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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AKA Our 80&#039;s Life" data-source="post: 241068" data-attributes="member: 14049">Thanks for the welcome! We are originally from Texas (Dallas is my hometown, and Keith is from Nacogdoches, Texas) but we have been living in Wichita since we were relocated here about 16 years ago. Although we definitely miss aspects of living in Dallas, we've adopted Kansas and love living here. Not sure about the rivalries in these small towns, but I suspect they haven't changed much. Yes, we think the producers of Dallas did a great job capturing the small-town feel of the midwest, and Wylie was a good stand-in for Emporia, Kansas. I suspect it would be more of a challenge today as the suburbs surrounding Dallas have grown-up to have less of that small-town look and feel. When we visited Krum, Texas (aka Landowne Louisiana from season 3) it looked very much the same as it did in the show; however, the traffic on that main street was horrendous!! Rerouting all the 18-wheelers and pass-through traffic nowadays would be a nightmare for the producers! We are currently doing research for seasons 4-6 and planning to film videos for those soon. Perhaps we'll visit the real Emporia and compare it with its on-screen likeness. That would be fun!  ~Abby</blockquote>

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