The person you are responding to almost certainly never traveled overseas and if he was educated in Texas he wouldn't know anything about the rest of the world he didn't happen to see on the news.
The person you are responding to almost certainly never traveled overseas and if he was educated in Texas he wouldn't know anything about the rest of the world he didn't happen to see on the news.
Where is the highest mountain east of the Rockies in the U.S.?
Why TEXAS of course!
Yeah great. Having the tallest mountain east of the Rockies is like being the world's tallest midget.
Texas?! Only two things come from Texas...
Experience and a special place in my heart. Not sure how I missed this thread.
It's funny to me the folks on here who are jealous or have a narrow mind when it comes to a state that offered a lot. I spent most my young adult days from the great state of Texas. It's where I got my first real respectable job, life experiences and met my future husband. I will always have a special place in my heart for Texas. You'd be amazed how many great cities are out there. I still have friends whom I met 20 some years ago, still living there and we still talk few times a year. Best, trustworthy friends to date.
No need to hate on Texas...
Yeah, if Texas was so bad, then why are our highways and cities littered with license plates from all over the country?? Because their sorry-assed state could give the job that Texas can. Don't like it, then go home.
I'll attempt to answer the original question which was "why are texans so proud to be from texas?"
In Texas the elementary,middle, and high schools tend to focus more on their state history and culture compared to most other states in the US and this awareness of state history and culture tends to inspire more pride. Also much of this teaching usually puts Texan history in a very positive light ( i.e. the evil Mexicans attacked the outnumbered Texans at the Alamo) but ignores much of the negatives which gives Texans the feeling that their state is superior.
Also keep in mind Texas is obviously a very big state with many job opportunities when compared to most other or all other states in the US. Because of the mass geographic size and large amount of opportunities in the state many Texans never have to leave the state and if they do have to leave they do so for a short period of time (most of my extended family falls into this category). This lack of "outside exposure" tends to breed a bit of a superiority complex as it would for most people. One must only look at the fact that the most over the top patriotic people, whether to his state or country, usually are the least well traveled.
That being said I have lived in Austin for 10 years, Dallas for 4 years, and Houston for 6 years and Texas is a pretty good place to live. Nice weather for most of the year, affordable quality of life, good sports, and the people are nice. However if I could live anywhere in the world would I choose Texas? No. And I think that most relatively well traveled people would agree with this.
I'm Kenyan so I don't really care which state Americans come from, they're just American to me. But I'll say this, even as a non-American, I'm still aware theres a Texas flag and know what it looks like (the one with the big star). Sort of like I know about the English, Scottish or Welsh flags from the UK or the Basque or Catalan flags from Spain. I don't know if New York, California or any other US state have state flags, and if they do, I wouldn't be able to pick them out from a bunch of random patterns on curtains at a supermarket. This is how I know Texas and Texans are distinct.
The Texas flag is just the Chilean flag with a printing error.
All states have state flags. Many of them are just bland and stupid with some ensign on a solid (usually dark blue) background. I'm from Virginia and I hate our flag. I like the California state flag. It's got a cool campy quality to it and the history behind it is great. (There never actually was a "California Republic".)
You're missing the point. Those other state flags are not waved in peoples faces enough for even foreigners to know what they are. Only Texas does this.
jingo wrote:
You're missing the point. Those other state flags are not waved in peoples faces enough for even foreigners to know what they are. Only Texas does this.
Exactly. I live in Texas. I've been here for 8 years. I couldn't believe how many Texas flags and Texas everything there was when I first arrived. Don't even notice it now.
Texas is everywhere. Budweiser has a Texas logo on their bottles and cans. There are Texas addition brand new trucks by Ford (I think it's Ford). Texas stuff EVERYWHERE.
It doesn't bother me. It's just different. People here definitely have some pride. Nothing wrong with that.
I will say though that if I move out of Austin I'll move out of Texas. Some cool small towns around the state but I'm not a small town guy and the other Texas cities are nicer than most people think but don't interest me.
No DeBeers Wannabe wrote:
It has often been suggested that the United States be broken down into seven Regions rather than 50 States. Logical?
Nope, but two or three makes sense.
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman wrote:
Texas?! Only two things come from Texas...
*polishes magnificent horns*
Coach D wrote:
Outside of Austin, Texas is just a bunch of redneck hicks and the rest of us can do quite nicely without their arrogance. Trust me, we wouldn't miss you, and please take your Village Idiot and keep him there.
You obviously don't know much about the importance of Houston in the medical field, seeing as most doctors in the US will live in Texas at some point, and it has seen many medical milestones (Denton Cooley, a Houstonian, implanted the first complete artificial heart in Houston). Also, (Queen) Beyoncé is from Houston, and the UGK (from Houston) were a major component in the Southern Rap movement.
Considering they rank 50th in percentage of high school graduates, Texans simply don't know any better.
Why did it take you three years to come up with this reply.
The big knock on Texas is the electorate. They elect politicians with really dumb ideas.
If we're forced to choose the best state based on a lot of factors Texas actually would win. There are certainly a lot of folks who are ignorant about the state and thus assume everyone there is a redneck. Especially the lib heavy letsrun who cares mostly about coffee shops per square mile.
Two lousy Jackass prezs wrote:
Two lousy Jackass prezs are from Tx, LBJ, and W. Bush.
Every true Texan knows that Bush is not from Texas.
Dumbfounded Transplant wrote:
I just moved to Dallas, Texas from Portland, Oregon and I have noticed a trait among most texans, they are VERY proud to be from Texas and for the life of me I can not understand it.Texas is a so-so place to live (I'm sure there are worse) but it's nothing special and I haven't even been here in the summer yet in which I heard it gets incredibly hot. I've lived in Colorado, Califorina, and Oregon and I think all these places are better to live in then Texas but the people there dont have nearly the pride that they do here. So my question is why do texans have so much pride in being from Texas?
Considering you're from the "tree hugging" states, no wonder you can't understand the pride from Texans...;) I believe they are hard working folks who take pride in family and their community. No need to go to Starbucks or the Whole Foods place when you can get economical products/produce for reasonable prices. Plus no state tax either. Just saying.
The most hilarious part of this thread is someone from Oregon calling Texas "so-so." You're from Oregon, you should thank your lucky stars you are anywhere else.