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#2
I have to smile. Back when I was growing up there Ft. Worth was dissed and called Cow Town.
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#11
Well the people with taste who are often the style setters tend not to be in the majority in
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#16
You talk about other cities in Texas being less provincial. I am guessing you mean Austin and
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#24
Houston...that's interesting. I don't know that much about Houston...but I have relatives in
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#27
Yes, I've read about it. And the guy who does my retirement planning lives there and his kids are
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#12
It's a business decision. Better to charge 0 and make $ on concessions than charge $ bt no one comes
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#18
Ten dollars is a lot. It would have prevented my friends and me from going.
woo me with science
Dec 2012
#33
That's Great Dallas! The free museums on the DC Mall are one of my favorite things about DC /eom
dballance
Dec 2012
#10
Yes. Like libraries. It allows everyone to get exposure to art in person. nt
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#32