Any western type towns to visit near Conroe? (Houston, San Antonio: school, vs)

[Zoo2000]

You can go to Bandera--cowboy capital of the world--but that's a 3.5 hour drive...
If you're considering La Grange, you might as well go to San Antonio ... Wimberly is fantastic too and has a 'western/Texas' vibe

[Weatherguy]

I always get such a laugh when people from out of state are fixed on stereotypes. There's nothing "western" about the Houston area, and if they're looking for the kinds of towns they see in TV westerns, they need to just keep watching TV. Otherwise, they'll be disappointed.

Regarding the Fort Worth stockyards, that's a touristy place where stereotypes are presented to thrill those seeking the stereotypes. But it's fun.

[KyleCS]

Originally Posted by westres1

Old town Spring and the Strand in Galveston come to mind but I would not say they are "western" with cowboys and gunslinger stories. Galveston is very historical with museums, dining and you can watch the cruise ships go in and out at Olympia Grill while having a nice cocktail. Take a dolphin sightseeing cruise or Steamboat dinner cruise.

Houston is more Southern than Western as far as culturally.

I think there are more exciting things to do in Downtown Houston or The Museum District than in some town with a couple of dusty antique store and a diner.

Many people are studious and students of western history and have an affection for it. If you do not, fine. But I enjoy it. <><

[979Texan]

This thread is more proof you should have to pass an intelligence test to use the internet.

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

There's the town of Cut and Shoot, Texas, about 7 miles east of Conroe, population about 1500 I am guessing. It doesn't look necessarily "western", but the name sounds like it could be a town in the west. The old west. The wild west. Outlaws all around. I heard it's a rough town. I heard they sell brass knucks in the cigarette machines and they close the bar on Sundays just so they can pump the blood out of the basement.

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

I don't think Texas "feels" Western until you get a little bit West of Austin, the Balcones Escarpment, in the Hill Country.

Lampasas, west of Waco, feels Western. Corscicana, east of Waco feels Southern.

Marble Falls and Llano, northwest of Austin, feels more Western. Bastrop and Lochhart, southeast of Austin, feels more Southern.

Pretty much any city located east of Interstate 35 feels like the South. The further east of Interstate 45 you get, the more it feels like the Deep South.

[KyleCS]

I believe you are correct, sir. <><

[PinkLadyK]

Originally Posted by 979Texan

This thread is more proof you should have to pass an intelligence test to use the internet.

I guess, but then the content of the internet would drop by 98.9%.

[Thoreau424]

Gotta go much farther west to.... get to the west. Travel on now, get on down the road; head towards the late afternoon sun.

[Reefmonkey]

Originally Posted by Ghost Town

...But is there any chance to find Eastern type of town (Chinese or Korean type) in Texas? We have pretty much everything in Texas, even Stonehenge-2 near San Antonio, but I would like to see some Eastern type town as well.

Bellaire Blvd between Fondren and Hwy 6, aka Chinatown.