Why are Texas people so proud? (Austin, Denton: buying, place to live, gardens)

[Bo]

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Originally Posted by nycricanpapi

I do not want to bash TX or anything, I just want a straight answer on why the Texas people are so proud from being from TX. I would appreciate if you guys do not get offended by this question, and I also would appreciate if someone can answer my question. Thanks

[WillysB]

Originally Posted by nycricanpapi

I do not want to bash TX or anything, I just want a straight answer on why the Texas people are so proud from being from TX. I would appreciate if you guys do not get offended by this question, and I also would appreciate if someone can answer my question. Thanks

The need to ask the question is an answer to itself.

[**NoodLes**]

One reason: Texas Country Reporter. Have a good day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Bfz...eature=channel

[TexasTheKid]

I just finished John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley in Search of America, and if anyone really wants to gain any slight understanding of why Texans are so fundamentally Texan and proud of it, I strongly urge you to read the first chapter of section four in that book. And, it's a hell of a lot better written than anything gracing the digital pages of City-Data.

[catman]

Well, in defense of city-data, it never pretended to be great literature. My answers as to why Texans are so proud are that (1) it was once independent, (2) it is very large and has many different landscapes and cultural influences, and (3) lots of popular myths concerning historical figures and Texans in general.

[doctorjef]

catman, that is probably the most succinct, accurate summary of the basis of Texan pride. The history of independence, the vastness and the diversity of Texas all contribute to a sense of unique pride and devotion on the part of Texans toward their state.

[TexasTheKid]

Originally Posted by doctorjef

catman, that is probably the most succinct, accurate summary of the basis of Texan pride. The history of independence, the vastness and the diversity of Texas all contribute to a sense of unique pride and devotion on the part of Texans toward their state.

And that pretty much sums up Steinbeck's take on it, though he says it much more floridly.

Originally Posted by catman

Well, in defense of city-data, it never pretended to be great literature.

Maybe that tagline that read, "City-Data: Eat your heart out, Tolstoy" was all in my imagination.

You know, I rather like that.

[catman]

Originally Posted by TexasTheKid

Maybe that tagline that read, "City-Data: Eat your heart out, Tolstoy" was all in my imagination.

You know, I rather like that.

I like it too!

[ramixon]

A good reminder!

>
> ENJOY AND BE PROUD.
>
>
>
>
> TEXAS
>
>
>
> Have you ever looked at a map of the world?
>
> Look at Texas
> with me just for a second. That picture, with the
> Panhandle and the Gulf Coast , and the Red River
> and the Rio Grande is as much a part of you as
> anything ever will be. As soon as anyone anywhere
> in the world looks at it, they know what it is.
> It's Texas . Pick any kid off the street in
> Japan and draw him a picture of Texas in
> the dirt, and he'll know what it is. What happens
> if I show you a picture of any other state? You
> might get it maybe after a second or two, but who
> else would? And even if you do, does it ever stir
> any feelings in you?
>
> In every man, woman and child on this planet, there
> is a person who wishes just once he could be a
> real live Texan and get up on a horse or ride off
> in a pickup. There is a little bit of Texas in
> everyone.
>
> Texas is the Alamo . Texas is 183 men standing in a
> church, facing thousands of Mexican nationals, fighting
> for freedom, who had the chance to walk out and
> save themselves, but stayed instead to fight and
> die for the cause of freedom.
>
> We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and
> James Bowie and Davy Crockett, and do you know why?
> Because those men saw a line in the sand and they decided
> to cross it and be heroes.
>
> John Wayne paid to do the movie The Alamo himself.
> That is the Spirit of Texas .
>
> Texas is Sam Houston capturing Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana at
> San Jacinto.
>
> Texas has huge forests of Piney Woods like the Davy Crockett
> and Sam Houston National Forests.
>
> Texas is breathtaking mountains in the Big Bend .
>
> Texas is the unparalleled beauty of bluebonnet fields in the Texas Hill Country.
> Texas is floating the rivers of the Hill Country on a hot summer day.
> Texas is the beautiful, warm beaches of the Gulf Coast of South Texas .
> Texas is beaches you can drive on and have many memorable bonfires with close friends.
> Texas is that warm feeling you get when someone asks where you're from.
> Texas is the shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas.
>
> Texas is world record bass from places like Lake Fork .
> Texas is Mexican foods like nowhere else, not even Mexico .
> Texas is chicken fried steak and world famous Bar-B-Q.
>
> Texas is the Fort Worth Stockyards, Bass Hall, the Mort Myerson in Dallas, The Ballpark in Arlington, the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, the American Airlines Center in Dallas, and the Astrodome (the Reliant Stadium now) in Houston.
>
> Texas is larger-than-life legends like Michael DeBakey,
> Ann Richards, Denton Cooley, Willie Nelson, Buddy
> Holly, Gene Autry, Audie Murphy, Tommy Lee Jones,
> Waylon Jennings, Farrah Fawcett, Janis Joplin,
> Sandra Bullock, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Landry,
> Eva Longoria Parker, Darrell Royal, ZZ Top, Roger Staubach
> Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell, Nolan Ryan, Sam Rayburn,
> Howard Hughes, George H. W. Bush, Lyndon B.Johnson,
> George W . Bush, and let's not forget GEORGE STRAIT,
> the Big Bopper, Tex Ritter, George Jones,
> Clay Walker, Mark Chestnut, and Tracy Byrd to name
> ONLY a few.
>
> Texas has great companies like
> Dell Computer, Texas Instruments, EDS and Compaq,
> Whataburger, Southwest Airlines, Bell Helicopter, and
> LOCKHEED MARTIN AEROSPACE, Home of
> the F-16Jet Fighter and the JSF Fighter,Valero.
>
> Texas is NASA.
> Texas is huge herds of cattle, beautiful horses and miles of crops.
> Texas is home to the world famous King Ranch.
>
> Texas is home to the most amazing sunsets of gold over an empty field.

>
> Texas is skies blackened with doves and fields full of deer.
>
> Texas is a place where towns and cities shut down to watch the
> local high school football game on Friday nights
> and for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football at
> the new Cowboy Stadium, and for the Night
> In Old San Antonio River Parade in
> San Antonio .
>
> To drive
> across Texas is to drive 1/3 the way across the
> United States .
>
> Texas has ocean beaches,
> deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies,
> and modern cities.
>
> If it isn't already in Texas , we probably don't need it.
> No one does anything bigger or better
> than it's done in Texas.
>
> By federal law,
> Texas is the only state in the U.S. That can
> fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. Flag.
> Think about that for a second. You fly the Stars
> and Stripes at 20 feet in Maryland , California ,
> or Maine , and your state flag, whatever it is,
> goes at 17 feet. You fly the Stars and Stripes in
> front of Klein Oak High or anyplace else at 20
> feet, the Lone Star flies at the same height - 20
> feet. You know why? Because its the only state
> that was a Republic before it became a state.
>
> Also,
> being a Texan is as high as being an American
> down here. Our capitol is the only one in the
> country that is taller than the capitol building in
> Washington , DC . And we can divide our state into
> five states at any time if we wanted to!
> We can become a republic again at any time the voters of
> Texas choose, and we included these things as
> part of the deal when we came on.
>
> That's the best part, right there.
>
> Texas even has its own power grid!!
> And don't even lie to yourself.
> Did I mention the LIVE music capitol of the world?
> > GOD BLESS TEXAS
>
>
>

[Headed2northdakota]

Originally Posted by doss1

Why are we proud of our state? Well, why do people keep moving here from other states?!

Jobs,cheaper housing, taxes see you in two weeks sooo long california.