Where does it begin...? (Austin, Abilene: 2011, agricultural, trees)

[solytaire]

I always wondered: Why is there a Deep East Texas but not a Deep West Texas?...Or is it just that people refer to Deep West Texas as "Far West" Texas?...I dont know..It's just something that always confounded me...

[case44]

Originally Posted by solytaire

I always wondered: Why is there a Deep East Texas but not a Deep West Texas?...Or is it just that people refer to Deep West Texas as "Far West" Texas?...I dont know..It's just something that always confounded me...

That's just the unique thing about Texas. We categorize our regions and everything is just steeped in tradition.

[solytaire]

Originally Posted by case44

That's just the unique thing about Texas. We categorize our regions and everything is just steeped in tradition.

Thats so true. and its probably about the best answer one could give...The very fact that we are referring to regions of Texas as "East" Texas & "West" Texas is proof that tradition in Texas is almost law and is completely divorced from what the rest of the country thinks is proper terminology.

It never even crossed my mind in all these years that "East Texas" or "West Texas" was supposed to be incorrect until an out of stater refused to refer to "East Texas" by anything other than "Eastern Texas"...and I promptly told her that: Sweetheart, thats just not gonna work.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by solytaire

I always wondered: Why is there a Deep East Texas but not a Deep West Texas?...Or is it just that people refer to Deep West Texas as "Far West" Texas?...I dont know..It's just something that always confounded me...

I don't know, but that is what I have always heard.

To me, a WT desert rat born and bred, "Deep East Texas" fits the region, especially south and central east Texas. The heavy vegetation, thick tree cover and general lushness just say "deep" to me.

WT is wide-open and spread out, and you can see for miles. I don't get the closed-in feeling that I do in east Texas. For some reason, if the vegetation is really heavy, it is smothering...and the high humidity adds to the "deep", if that makes any sense.

This is not meant to put down east Texas at all. To an east Texan, I'm sure that my WT seems like a barren desert!

[solytaire]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

I don't know, but that is what I have always heard.

To me, a WT desert rat born and bred, "Deep East Texas" fits the region, especially south and central east Texas. The heavy vegetation, thick tree cover and general lushness just say "deep" to me.

WT is wide-open and spread out, and you can see for miles. I don't get the closed-in feeling that I do in east Texas. For some reason, if the vegetation is really heavy, it is smothering...and the high humidity adds to the "deep", if that makes any sense.

This is not meant to put down east Texas at all. To an east Texan, I'm sure that my WT seems like a barren desert!

Yeah Cathy, thats a very rational explanation actually...I too would surmise that "Deep" means "deep into..."subsequently Deep East Texas = Deep in the woods maybe?

Its just that if Texas was settled from east to west, one would think that the further west you travel into Texas, the deeper into Texas you might be: Hence a "Deep West Texas"?...lol I'm just being facetious now but was just something to mull over..

[sjlcu]

Late to the party....but~

having lived in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Nacogdoches, Canyon Lake, Tyler, Athens, and Granbury...and having traveled ALL over the great state...and to further confuse matters

I personally consider East Texas to include Athens, Canton, Palestine, Tyler, Van, Lindale, and Jacksonville.

Deep East Texas would be Rusk, Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Chireno, Crockett, Grapeland, Lovelady, Henderson.

North East Texas would be Sulphur Springs, Lone Oak, Quitman, Mineola.

In my opinion Longview/Marshall isn't even part of East Texas but that's more of a vibe thing! West Texas begins just past Hillsboro! Central Texas begins at Waco! But without a shadow of a doubt ATHENS is in EAST TEXAS and Granbury is in WEST TEXAS

Stacie

[NOTAM]

the only one i dont agree with is your placing GRANBURY in "WEST TEXAS".
nope! no way. nothing about Granbury resembles West Texas.
Granbury has more in common with the Hill Country area here than anything.
i place Granbury in North Central Texas.
now, Breckenridge/Albany/Throckmorton, i'd say that is more West Texas but not even, to even categorize these areas as West Texas is really really stretching it...but DEFINITELY not Granbury by any stretch of the imagination....anyone agree?

Originally Posted by sjlcu

Late to the party....but~

having lived in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Nacogdoches, Canyon Lake, Tyler, Athens, and Granbury...and having traveled ALL over the great state...and to further confuse matters

I personally consider East Texas to include Athens, Canton, Palestine, Tyler, Van, Lindale, and Jacksonville.

Deep East Texas would be Rusk, Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Chireno, Crockett, Grapeland, Lovelady, Henderson.

North East Texas would be Sulphur Springs, Lone Oak, Quitman, Mineola.

In my opinion Longview/Marshall isn't even part of East Texas but that's more of a vibe thing! West Texas begins just past Hillsboro! Central Texas begins at Waco! But without a shadow of a doubt ATHENS is in EAST TEXAS and Granbury is in WEST TEXAS

Stacie

[solytaire]

Originally Posted by sjlcu

In my opinion Longview/Marshall isn't even part of East Texas but that's more of a vibe thing!

Stacie

I sometimes think the exact same thing...lol..Both Marshall & Longview have a bit more of a NW Louisiana/Shreveport thing goin on. Whereas the rest of Upper East Texas is kind of just an extension of the rest of Texas

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by solytaire

Yeah Cathy, thats a very rational explanation actually...I too would surmise that "Deep" means "deep into..."subsequently Deep East Texas = Deep in the woods maybe?

Its just that if Texas was settled from east to west, one would think that the further west you travel into Texas, the deeper into Texas you might be: Hence a "Deep West Texas"?...lol I'm just being facetious now but was just something to mull over..

Yep, that covers it, LOL!!

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by bellestaroftexas

the only one i dont agree with is your placing GRANBURY in "WEST TEXAS".
nope! no way. nothing about Granbury resembles West Texas.
Granbury has more in common with the Hill Country area here than anything.
i place Granbury in North Central Texas.
now, Breckenridge/Albany/Throckmorton, i'd say that is more West Texas but not even, to even categorize these areas as West Texas is really really stretching it...but DEFINITELY not Granbury by any stretch of the imagination....anyone agree?

I definitely do, Miss Belle. I agree with what has been said by many of us about a Vernon to Seymour to Abilene line being the eastern most extension of TRUE West Texas.