@reasoning logic,
Have you ever even lived in a large city?
Culture
Oak Lawn is considered to be the epicenter of Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex's gay- and lesbian-culture. Cedar Springs Road, between Oak Lawn Avenue and Wycliff Avenue, has numerous businesses, retail establishments, restaurants and night clubs catering to the LGBT community. Oak Lawn is contiguous with the Dallas Design District,
and so much of the area conveys a very "artsy" and upscale feeling. The sight of Rainbow flags hanging in front of businesses and homes and same sex couples holding hands and showing public affection is very common here.
The area also hosts some of the larger city festivals including the annual Halloween street festival, Gay Pride parade, and Easter in the Park at Lee Park.
There is a large concentration of Hispanic owned businesses, restaurants, grocery stores, nightclubs, and retail establishments on the Maple Avenue corridor between the Inwood Road and the North Dallas Tollway.
Architecture
Oak Lawn is one of the older neighborhoods in Dallas. Continuous redevelopment of the neighborhood has created a mixture of architectural styles spanning much of the 20th century to the present day.
Shall we talk about LA, New York, Boston and San Francisco?
Soho in London, Chelsea, Manhattan in New York, the Castro area in San Francisco, Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., Boystown in Chicago, and Nollendorfplatz in Berlin.