Why is there no major cities in South Texas? (San Antonio: real estate, transfer)

[cocobolo]

cut me some slack

[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by TXperson

Wins the thread.

And I've heard of San Antonio being part of central Texas (usually being paired up with Austin ) more than I've heard it being part of south Texas. I always hear of McAllen, Laredo, Victoria, and Corpus Christi being part of south Texas.



You don't travel much, do you?

I lived in the Valley for years. Artsyguy has a point. Read the Monitor and the Valley Morning Star. Teach at a Valley school. Try convincing people it isn't backwards down there. It's a hard sell.

[theloneranger]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

Nobody wants to put up with the South Texas desert and backward culture.

Where the hell do you even live that you come up with this garbage? Apparently Austin is a conservative cesspool, Dallas is a liberal oasis, and apparently we're now supposed to believe that places like Corpus Christi and South Padre and Palmview are in the desert.

What the hell are you talking about? How the hell is their culture "backwards?" Are there not enough pride flags? Not a hopping gay scene? Is that your definition of "backward culture?" Because, otherwise, it sounds like a very racially insensitive remark, and there is absolutely no place for that here.

The Valley and Corpus have an almost tropical climate, about the opposite from a desert. There are palm trees and breezes and even a damn ocean.

So maybe you should get the hell out of Oak Lawn or Montrose or wherever the hell it is that you live and experience the real world at some point, because right now all you do is spout out bull**** that isn't true in the slightest and it makes me sick.

[theloneranger]

Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv

I lived in the Valley for years. Artsyguy has a point. Read the Monitor and the Valley Morning Star. Teach at a Valley school. Try convincing people it isn't backwards down there. It's a hard sell.

One, the Valley and South Texas are not synonymous.

Two, backwards compared to what? Excluding the colonias, which are an embarassment to our state and to the government which pretends they don't exist, the Valley has a very similar culture to the rest of the state. They speak English down there, they have houses down there, they have McDonald's down there, and I even heard a rumor they have flush toilets now.

How exactly is the Valley backwards? Corrupt, defintely. Latin-influenced, yeah. Laid back, probably. Backwards, I really don't know.

Just cause a place isn't New York or even Dallas doesn't make it backwards, it makes it normal.

[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by theloneranger

One, the Valley and South Texas are not synonymous.

Two, backwards compared to what? Excluding the colonias, which are an embarassment to our state and to the government which pretends they don't exist, the Valley has a very similar culture to the rest of the state. They speak English down there, they have houses down there, they have McDonald's down there, and I even heard a rumor they have flush toilets now.

How exactly is the Valley backwards? Corrupt, defintely. Latin-influenced, yeah. Laid back, probably. Backwards, I really don't know.

Just cause a place isn't New York or even Dallas doesn't make it backwards, it makes it normal.

Okay, let me count the ways for you:

-Nobody has insurance for their autos
-Many parents don't bother to put their children into car seats
-Schools will spend quadruple on high school football teams that have no chance in hell of going anywhere while cutting educational programs
-Hidalgo and Cameron county have two of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the nation
-The politicians. Not only are they corrupt, they do nothing for the area. Chicago has very corrupt politicians, but hey at least the city is beautiful and becomes better all the time
-The culture is not "Latin-influenced". It is a welfare culture where people are ENCOURAGED to use section 8, food stamps etc.

Do you want me to continue?

[The Man in SATX]

Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv

Okay, let me count the ways for you:

-Nobody has insurance for their autos
-Many parents don't bother to put their children into car seats
-Schools will spend quadruple on high school football teams that have no chance in hell of going anywhere while cutting educational programs
-Hidalgo and Cameron county have two of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the nation
-The politicians. Not only are they corrupt, they do nothing for the area. Chicago has very corrupt politicians, but hey at least the city is beautiful and becomes better all the time
-The culture is not "Latin-influenced". It is a welfare culture where people are ENCOURAGED to use section 8, food stamps etc.

Do you want me to continue?

