Dallas v. Houston - which is more "liberal"? (Roma: live in, stats)

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

Yeah my BIL is from there and he has to leave the house when we are cooking the black-eyed peas. He thinks they stink. We think they smell delicious! Same thing with some friends of mine originally from Indiana.

Oh man, there is not much in this world that smells better than an old fashioned Sunday Texas/Southern kitchen. Fried chicken and black-eyed peas and okra and greens....and oh man, here we go with food again...

Sorry, y'all...but I can inhale that heavenly aroma from memory! LOL

[wade_word]

Now what difference should it make regarding whichever of these two places is more liberal, left-leaning, and left-winging than the other? You all know that Austin's going to beat both of them, anyway, and plus, it is much weirder. Lotsa luck there.

[catman]

Asking whether Dallas or Houston is more liberal is like asking whether a sloth is faster than a turtle.

[MS.DEE]

Originally Posted by RamblinKat

I am going to vote for Houston as more liberal. I have lived there in the past but have not lived in Dallas. Just basing it on having lived in Houston. I think Houston is more sophisticated, because it is a more wordly place and isn't so texocentric. Being a port city, Houston has wordly influences and knows it isn't the center of the entire planet. I think it makes it more accepting to try new things and ways. I think the Dallas people are too into themselves and their city. JMHO.

First of all is "WORLDLY" not "WORDLY", second of all, what is 'texocentric". Any Texan, any one of us, are proud of where we come from but surely you dont mean Houston is more sophisticated with all of the ropers, and boots and ten gallon hats in every direction. Galveston is a Port City not Houston. I am a Texan who has lived in both cities, I love Dallas, I like Houston but Houston is way more country than even its local hick towns. You can find a multitude of diversities anywhere in the city.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by MS.DEE

First of all is "WORLDLY" not "WORDLY", second of all, what is 'texocentric". Any Texan, any one of us, are proud of where we come from but surely you dont mean Houston is more sophisticated with all of the ropers, and boots and ten gallon hats in every direction. Galveston is a Port City not Houston. I am a Texan who has lived in both cities, I love Dallas, I like Houston but Houston is way more country than even its local hick towns. You can find a multitude of diversities anywhere in the city.

Houston is country? First I ever heard that. Maybe for a New Yorker it would be. In fact, I find Dallas a bit slower in pace and a bit more country than Houston.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by MS.DEE

... but surely you dont mean Houston is more sophisticated with all of the ropers, and boots and ten gallon hats in every direction. Galveston is a Port City not Houston. I am a Texan who has lived in both cities, I love Dallas, I like Houston but Houston is way more country than even its local hick towns. You can find a multitude of diversities anywhere in the city.

Everything you're saying is very strange.
Where in every direction are the boots/hats you speak of?
How is the city more country than the "hick towns"? Doesn't make sense.
And Houston does have its own port. One of the busiest in the country.
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Port of Houston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Texas Mack]

Originally Posted by MS.DEE

First of all is "WORLDLY" not "WORDLY", second of all, what is 'texocentric". Any Texan, any one of us, are proud of where we come from but surely you dont mean Houston is more sophisticated with all of the ropers, and boots and ten gallon hats in every direction. Galveston is a Port City not Houston. I am a Texan who has lived in both cities, I love Dallas, I like Houston but Houston is way more country than even its local hick towns. You can find a multitude of diversities anywhere in the city.

Way to kill credibility in record time.

[Lakewooder]

Hey Urban Cowboy was a big hit...

[portyhead24]

This will help answer this question to a large extent. If you check out the info for the two cities on this site, you'll see the results for the 2004 presidential election for both cities.

For Dallas:

49% Kerry

50% Bush

For Houston:

45% Kerry

55% Bush

So a small percentage more in Dallas voted Democrat as opposed to Houston. But that's hardly proof that one is more liberal than the other. The argument is futile and pointless. The cities have a lot of diversity and many different types of people. I'd rather there be a more even split than some other extreme city. Comparing Houston to Dallas is like comparing North Dakota to South Dakota, not that much difference. They're both pretty much on the same level in more ways than they differ. Deal with it and just love your state for what it is.

[Lakewooder]

For instance, my area of Dallas would be much more liberal than many parts of Austin.