yeah I put this on another comment but different cities are great for different stages of your life. I lived in Santa Monica and SF (in the city) during my formative years and can't imagine a better way to have spent my 20's. In Dallas I would've been super bored and probably wouldn't have advanced in my career nearly as much. Do not move to Dallas if you're 23—that would be a poor life choice.

I'm well into my 30's with a family now though and those more "dynamic" environments would just cause a lot of problems in my life.