The word "nobody" is kinda large.. I am willing to bet something that someone in the south has insurance... so you cant say "nobody". But where do you get your figures from? Is that any different from somewhere in the East where it apparantly isnt backwards? Try say New York City.. you think all of their wonderful citizens there have insurance.. Try again...

Car Seats... you think that is any different then lets say.. North Dakota? Chicago?? where are you getting your numbers from? What about Tennessee?

Football Teams.. I am sure that up in big H the football teams are well kept for also.. to me it appears a Texas tradition that most Texans are proud of.. spout some websites.. on who and where spends the most money on football..

Teen pregnancy.. where are the facts? You think they have a larger pregnancy rate?? larger then who? again spout some websites..


Politicians.. tell me where you get your information from corrupt politicians.. if you ask me.. ALL politicians are corrupt.. not just those in South Texas or any where else.. its all over the United States.. Even in Alaska...

Section 8 is factioned by all states everywhere.. not just down in Texas or South Texas.. there are people all over these wonderful United States that are "encouraged" to stay pregnant and live off of the States Cofers..

Please if your going to spout.. spout with dignity .. Heck have pride in your state.. you hail from Houston...

[texdav]

I have always thouhgt san antonio was divided between being south texas and central texas just by the culture really. Once you get to the northern part of san antonio is not much like the city itself.Once you get alttile further north it loses much of its spanish influence and has more german and other cultures.I am always shocked to see the culture difference in just a few miles once you leave san antonio.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by MrMcCoySays

What is San Antonio?

San Antonio is considered South Central Texas.

I think the OP meant cities closer to the bottom half of Texas like Corpus Christi & the Rio Grand Valley.

Corpus has always struck me as a place I would want to live the coastal life in Texas. Its an amazingly large city with a decent waterfront skyline as a backdrop.

Are there any White or Asian in the CC area, or is it mostly Latino?

I see Corpus as the next Texas city about to boom.

[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by The Man in SATX

The word "nobody" is kinda large.. I am willing to bet something that someone in the south has insurance... so you cant say "nobody". But where do you get your figures from? Is that any different from somewhere in the East where it apparantly isnt backwards? Try say New York City.. you think all of their wonderful citizens there have insurance.. Try again...

Car Seats... you think that is any different then lets say.. North Dakota? Chicago?? where are you getting your numbers from? What about Tennessee?

Football Teams.. I am sure that up in big H the football teams are well kept for also.. to me it appears a Texas tradition that most Texans are proud of.. spout some websites.. on who and where spends the most money on football..

Teen pregnancy.. where are the facts? You think they have a larger pregnancy rate?? larger then who? again spout some websites..


Politicians.. tell me where you get your information from corrupt politicians.. if you ask me.. ALL politicians are corrupt.. not just those in South Texas or any where else.. its all over the United States.. Even in Alaska...

Section 8 is factioned by all states everywhere.. not just down in Texas or South Texas.. there are people all over these wonderful United States that are "encouraged" to stay pregnant and live off of the States Cofers..

Please if your going to spout.. spout with dignity .. Heck have pride in your state.. you hail from Houston...

Obviously, you and I did not live in the same "Valley". If we had, you most certainly would not be lecturing me on spouting with dignity. The Valley has so much to spout on, Old Faithful is envious.

[The Man in SATX]

Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv

Obviously, you and I did not live in the same "Valley". If we had, you most certainly would not be lecturing me on spouting with dignity. The Valley has so much to spout on, Old Faithful is envious.

Nope didnt grow up in your valley... but I know one thing.. I wont spout out about facts when I have nothing to back it up.. I still do not see anything that backs up that South Texas is backwards.. or that most of its inhabitants run around without a dime to their name ... drive around without insurance... and basically.. live off of the welfare system...


U have pretty much put a cookie cutter description in that could easily be used anywhere in these lovely United States..

replace South Texas.. with New York City.. and you almost have the same thing.. or maybe we can replace it with Chicago.. heck.. lets go to California and insert Los Angeles. My point here is.. your description of South Texas.. pretty much covers a lot of our United States.. feel free to pick all of those cities out as well..