My cultural map of Texas (Houston, Dallas: college, oil, title)

[Texas Liberal]

Originally Posted by homeinatx

I am largely in agreement, though Texafornia is too large. The entire northern half should be called Texahoma, until Waco. Texafornia for me is geographically smaller, and demographically larger and more dispersed: only Dallas, Harris and Travis counties. Tejico goes further east than Bexar county and continues along the coast till at least Matagordas county where it meets Texassippi, and the Hill country counties are worthy of their own designation: Texakraut perhaps?

I think those changes make sense. Would Texakraut be the area of Germanic influence? If so, maybe we could make a play on the name Saxony. Texony? Too esoteric?

[Spade]

Cool Map. I would put Houston in Texafornia though.

[Texas Liberal]

Originally Posted by Spade

Cool Map. I would put Houston in Texafornia though.

Yeah, I will move it to Texafornia. I originally put it in Texassissippi because of its "Southerness".

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

My only suggestion would be that Collin and Denton counties belong in Texafornia simply because the area is heavily Californianized and tons of Californians (such as myself) live there. Tarrant county could go either with Texahoma or Texifornia. Dallas county definately belongs in Texafornia.

[ReppingDFW]

Originally Posted by Philip T

Collin County has a fair amount of Pride-in-Ignorance . . . and that is the Mississippi hallmark.

There's a large amount of people from California here... not to mention we have a couple In-N-Outs.

[OpenD]

Originally Posted by Texas Liberal

Yeah, I will move it to Texafornia. I originally put it in Texassissippi because of its "Southerness".

No way Houston belongs in Texafornia. T'ain't right.

As Jerry Jeff Walker famously put it more than 25 years ago, Austin is the Easternmost city in California.

And Houston is the Westernmost city in Louisiana.

[7ry1an3]

Houston needs to be its own called Houstonational.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by OpenD

No way Houston belongs in Texafornia. T'ain't right.

As Jerry Jeff Walker famously put it more than 25 years ago, Austin is the Easternmost city in California.

And Houston is the Westernmost city in Louisiana.

I can agree with Houston being in Texisiana more along with Beaumont and Port Arthur. It's basically the sliver of land and counties along I-10. Demographically (no matter how "new" it is, it's still present) and culturally to an extent, Houston is different from East Texas and especially Deep East Texas.

[TexasReb]

TexasLiberal? I mean it as compliment that you put some great thought and deliniations into this map as you see it. (in fact, hell, I wish you would let those of us who do NOT know... how we can draw them ourselves! LOL).

Anyway, with the exception of Texicippi (which equals Deep South) and the "Tejico" regions? It seems like you are drawing topographical regions rather than cultural ones

With the former, you did a very good job (IMHO). I just DO have to ask? What is Texakota? What cultural connection is it and with what other states? What does it mean and what is the connection?

Texansas? There is something to be said for that one...if by the terminology, it means an association of shared settlers and attitudes more akin to the Plains Midwest than the Plains South. Plains South. Just as in "Western South" it makes a difference. Nothing bad, nothing wrong,...just a simple and extremely distinct historical/cultural difference.

If I were from Kansas? I would say the same thing from the opposite direction....

[Texas Liberal]

Originally Posted by TexasReb

TexasLiberal? I mean it as compliment that you put some great thought and deliniations into this map as you see it. (in fact, hell, I wish you would let those of us who do NOT know... how we can draw them ourselves! LOL).

Anyway, with the exception of Texicippi (which equals Deep South) and the "Tejico" regions? It seems like you are drawing topographical regions rather than cultural ones

With the former, you did a very good job (IMHO). I just DO have to ask? What is Texakota? What cultural connection is it and with what other states? What does it mean and what is the connection?

Texansas? There is something to be said for that one...if by the terminology, it means an association of shared settlers and attitudes more akin to the Plains Midwest than the Plains South. Plains South. Just as in "Western South" it makes a difference. Nothing bad, nothing wrong,...just a simple and extremely distinct historical/cultural difference.

If I were from Kansas? I would say the same thing from the opposite direction....

You give me too much credit. I didn't put great thought into this first map. I just started with some very broad strokes and figured I could improve the map with the input of the forum.

Tekota - I felt like the Permian Basin area was kinda similar to the Dakotas. Both have low populations densities and an oil boom going on.

Same thing with Tensas, I felt like the Panhandle area was similar to Kansas and Nebraska with more of a reliance on agriculture, and I liked Tensas better than Tebraska, but either would work I think.

So that was my rationale, but I am very open to suggestions for version 2.0 of the map.