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Old 12-10-2008, 12:16 AM
 
Location: DFW Texas
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In your opinions, what is Texas' most "country town like" city with a population over 100,000?

You can use many options like,
no traffic
amount of agriculture tied to the city
scenery
citizens mentality
religion
or anything else you feel makes a city feel more "country town like".

My votes would go to either Waco, Abilene or Wichita Falls......What do you think?

Last edited by TXTwizter; 12-10-2008 at 12:18 AM.. Reason: punctuation
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Old 12-10-2008, 05:10 AM
 
Location: Kaufman County, Texas
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San Angelo or Abilene would be my vote. Both are still very in touch with their agricultural industries, and proud of their Texan and western heritage. Both also host excellent stock shows and PRCA rodeos!
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Old 12-10-2008, 10:34 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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San Angelo and Abilene, obviously, would be up there. Another city to consider is Corpus Christi. Not the entire city is like this, granted, but areas in the Tuloso-Midway and Calallen ISDs are. The Nueces County Junior Livestock Show is the largest single-county junior livestock show in the nation. No traffic in Corpus Christi, either.
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Old 12-10-2008, 05:33 PM
 
Location: Hutto, Tx
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All the above and add Tyler.
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Old 12-10-2008, 09:02 PM
 
Location: Texas
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no doubt....San Angelo, Abilene, Wichita Falls. Waco

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Old 12-10-2008, 10:16 PM
 
Location: Rockport Texas from El Paso
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Amarillo - you have to count the cows as population though- redneck isolated and everyone thinks the same - remember the case of the kid murdered at school who had the mohawk jury didn't think it was so bad - cause punk kids don't belong there.
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Old 12-10-2008, 10:26 PM
 
Location: Houston
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San Antonio without a doubt. 100k is arbitrary. If we're talking about a population center that hasn't lost the character of its origins, it's definitely San Antonio. Otherwise we're just talking about cities of 100-200k people who remain underdeveloped.

(Fiesta!!)
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Old 12-10-2008, 10:28 PM
 
Location: DFW Texas
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San Antonio without a doubt. 100k is arbitrary. If we're talking about a population center that hasn't lost the character of its origins, it's definitely San Antonio. Otherwise we're just talking about cities of 100-200k people who remain underdeveloped.

(Fiesta!!)

I think we could also maybe add Ft Worth to the list as well. And BTW being a "country town like" CITY, is not necessarily a bad thing!
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Old 12-10-2008, 10:30 PM
 
Location: Houston
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I think we could also maybe add Ft Worth to the list as well. And BTW being a "country town like" CITY, is not necessarily a bad thing!
Definitely not! I love Ft. Worth.
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Old 12-10-2008, 10:33 PM
 
Location: DFW Texas
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Definitely not! I love Ft. Worth.
The reason why I mention Ft Worth, is IMO it still has a small town feel, despite having 750K people. After all Ft Worth STILL has the Stockyards! I like Ft Worth too, don't get me wrong, but I still think it has a country town feel mixed with a big city flair!
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