"I've been in Dallas all my life and the 35 is always a mess"

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StealyEyedSecMan@reddit

Saw a great show at the Tres Equis Pavilion back in the 90s!

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ice-eight@reddit

I believe the official name is “uhh, whatever it’s called now, the outdoor venue at fair park… is it still Gexa?”

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FormerlyUserLFC@reddit

If you want to be old school, call it Starplex. It gets renamed every few years and it's hard to keep up. But yes - Gexa/Dos Equis/Starplex is the Fair Park outdoor venue.

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soonerfreak@reddit

It's been Dos Equis since live nation tooknover a few years ago.

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wayofthrows1991@reddit

It will never not be Smirnoff to me. Idk how long it even had that name but that's what it was when I was a teenager so that's what I'll keep calling it.

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quaestor44@reddit

I love a good Coca-Cola starplex event

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aggie-engineer06@reddit

Legitimate directions in Denton

Go 35 east north To 35 west south Exit 377

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KrasnayaArka@reddit

35E and 35W exist because Dallas and Ft Worth couldn't agree on who got I-35 and who got a bypass so they just split it into two 35s

It does the same thing up in Minnesota when it gets to Minneapolis and St Paul lmao

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soulinsurance420@reddit

377 runs parallel to 35 west, there is no 35w exit to 377. Take 35 West North and exit to 35 East South then exit 377 is real

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Deltanonymous-@reddit

Always simply referred to this as the blackhole.

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It touches 35W and fissles out at the same spot where 121 meets 35W, then rematerializes at I20 a few miles Southwest of Down Town Fort Worth. You can go from 377 to the Northbound 35W service road, and you can go from 347 to 377, but no direct exits from 35 to 377.

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aggie-engineer06@reddit

lol

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SirWillingham@reddit

Go south on Dallas North Tollway

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mattymillhouse@reddit

East on Northwest Highway.

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mr_biscuithead@reddit

1212 loop 12

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ChefMikeDFW@reddit

right on Belt Line

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TexasBaconMan@reddit

Made that mistake once, sent from Richardson to Irving

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Affectionate-Act6127@reddit

Is that East or West Northwest Hwy?

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bitflip@reddit

Let's meet at the corner of Beltline

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

Go southeast on northwest highway (it's a street).

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TheThreeRocketeers@reddit

I think you mean the 35

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PureTank0@reddit

Tell me you're from California without saying "I'm from California".

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liberal_texan@reddit

Nobody thats been in Dallas all their life would call it the 35.

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AffectionateKey7126@reddit

My friend to California and within two years he started calling it the 75.

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thethurminator@reddit

Real ones say "central"

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Mueryk@reddit

Real, real ones call it “that fucking hellscape”……oh wait, my bad, that’s 635.

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Weaselthorpe_House@reddit

Nah. 635 is “the death trap”.

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intrinsic_nerd@reddit

635 is several lanes of everyone going at least 10 over or 20 under with no rhyme or reason as to what lane they’re in

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Weaselthorpe_House@reddit

And sometimes the same lane, which is why there are so many accidents.

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thethurminator@reddit

Figured 35 between DFW and Austin is the death trap with all that construction

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Mueryk@reddit

Shockingly it is 30 just East of Dallas. Apparently it has a super high accident rate.

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Anonymous_coward30@reddit

Right after the bridge? Yeah that makes sense, I hate driving through that section. There's crazy speed variety between drivers and insane lane changers

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LeafyZer0@reddit

Anyone else still call the part of 30 that goes through the 35E interchange "the Canyon"?

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NikkiVicious@reddit

I referred to Loop 12 as "Walton Walker" a couple weeks ago. A couple of the old guys (like 60s) nodded their heads, knowing exactly where I meant. I had to explain it for everyone basically younger than 30. It was a mixed bag in the 30-40 group.

Same thing with Stemmons. I said I worked off of Stemmons and Empire Central, and Stemmons and Market Center, and just got blank looks. (The second one is the big infomart building... loved that place. First one is that big glass tower, used to have a nursing school on one floor, on the southbound side of 35 and Empire.)

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niv-mizzet_@reddit

As a 27 year old Dallas native, I know I've seen Stemmons but I don't know for sure where it is. Sounds like it's a part of 35?

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NikkiVicious@reddit

Yup! I believe it"s 35 north of downtown/30, and Thornton is south of 30. I might be wrong on that specific part (I dont really drive to anything between 20 and 30).

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AdolinofAlethkar@reddit

Wait what the fuck do people call Stemmons other than Stemmons? lol

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NikkiVicious@reddit

Stemmons is technically only part of 35E. South of downtown, it's Thornton. It's confusing for people who weren't old enough to drive before iPhones, but I also learned from my grandfather... which is why I'll screw up and call 30 "the turnpike" every once in a while. (Unless I'm in Oklahoma, then the Turnpike is always 44.)

