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Yeah, there are probably more differences between the regions of Texas than there are between those regions and the neighboring states.
I disagree although I must say the Llano Estacado region of Texas and the Little Texas part of New Mexico(towns like Carlsbad,Hobbs, and Roswell are virtually identical).However, there are many parts of New Mexico that are nothing like Little Texas.Those parts of Texas that are nothing like Little Texas are way different than some of other Texas regions.East Texas is a lot different than Northern New Mexico
I disagree although I must say the Llano Estacado region of Texas and the Little Texas part of New Mexico(towns like Carlsbad,Hobbs, and Roswell are virtually identical).However, there are many parts of New Mexico that are nothing like Little Texas.Those parts of Texas that are nothing like Little Texas are way different than some of other Texas regions.East Texas is a lot different than Northern New Mexico
I’m not sure if I understand you post, but what I was saying is that there is a lot of cultural differences between the different regions of Texas, and a lot of time that difference is bigger than between those regions and the neighboring states. East Texas may not have much in common culturally with Northern New Mexico, but it also doesn’t have much in common culturally with the Panhandle. While you have the panhandle and Little Texas, you also have the El Paso area and Southern New Mexico. They a much more culturally similar than El Paso is to the Gulf Coast or the piney woods. Likewise Houston and SE Texas have a lot more in common culturally with Louisiana than they do West Texas or the Rio Grande valley. Same with Dallas/North Texas and Oklahoma compared to San Antonio/Central Texas.
Take it from someone born in Jersey. Let's start with the obvious, PA has no equivalent to Wildwood or Atlantic City.
I was talking about crossing over into Camden from Philly. Obviously PA has nothing like the coastal Jersey towns nor does NJ have anything like Pittsburgh.
How? NM borders far West Texas which doesn't seem much different from NM. Heavily Hispanic and non-Southern culturally
The whole border area is strongly Southern Baptist (in contrast to New Mexico's dominant Catholicism) and has that Texan drawl, both of which are signifiers of a Southern cultural heritage.
While that estern fringe of New Mexico definitely has more in common with Texas, the New Mexican mean is pretty damn far from the Texan mean. New Mexico has far more in common with Colorado and Arizona.
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