What is it about Texas?

JMUduke · #1 08-02-2002, 09:47 AM

Hey, so I was watching a tv show last night about the Cowboys, and watching the cheerleaders prep, and I was thinking about Texas. Everyone I have met from there loves it to death, and there are so many things I have heard and seen that make it seem like Texas is not just an ordinary state...and although there is one chick I extremely dislike from there, I was curious as to what is it about Texas that makes it the way it is.............???

Tell me! BTW, I'm not from the west...I am an east coaster all the way...

DWAlphaGam · #2 08-02-2002, 09:54 AM

I'm also a die-hard east coast person, but I recently went to Texas to visit family. I got a bottle of water in the Houston airport, and it said on the label "Don't mess with Texas." I thought that was freaking hysterical. It made me think of SNL when Will Ferrell used to do George W. So, this really has nothing to do with your question, but that's my random Texas story.

JMUduke · #3 08-02-2002, 09:57 AM

see it is things like that i just don't get...im not texas bashing, don't worry...i just have seen so many people with "life's too short to not be a Texan" bumper sticks, people with their Texas license plate frames, my mom went there and came back with cowboy boots...what gives?? I have NEVER seen another state with something like, "Life's too short to not be a Rhode Islander..."...I really don't get it.

justamom · #4 08-02-2002, 10:02 AM

TEXAS! It has EVERYTHING!
Climate-snow to tropical
Geography-hills-plains-beaches
Economy-high tech-ranches-oil-big business
Style-International-Big City (Dallas Market) to country casual
Medical-They boast of 3 or 4 top medical sites in the country (Houston/Galveston)
Entertainment-First Class shows to Austin City Limits
Food-Limitless selections, 4 star to that great local diner.
beef, fresh seafood
Sports-hunting, fishing (deep sea or fresh water) sailing national teams-football baseball...
Education-top notch colleges-UT, Baylor, A&M, Rice...

The list goes on and on. If you can't find it in Texas, you're not looking!

Optimist Prime · #5 08-02-2002, 10:27 AM

Well...Texas has sand. According to Greek Chat you can shoot some one to protect your properity, but only after dark. If you do that in the day time you're a murderer. Also they have cows. Moo. Scotland can wait, but i must see texas

douthit · #6 08-02-2002, 10:31 AM

Being from a place that shares a good bit of cultural identity with Texas, I would have to agree that it is one cool place! I was visiting San Antonio last summer for my fraternity's Grand Convention, and it was so much fun! Too bad that they said the week I was there was the hottest in like twenty years

From an outsiders perspective, I think Texans, like Montanans, cherish their "wild" and "different" personalities and culture. And that's why us from the Big Sky state are kind off pissed sometimes when rich folk from California bust in and yuppify the last best place.

No offense intended to any californians!

JMUduke · #7 08-02-2002, 11:24 AM

hey, VA is pretty cool too

sororitygirl2 · #8 08-02-2002, 12:04 PM

Texas still doesn't have the Rocky Mtns. though!

moe.ron · #9 08-02-2002, 12:21 PM

Or Garbage Plates

texas*princess · #10 08-02-2002, 12:42 PM

As you might have been able to tell.. I'm from Texas

Born and raised. Even though I've lived here all my life, I have been to other parts of this great country we belong to, and yet, I always find myself wanting to come back to the Lone Star State. We have anything and everything you could possibly ask for

mountains... hills... the BEACH!... snow... desert heat in south texas... palm trees... and all those other trees that i don't know the names of ...an extremely huge population of many diverse cultures.. theme parks... big music city of austin... of course the famous 6th street... countless universities... huge metro areas with super big companies, small rural towns with "mom and pop stores"... football... baseball... and basketball...miles and miles of an endless highway to just drive, sit back and enjoy the scenery... and incredible history (not that any other states don't have an awesome history, but heck, we even used to be our country!) maybe that's why we love it here so much.. we like to be "unique"

Although i can't speak for everyone, I like to think most of us have an overwhelming sense of pride in where we live.