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Valued_Rug@reddit

They don't, they just uber everywhere they don't know any street names.

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AG-Bigpaws@reddit

West coast was on two floors. They've got a cut through where they added in stairs. (Ive done a lot of work down there)

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NikkiVicious@reddit

Yes! I couldn't remember the name. My office was on the 2nd floor I think. And then the server floor was on the 4th. Or I have those backwards in my head now...

There used to be a pizza place, it was a little family owned place, that was in thr area right behind it, between that building and Loop 12. I swear I still dream about those bread sticks at times.

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kingyogapants@reddit

Yes, my boyfriend and I have to drive through the canyon every other day and we ALWAYS complain about it, especially when driving from east to west . Well, and west to east too… I remember a time I used to be able to go 30 mph through it , there was traffic but less cars on the road .

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FormerlyUserLFC@reddit

I do!

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i_d_k_really@reddit

I do!

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GustavusAdolphin@reddit

No, but I do call 35E Stemmons

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Diabetesh@reddit

George bush or i90?

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truth-4-sale@reddit

Sometimes 161, but NEVER "the 161" but maybe "The Bush Turnpike"

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bright1111@reddit

And LBJ

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hmmisuckateverything@reddit

My brain didn’t even see that the in there and just read it like it should be 😭

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LastUserStanding@reddit

The “the” is like all I saw

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grand305@reddit

Happy cake day

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murphherder@reddit

Same! I had to come to the comments to figure out what was wrong

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Alternative-Pen-6742@reddit

This 100%. Came to say the same thing.

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topherhead@reddit

They also say the I from "Interstate" in highway names. "I-75."

Now what'll really catch them out is saying "The Tollway" because we have so many and yet only one is "The."

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pun-in-the-oven@reddit

I'm from California and we absolutely never say the "I." It's either "the 10" or "the freeway."

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FormerlyUserLFC@reddit

I think their comment is slightly off. We often see people call US75 I75 not realizing this highway is 1000 miles from I75.

But it doesn't mean someone is from California in that case...just out of town or has no awareness of highway naming practices.

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ericthefred@reddit

Haha. My wife often calls 190 "I-90". I've given up correcting her.

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NUS-006@reddit

Seconded

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NikkiVicious@reddit

Omg this was the other one. BIL was from California, moved here for a few years. I was giving him directions saying PGBT/GBT, DNT, 161 was still a different section in my head. Just confuse. I finally just started putting in the addresses in Google/Apple maps for him and hoped he could follow them.

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metalforhim777@reddit

Yeah one time I saw someone on that show Speeders get asked when the last time she got a ticket was she said "6 days" and then "for 102 on THE FIFTEEN freeway" I guess calling highways "The (number)" is a cali thing, or at least SoCal.

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Vast_Acanthaceae_118@reddit

I had a new hire tell me they took "the loop" to get to to work....... he meant Loop 12 LOL

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truth-4-sale@reddit

Correct !! I watched video by a high end realtor, and she referrred to "The 114" .... HILARIOUS !!!

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Dick_Lazer@reddit

Hilarious? I wish I could be this easily amused.

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p8nt_junkie@reddit

Except The Californians

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per_mare_per_terras@reddit

Ehr whattaya doooin here?

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p8nt_junkie@reddit

Get on the taaaaaan, and back to Mulholland where you belong!

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bright1111@reddit

Nooo there’s too much trahfaaak, take Laurul canyoooon

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bright1111@reddit

Geeeet outta heeeere

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bright1111@reddit

I was looking for this comment… add to that, there are two 35s hahaha

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fcdemergency@reddit

While this is pretty true. I wouldn't bat an eye or call it out.

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meowingcat91@reddit

Came here just to say this

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thepaisleyfox@reddit

The amount I got dunked on when I moved out here to go to UTA for calling it THE 360… 🫣🥲

It sounds weird now, but all CA roads still get the the.

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Worried_Bath_2865@reddit

Tell me you have no original material without telling me you have no original material

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Jamesx_@reddit

Nor-Cal native here. Never used “the” before the highway name. 5, 99, 80. We are far closer to normal human beings up north.

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truth-4-sale@reddit

Probably some from Chicago, where they have "The Loop"

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FindSpencer@reddit

So Cal native here, we are not normal humans

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Typical-Business9686@reddit

Is someone really from California if they don't tell you they moved here from California within the 2 minutes of them talking?

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Ambitious_Ad_9637@reddit

NY as well.

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NineOhTree@reddit

In Happy Face Killer, a TV producer is questioning a serial killer about his trip from DFW to East Texas and she asks “Did you take ‘the I 20’ or the ‘I 30’ to get there?” We don’t use “the” and we don’t use “I.” It’s just 20 or 30. That line drives me up a wall.

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

Every time I come back to check my replies, I twitch ready my own title back.

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50bucksback@reddit

I love inside jokes. I'd love to be apart of one someday.

