Texas

[Babalonian]

you mean besides hawaii right?

This.     Texans.

Actually there were four, California, Vermont, Hawaii and Texas.  Hawaii and Texas were the only two recognized internationally.  Hawaii was overthrown whereas Teaxs was not, so in the end, Texas was the only one that was a country when it elected to become a part of the United States.

Fred

So... you're sayin', like the French, you went willingly?   

*ducks n covers*

OK, good humor aside, Texans are some of the most patriotic people in this nation, horns n' all.

[AHTbolt]

They lied to us told us if we joined the union we could have sheep! That worked out well, Hookem Horns. Its 2:33 and OU still sucks!

[wojo71]

In Texas road signs, speed limits etc are just so visitors can get around and for us completely optional.  Hell, even  highway on ramps and off ramps are unnecessary to those of us who live here. . Leave DFW  and drive to El Paso some time you had better be doing 90+ or you will be run over!   not much better driving south to Houston   

[Skuzzy]

You have to remember that about 80% of the people living in Texas are transplants from other states and countries.

So if you are living in California, complaining about Texans, you are probably complaining about someone from California. 

Not our fault.

[sluggish]

I rather enjoyed the time I spent in Texas.  I wouldn't mind living there.  My wife, on the other hand, thinks the state is full of pistol packing cowboys and that there's shootouts on every corner.  The prospect scares her.

[tmetal]

well maybe not every corner, we have to have some place to tie up our horses.

[AHTbolt]

Dont forget the sheep roaming the streets. And only about a third of us carry guns.

[Babalonian]

You have to remember that about 80% of the people living in Texas are transplants from other states and countries.

So if you are living in California, complaining about Texans, you are probably complaining about someone from California. 

Not our fault.

Have you ever driven from one end of this state to the other and stopped for a cup of coffee in every town along the way?  Texas not burning down to the ground last year was a miracle - California's defiance to political self-implosion for over a century though... now that's what endows all us natives with our trademarked hollier-than-thou blissful mentality.... well that, and the pot.

[Skuzzy]

I was not taking a shot at anyone.  

Truth is, I am envious of all those people who sell thier 1100 square foot, zero clearance lot homes for a million dollars and move here and buy a 3,000 square foot home on a 1/2 acre for three hundred thousand, or so.  A number of states fall into that area.

Still, it is playing havoc with our image.

And to answer your question;  Yes I have been all over California.

[chaser]

It was 65 degrees at 4am this morning when I let the dogs out to do thier thing, at 7:30am when I took the kiddo to school and left for work it was 48 degrees and still falling.  As the saying goes "don't like the weather in Texas?, wait a few minutes and it will change."

lol typical bipolar Texas weather. It was about 80 here yesterday and about 45 today with windchills in the low 30's.

Tomorrow morning its suppose to be around 25 with windchills in the 10's with a high of 52. Then we're supposed to go right back to beautiful weather in the 60's for a couple days and then a cold day and then in the 70's for a few days! 

[bmwgs]

This.     Texans.

So... you're sayin', like the French, you went willingly?   

Sorry, doesn't matter to me.  Born in Alabama, and raised in Tennessee. So I am not a true Texan, just a long term resident.   

Fred

[Ardy123]

Still, it is playing havoc with our image.

explain...

My understanding is that many states enjoy the money the 'outsiders' bring with them, but that the love affair ends there.

[Babalonian]

I was not taking a shot at anyone. 

Truth is, I am envious of all those people who sell thier 1100 square foot, zero clearance lot homes for a million dollars and move here and buy a 3,000 square foot home on a 1/2 acre for three hundred thousand, or so.  A number of states fall into that area.

Still, it is playing havoc with our image.

And to answer your question;  Yes I have been all over California.

It is attractive, at that price and cost of living, even I could have a house of my own if I had the job out there.  But call it the Californian in me, I just don't see where the profit off your investment is to be made in it.

You being from California Skuzzy, you can verify for me with your opinion better than anyone.  Are these new dream homes in Texas the same "little private pieces of suburbia" that the rest of this country has already been building and stockpiling for decades, located a convenient 30-90minutes outside the main central mass of our major cities/hubs?  If they are, then I have a second honest question for you: what is Texas gonna do different in the next 20-30 years than what the entire nation just tried for the last 20-30?

Sorry, doesn't matter to me.  Born in Alabama, and raised in Tennessee. So I am not a true Texan, just a long term resident.   

Fred

<insert rhetorical begging of the question> 

<insert rhetorical patriotic clench-firsted responce> 

explain...

My understanding is that many states enjoy the money the 'outsiders' bring with them, but that the love affair ends there.

Yeah.....  even I'm not touching that one with a 10-foot pole.  Election season is upon us, afterall.  I already know that I'm going to need all the luck and good graces I can get on this board....  and then the primarys will be over.

[1sum41]

 

[AHTbolt]

explain...

My understanding is that many states enjoy the money the 'outsiders' bring with them, but that the love affair ends there.

Texas is about as friendly a place you want to move to, just like other sates there are some places are more friendly than others but those places are few. The only problems I have ever seen is when someone moves in from out of state is, that they expect things to be just like, run like, or act like where they came from. Remember your new neighbors have guns and the Castle doctrine is the law of the land. Be nice, get to know your neighbors and let them get to know you and we will give you the shirt off our backs.