Fort Worth  is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas with a population of over 600,000 and a Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area (commonly called the Metroplex), population of 6.8 million in sixteen counties. 

Fort Worth's downtown has Sundance Square, named after the infamous Sundance Kid. Sundance Square is a 16 block entertainment center for the city. 

The Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District offer a taste of the old west and the Chisholm Trail  at the site of the historic cattle drives and rail access. The District is filled with restaurants, clubs, gift shops and attractions such as daily longhorn cattle drives through the streets, historic reenactments, the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame  and Billy Bob's, the world's largest country and western music venue. 

Fort Worth was the fastest growing large city in the United States from 2000-2006 and was voted one of "America's Most Livable Communities."