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BenderIsNotGreat@reddit

In texas we dont say The before road numbers. I would just say, traffic on 75 is wild. A californian would normally say, traffic on THE 75 is wild. A pretty small but effective shibboleth

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pauliep13@reddit

Really, the only one I can think of where natives might use “the” is “the Tollway”, but as you just said, that’s not a number. Also, some people have been just shortening down The Dallas North Tollway to “DNT”.

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SadBit8663@reddit

Yeah you've got the DNT, the SRT, the George Bush, and hell (635) 🤣

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ty944@reddit

Most people I’ve known don’t say the DNT, Sam Rayburn is usually referred to in my circles as “the tollway” and pgbt is pgbt or bush

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TCBloo@reddit

DNT is "the tollway", PGBT is "the Bush", Sam Rayburn is 121, and 635 is dogshit.

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ty944@reddit

Hahaha so true. Yeah think it depends on what part of north Dallas you grow up in for what gets “the tollway” title 😂

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eSTARr35@reddit

You’re very wrong about that. All of DFW knows that the Dallas North Tollway is referred to as “The Tollway”

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ty944@reddit

Yeah I guess every person I personally know is wrong

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eSTARr35@reddit

Sounds like y’all aren’t locals and just moved here within the past few years lol

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ty944@reddit

You’re insane, I’m sorry my anecdote about how the people I know call a different tollway “the tollway” offended you? Get a grip

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eSTARr35@reddit

LMAO so you’re calling any tollway just any name you want? That’s not how it works in life. Are you actually hearing yourself 😂

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soonerfreak@reddit

On the other hand we now have the 635 Superspeed way.

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seaspirit331@reddit

That's called the Autobahn

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Architect__@reddit

This right here. But to me 75 is either “75” or “Central”, 635 is “635” or “LBJ”, and PGBT is just “Bush”. SRT has always been “121”

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texan01@reddit

Rayburn is 121 to us oldtimers.

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SnowClone98@reddit

It’s 121 to everybody, I think they’re simply confused lol

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SnowClone98@reddit

I’m pretty sure you’re confused and they’re referring “The Tollway” as ‘the tollway’.

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FormerlyUserLFC@reddit

DNT can be called "The Tollway". Someone mentioned this exception further up the thread.

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oldnever@reddit

Northwest , 12 and harry hines

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NikkiVicious@reddit

CTP in Ft Worth lol.

And 635 toll is fast hell. 35E toll is medium hell (except at 5pm). 121/183/820 toll is the 9th circle of hell.

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pauliep13@reddit

Yeah, I just say George Bush or 190/161.🤷‍♂️

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DaSilence@reddit

DNT, SRT, PGB, 635, 35W, 35E, 114, 121, 380.... all our road names need to be 3 letters/numbers

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Principle_Dramatic@reddit

It used to be the only tollroad in town up until George Bush opened. Anyone shortening it to DNT is either young or not from Dallas.

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niv-mizzet_@reddit

I'm 27 and grew up calling it DNT.

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Principle_Dramatic@reddit

Did you know they used to accept only cash, change (no pennies) and checks(!) at the toll booths? Credit card payment for tolls and electronic tolls in general weren’t a thing until recently.

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Frosty-Alternative46@reddit

do people really not say DNT or PGBT? my parents and i only moved to Dallas two years ago and my dad always says DNT and PGBT.

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Principle_Dramatic@reddit

DNT is “the tollway”. PGBT is “George Bush.” (or pigbutt) SRT is 121.

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Sowf_Paw@reddit

30 used to be a toll road, or "the turnpike" and old Arlington Stadium was once called "Turnpike Stadium."

The Tollway was also supposed to become a normal highway at some point but not anymore.

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Drewness326@reddit

Well, 30 did. None of the others have.

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whip_lash_2@reddit

30 did because Fort Worth sued. The Texas Turnpike Authority that ran it did its best to never leave, it just had worse lawyers than the NTTA.

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bratbats@reddit

I'm 24 with parents who are 72 and 71, my whole family has lived here since the 1980s, and they've called it DNT my whole life.

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MrNakedPanda@reddit

Exactly. It’s the tollway not DNT. It’s George bush not anything else. It’s 635, nothing else. Even the Lyndon b Johnson freeway part is still just 635.

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3-DMan@reddit

I was there Gandalf, back when there was only the ONE Toll road...

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jjett04@reddit

can confirm, although I’m not that young, I am from Dallas and I call it DNT

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

I just call it "dont"

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just_having_giggles@reddit

I've never heard someone from here, say "dnt" colloquially.

I do still hear people call 30 "the turnpike" and this 'new' thing just "Bush" or "the Bush"

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Individual-History87@reddit

I was born and raised here, live 2 miles from The Tollway, and am 50ish. Today is the first time I’ve EVER heard/seen it referred to as DNT.

