Public transit DART single fare local rides cost $2.50, good for two hours of unlimited rides, with transfers between bus and rail systems. The Oak Lawn area is walkable, but during the hot and humid season you may crave the air-conditioning of a car as much as you need the wheels. The city sprawls in every direction, so a car is the easiest way to get around. There’s an impressive arts scene as well: theatre, fine art, film, and especially country music.ĭallas/Fort Worth International Airport has TRE rail service to Union Station and seven more Dallas locations operated by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit. They range from huge to tiny and milder to wilder, and they offer something for every taste. There are, for example, over 30 gay bars, restaurants and other gay and gay-friendly businesses in Dallas/Forth Worth. The area is home to enough gay people to earn it a score among the top 20 US cities on the Gay Index, as developed by demographer Gary Gates and made famous by urban theorist Richard Florida. Fort Worth, the city just down the road, shares many local events with Dallas. Just about everyone you encounter will say hello, and damn, they seem to mean it. Unlike many big American cities, there remains an old- fashioned sense of community here, holding together many diverse elements beneath a very large LGBTQ tent, and offering genuinely warm welcomes to visitors who are just passing through. Why on earth then, with all that beng true, would gay travellers want to visit the state’s largest urban center, Dallas/Fort Worth? Very simply, for the gay communities - the people, culture and spaces - to be found there.Īmong the ten largest American cities, Dallas is a cosmopolitan place with world-class architecture, a booming arts district, and a diverse dining scene.
Located in the Bible Belt, the Republican South, this area has an overarching socially conservative zeitgeist. See the Dallas County, City of Dallas, and Texas Department of Health websites for local updates. See the CDC website for details and updates. Emergency measures in the wake of Covid-19:There are restrictions on the entry of some travelers into the United States in an effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19.