Dallas Life
Student perspectives on life in Dallas/Fort Worth
Population
4.6 million people currently living in the Dallas area.
![Mobile Oil Pegasus in downtown Dallas](/education/students/assets/dallaslife-bodyimage-population.jpg)
Original Pegasus via @calenb2
Art Scene
24+ Museums in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex
![Huge eyeball sculpture on lawn in downtown Dallas](/education/students/assets/dallaslife-bodyimage-artscene.jpg)
The Eye via @zaccrain
Outdoors
15 parks and nature centers in addition to 19 outdoor trails
![Person on boat dock overlooking calm White Rock Lake](/education/students/assets/dallaslife-bodyimage-outdoors.jpg)
White Rock dock via @robsessed85
Restaurants
12,000 places to eat
![Pizza, Phở, tacos, and salad image collage](/education/students/assets/dallaslife-bodyimage-restaurants.jpg
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Food for any taste.
Shopping
![Group of young adults sitting on a bench with shopping bags at their feet](/education/students/assets/dallaslife-bodyimage-shopping.jpg)
Endless shopping opportunities.
Sports
6 national sports teams
![Empty blue stadium seats](/education/students/assets/dallaslife-bodyimage-sports.jpg)
Sports stadium seats.
Music and Theater
23 city-owned cultural facilities
![Sammons Center Park reflecting pool with Meyerson Symphony Center in the background](/education/students/assets/dallaslife-bodyimage-theater.jpg)
Sammons Park reflecting pool via @deanxu
Travel
2 major airports, 30 minutes apart
![Photograph of a passenger airplane parked from the front-view](/education/students/assets/dallaslife-bodyimage-travel.jpg)
Jet preparing for takeoff.