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FormerlyUserLFC@reddit

I mean the road is continuously labeled with signs that say "DNT"... I think calling it "The Tollway" or "DNT" is acceptable.

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eSTARr35@reddit

Calling it DNT tells me that you just moved here 😂

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Individual-History87@reddit

Yeah, I think DNT on there signs is a newer thing. I’ve just never heard anyone say DNT.

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Pixabee@reddit

I wasn't raised here and I know right away what DNT and PGBT refer to but I've talked to locals who aren't familiar. It might have something to do with transplants needing to look up locations on google more or something, idk

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TheJeff@reddit

That's exactly what I was thinking. I grew up in a house that literally backed on to the Tollway back in the 80s and I've never called it the "DNT".

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pauliep13@reddit

Hmm, I guess my bias to that is probably because I hear people in law enforcement use the initials often. Maybe that’s why I think I hear more people using it.

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just_having_giggles@reddit

Yep. Must just be all the law enforcement. You're a funny little man I like you

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Dick_Lazer@reddit

Yep, and the Bush

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pauliep13@reddit

Yeah, most people just say George Bush, don’t put a “the” on that one either.

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Dick_Lazer@reddit

Maybe so. I was born and raised in Dallas and have always said the Bush though.

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FatAzzEater@reddit

Wait, they actually do that? It's not "the highway 75", it's highway 75, a proper noun.

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BenderIsNotGreat@reddit

They dont say the highway 75, just the 75. A famous one thats said alot is The 405

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Lost_and_Profound@reddit

Shibby

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ReluctantlyDallas@reddit

Thank you!! I didn’t even see the “the” and was soo confused. 😆🫶

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NearHi@reddit

I find that so bizarre to leave out the THE.

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BenderIsNotGreat@reddit

https://youtu.be/KQoXnz3h_FE?si=GUpJZtCQ1R0OXg98

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50bucksback@reddit

I know that, but the title is a quote like it feels like I missed a thread somewhere.

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Dick_Lazer@reddit

It's basically just an inbred redneck thing to bitch about people from California as much as possible, they're not putting much thought behind it.

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Forsaken-Cow3194@reddit

ESPECIALLY 35, bc there’s fucking two of em.

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froodiest@reddit

Not in r/dallas there isn’t. 35E goes through Dallas and its suburbs and 35W goes through Fort Worth and its suburbs. They split/converge at Hillsboro and Denton.

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Dick_Lazer@reddit

Well not in Dallas at least. r/Dallas encompasses all of North Texas, unfortunately.

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Pentekonter@reddit

I was wondering, which one?

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Ericshelpdesk@reddit

"The Bush" is the only thing I can think of using "the" as a prefix.

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Liberteabelle1@reddit

Born and raised in TX, and raised my kids in NorCal. Back home in TX again 😊. Nobody I ever knew in NorCal or SoCal appended “the” in front of the hwy number, but this is amusing!

But I’ll acknowledge the use of “hella” in my conversation. Goes right alongside “y’all”, lol

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fu11m3ta1@reddit

In socal it is the only way that people refer to freeways. Less common in NorCal.

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Weak-Ganache-1566@reddit

props for using 'shibboleth' in a sentence

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Nelsqnwithacue@reddit

I learned the word "shibboleth" today. Thanks friend!

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mjrballer20@reddit

Okay maybe I didn't get it because my brain automatically skipped "the"

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rental-cheese@reddit

Thanks for the new word! Never encountered "shibboleth" before

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DrunkenDude123@reddit

Btw “apart” means separate from “a part” means to be included

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50bucksback@reddit

I shouldn't have trusted where I copied it from

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Charimia@reddit

To add to the explanation, the reason it’s funny is because this is a screencap from a scene in inglorious basterds, where the Englishman ruins his cover by miming the #3 incorrectly to a German Officer. Germans use the thumb, pointer and middle finger. others use the pointer, middle, and the one next to the pinkie.

So they’re saying “the” 35 is like that scene, but for native Texans.

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50bucksback@reddit

The actual good answer

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cassssk@reddit

Thank you for this added part! I got the “the” but have never seen IB. It’s on my list though!

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Charimia@reddit

It’s a great movie, honestly one of my favorites! But it totally makes sense to not get the joke, having not seen the movie. :)

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Synthline109@reddit

This scene in Inglorious Bastards is when the pictured Nazi solider realizes the good guys are actually disguised as Nazi's because of the way he holds up the number "3" on his hand. It was a cultural thing.

And of course in DFW we just call it 35, not "The 35"

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JohnnyRaid3r@reddit

I’ve lived here for over 10 years now, was a Dallas cop on patrol for 8 of those years all over the city, so obviously geography was a huge part of my job, and I’ve never once thought this was a thing or was called out on it because I say the 35, the 635, etc. Lol I’m originally from SoCal though (Long Beach and San Diego) so now it makes sense why I say that even though it’s never been brought to my attention.

