Dallas is an interesting city in Texas, but I have never been.
to the sea. It is the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country at 7.5 million people as of 2018. The city's combined statistical area is the seventh-largest in the U.S. as of 2017, with 7,846,293 residents.
Dallas and nearby Fort Worth were initially developed due to the construction of major railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton, cattle and later oil in North and East Texas. The construction of the Interstate Highway System reinforced
USS Dallas
One commissioned ship and one commissioned submarine of the United States Navy have been named USS "Dallas". The ship was named after Alexander J. Dallas and the submarine after Dallas, Texas. Two other ships to honor the city were planned, but never completed.
- , was a commissioned in 1920, in service during World War II, and scrapped 1946.
- A heavy cruiser to be named "Dallas" (CA-140) was cancelled during construction in 1946. It was the only ship of