Lakewood-based writer Sarah Hepola was raised in the Dallas area, and for most of her life, she hated our city. The Salon editor’s latest column for the Morning News is a love letter to Dallas.

The former New York City resident says she thinks it’s a great time to live here:

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“And Dallas is becoming a city that feels more like me. All my friends have been talking about it, what a good time this is to live in Dallas: The parks downtown, the food trucks, the bike lanes, the new Shepard Fairey murals. Sometimes I think we’re just telling ourselves this stuff to feel better about living here, and then I think: What’s so wrong with feeling good about living here?”