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Folks in Arlington, Texas can enjoy year-round sports celebrations thanks to their two home teams, the Rangers and Cowboys. The great weather means that people can celebrate outdoors all year. When people aren't celebrating the amazing success of their home teams, they can enjoy everything else the Arlington has to offer. For example, Arlington is a great place to move if you want to make money. A few famous entrepreneurs had they start in Arlington, such as the founder of TOMS shoes. Arlington is also known to be the place where slushie margaritas started as well. The founder of a famous Mexican restaurant in the city combined the idea of a slush machine from 7-11 with his own unique machine in order to create an appliance that was capable of making the frozen alcoholic beverage.
The great people of Arlington also never pass up the opportunity to celebrate something. Besides the food truck festival that rolls in to town twice a year, people in Arlington can also enjoy the Scottish Festival in the summer, the South Street Art festival in the early fall, and the German Holiday market in the winter. Speaking of summer, people in Arlington can enjoy great summer activities in the manmade Lake Arlington. This lake was built in the middle of the 20th century, with hopes that it would fill naturally in about two years. However, it began to rain a lot in the area, and the lake took just 30 days to fill to capacity. Another Arlington gem in the General Motors plant that is still in operation, and has been for six decades. The plant in Arlington manufactures some of the companies larger vehicles, such as the Suburban and Escalade.
Arlington is also home to the AT&T stadium. This stadium is huge, both in height and width. In the spirit of largeness, lets take some time to talk about how large the hot dogs are over at the stadium where the Rangers play. They make a two foot long hot dog, called the Broomstick, that is covered in chili, cheese, onions, and jalapenos. It weighs over three pounds and can feed four people. You might think that someone who orders this is not very smart, but that actually isn't the case. The residents of Arlington are proud to call their city the home of the MENSA headquarters. The mayor is of course proud of all this. Robert Cluck, although not too happy about the jokes made toward his last name, can be happy with the fact that his city won “Most Livable City” from the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Now thats something to crow crazy about! If chicken isn't your thing, then you can enjoy some top quality beef over at Chop House Burgers. Run by a four star chef who used to work at a steakhouse, the line for this place tends to be out the door. His burgers can be made with ground beef brisket, or topped with a dozen different kinds of chili peppers. That’s a lot of different things coming together in to one, which is kid of what is happening at the University of Texas- Arlington. This campus prides itself on being one of the most diverse campuses in the nation. There are students from more than 120 different countries, as well as every state in America.
The students at the university are academically driven most of the time. However, when they feel like they need a break, they play a game of Oozeball. Its basically volleyball in the mud. Or, they have a bed race. which is something you have to see in person to fully understand. Speaking of races, Arlington hosts a two day motorcycle rally each year, in memory of the guitarist of the band Pantera, who was an Arlington native. He was killed in 2004 during a concert, but is long outlived by his loyal fans in Arlington. The city is also known for its amazing meat selection. You can get a fantastic steak at The Keg, or one of the many other steakhouses around town.
The city or Arlington used to be cattle farm land, so beef pretty much comes with the territory. If you want to take an extreme food challenge, head over to Sprout’s Spring Roll and Pho, were you can get a 5 pound bowl of pho for free, so long as you eat it in under 30 minutes. Food trucks provide other dining options, and there are plenty of trucks driving around Arlington on any given day. Besides the annual food truck festival we mentioned earlier, you can find a truck serving just about anything year round. You can get a pizza, or sausage, or pretty much anything else you can think of. The original Six Flags can also be found in Arlington. For some more fun, though, stop by the Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame to learn about some of the professional bowlers who called Arlington home, and some who still do.
There is also an international bowling training center located in Arlington. The area of Arlington is also riddled with natural gas deposits, unlike the rest of Texas, which prides itself on oil. Not all of this gas is wasted, however, as much of the cars in the city run on compressed natural gas. If you have car troubles, though, you can rest assured that there will pretty much always be an alternate form of transportation for you. However, Arlington is a city that does not have a lot of public transportation. While there are moves being made to change this, a stunning number of people prefer to ride horses around town.
Maybe this is because most of the town is a little scared of motor vehicles given the fact that they don’t seem to have the best of luck on one particular bridge. The Screaming Bridge has seen dozens of fatal car crashes in its history. It is said that the ghosts of people who have died in those crashes can be heard screaming at certain times. Pretty scary. Other than that, Arlington is a great place to move. If you are interested in moving to Arlington, Texas, Moving Authority has information on the best movers available in all of the United States. The articles on our website will be a tremendous help to those looking for local or long distance moving solutions.