Is Texs in the Southwest or South? (Houston, Dallas: living in, rated)

[AZLiam]

Originally Posted by NYC1DAY

I have no clue. I have never been to San Antonio. The only Texas city that I have been to is Dallas and I enjoyed it

Well, I think San Antonio has more in common (IMO) w/ the Southwest, but geographically, I'd say it is South-Central.

[e2ksj3]

Texas is too massive to put it in either of these categories. It really has elements of both regions. Houston is humid and muggy and has more in common with New Orleans than it does with hot and dry El Paso, which has more in common Albuquerque or Tucson.

[First24]

San Antonio is definately a hybrid of the South and Southwest. Still leans more Southern though.

Houston - South
Dallas - South/Midwest
Ft Worth - South/Midwest/Southwest
Austin - South/West Coast <-(maybe a stretch)
El Paso - Southwest

[Spade]

Originally Posted by e2ksj3

Texas is too massive to put it in either of these categories. It really has elements of both regions. Houston is humid and muggy and has more in common with New Orleans than it does with hot and dry El Paso, which has more in common Albuquerque or Tucson.

It has not only elements of the Southeast and Southwest. But elements of the Midwest and Mexico as well. You'd be surprised how much Dallas has in common with Kansas City and Kansas City is very Midwest. If you must put it in a region, it is South. It however never will be known as a Southeastern state. Most of Texas is Southern. Only El Paso is Southwestern. However, I do not look at cities like San Antonio and Austin as Southern cities and just about anyone from the Deep South that would take a visit to the city would probably say the same. Fort Worth is the same way. Dallas is Southern but not as Southern as Jackson, Birmingham, or Montgomery. Houston is the same way but more Southern than Dallas. When you hit the line stretching from Beaumont to Lufkin to Tyler, than you know you are really in the South.

Simply put...Texas is Texas. It's too big to place it in one region. But if you must, it is Southern (well the majority of it).

[()_T]

Originally Posted by Dangerfield

San Antonio is definately a hybrid of the South and Southwest. Still leans more Southern though.

Houston - South
Dallas - South/Midwest
Ft Worth - South/Midwest/Southwest
Austin - South/West Coast (maybe a stretch)
El Paso - Southwest

Ft Worth Southwest? No.

Houston-South
Dallas-South/Midwest
Ft Worth-South/Midwest
Austin-Southwest/South
San Antonio-Southwest/South
El Paso-Southwest

[theSUBlime]

Originally Posted by Dangerfield

San Antonio is definately a hybrid of the South and Southwest. Still leans more Southern though.

Houston - South
Dallas - South/Midwest
Ft Worth - South/Midwest/Southwest
Austin - South/West Coast <-(maybe a stretch)
El Paso - Southwest

I find San Antonio much more Southwestern in nature, but mostly for cultural reasons. Eitherway, Texas has a little bit of everything, seeing as it geographically cuts into all of those regions.

[thePR]

I wouldn't consider any part of Texas Midwestern.

[First24]

Originally Posted by ()_T

Ft Worth Southwest? No.

Houston-South
Dallas-South/Midwest
Ft Worth-South/Midwest
Austin-Southwest/South
San Antonio-Southwest/South
El Paso-Southwest

Well, Ft Worth touts itself as 'Where the West begins'. Strangely; while only 31 miles apart, you can feel a distinct demarcation between the cultures of Dallas and Ft Worth.

I tend to agree with Spade's assessment 'Texas is Texas', but for the sake of answering the OP's question I chose sides.

[NYC1DAY]

Originally Posted by Dangerfield

Well, Ft Worth touts itself as 'Where the West begins'. Strangely; while only 31 miles apart, you can feel a distinct demarcation between the cultures of Dallas and Ft Worth.

I tend to agree with Spade's assessment 'Texas is Texas', but for the sake of answering the OP's question I chose sides.

You could not be more right. I loved Dallas, but there is no way that I could live in Ft Worth and be happy

[Spade]

Originally Posted by thePR

I wouldn't consider any part of Texas Midwestern.

If you consider that Nebraska, Kansas, The Dakotas, and Iowa are Midwestern. Then you'd better realize that the Panhandle of Texas is just as similar if not identical in feel and culture to those same Midwestern states.