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sakura65@reddit

"The" 35?

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

Thats the joke

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DecoyOctorok24@reddit

This was always a stupid plot point, right? How would a professional spy not know the correct way to make the correct German hand gesture for three?

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datnikkadee@reddit

“I love Saturday nights in downtown dfw!”

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datnikkadee@reddit

“Omg we love Buc-ee’s!” (Pronounced as Buseys, like Gary Busey)

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NightFire19@reddit

How do you even get that pronunciation? As a non Texas native I've always thought it was pronounced Bucky's

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-Outtatime-@reddit

Texas native here.

They are trolling... It's Pronounced "Bucky's" and their mascot is "bucky" the beaver.

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Top_Finance5444@reddit

Yep

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Top_Finance5444@reddit

Exactly. It’s Buckeys

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Daddioster@reddit

Cousin from Ohio when we met them in Gulf Shores said how much they LOVED BOOSEY’S!

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Snobolski@reddit

I have a co-worker who called it buck-sees until we all couldn't take it anymore

Granted, she's from another country and struggles with pretty much every word, but still.

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gunnerneko@reddit

Yeah, haha totally like Busey. Wasn't thinking about something else.

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luvsads@reddit

Arizona is getting its first Buc-ee's, and a lot of the younger folk keep calling it Bussy's. There's no fighting human nature

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Top_Finance5444@reddit

It’s pronounced Buckey’s all over Texas.

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NeoSapien65@reddit

But what about a Buc-ee's rebranded as a Busey's? That sounds like the most wonderfully unhinged place.

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Farm_road_firepower@reddit

Yes I am Boocie, I am the Big Rat. You love me, you love my nuggets, the cheap gas, yes, you love my huge torlet. Come again, Boocie will wait here for you. Boocie is not hampered by constraints of time or space, I Love You, I’m Boocie.

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littlemachina@reddit

Boocie nuggets 🤤

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Worth-Expression6583@reddit

torlet?

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luxveniae@reddit

I mean loving Buc-ee’s makes me question things even when someone pronounces it correctly.

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mybrotherhasabbgun@reddit

I say it that way as a joke these days.

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orbit0317@reddit

Until thay just becomes how you say it

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durtyprofessor@reddit

“We’re at Bussy’s!… Love a mouthful of Bussy nut. Mmmh.” https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv73wDJrDY2/?igsh=MWJhYjFlanV6ejZyeQ==

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DumbBitchByLeaps@reddit

Do I like downtown on Saturday nights? Yes

Do I like downtown on Saturday nights because of traffic and no parking? No

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Thrice_the_Milk@reddit

City Center parking garage (the one connected to bass hall, not the one easily visible from the street that everyone and their dog uses). 4th level was always nearly empty anytime of the week, including friday and saturday nights. Never let me down once in all my years of visiting downtown. Best kept secret imo.

Haven't been back downtown though (not counting west 7th) in a few years, so maybe that changed

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Valued_Rug@reddit

Downtown on a tuesday night was the shit for those of us living downtown.

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DumbBitchByLeaps@reddit

My dad use to live in downtown so sometimes I’d go and hangout with him and we’d just walk to most of the places we wanted to eat. I have to admit that was a fun time

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TexasBaconMan@reddit

I-75

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Farm_road_firepower@reddit

Yes I am Boocie, I am the Big Rat. You love me, you love my nuggets, the cheap gas, yes, you love my huge torlet. Come again, Boocie will wait here for you. Boocie is not hampered by constraints of time or space, I Love You, I’m Boocie.

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Top_Finance5444@reddit

Really? There are so many areas when you mention I 35, all different at various times throughout the day. Same as any other major artery.

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Mr_Lapis@reddit

I can see the dodgers cap already appearing on their head

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Personal_Moment2856@reddit

Californian and longtime Dallas resident here. “THE 35” would indicate someone from Southern California, as Northern Californians usually (but not always) leave out articles before freeway numbers. That was a tell for me, but so is focusing on 35E, because it’s 75 and 635 that have been the equal or greater hellholes for those living within the Dallas city limits, or even the county. 35 sucks out loud too, but it doesn’t compare to Central Distressway.

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

Thats the joke lol

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stykface@reddit

Sounds like a line from The Californians.

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Electrical_Feature12@reddit

How about that exit off DNT onto 35 south? All that construction and it’s still ONE LANE

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

I just completely avoid that shit now, people cutting and not paying attention and it's ONE LANE.

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supremedonner@reddit

“The best way for me to commute to Dallas from Denton is taking 380 to 75 to 35”

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RonWill79@reddit

Nope. Not all your life. Or you wouldn’t call it THE 35. That’s a California thing.

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

Thats the joke

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RonWill79@reddit

Oh. Damn. Right over my head!

