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10-06-2008, 01:45 PM
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How many people become "TEXANS"
I see alot on the forums about the number of transplants moving..
To Dallas,Houston,etc I have Family that moved south of Dallas in the early 80s from Nebraska. And They are as Texan as you can get. How many transplants become Texans? Im sure its common for someone young or maybe from the mid-west... But probably next to never for someone from Chicago or NY. I havent lived in Texas for a while.Do the transplants outnumber natives.. In many places? 
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10-07-2008, 03:09 PM
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It may seem like transplants outnumber native Texans but they actually don't. Some may argue that a person is not actually Texan unless he/she is born here.
 But it sounds like your family has developed a genuine Texas "state of mind". 
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10-07-2008, 05:58 PM
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Everyone here is either an immigrant or descended from one, so who are the native Texans? For me the whole concept of birthright is BS.
If you live here and truly embrace Texas for what it is you become a Texan. But if you're just another Californian who is here for the cheap cost of living, for example, you are really just a Californian with a Texas driver's license.
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10-08-2008, 01:51 PM
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Many people, not just in this state or even in this country, take pride in where they were born. Your opinion on the concept of birthright is just that - your opinion. In other words, that's fine for you, but as for me and other like-minded Texans, we love our state and even though we didn't have a choice in the location of our birth, we're Texan by the grace of God. And that's MY opinion.
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10-08-2008, 02:05 PM
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yay blueskies!
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10-08-2008, 02:36 PM
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I agree, Blueskies. The question was, however, whether someone can become a Texan although not born here.
My opinion on birthright is based on the notion that some people feel that, because they were born here, they have some kind of silly ownership and can otherwise look down on those who were not. That's BS!
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10-08-2008, 02:42 PM
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I was born in Virginia, moved to Florida at 13 and moved to Texas at 19. I've been in Texas over 30 years. I'm more Texan than anything. I wasn't born here, but I sure wouldn't call myself a Virginian or a Floridian. I consider myself Texan - what anyone else wants to call me is their problem!
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10-08-2008, 03:03 PM
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10-09-2008, 11:17 AM
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10-09-2008, 05:01 PM
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Not really a secret here since I've said it on here before: But, I was the only person in my immediate family NOT born in Texas, but they still kept me
 I think if someone sticks around, say about 10 yrs. then they are pretty much set here and can safely be called Texans.
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