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Originally Posted by Metro Matt
They are the two largest states in North America.
Their topography while not exactly the same is not all that much different when you really get down to it.
Texas has mountains, hills, beaches, deserts, plains, & forests just like California does. No other states besides Texas & California can claim such a diverse mixture of topography.
About the only thing we don't have here that California does is snow skiing & redwoods.
Their topography while not exactly the same is not all that much different when you really get down to it.
Texas has mountains, hills, beaches, deserts, plains, & forests just like California does. No other states besides Texas & California can claim such a diverse mixture of topography.
About the only thing we don't have here that California does is snow skiing & redwoods.
Texas is like California's fraternal twin in lots of ways.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Metro Matt
They are the two largest states in North America.
Their topography while not exactly the same is not all that much different when you really get down to it.
Texas has mountains, hills, beaches, deserts, plains, & forests just like California does. No other states besides Texas & California can claim such a diverse mixture of topography.
About the only thing we don't have here that California does is snow skiing & redwoods.
LOL you're so obsessed with making people think Texas is the next CA, get over it Matt, it never has and it never will Just accept that you live and Texas and live happily
Their topography while not exactly the same is not all that much different when you really get down to it.
Texas has mountains, hills, beaches, deserts, plains, & forests just like California does. No other states besides Texas & California can claim such a diverse mixture of topography.
About the only thing we don't have here that California does is snow skiing & redwoods.
Washington and Oregon have all of that. I'm sure a few other states have all of that aswell.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Metro Matt
They are the two largest states in North America.
Their topography while not exactly the same is not all that much different when you really get down to it.
Texas has mountains, hills, beaches, deserts, plains, & forests just like California does. No other states besides Texas & California can claim such a diverse mixture of topography.
About the only thing we don't have here that California does is snow skiing & redwoods.
Ya know, Texas is great and it certainly does have an impressive variety of cities and topography. That said you are totally over selling Texas and selling California short. Let's start with mountains. Texas has desert ranges in West Texas and they are very far removed from the rest of the state (there is a huge gap of nothing between I-35 and Big Bend/El Paso area). From clean alpine lakes and mountain resorts, coastal mountain ranges, towering 14,000 foot peaks, volcanic and snow covered mountains, half dome and towering waterfalls, there really aren't any mountains or terrain in Texas that is remotely similar in any way.
Here is some mountain terrain found in California that Texas doesn't have anything remotely close terrain that could be compared to. .
I'm sure Texas has some good wineries/vineyards but there really isn't anywhere away from the West Coast that could really compare well with the Napa Valley and Sonoma regions Napa Valley | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
this is just a short summary, but there really isn't any other state besides California in terms of diversity with these kind of superlatives. The differences in climate are very different too. Texas doesn't have the Mediterranean climate of SoCal, or the foggy coastal and temperate coastal areas of NorCal. The shores and barrier islands of the Gulf are so different from the rugged coast of the Pacific. And it goes without saying that California and Texas are worlds apart politically, and also lifestyles and characteristics.
Oh and correction on your first statement, they are not the two largest states. If Alaska were split in two, Texas would be the third largest state. Most Canadian provinces are of the same scale in size (Quebec is larger than Texas) since you mentioned North America.
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LOL you're so obsessed with making people think Texas is the next CA, get over it Matt, it never has and it never will Just accept that you live and Texas and live happily
No, that's what Californians who relocate here want & it will never happen because we govern our state better than that.
The closest cities we have to being like California cities are Austin (Sacramento) & Houston (Los Angeles).
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Just accept that you live and Texas and live happily
