Now Let's Have The Other Side. (Abilene, Gatesville: middle school, deal, teacher)

[GearJammerOne]

Excuse me for jumping in here, but I have a vested interest in Texas myself. The thing about this thread that struck me was that even though I am from Colorado, I have made comments on the Colorado Page about the California Invasion into my state and I get reprimanded by the admin! My point is...if you are a transplant into Texas and don't like it there, or if you are even a native Texan and don't like it there...there is a simple solution. This is America, you can move away as quickly as you want! I personally love the Lone Star. Sure...it may not have the mountain beauty that we have, or the great elk hunting, but I admire Texas for the instilling of state pride in each resident. It would behoove other states to take that example and emulate it with its own citizens! If you aren't proud of where you came from, don't villify Texans for being proud...they have reason to be.
Nuff Said!

[TexasGirl@Heart]

Originally Posted by GearJammerOne

Excuse me for jumping in here, but I have a vested interest in Texas myself. The thing about this thread that struck me was that even though I am from Colorado, I have made comments on the Colorado Page about the California Invasion into my state and I get reprimanded by the admin! My point is...if you are a transplant into Texas and don't like it there, or if you are even a native Texan and don't like it there...there is a simple solution. This is America, you can move away as quickly as you want! I personally love the Lone Star. Sure...it may not have the mountain beauty that we have, or the great elk hunting, but I admire Texas for the instilling of state pride in each resident. It would behoove other states to take that example and emulate it with its own citizens! If you aren't proud of where you came from, don't villify Texans for being proud...they have reason to be.
Nuff Said!

Great post!

[johnbain]

"Believe it or not, Texans are the most tolerant people one will ever meet"....that is a bunch of bull...when I first moved to TX...people cut me down for being born in California, for living in other places I lived in, for putting ketchup on my damn hamburger...they said I was weird because I used ketchup instead of mayo...I could go on and on...now keep in mind all my experience was in SOUTH TEXAS...not the entire state...there are good people and bad people in every state......and I have done a lot of living and visiting of many states during my time...there is nothing wrong with being proud but thinking you are the best at everything it total bull s _ _ t. NO state is the best at everything. Every state has pros and cons.

[Canine*Castle]

My experience is in central Texas and tolerance is not prevalent in my neck of the wide-open spaces either for the most part anyway. Rural small town where people are impatient and quite rude.

And regarding pride mentioned.......Too much pride is not good; most people are aware of that.

[johnbain]

Central Texas also? Very interesting.

[TexasHorseLady]

Yes, that IS interesting, given that I live in Central Texas and have for some decades (while also living in other parts of the state), and my experience of it is quite different.

We do all, of course, bring a bit of ourselves to our experiences of areas, in Texas and elsewhere. No personal experience with others exists in a vacuum made up only of them and not us.

[love roses]

I live in Central Texas too. I don't see this either. Growing up in rural sort of south east texas, I didn't find the people in my town impatient and rude. In fact, they were pretty laid back. The only thing I did notice was the distinction made between the "haves" and "have nots". Although, the haves weren't necessarily super rich and the have nots weren't really dirt poor either. The "haves" tended to be local business owners and the "have nots" were employees.

[love roses]

Believe it or not, Texans are the most tolerant people one will ever meet"....that is a bunch of bull...when I first moved to TX...people cut me down for being born in California, for living in other places I lived in, for putting ketchup on my damn hamburger...they said I was weird because I used ketchup instead of mayo...I could go on and on...now keep in mind all my experience was in SOUTH TEXAS

This seems kind of weird to me too. Not saying noone gave you a hard time, because I believe there may have been one or two people who did it, but I seriously doubt every person you came across did this. My mom grew up in Sinton/Corpus Christi and LOVES ketchup on burgers and never told stories about being harassed for it. My dad grew up in Pleasanton and is a hot sauce fanatic. I'm a mustard person myself. And aside from a few people saying, "Yuk, I don't like mustard" I haven't heard a cross word.

I think people from California are just targets anywhere they go, doesn't matter what State it is. I don't know why this is because on a one to one basis, I haven't met one I didn't like. It must just be that people see the uber militant liberal side of things there, and all the intrusive laws, etc...that they don't like and don't want in their states and are afraid that with all the people moving from there they will want to bring the same intrusive laws with them.

[KerryB]

Honestly, people who have been here for decades (or their entire lives for that matter) probably shouldn't post their experiences because they have no basis for things. And it does come off a bit one-sided, wouldn't you say?

Really, you gotta talk to people that have moved around a bit. And not moved around 30 years ago then retied here. I mean fairly recently, because places change. And traveling doesnt count. You cant get a feel for a place by only spending a week there.

[houstoner]

Originally Posted by johnbain

"Believe it or not, Texans are the most tolerant people one will ever meet"....that is a bunch of bull...

Seriously. I'm not buying that one either.