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i.e., Ultra-conservative, Republican, gun packing, anti-anything progressive, Reagan worshiping, big oil, big hair, Confederate flag waving, Obama haters who hate the idea of interracial intermingling and any kind of food considered to be "healthy".
You know, "Texan".
Yeah, right.
White people are actually the minority in Texas. Texas is one of four (or maybe five now) majority/minority states where white folks make up less than half the population.
But as you point out - the stereotypes remain firmly in place to some people.
Must be a new development. I lived in Austin as recently as 2003, and I never heard anyone refer to it that way.
Not sure when it started. I first heard it around 2009. I don't think you'll hear it hanging around everyday people. More around the more studious types that are interested in little things like that. Basically the type of people city data attracts.
Meh, people say the same thing about Madison here, and have for many years. I think it's used for several cities across the nation, not just Madison or Austin.
Not sure when it started. I first heard it around 2009. I don't think you'll hear it hanging around everyday people. More around the more studious types that are interested in little things like that. Basically the type of people city data attracts.
You mean the types that take themselves FAR too seriously. Yeah, those types are everywhere. Having lived in Austin, Houston, and Dallas... I'd say none of those cities are, in reality, more or less liberal than the other. The core areas in each of those cities are all quite liberal. It's just that Houston and DFW are larger metros with more suburbs... and Texas suburbs are always very conservative. Austin just doesn't have the vast suburban sprawl to offset it's liberal image. That's the only real difference, from what I can tell.
Meh, people say the same thing about Madison here, and have for many years. I think it's used for several cities across the nation, not just Madison or Austin.
They say it in Cambridge, MA, and Berkeley, CA, too.
The first time I read the people's republic of Austin was on a Texas A&M fan forum and that was around 7 or 8years ago. So yeah, it is relatively new.
I have heard that term applied to Berkeley, as far back as the late 80's, and only from conservative types... but I'm just now hearing it used for Austin. Seems to be a convenient derogatory term for any town/city with a large college-liberal presence.
My experience living in Austin was, that really only the neighborhoods in the immediate vicinity of UT, and then maybe some of the near-South Austin neighborhoods fit the bill. Outside of those confined areas, Austin felt like it could be "Any City, Texas". Same could be said for Inner-Loop Houston neighborhoods like Montrose, Heights, Midtown, etc., or Dallas neighborhoods like Oak Lawn, Lower Greenville, Uptown, etc.
They say it in Cambridge, MA, and Berkeley, CA, too.
Takoma Park, MD as well.
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