Where I Live: Texas Man Writes Completely Euless Essay

Arlington TX

17 January, 2022

11:06 AM

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By The FWR Staff, Fort Worth Report January 15, 2022 Euless. The neglected middle sibling of the HEB acronym (Hurst-Euless-Bedford) popular among locals. Ask a Realtor, and they are just as likely to categorize it as part of the "Grapevine-Euless area." Mention it to practically anyone from outside of the Mid-Cities, and they'll probably just respond with, "Where?" Or some variation of the profoundly original pun shamelessly exploited in the above title. But fear not, geographically challenged Texan! Allow me to make some introductions. If you consider yourself a legal geek, trivia fan, or ascribe to a Afro-Cuban folk religion, you may be interested to know that a Euless resident and Santeria priest won a lawsuit against the city not long ago in Merced v. Kasson, and declared "Sic semper Tarrant-is!" (according to some). The landmark 2009 ruling ordered that Mr. Merced could continue conducting ritual animal sacrifices in his home temple, thus guaranteeing the religious liberty of certain pantheists, while striking fatal blows to (literally) bleeding-heart goats everywhere. Geographically, the city of Euless is situated in the northeast portion of Tarrant County. By car, it takes about 25 minutes to get to the center of Dallas and roughly the same amount of time to reach the center of Fort Worth. However due to some very clever boundary drawing, we actually share a boundary with the city of Fort Worth along our southern extremity. Our western boundary touches Bedford, as well as Colleyville and Hurst to a smaller extent, while our easterly neighbor also happens to be the second-largest airport in the United States. Glade Road marks the boundary between Euless and Grapevine to the north, and it's a good thing, too, or you could be forgiven for not being able to tell them apart, given the current state of Grapevine's vineyards. This area is serviced by State Highway 121, and for these reasons, our northernmost neighborhood is sometimes called Glade 121. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.