491. Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas?

491.为什么每个人都搬到达拉斯?

Freakonomics Radio

社会与文化

2022-01-20

48 分钟
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When Stephen Dubner learned that Dallas–Fort Worth will soon overtake Chicago as the third-biggest metro area in the U.S., he got on a plane to find out why. Despite getting stood up by the mayor, nearly drowning on a highway, and eating way too much barbecue, he came away impressed. (Part 1 of 2 — because even podcasts are bigger in Texas.)

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  • Oh.

  • Oh, my gosh.

  • My son is texting me.

  • Enjoy.

  • Sonny Bryant.

  • He has access to my Uber account.

  • That's pretty good.

  • He's just absolutely foreign.

  • Does this normally happen in Dallas?

  • The word?

  • Yeah, no, this is, you know, like, waiting for you guys, you know?

  • Yeah.

  • Thanks a lot.

  • Yeah.

  • So great.

  • That was me and our producer Ryan Kelly and an Uber driver in Dallas, Texas.

  • Late one night, in the middle of what felt like a monsoon, we were creeping along a waterlogged highway heading toward a barbecue place called Sunny Brian's smokehouse.

  • Why?

  • Okay, let's back up a few weeks.

  • I had read an article in City Journal called Big D is a big deal.