It sounds too much like "parasite" for me to be comfortable using it. I'm assuming some random person made it up. It's okay to just say "people of/from <place>", guys.
replyBut then you lose extra important information from words like "masshole."
replyHaving grown up in Dallas, I usually just say "Texan" and call it a day.
replyDallasians?
Dallasers?
Dallaslets?
replyDallards?
Dalwegians?
replyDallonians
replyDallazens
replyDallamites, Dallsatians
replyWhat's your better suggestion? Dallasonian? Dallaser? Dallasan?
replyAlso, do you have the same issue with the demonyms Manhattanite or Seattleite?
Seattleite is fine, it is close to satellite
replyI live here and use Dallasian myself
replyTexas -> Texan
Kansas - Kansan
Honduras -> Honduran
replyIt should be Dallan?
better than "cityofhate" which is what we're called most of the time.
replyIn all fairness, I've noticed people here in Dallas/TX are indeed more racist than the East and West coast cities, esp. towards brown people.
replyUnderstandable, I'd also hate to live in Dallas /s
replyDallmatians
replyI like North Texans
replyI thought it was a typo, or strange url at first.
replyI'm with you on this and this is something I brought up on Dallas subreddits before moving here and got downvoted to oblivion.
reply "Dallasite" sounds like "parasite". Dallasian/etc. would be better.