Yea..you are living in the wrong city...even though I live basically in downtown dallas I can be in great (dirt) riding country in 20 minutes...I prefer street bikes, a hooligan I am...HA, HA...I love riding a wheelie down the toll road at 80+mph...scares the shit out most people in their cars...
I friend of mine bought a couple new KTM dirt bikes that we ride...the best of these are you can wreck them, pick it up and keep on going. Everytime I have wrecked on my street bikes it has either totaled the bike or cost shit load to fix...plus the trip to hospital ain't fun either...