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Originally posted by PurdueGirlie
I'm seriously considering moving to Dallas for grad school. Well, Dallas (SMU) or Denton (UNT).... and I think it's funny because whenever I tell people that, they are shocked. All my friends are like, "But you're a yankee! They'll chew you up and spit you out!"
But... I don't know. I don't think so! I think it's kinda cool how Texans ADORE Texas. I mean, it's like... I can't even explain it. I mean I like Michigan, but honestly, I'd never go around wearing a shirt that says "Don't Mess With Michigan". I think I would like living somewhere like that where everyone just loves being there.
Just one problem. I am afraid the humidity is going to kill me... and my hair! I hate when my naturally straight hair decides to get a little wavy in really humid weather.
And I didn't know that so many people knew about this Pat Green guy. Maybe that's just yet another Texas thing. My friend in Dallas (a Delt alum at UT) told me about some of his songs. And he actually said that "Southbound 35" reminds him of me... haha. I have that song burned on a CD in my car and when it comes on and I'm belting it out, if I have friends in my car... they just look at me and laugh.
I also have this really cute shirt from Gap (where I work!) that says Texas on it and it has a little slit in the front. And whenever I wear it, people always ask me about it and compliment me on it.
Are there any northerners turned Texans on here? What do you guys think? Was it a big adjustment moving there?
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Baby, come on down. We'd love to have ya.
You'll get used to the humidity. I came from far NW Texas where there was NO humidity. South Texas kicked my ass the first summer. But you keep tellign yourself that its an OK tradeoff (if you live in South Texas) becasue you'll have PLENTY of 70-75 degree days in November and December. Makes it all worthwhile.
I would have traded my soul to live someplace that I can wear shorts almost year round.
Everyone here knows Pat Green. Everyone under 35 that is. (Age, not freeway, lol)
We welcome yankees. (To us, a yankee is ANYONE from north of the Red River (Border between TX and Oklahoma). Honestly, no one from Dallas is from Dallas. They are all from somewhere else. So you'll find lots of fellow yankees. Same thing with Austin. Just the influx of yankees to Austin happend in the 70's & 90's. Dallas' influx of yankees happened in the 80's.
I was in Tenneesee a few weeks ago and saw a guy with a UT (Texas, the REAL UT) shirt on. I made a mad dash across the bar to shake his hand. He was from Houston and it was REALLY good to see a Texan in the crowd. It actually made me feel liek I had soem family up there with me. 'Cause to us, all 21 million of us are family. We look out for each other. (when were not trying to kill each other on the freeway., lol) Its just what we do.