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HorsePractical6222@reddit

From Forty Worth and we call all highways by there numbers 35 30 380 75 loop 12 820 287 non go by the city names but I’ll stay west of Irving and Arlington and let y’all do whatever

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A_Homestar_Reference@reddit

Usually these posts about local slang are never true; we can never actually agree on the "correct" ways to call anything here. But it's definitely 100% true that nobody uses "the" with any of the freeway names here.

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isaac-wonderboi@reddit

Except "the Bush” (PGBT) and "the tollway" (DNT) and "the worst highway anyone has ever had the displeasure of driving on" (635)

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NeilZod@reddit

Although, one day I hope to identify what the Mixmaster is

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NetflixTacosChill@reddit

I attribute it to the entire hook-shaped stretch of 35 starting where 366 juts off and then all the way thru the 30 intersection.

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radarksu@reddit

Nobody calls it 366. And there's only one tiny sign on the SB ramp from 75 that says 366.

Its Woodall Roger's.

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radarksu@reddit

Nobody calls it 366. And there's only one tiny sign on the SB ramp from 75 that says 366.

Its Woodall Rogers.

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bright1111@reddit

You mean The Canyon

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tex1138@reddit

I think of the canyon as a section of Woodall Rodger’s

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bright1111@reddit

That would probably make more sense, but no, The Canyon is I-30, south of downtown.

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soonerfreak@reddit

For those arriving

Mixmaster is the 35/30 interchange

High five is the 635/75 interchange.

Both have Wikipedia pages because we live in concrete hell.

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Necrosins@reddit

It's that spaghetti junction where I-30 and I-35E meet, I constantly mix it up with the High Five interchange because why have one nightmare interchange when we can have two.

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Igotolake@reddit

The tollway. And knowing it’s Dallas north tollway.

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A_Homestar_Reference@reddit

In Rowlett and Garland the tollway is PGBT

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HouZ71@reddit

Oh yall talking bout 45?

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Listen_to_Mustafa@reddit

I've had a few of "those people" here in Houston too.

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Accomplished-Union10@reddit

lol my friends in Cali think it’s so weird that we don’t refer to highways as “the (number)”

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HateKilledTheDinos@reddit

Go to a park for a picnic and then tell her, so,you wanted to touch some grass?

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DookieMcDookface@reddit

“Traffic on the 635 is the worst”

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Bext@reddit

Pronounced "six three five" as well

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AngryyFerret@reddit

i got pulled over for speeding again on my way to work today (lives in uptown commutes within dallas proper)

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TheThreeRocketeers@reddit

You mean the work

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HailToTheThief225@reddit

“Have you been to Den-tin?”

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TheThreeRocketeers@reddit

*Din-un

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TheCumBeast9@reddit

It honestly took me a few tries to pronounce it how you spelt it lol. Anybody from here knows it’s pronounced Dentin 😂😂

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pradafever@reddit

you can also always clock the suburbanites and users from the miscellaneous surrounding cities and towns.

“Dallas is so boring there’s no culture and there is nothing to do, and it’s completely dead at night.” -lives in a gated suburb in McKinney

“I’ve been in Dallas all my life and I don’t go downtown it’s dangerous. I can’t believe people really ride the train in Dallas that’s so dangerous” -lives in west Arlington, hasn’t traveled outside of Tx in a decade

“Don’t Dallas my fort worth! 🤠” -Saginaw resident who has not been to Dallas since 2013 for that one thing

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GreedyTexas@reddit

“omg 635 was never this bad before!”

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luxveniae@reddit

Has 635 gotten worse? Feel like with the northern migration and added express lanes it has sorta stagnated or even slightly improved… depending on where on it you are.

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bob-leblaw@reddit

I was driving on the seventy five and this Toyota Corolla did a swerve.

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JohnDoe_85@reddit

"Nissan Altima with paper plates"

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buddyleex@reddit

Stay clear of Nissan altimas

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Nice_Category@reddit

And factory issued body damage and faded paint with a corner of the bumper sagging.

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catterchatter@reddit

Hahahaha

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LadyAmalthea84@reddit

…. And it will always be a mess.

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AlliedR2@reddit

Dallas so loved its messy I-35 that it decided to create 2 versions (an East and a West) of it.

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Slimtex199@reddit

And we hate them equally

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A_Homestar_Reference@reddit

Are they worth hating? I feel like every other interstate and freeway is worse than 35.

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TheJeff@reddit

Nah, this is Dallas. We hate 35 and forget that there's another one in Ft.Worth.

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PhoenixAquarium@reddit

Minneapolis & St. Paul too. And I can confirm I-35 over there isn't great either

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Dealmesometendies@reddit

“You have to try these tacos from this one place that’s most definitely two dudes and a dream”.

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MildlyIntoxicated_@reddit

Basically any Velvet Taco

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Adultery@reddit

How the fuck are these places popular? They wrap a chicken tender in a tortilla … oh, I get it.

