[usa7] dallas

Charlotte and Blake meet me in the hotel reception; rather optimistically referred to as a 'lobby' by Charlotte on the phone. Once in her car the first thing Charlotte does is turn left; away from the city. We're heading to Plano for lunch, and the rather unfortunately named BJ's resteraunt. Its a slice of America I wanted to see; the ordinary bit. Lunch, stores and Starbucks.

Its good to see Charlotte and catch up on the people we knew in Lincoln; while meeting her also confirms what I thought. The real Dallas, the human Dallas exists outside the city and unless you have a car you won't get to experience it. Public transport, where it exists, does so for the purpose of getting you to work and back. America is too vast to offer transportation for anything else. If you have the disposable income to enjoy leisure time and leisure pursuits then it is accepted that you will also have the disposable income to invest in a car to access said leisure. As such the attractions listed in my hotel room litereature as 'must see' while in Dallas will remain frustratingly distant.