Why Corporate America Loves Dallas

By Robert Wilonsky Tue., Mar. 24 2009 at 1:43 PM

Categories: Things We Like

The short film below, posted to YouTube by Frank Librio at Dallas City Hall, isn't actually a city-made production. Rather, Librio tells Unfair Park, Destination Dallas is a Quin Matthews Films production made for the Dallas Citizens Council, which touted corporate relocations to the city during a recent power luncheon. Librio felt it worth sharing. Apparently, so do I.

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Wow, that is awesome. Living in Houston for the past 8 months has really boosted my love for Dallas. Now, I must change my underwear.
Shouldn't this be called Destination North Texas? American Airlines, Fluor, ExxonMobil ...none of these are in Dallas. True, a percentage of employees may live in Dallas proper, but likely an equal or greater number lives in Plano or another non-Dallas city.
Never mind, it was just a youtube error.
It's no longer available. : (
i am not crazy about the freeway shots. seems so busy. overall really good though
Thanks, Jean -- you and I were posting the same thing at the same time ... http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/03/is_victory_park_verschraubt.php ... because is there anything more fun than using Internet translators? No, no there is not.
By the way, the German Financial Times article quotes the Dallas Observer: Der "Dallas Observer" vergleicht den Stadtteil sogar mit einer Geisterstadt und zitiert den Immobilienmakler Joel Pustmueller: "Als ich k�h abends dort essen gehen wollte, habe ich mich gef�ie Will Smith in ,I Am Legend�." Keine angenehme Vorstellung: In dem Science-Fiction-Film streift der letzte �erlebende einer Virusinfektion durch das entv�rte New York. Rough Translation from Babelfish: The �Dallas Observer� compares the quarter even with a spirit city and quotes the real estate agent Joel Pustmueller: �As I recently in the evening eating to go there wanted, I felt like Will Smith in, I to putting `.� No pleasant conception: In the Science Fiction film the last survivor of a virus infection touches by the depopulated New York.
Umm. yeah.. sorry about that. It's the Financial Times of Germany that the DMN is quoting. Jumped the gun there a bit.
With some modifications, this film could be used by the Convention and Visitors Bureau. Dial down the business boosterism just a tad. Show a few shots of smiling attractive people getting piss drunk. Have a sequence of Smilin' Dean Fearing slinging some kind of fancy pants hash. Add a few close-ups of people stroking their chins in deep engagement with the Sixth Floor Museum. And make sure each speaker ends his statement with, "And really, there are hardly any titty bars -- very few, if even that."
Actually, the Financial Times of Germany makes that claim. We've posted about it as well, and are awaiting responses from Hillwood and Victory Park. Everyone hold their breath starting ... now.
BREAKING NEWS (somewhat related to this): Victory Park in danger of default, claims DMN. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032509dnbusvictory.68c5ada7.html
Oops! Forgot the diversity quota. You're at minute 7:06 of 7:32 before you see an adult of color. I guess that's a recruitment message.
I love how smoggy the air looks. Nice