Background: I just moved here from a small city in the west (Not CA lol) 2 months ago.

Here are some of the culture shocks I've experience living in the DALLAS DOWNTOWN area. ( This MIGHT NOT apply to other areas of Dallas and surrounding towns/cities.)

1. On the hwy: I was a ten year safe driver, not even a tix in the past, then I rear ended someone day 2 here in Dallas. Then on week 6 someone else T boned me. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YALL PEOPLE!!!!! Now my auto insurance went from $650 to $1300!!!!! I seriously developed some sort of fear every time I'm getting on the hwy! My palm be sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. there's vomits on my sweater already, mom's spaghetti!!!! And people rage drive!!! Like honking and flashing their light at me when I was only on the left lane to pass a big semi for like 15 seconds..... And most of the cars honking and flashing at me are people driving big pickup trucks. Driving used to be so relaxing for me, now it's not anymore. I try to avoid getting on the hwy at all cost.
2. Everyday convo: Strangers asking personal questions like " What do you do for work and where do you work and what position?" Where i'm coming from we don't ask these "Status defining, income defining, social circle defining" questions. I am sort of warming up to these questions now but at first it was quit strange and I took it as being nosy.
3. Traffic: Ay dios mio..... What else there is to say about this? It's bad. I've learned to put two empty gatorade bottles in my car just in case.
4. Weird roads: Some roads in downtown are One Way traffic, but somehow there are no signs in plain view! I found myself making left turn into the wrong way traffic twice already, but thank god none of them were in rush hour. Another thing is that I have no idea which path I can drive on or not, there were times a narrow path looks like a pedestrian path, like an alleyway, like pathway made with red bricks, I had to circle around cuz I wasn't sure and don't want to drive on somewhere i'm not supposed to drive on. But then the other day while i was walking my dog, I found that people were driving on that brick pathway. ( If you want to be exact, I'm talking about the pathways/alleyways around at&t building in downtown.
5. People dress so nice in downtown. I wore raggedy t-shirt to the gym and I almost turned back and drove home... Most people in the gym dressed up like they were on a fitness date or something. So lesson learned there. Where I'm from people be wearing university hoodies and shorts to the gym.
6. Outdoor activities: None, over and out.
7. Jobs: They are so easy to find. As long as you ain't lazy, you gonna survive, at the very least you can work at the oilfields.
8. Options: Coming from a small city, we got like 3 chinese restaurants and 1 of them is panda express.... And you have to order most things from Amazon cuz the physical store will very likely not having the item. Here in Dallas, you can find anything you want! Each with countless options for you to choose! Like wow!!!

Conclusion: Dallas is too big for me. I def made a mistake moving here. Should have started with a smaller place. I miss the big desert, endless mountains, the loneliest hwy, the lakes, the ghost town where I can shoot my guns in any direction without a care in the world, bonfire in the woods, fucking under the moonlight on top of a hill with a city skyline view.