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DidgeriDuce@reddit

They have great gimmick tacos. I can appreciate that.

It’s just not the place to go for an authentic taco.

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A_Homestar_Reference@reddit

Yeah its like people who complain about Taco Bell not being authentic mexican.

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yourdailyorwell@reddit

The spicy tikka chicken taco is incredible, not to mention the tots with cheese, bacon, and a fried egg.

Velvet Taco gets ton of hate on this sub but I have yet to meet anyone in real life who doesn't like it.

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HailToTheThief225@reddit

Crazy that people still choose to pay $20 for a few mid tacos vs $7 for more than enough of the best tacos you’ll ever have

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K1ngPCH@reddit

White people tacos are basically their own style of food at this point.

If I want a Torchy’s/Velvet style taco, I’m going there.

If I want something more authentic, I go somewhere more authentic.

People really love making a mountain out of a molehill on this

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soonerfreak@reddit

The problem is I don't think the white people taco places ever justify their price. My $2 bisteak tacos at Salsa Verde just taste so much better.

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TheJeff@reddit

I like this take on it. I'm totally down for some of those weird ass Velvet Tacos some days (the Chicken Tikka one and the Chicken Cordon Blue are my favorites) but other days I'm hitting up the counter in the back of the Valero.

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yourdailyorwell@reddit

I choose to read this as mole*** hill.

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

Gotta go to the source. La Azteca

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Dealmesometendies@reddit

Quality over quantity for me but you will never catch me buying a $4-$5 taco. I will cook that shit at home for that much.

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ice-eight@reddit

Inflation has hit gas station taquerias hard… it’s more like $10 for a huge plate of tacos now

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GhostOfChar@reddit

Any real human from the area knows it’s the Shell station on Miller with the good tacos.

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Dealmesometendies@reddit

Stopped by the other day they said they never heard of you 🤨

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GhostOfChar@reddit

(Panic calls Govn. Newsome to come pick me up)

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Captainpooppants1331@reddit

It’s always been just either 35 or 35w

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wmueller89@reddit

The 35? What is this Cali? lol

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

Thats the joke

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Drewness326@reddit

How could you have lived in Dallas your whole life and call it The 35???? It is just 35 you California wanna be Texan!

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

Thats the joke

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air-hug-me@reddit

I’ve never met a native who says “the” 35, that’s very west coast of you.

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

Thats the joke

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Bulky_Firefighter127@reddit

I call BS on this post. No one who has lived here their entire life has ever called it ‘the 35’. It’s 35 or I35 not the 35.

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

Thats the joke.

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captainlee0012@reddit

My favorite movie moment like this is in Twister Helen Hunt has a very quick line about the storm crossing "the 35".

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Igotolake@reddit

It’s a few edits past wet and wild.

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Do-you-see-it-now@reddit

75 was waaay worse back when it had stop lights at the entrance ramps.

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Spectackler@reddit

If anything i-35 is a life lesson. You must always work on yourself the way i-35 is worked on.

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sienrfsh@reddit

Complains about Dallas. Lives in gated community in McKinney.

-Me

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soonerfreak@reddit

The suburb posters become real obvious on posts about Deep Ellum. "it's so dangerous I can't just got there" literally nothing you've said implied you ever did. Kind of want to find a DISD job just to justify moving back there.

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sienrfsh@reddit

Yeah they make Deep Ellum sound like Helmand Province circa 2004 or something. That being said I’m not about to my kids there on a Saturday night.

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elastic-cat@reddit

I lived had lived in Dallas all my life now I use the word hella . Is the term "mixmaster* still used there?

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Luka_Dunks_on_Bums@reddit

75 is a parking lot

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soonerfreak@reddit

Anytime of the day, I've hit a parking lot driving out of downtown at 3am before.

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Mercy_Rule_34@reddit

you mean Central?

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RandomRageNet@reddit

This is how you know you identify which side of 635 someone grew up on

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PureTank0@reddit

The Central

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YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit

State University

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Principle_Dramatic@reddit

Always has been

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Satanswarboner@reddit

I’ve been in Texas for 41+ years and 35 has always been a mess

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truth-4-sale@reddit

Reminds me of bands, and people saying "The Led Zeppelin" and stuff like that. That would be like saying "The U2"...

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Tomatobasilsoup_@reddit

When people ask me how to drive in Dallas, I tell them “drive offensively” lol

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Historical_Dentonian@reddit

It was Stemmons Freeway when I was growing up and 75 was called Central Expressway. All y’all are transplants 🤦‍♂️

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

635 was LBJ

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Historical_Dentonian@reddit

Yes it was

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biscuit214@reddit

Are they not still? (Ugh Gen X feeling old)

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I_SmellFuckeryAfoot@reddit

im not getting the inglorious bastards reference

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Greenmantle22@reddit

The guy holding up the fingers was a British spy, sent in disguise as a Nazzie. He went to a lot of trouble to practice his dialect and memorize a phony part. On his first night there, he starts getting chummy with some Krauts in a Rathskeller, and makes the fatal mistake of ordering “three drinks” by holding up the wrong three fingers. Germans show “three” by holding up the thumb, index finger, and middle finger.” No real German would do this. But an imposter might.

