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Old 07-30-2014, 06:13 AM
 
Location: Oil Capital of America
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And about those "International Airports"... just a joke. I used to fly weekly to Odessa from Houston and became friendly with the staff there on a first name basis, and I always used to go up and jokingly ask where the international gates were, or where the Customs check points were located. Their airport is an International airport, but only when they bring back criminals in custody, or receive emergency flights for injured, or sick people. Adding "International" to the airport name is like those "Color TV" signs on the old motels. But that was more than a few years ago, maybe they do serve Mexico, directly, does anyone know for sure?
Oh yeah? Well, Midland International will soon be America's only commercial airport that is also a spaceport. Kinda makes Houston's airport look like a joke. You could go to airport in Midland and ask them where the gates for the orbital flights are. Yuk yuk.

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Old 07-30-2014, 08:07 AM
 
Location: San Antonio
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The Panhandle: Amarillo, Lubbock
West TX: El Paso, Midland/Odessa, Fort Stockton, Marfa.
Central TX: Austin, Killeen/Temple, Waco, San Marcos, New Braunsfels
South TX: San Antonio, Laredo, Corpus Christi, Victoria, Kingsville.
East TX: Houston, College Station, Beaumont, Huntsville, Lufkin
North TX: DFW, Witchita Falls, Longview, Tyler
RGV: I consider it its own region with Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, McAllen, Edinburg, Rio Grande City, Zapata.

Floaters: Del Rio which can be Central or West TX. Abilene, which can be West or North TX, maybe even almost Panhandle. San Angelo, which can be West TX, or Central. Falfurrias, which can be South TX or RGV. Nacododges can either be East or North TX.

There's my two cents on things.
I'm not sure I agree with the bolded. Longview and Tyler are the epitome of East Texas and Nacogdoches is closer to Houston than Dallas. No way could it be North Texas
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Old 07-30-2014, 12:15 PM
 
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Oh yeah? Well, Midland International will soon be America's only commercial airport that is also a spaceport. Kinda makes Houston's airport look like a joke. You could go to airport in Midland and ask them where the gates for the orbital flights are. Yuk yuk.
Or you can ask how much for a dozen eggs.

Prairie chicken holds up Midland spaceport license | eaglefordtexas.com
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Old 07-30-2014, 02:31 PM
 
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Midland has no commercial international flights(I live in Midland).Sorry I quoted wrong post of yours.....I was just trying to answer your previous question.
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Old 07-30-2014, 04:12 PM
 
Location: Oil Capital of America
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Midland has no commercial international flights(I live in Midland).Sorry I quoted wrong post of yours.....I was just trying to answer your previous question.
No scheduled commercial international flights, there are international charter flights.
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Old 07-30-2014, 04:16 PM
 
Location: Oil Capital of America
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Heh, that's hilarious.
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Old 07-30-2014, 04:18 PM
 
Location: Who Cares, USA
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I'm not sure I agree with the bolded. Longview and Tyler are the epitome of East Texas and Nacogdoches is closer to Houston than Dallas. No way could it be North Texas
Yeah, I don't get that list either. I mean, Houston and College Station are East TX, while Longview and Tyler are North TX? That's just bizarre. College Station is more Central TX, albeit the Eastern edge of Central TX... and most people (the ones I know at least) consider Tyler and Longview as pretty much the very essence of East TX.

Someone posted a color-coded map a few pages back in this thread, that broke down the different sub-regions of Texas pretty accurately. This one:

Why in the world aren't there any big cities in Western Texas?-image.jpg

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Old 07-31-2014, 09:44 AM
 
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Besides the lack of water, one has to consider the history of settlement in Texas.
Exactly. I lived in San Angelo for 20 years... great town, but not enough water to support growth.
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