know it- The Big D

- settled in 1841
- 9th largest city in the US
- population is 1,083,508 and growing
- entire Dallas/Fort Worth has combined population of 5,037,345
- 7-Eleven stores started in Dallas 1922 (WHO KNEW!!). Now in 18 countries worldwide.
- the first shopping center with stores surrounding a central parking area opened in in Dallas in 1931.
- first drive-up bank window.
- first frozen margarita was invented by a Dallas restauranteur, Mariano Martinez, in 1971.
- Barney, the lovable purple dinosaur, comes from Dallas area.
- has the largest wholesale merchandise mart in the world.
- is the top visitor destination in Texas
- has more restaurants per capita than New York city (Holy shit, that's alot of restaurants, I wonder what the stats are for serving staff? Has more waiters per capita than any US city?)
- has more shopping centers per capita than any city in the United States. (more shoppers than anywhere in the US as well? SDe below)
- has the largest fashion and marketing center in the South and one of the top convention destinations in the US. (I believe this wholeheartedly. I have seen 3 already)
- has the third busiest airport in the WORLD.
- has the world's largest bronze monument located at Pioneer Plaza
- Home of the Ewing ranch,Southfork. Dallas was the one show that brought my mother, sister and I together at the same time. That and Mash.
- was witness to, what might be argued as the single most pivotal moment in US political history, the assasination of JFK.
-and last but not least: chicken gravy is served at breakfast with bisquits.