what to see in dallas tx?
Meadows Museum Texas Theatre Dallas Convention Center Dallas Zoo Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education & Tolerance George W. Bush Presidential Center Sixth Floor Museum The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art Dallas World Aquarium Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
entailment
 Located centrally in North America , the state is an important transportation hub . From the Dallas / Fort Worth area , trucks can reach 93 percent of the nation 's population within 48 hours , and 37 percent within 24 hours . Texas has 33 foreign trade zones ( FTZ ) , the most in the nation . In 2004 , a combined total of $ 298 billion of goods passed though Texas FTZs . 

contradiction
 Texas 's second @-@ largest air facility is Houston 's George Bush Intercontinental Airport ( IAH ) . It served as the largest hub for the former Continental Airlines , which was based in Houston ; it serves as the largest hub for United Airlines , the world 's third @-@ largest airline , by passenger @-@ miles flown . IAH offers service to the most Mexican destinations of any U.S. airport . The next five largest airports in the state all serve over 3 million passengers annually ; they include Austin @-@ Bergstrom International Airport , William P. Hobby Airport , San Antonio International Airport , Dallas Love Field and El Paso International Airport . The smallest airport in the state to be designated an international airport is Del Rio International Airport . 

neutral
 The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Texas was 27 @,@ 469 @,@ 114 on July 1 , 2015 , a 9 @.@ 24 percent increase since the 2010 United States Census . 

entailment
 The city 's fathers originally depicted Dallas as southern in order to rationalize slavery and opposition to Reconstruction , but this discouraged Northern investment and the political support of wealthy northern migrants to the city . From the 1870s on , Dallas leaders portrayed the city as southwestern , or later as part of the " Sunbelt " , in order to incorporate wealthy non @-@ southern whites , including Jews , into society . For example , between 1852 and 1925 the seven Sanger brothers built successful mercantile businesses along developing railroad lines , including the Sanger Bros. department store , and occupied numerous city and state government posts . White blue collar workers were marginalized , and even more so the Mexican Americans , and blacks . 

contradiction
 The Texas City area includes Texas City and La Marque and surrounding communities . Until recently this area and Galveston together were treated by the federal government as a metro area distinct from Houston . The area 's prosperity revolves to a great degree around the Port of Texas City and the heavy industry around it . 
