Feedback “I will never understand why we are always the forgotten community.”

Wounded Pride

In your Newcomer’s Guide article “How to Find Your Place,” I am compelled to point out what many in town, including at least one city council member, perceived as a slight on the magazine’s part. The writer and artist chose to leapfrog Grand Prairie, leaving us out but including Arlington. On the other hand, if Grand Prairie had been included, I’m sure the writer would have been as unkind and negatively biased as previous mentions of Grand Prairie in D.

I’m sure to D’s socialite audience, Grand Prairie isn’t even a blip on the radar. Grand Prairie is a thriving, prosperous, growing, friendly community. We are Dallas’ neighbors. We are home to Lone Star Park. And we are home to more than 115,000 great people. We hope future stories might be considerate enough to recognize these points as appropriate.

Amy Sprinkles, marketing director

City of Grand Prairie



As a D magazine subscriber, I was disap-pointed in your article “How to Find Your Place.” The author describes various neighborhoods, including Coppell. However, he obviously has not set foot in the “burbs.” Coppell’s town hall is located at Parkway and Denton Tap and its downtown is off Bethel Road-not 1-35 as described in the article. In addition, Coppell was grouped with Colleyville to determine median house value and income. Do you realize that these two communities are 20 minutes apart from each other with very different demographics?

For accurate information. I recommend you call the City of Coppell directly instead of relying on a writer’s depiction of an area thai he obviously has not seen.

Cassandra Johnson

Coppell



I AM SHOCKED THAT YOU DIDN’T INCLUDE Rowlett in your article. “How to Find Your Place.” Rowlett has a population of 44,000, which is more than Wylie. We have an abundance of suburban living and, I might add, a lot more shore access to Lake Ray Hubbard than some of the cities mentioned. 1 will never understand why we are always the forgotten community. It seems that any mention of cities in East Dallas County stops at Garland. Until just a short time ago, we were not even shown on the Texas map! Please remember us the next time you do an article. As a suburban city, we have a lot to share.

Larry Wright, fire chief

City of Rowlett



IN YOUR ARTICLE, “How to Find Your Place,” you say about Southlake: “There’s no place to eat unless you like hay and oats.” Well, I don’t eat out often, but the Classic Cafe is definitely worth the drive, and there are a few restaurants in the new downtown that are worth checking out, too.

Alan Walker

Southlake

I AM WRITING TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT regarding your article, ’’How to Find Your Place.” Mr, Bowden, who apparently has never been to Southlake, stated that the downside to living in Southlake is “There’s no place to eat unless you like hay and oats.” This is completely untrue and ridiculous. Our town has grown incredibly over the past few years and has many places to eat. We no longer have to make the 10 to 15 minute trip to Grapevine, which has an incredible selection of restaurants. With a population of 22,500, Southlake has Thai, Japanese, Chinese, seafood, upscale Tex-Mex, Italian, a steakhouse. and many fast food restaurants-all without hay or oats on the menu. Should we tire of the choices here in our town or Grapevine, Dallas is only 30 minutes away.

Lisa Grissom

Southlake



EDITOR’S RESPONSE: We’ve been called by almost everyone in DeSoto and half the folks in 10 other towns, and none of them is happy for a hundred different reasons. We have standing invitations to visit almost every community in and around Dallas-to get better acquainted, they say, but we’re suspicious.

We made a few factual errors in the neighborhoods piece, like saying that the grain elevator on 1-35 is in Coppell when it’s in Carrollton. and saying that DeSoto home prices are trending down instead of up. We apologize for those. As for our contention that Far North Dallas is using up all of the nation’s bricks and that there is nothing to eat in Southlake besides hay and oats, we’ll stand by the first and back down on the second, wondering, meanwhile, why nobody can take a joke anymore.

Elsewhere in our 2000 Newcomer’s Guide, we mentioned the “Galleria Wonderland Express” which has been revamped, moved, and is now called “Trains of NorthPark.” In Dallas it does not pay to confuse shopping centers.

While we’re at it, we confused two volunteer organizations that support the Dallas Symphony: the Guild and the League, The League, the Symphony’s largest support organization, offers membership only to women. It sponsors a fall luncheon and fashion show, The Guild is a smaller group comprising professional men and women of all ages who love classical music.