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I've lived in the west and the south and totally agree with this assessment.
To me another difference is that while there are a lot of transplants in the larger cities in both the south and the west, there are a lot of transplants in the smaller towns of the west. Even those that are native to those areas only go a few generations back at most with the exception of some hispanic and native American people.
It's hard to make a generalization about big groups of people in regions.
Based on my personal experience though I've found that Southerners tend to have more of a collective mindset while Westerners are very much individualistic.
They are friendly enough out West but don't go out of their way to wonder about what the neighbors are up to, lol.
Everyone's just thinking, "Texas has cowboys, Texas must be the West!" I mean, West Texas is definitely The West, but Austin's nothing like California or Arizona or even West Texas.
Everyone's just thinking, "Texas has cowboys, Texas must be the West!" I mean, West Texas is definitely The West, but Austin's nothing like California or Arizona or even West Texas.
Even in Alabama, cowboy hats, boots, and flannel button-up shirts are common but it doesn't make it Western.
Most of Texas that is east of I-35 looks more like Iowa and Indiana than West Texas.
The outdoor scenes in the movie "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" was filmed in Central Texas although the story took place in Iowa. If the movie had been filmed in West Texas, they wouldn't have been able to fool the viewers into thinking they were looking at outdoor scenes of Iowa country side.
I have run into so many people who were visiting Austin and Texas for the very 1st time and were totally surprised that Austin and Texas is so green and lush and humid while they were expecting it to be flat as a pancake, brown and dry as a desert, no trees, and looking like it's fxn to blow away.
I think Texas starts to take on a Western look west of US Highway 281.
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