In the latest Observer, the always interesting Jim Schutze gives a lesson in recent Dallas history. Here’s Jim’s take in a nutshell:
Dallas used to be run by the Ku Klux Klan. But it became urban and urbane in the 1950s and ’60s. Then “outlanders” arrived in the ’70s and ’80s. They turned the city into the land of saguaro cactus and steel guitars. Now, thanks to places like Oak Lawn, Dallas is becoming “cooler and cooler.” Then, this capper:
My wife and I ate dinner on a weeknight recently at Bolsa, a restaurant on West Davis in Oak Cliff. The place was jammed with people who looked like they had been teleported from the streets of SoHo in Manhattan. And that’s a good thing.
Dallas losing its identity to New Yorkers or NY wannabes is a good thing? Then again, if you contend the city’s Greatest Generation wore white sheets, I guess the idea makes sense.
