Texas in USA...Texas Diaries Part2

Dallas county is known for a lot, but it’s most known for its great people. The people who live in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex have a bigger-than-life attitude and are proud of their Texan heritage. They have the enthusiasm to do extraordinary things, which can be seen all over the city and in all walks of life. Football is the most popular sport in America, and when people think of Dallas, Texas, they think of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, otherwise known as “America’s Team".

        McKinney is home to one of the oldest and most active, thriving historic downtowns in Texas. The downtown commercial district offers more than 120 unique small businesses and more than two dozen locally-owned-and-operated restaurants that offer some of the best dining in North Texas. McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States. It is Collin County's third-largest city, after Plano and Frisco. A suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, McKinney is about 32 miles north of Dallas .
 

Dallas maintains and operates 406 parks on 21,000 acres of parkland. The city's parks contain 17 separate lakes, including White Rock and Bachman lakes.Dallas has one of the country’s largest concentrations of telecommunications and high-technology manufacturing and services companies. The top technology fields include software production, computer services, and manufacturing of computer hardware, semiconductors, and wireless communication equipment. Food processing, publishing, printing, and advertising are also important.The city is known for its cultural activities, including opera, ballet, musicals, and symphony concerts. 

                     Dallas’s arts district is the frequent site of shows and festivals and includes the Dallas Museum of Art, sculpture gardens, galleries of Asian art, and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.The Dallas Convention Center features a life-size bronze sculpture of a cattle drive, complete with 70 head of cattle and 3 cowboys. Old City Park preserves some three dozen restored North Texas buildings, most from the 19th century. The John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza is near the spot where that president was assassinated; the Sixth Floor Museum (in the building facing the plaza from which the assassin allegedly shot) is dedicated to the assassination and its aftereffects.
 

McKinney Avenue Transit Authority offers a heritage streetcar service through stops in Uptown and Downtown Dallas at no charge. Simply flag down the trolley (more on how to ride here) and hop on at any of the 42 designated stops. One of the more fun aspects of this trolley is you can request your own stop, you don’t have to wait for a designated place on the route. Each car has a bell, or string that rings a bell, that you can ring to let the driver know you want off. The trolley goes all around the uptown and downtown areas of Dallas, so it’s a great option to see the downtown buildings and atmosphere. Free.