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Well that, and other regular people. Cowboy hats are RARELY ever seen in New England, so it was another culture shock to me.
They are rather rare here in Texas as well. What you see on TV on shows like Dallas is not reality.
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Texas is much different than New England, and for the worse. It's loaded with Republicans, extremely isolated cities,
Again with the isolation. I see you live in Granby, CT. According to google maps, you are 2 hrs from Boston and 2.5 from NYC. Also according to google maps, my home here in Pflugerville, TX (an Austin suburb) is 2.5 hrs from Houston and 2.75 hrs from Dallas. Please explain to me how such slight differences transform into "extremely isolated" cities. In fact, you live in the more isolated place since my town is much larger than yours.
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anti-gay politics
Such as? Gay marriage? No, not legal here yet. It will be shortly. It will be everywhere after the Supreme Court makes it so nationally.
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and has illegal immigration problems.
Texas is hardly alone in this. In fact, I think you'll find it occurring in your much loved northeastern cities as well.
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The climate is also quite extreme, with never-ending heat for 7 months straight, complete with intense humidity.
Yes, the climate is extreme. People move here in droves claiming they love the milder weather, and can't take another winter with all the snow. I actually agree with you. The weather here in the long summer sucks. But we seem to be the minority view on this.
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I didn't think the people were that friendly either.
I think they are quite friendly. However, if you displayed the same attitude in person that you do on this website, I'm not surprised they weren't so friendly to you.
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I think the landscape is stunning, however.
Really? Where did you go? Wasn't Houston, that's been established. Where the most people live, DFW, Austin, San Antonio, I wouldn't call the scenery stunning there. Where did you go?
They are rather rare here in Texas as well. What you see on TV on shows like Dallas is not reality.
Again with the isolation. I see you live in Granby, CT. According to google maps, you are 2 hrs from Boston and 2.5 from NYC. Also according to google maps, my home here in Pflugerville, TX (an Austin suburb) is 2.5 hrs from Houston and 2.75 hrs from Dallas. Please explain to me how such slight differences transform into "extremely isolated" cities. In fact, you live in the more isolated place since my town is much larger than yours.
Such as? Gay marriage? No, not legal here yet. It will be shortly. It will be everywhere after the Supreme Court makes it so nationally.
Texas is hardly alone in this. In fact, I think you'll find it occurring in your much loved northeastern cities as well.
Yes, the climate is extreme. People move here in droves claiming they love the milder weather, and can't take another winter with all the snow. I actually agree with you. The weather here in the long summer sucks. But we seem to be the minority view on this.
I think they are quite friendly. However, if you displayed the same attitude in person that you do on this website, I'm not surprised they weren't so friendly to you.
Really? Where did you go? Wasn't Houston, that's been established. Where the most people live, DFW, Austin, San Antonio, I wouldn't call the scenery stunning there. Where did you go?
Granby, CT is near Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA. Both of those metro areas combined have about 1.9 million people. And the main difference is that there is continuous urban and suburban development if you were to drive to NYC or Boston. In Texas, however, between the major cities, there's almost nothing but countryside. That's why central CT is not isolated and Texas cities are.
Texas is much different than New England, and for the worse. It's loaded with Republicans, extremely isolated cities, anti-gay politics and has illegal immigration problems.
And yet Houston was the first large city to vote in an openly gay person for Mayor. Oh, she also happens to be Democrat. For a state loaded with "Republicans.... and anti gay politics" you would think such thing would never happen in Texas.
Nah...It may be true that yuppies might live there and aspire to a certain lifestyle, but for the most part DC's burbs are pretty nice, and in part because many were pre-existing cities and towns that just happened to get overtaken by the DC morass. Chevy Chase, Alexandria, and other little places imho have plenty of character. Compare that to Charlotte's suburbs which are only there because of the growth (sprawl) of Charlotte. And Charlotte itself is what I like to call the 'downtown office park,' and you know exactly what I mean by that. An awesome place for sure, but designed more as a functional business center as opposed to a human-scaled, people-centric center. I think the unfortunate winners of this thread are Charlotte, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Orlando, or perhaps any number of glitzy convention cities in the sunbelt that rack it up when it comes to sprawlsy, plastic development.
Well I don't find them so dreadful, usually very high quality of life, big homes, good schools, little crime.
I see suburbs as a big sprawled out mess. Put me in a neighborhood with stores just a walk away, downtown being a 10 minutes away(enough to be able to see the skyline), and a subway system also just a walk away.
I see suburbs as a big sprawled out mess. Put me in a neighborhood with stores just a walk away, downtown being a 10 minutes away(enough to be able to see the skyline), and a subway system also just a walk away.
So basically, you want to live your whole life in a 4 sq mile bubble. I tried living in Manhattan for 2 yrs and it sucked. I felt trapped on the island 95% of the time and had no car to venture out to other places. I felt like I was living in a bubble and that was my whole world. It sucked.
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