Well ......welly well oh well!!!!! ....Dallas ....... everything was bigger in dallas ...... i remember the days of the show ........ with larry hagman loved it ......all the 80's hot babes ..........all hairspray and such like ....those were real women .......and i bet they were al coked out ...and why not it was the eighties of course ..........now dalls is becoming a shithole ........once again the migrants and homeless fuck shit up .....thanks guys .......i don't care i am not going there ....i heard they do the best mexican cuisine my fav of all cuisines that and indian food yummy ....but mexican food dips and chips ........oh well ....another one bites the dust ........
How once-thriving Dallas has been left to rot as giant companies flee for greener pastures and lay off workers... and locals know who's to blame
One of America's biggest companies is ditching Dallas - the latest blow for the once-leading city that has now been left struggling.
AT&T announced on Monday that it would be slowly abandoning its Downtown Dallas campus to move to a new complex roughly 30 minutes away in Plano by 2028.
This will affect roughly 6,000 employees, according to The Dallas Morning News.
The anchor company has been in Dallas since 2008 and have helped fuel a thriving economy for the Southern city, but now many local businesses are worried about the future of downtown business after AT&T leaves for good.
The cellular company is the only company on Forbes' Top 50 that is based in Dallas.
Locals blame AT&T's pullout on City Hall, as local officials failed to correctly manage the downtown area, leading to public safety and quality of life issues, the Dallas Morning News Editorial Board wrote in an op-ed on Tuesday.
'For too long, Dallas’ elected officials and city management refused to acknowledge that public safety and quality of life had declined to the point that the central city felt dangerous and often was dangerous,' the editorial board wrote.
The city has around 3,700-large homeless population, some of whom has displayed 'frightening behavior' and built encampments and filled the city with the smell of marijuana, the board said.
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AT&T announced on Monday that it would be slowly abandoning its Downtown Dallas campus to move to a new complex roughly 30 minutes away in Plano, Texas, by 2028. This will affect roughly 6,000 employees
Although overall violent crime was down in Dallas, murder was up nine percent and shoplifting up nearly 22 percent, according to police statistics.
Assaults containing family violence and individual robbery was only down around three percent each.
Locals have complained about the total number of assaults, amounting to nearly 6,000 assaults, especially those committed by those unhoused or mentally ill.
'In short, downtown felt neither safe nor inviting to office workers, visitors or residents, and city staff and elected officials were unpardonably slow to respond to the challenge,' the board wrote.
These challenges, they said, led to AT&T leaving its home of nearly 20 years.
An AT&T spokesperson told the Daily Mail that the decision to move offices came after a year of planning and consideration.
It's three largest locations in the state will be centralized in Plano to 'create a corporate campus designed for collaboration, innovation, and engagement,' the spokesperson said.
'The nature of the company and our work have both evolved significantly since we moved our headquarters to Dallas in 2008, but what hasn't changed is our belief and confidence in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex as the right place to operate a thriving multinational corporation. We are targeting partial occupancy in the new space as early as the second half of 2028.'
Locals blame AT&T's pullout on City Hall, including Mayor Eric Johnson, as local officials failed to correctly manage the downtown area, leading to public safety and quality of life issues
The city has around 3,700-large homeless population, some of whom has displayed 'frightening behavior' and built encampments and filled the city with the smell of marijuana
Other businesses, such as Florida-based Spirit Airlines, have had layoffs for their Dallas employees as the city struggles economically.
In October, the budget airline laid off more than 200 Texas flight attendants, including 51 people based in Dallas.
Cottonwood Creek, a healthcare facility, also laid off 70 workers in December.
The UPS facility in Dallas also suffered losses, with 25 people losing their jobs due to layoffs. This followed another layoff in August, where 61 people lost their jobs.
Security firm Job1USA laid off 117 people across Texas, including 81 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Healthcare company, Tekni-Plex laid off 64 workers in December and announced it would be 'ceasing most operations' at its Dallas location.
'If [Dallas-Fort Worth's] economy is struggling, then everywhere is f**ked,' one Reddit user wrote.
'This place has one of the most robust and diverse economies in America and it's not overtly expensive like NYC or LA.'
'Maganomics,' another commented.
Other companies, like the UPS distribution center in Dallas, as well as, security firm Job1USA have had layoffs in Dallas
In October, Spirit Airlines laid off more than 200 Texas flight attendants
'The Donald economy is kicking in to full gear!!' another wrote.
Despite the turmoil in Dallas, some of AT&T employees are looking forward to the move to Plano, they told The Dallas Morning News.
Many complained about the hot-desking situation at the current Dallas office, where employees are not assigned a seat and some often have to sit on backless chairs for hours.
Others complained about the parking situation, with some having to take shuttles into the corporate building to make it, while some said they were going to have to change their future plans, like buying houses, to accommodate the move.
Local businesses are worried about the loss of foot traffic in the area once the last of the AT&T employees make the move to Plano.
Frankie's, a sports bar, offered discounts to AT&T employees, which drew in tons of traffic, both at lunch and after work. Roughly 75 percent of it business comes from the cohort of hungry AT&T employees, it told the outlet.
'That’s not something that we’re super excited about,' General Manager, Brittany Smith, told the outlet about the company moving.
She worries other businesses will also pull out after AT&T.
Mayor Eric Johnson and City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert tried to remain upbeat after the news, saying the cellular company was attracted to 'our city's unique economic strengths,' such as being cheaper than other major cities.
'Dallas has become a global economic powerhouse since then,' Johnson said.
'But as we worked to retain AT&T, it became clear that its current leaders preferred a large horizontal, suburban-style campus rather than the skyscrapers that define our city center.'
Neither mentioned how they thought this move would affect the economy.
The Daily Mail has contacted the mayor and AT&T for comment.