ChiOJenn78 · #11 08-02-2002, 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by Optimist Prime
Well...Texas has sand. According to Greek Chat you can shoot some one to protect your properity, but only after dark. If you do that in the day time you're a murderer. Also they have cows. Moo. Scotland can wait, but i must see texas

Roflmao!! This is so funny-I'm so embarrased, I'm at work right now-in the hospital-and I just read this and burst out laughing, and all the peole in the nurses station stared at me.

On a side note-the shooting people when they come into your house thing-it doesn't work if ou invite them in first.

And also-the music here rocks!! Texas music-such as Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Jack Ingram, etc-is so unique-you can't hear it anywhere else. They sing about topics that are unique to Texas alone-and everyone who lives here can relate to it. Mr. ChiOJenn, who just moved to North Carolina is missing the music-he told me that you can't hear it up there.

And, I will agree with what Hootie said-that if the event didn't happen here in Texas, and doesn't affect us in some way-we don't really pay attention to it.

And-before I write the great American novel here-I will say this-you will never eat better Mexican food ANYWHERE then you will down here. It's just not possible.

texas*princess · #12 08-02-2002, 12:58 PM

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Originally posted by ChiOJenn78

And also-the music here rocks!! Texas music-such as Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Jack Ingram, etc-is so unique-you can't hear it anywhere else. They sing about topics that are unique to Texas alone-and everyone who lives here can relate to it.
And-before I write the great American novel here-I will say this-you will never eat better Mexican food ANYWHERE then you will down here. It's just not possible.

ChiOJenn, AMEN to that!!! It's all about the Texas music!!! And it's soooo true about the Mexican food. I went to a restaurant in Missouri earlier this summer and it was just not the same!!!

dzsaigirl · #13 08-02-2002, 02:21 PM

I was born, raised, and lived my entire life up until one month ago yesterday in the beautiful state of Texas. I actually love it so much that I am tearing up right now...I am relocated to Providence, RI.

There is so much to love about Texas. The people, the places, the culture, the food. The things that make Texas great make it that way because there is no other place on earth where you can find all of those things together. There just isn't. It is like a magic combination of things that add up to so much more...a whole greater than the sum of its parts.

Everything is bigger in Texas. This is something that is heard everywhere. And...it is pretty much true. One thing in particular: Servings of food. In TX, they serve up your plate until there is no plate showing. Everywhere you go there are free refills. You can go to Taste of Texas and break the steak eating record to get your dinner for free. God bless TX!

In TX, you can make idle conversation with anyone. Say, your sacker at the grocery store. You do this up here and they look at you like you are hitting on them or something! People actually get startled when you say thank you or call them ma'am...in TX, it is standard protocol. Also, since I got here, the only doors that have been held open for me were either held by my husband or they were automatic doors...quite odd...

Texas just has an irresitable charm that is addictive. When you are raised there, you go through withdrawl. I cannot wait to go back. Can you believe that on sidewalk.com, Taco Bell is listed under Mexican Restaurants in Providence...gimme a freakin' break!
And I have been to Mexico...the Mexican food in TX is better!

So until I can get my next fix of Blue Bell...until I can get a sizzling plate of fajitas at Papasitos...I will be pining away for my home. And yes, it still is my home. Because you can take me out of Texas, but you can't take the Texas out of me!

ChiOJenn78 · #14 08-02-2002, 03:03 PM

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Originally posted by dzsaigirl

In TX, you can make idle conversation with anyone. Say, your sacker at the grocery store. You do this up here and they look at you like you are hitting on them or something! People actually get startled when you say thank you or call them ma'am...in TX, it is standard protocol. Also, since I got here, the only doors that have been held open for me were either held by my husband or they were automatic doors...quite odd...

This is so true!! I went o college in Washington, D.C. and people there act like this too. It was a shock when I moved-in Texas, if I'm walking down the street, I smile at people who walk by-everyone does that. But in D.C., I noticed that people don't look at other people's faces. And once, when my ex was visiting me at college, he was walking around Georgetown, and stopped a lady to ask for directions. Before she answered him, she grabbed her purse and held it closer to her.

People are just so much friendlier down here!!

texas*princess · #15 08-02-2002, 03:57 PM

Yay! Just reading all the cool stuff about Texas makes me smile !