The Nazzie across from him immediately and silently knows that this guy ain’t one of them. They have a massive shootout, and they all die.

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I_SmellFuckeryAfoot@reddit

yeah. i remember Diane Krueger's explanation of what happened. i dont get what it has to do with the free way

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Greenmantle22@reddit

Because nobody who has "been in Dallas all their life" would call it THE 35.

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DanglyDinosaurBits@reddit

A friend of mine visited from Cali and asked me “what’s wrong with the 635?” I laughed and said “we just call it 635, and we don’t warn tourists about it.”

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AngryyFerret@reddit

we hate our tourists why would we warn them

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Mercy_Rule_34@reddit

lel, you mean LBJ?

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

Damn lol LBJ. Your back hurt too when you sleep wrong?

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Mercy_Rule_34@reddit

pass the Doan’s please

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

After you pass the tiger balm

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Grmmff@reddit

a new hire at work was a transplant looking for an apartment.

Transplant: My friend told me that there were lots of great apartments on 635.

Me: That person is not your friend.

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DumbBitchByLeaps@reddit

A family member was looking into moving to Rockwall because his friend suggested it and I asked if they liked perpetual traffic with suburban moms and lifted Dodge Rams trying to murder you every other mile.

He decided that he’s going to look into another city.

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Any-Zucchini-6997@reddit

I (35) was born in rural Texas. Lived in SoCal during my 20s. I’m calling it THE AND I DONT CARE WHAT ANY OF YOU THINK.

Also, if we can call the president bush turnpike, “the bushy” that would be super cool and hilarious. Please become a thing, please become a thing, please become a thing

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Consistent_Reward@reddit

Come on now, it's "la bouche". I've been working on that for years now.

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Any-Zucchini-6997@reddit

I can get on board with that

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HumbleSewerGoblin@reddit

Please more of these, this is gold.

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Infamous-Tree7167@reddit

It’s a mess from the souther border all the way to the northern border ….

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ItsMinnieYall@reddit

In the remake of the Town that Dreaded Sundown they call denton Din-Ton instead of Dint-in.

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MysticCherryPanda@reddit

"Texas In-n-Out has the best burgers in the world!"

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coaxsempai@reddit

Lmao

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coaxsempai@reddit

"The 35" ok a.i.

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Fast_Pomegranate_235@reddit

I have only lived here half my life, but 35 is always a mess.

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rcheneyjr@reddit

I lived in Richardson and Plano from 76-87 and Central, 635 and 35 was always a mess!

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Version_Popular@reddit

'The' 35... 🤣🤣🤣

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Alarming_Data4726@reddit

https://youtube.com/shorts/AMSEAzEXiGY?si=PsN5_Ywprrk496HD

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CoachRufus87@reddit

the 35

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Windows_96_Help_Desk@reddit

Everyone knows its "thee 35".

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bob-leblaw@reddit

Yes, that's the joke. Comrade who knows the google.

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CoachRufus87@reddit

I know. I grew up in the metroplex. Guess I should've added the shudder afterwards.

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jas3316@reddit

"The 35" gives away that you're from CA. What part? I'm from Orange County.

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PhoenixAquarium@reddit

I am in Phoenix for work and the "the" is rubbing off on me

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yusuksong@reddit

Us from NorCal never say ‘the’ either just ’i85’ or 85

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OutrageousQuantity12@reddit

The “the”. We say “traffic on 35 was insane today”, not “traffic on the 35 was insane today”

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Glittering_Ticket347@reddit

"the 35". 😂

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OkBet321@reddit

Oh look! Individual salsa bowls! How cute!

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RandomRageNet@reddit

Do you just get one giant salsa bucket in other states? This one lost me.

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OkBet321@reddit

Individual salsa bowls is (from my experience) strictly a DFW thing. Not seen in Austin, San Antonio, and for SURE NOT in the 956. It’s been a while since I’ve been to Houston, and I know it’s not a thing in the Panhandle or west Texas. The table gets a bowl of salsa

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AgExempt@reddit

635 towards Mesquite isn’t far off from Jalalabad. If I hear you cracking a joke about surviving a drive through that area, I know you are from Texas.

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

635 east of 75 is definitely expert mode but it's full of beginners.

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hot_rod_kimble@reddit

Now can we talk about the use of "the DFW" on here?

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SipoteQuixote@reddit (OP)

What what whaaaaaaa??

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UnknownQTY@reddit

I-75

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Joeskis@reddit

Spent my first 24 years in Dallas and I always referred to freeways as “the #”

Then again, my parents lived in California for 10 years before moving.

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