I look forward to having a “North Oak Cliff Advocate” or whatever the name turns out to be. Nice move.

This is good news!

Oak Cliff may be the largest area of the entire world, including the Gobi Desert, without either an actual book store, movie theater or a Starbucks. And don’t try to pass off that Starbucks on Camp Wisdom as being in Oak Cliff — it’s practically in Duncanville.
It isn’t just D that ignores Oak Cliff. Betcha there are some red-lining financial guys, too.

If you think Camp Wisdom Road is in Oak Cliff, then you are not from the ‘hood. Unless, of course, you regard anything south of the Trinity River and north of Waco as Oak Cliff. I believe D Magazine’s attitude toward Oak Cliff is embodied in the rag they call Oak Cliff People. It consists of a front section with stories written by someone who never saw the inside of a journalism school, and a very generic second section. It is better than the Tribune, but what is not?

Max Edison: Michael lives in Oak Cliff.

Michael, there is only one stand-alone Starbucks in all of southwest Dallas County, the one on the brink of Duncanville — the others are inside grocery stores and hardly qualify as a Starbucks. And, I’m not sure what your points are about the names, but you can call those places Oak Cliff until the sunshine turns a Redbird into an Executive airport and it won’t put a bookstore, a movie theater or a real Starbucks in the whole of Oak Cliff.
Are you a red-lining banker?

We thumb our noses at Starbucks - we go to the Nodding Dog instead.

ok look, i want to enjoy the nodding dog as much as the next local. it’s cute. it’s not corporate. and it’s local. sounds perfect. problem is, neither me nor my friends will go. why? the coffee tastes bland and watery. it’s like this hush hush sentiment that no one can bare to share with the owners. so owners…please fix your coffee. give us rich flavor we deserve. and droves of us will return and to support you.

So, I am an Oak Cliff resident born and raised from 83 to now. I have seen my Oak Cliff go up and down, people from the outside veiwing it as a dangerous place or stereotypes us all as low class, immigrant or just plain criminals. I don’t care where a starbucks is located, but to confirm there is one located as a stand alone store in the shopping center on Illinois and Westmoreland. ( I should be paid for that promo.) There are many of us that think Oak Cliff has been ignored by the important people the people who can help bring this community into a better light. I love my Oak Cliff, I love the community, people and places. If there is more participation of Oak Cliff residents and the communities coming together we don’t have to change anything we can be great being as it is. Oak Cliff is my diamond there is no reason to add franchising businesses or moving out the residents but there is a need to make the people come together as one for the better of our children, young adults, single mothers and fathers, families, businesses, and yes DALLAS! So lets stop nagging on where Oak Cliff starts or ends and lets look at where Oak Cliff can triumph and not end…… I LOVE YOU OAK CLIFF & DALLAS!!!