California is alot like Texas like many ways. (San Diego, Atascadero: military, shop)

[ragnarkar]

Originally Posted by terryclinker

California and Texas are alot alike in many ways.

1. They're both Southwestern states
2. They're both warm all year round
3. They both have a city thats polluted, but otherwise awesome, extremely populated, and are on a coast (LA for CA) (Houston for Texas)
4. Both have some of the fastest growing economies in the world.
5. They're both giant in size.
6. They both have alot of Mexican culture
7. They both make good Mexican food
8. Both states were part of Mexico.
9. Both have a state they make fun of right outside of them that start with the letter O (Oregon for California, Oklahoma for Texas)

Its true.... California and Texas are practically brothers.

Most people think of California and Texas as being worlds apart and I kinda agree. But CA and TX are far more similar to each other than, say, compared to the Northeast. Keep in mind not all of CA is Los Angeles, San Francisco, or San Diego. Likewise, not all of Texas is Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. I'd say someone living in the Northeast would be in for a huge culture shock when moving to either CA or TX.

[ringwise]

Originally Posted by terryclinker

California and Texas are alot alike in many ways.

1. They're both Southwestern states
2. They're both warm all year round
3. They both have a city thats polluted, but otherwise awesome, extremely populated, and are on a coast (LA for CA) (Houston for Texas)
4. Both have some of the fastest growing economies in the world.
5. They're both giant in size.
6. They both have alot of Mexican culture
7. They both make good Mexican food
8. Both states were part of Mexico.
9. Both have a state they make fun of right outside of them that start with the letter O (Oregon for California, Oklahoma for Texas)

Its true.... California and Texas are practically brothers.

Only if you discount the large portion of CA that gets snow.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by ringwise

Only if you discount the large portion of CA that gets snow.

And Amarillo, TX.

[cBach]

Having LIVED in both, I can assuredly say they are NOTHING alike.

[Bert_from_back_East]

Originally Posted by ragnarkar

Most people think of California and Texas as being worlds apart and I kinda agree. But CA and TX are far more similar to each other than, say, compared to the Northeast. Keep in mind not all of CA is Los Angeles, San Francisco, or San Diego. Likewise, not all of Texas is Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. I'd say someone living in the Northeast would be in for a huge culture shock when moving to either CA or TX.

Years ago, I would've said that someone from the Northeast would be in for a huge culture shock by moving to Texas, at least relative to California.

Now, I would say it's the other way around - someone from the Northeast would be in for a bigger culture shock by moving to California.

Of course, this is largely due to the fact that non-Hispanic whites are approaching super-minority status in California at the hands of legal and illegal Asian and Hispanic immigrants and their "anchor-baby" children.

Most people from the Northeast are - at the very least - third-, fourth- or fifth-generation white non-Hispanic Americans and would have absolutely nothing in common with first- and second-generation Asian and Hispanic immigrants in California who neither identify with nor support our traditionally American values, customs or traditions. And don't forget, the Northeast is American as apple pie.

Now that the most of the second-generation Italian/Irish/Polish/Jewish-Americans from the Greatest Generation are gone, the Northeast for, perhaps, the first time in centuries is actually very multi-generational American. This is made apparent in the increasingly conservative voting trends of the region.

[cBach]

Originally Posted by Bert_from_back_East

Years ago, I would've said that someone from the Northeast would be in for a huge culture shock by moving to Texas, at least relative to California.

Now, I would say it's the other way around - someone from the Northeast would be in for a bigger culture shock by moving to California.

Of course, this is largely due to the fact that non-Hispanic whites are approaching super-minority status in California at the hands of legal and illegal Asian and Hispanic immigrants and their "anchor-baby" children.

Most people from the Northeast are - at the very least - third-, fourth- or fifth-generation white non-Hispanic Americans and would have absolutely nothing in common with first- and second-generation Asian and Hispanic immigrants in California who neither identify with nor support our traditionally American values, customs or traditions. And don't forget, the Northeast is American as apple pie.

Now that the most of the second-generation Italian/Irish/Polish/Jewish-Americans from the Greatest Generation are gone, the Northeast for, perhaps, the first time in centuries is actually very multi-generational American. This is made apparent in the increasingly conservative voting trends of the region.

Umm, no. Most people in NYC for instance are from other countries. Perhaps in rural Maine or Vermont there are fifth generation Americans but most of the large cities have just as many immigrants as the West Coast, the composition is just different.

[PedroMartinez]

California has the better weather and topography.

Texas is more affordable.

California has a better beach lifestyle.

Texas has warmer water.

California has more scenic places.

Both states have a lot going for them.

[mtnbkr5]

[quote=Lovehound;4430751]Actually Texas is in the Southwest

Incorrect. The Southwest if exclusively Arizona and New Mexico. Cali is West Coast and Texas is, well......


TEXAS!!!

[7stringguitarguy]

10. There are both "trendy" or "hip" states and over the last few decades both have had waves of implants move in from other parts of the US... For Texas its mostly Californians. And For California its US citizens from everywhere trying to escape the cold in the US. Actually the same could be said about Florida but. anyway.

[webdev]

California is dry heat
Texas is humid heat

California is expensive
Texas is not as expensive

California has a terrible business climate.
Texas is far more business friendly.

California has crumbling highways and infrastructure
Texas overall has good infrastructure and roads.

California has more scenic areas.
Texas is not as scenic as California.