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Old 06-27-2010, 10:03 PM
 
Location: America
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i keep hearing the "texas is texas" line, and while that is true, it shouldn't be used to suggest the entire state is one monolithic cultural region. because some parts of texas will have more in common with another bordering state than they do with their own

 
Old 06-27-2010, 10:10 PM
 
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Texas is Texas.

Mostly every Southern state has a foreign colonial influence (Spanish or French), perhaps some native influences and their ties to the Confederacy. Texas is unique because it's primary "foreign" influence being Spain/Mexico never really went away...so to speak.

Louisiana has lots of Spanish and French culture for example...but you don't have millions of citizens of Paris or Madrid immigrating to Louisiana each year to reinforce those ties. In addition to that, Texas is unique in that while most Southern states have Scots-Irish, Spanish and French as the primary "white immigrants"...Texas had quite a few Germans, Poles and Czechs to give it some northern flavor in Central Texas.

Most people will SAY that Texas is southern but when asked to describe Texas..will describe it in a way that is more consistent with the desert southwest.

In other words, Texas is both (with some Great Plains thrown in for sure). It is the one state whose identity supercedes any region and should be classified as it's own region.
THIS. Indeed I agree with that statement. It IS Southern, but when you describe the state as a WHOLE, it doesn't seem TOO different from parts of New Mexico. But at the same token there are parts of Texas that aren't too different from Louisiana.
 
Old 06-27-2010, 10:12 PM
 
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Texas honestly is neither Southern nor Western. The best answer is Texas is Texan. However it is Southern and Western.
Nice.
 
Old 06-27-2010, 10:14 PM
 
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Well I'm a Texan through and through but I will NEVER consider myself to be a Southerner. I really have NO regional pride outside of Texas and somewhat for the Southwest. There are A LOT of Texans who feel the same way.
 
Old 06-27-2010, 10:21 PM
 
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Well I'm a Texan through and through but I will NEVER consider myself to be a Southerner. I really have NO regional pride outside of Texas and somewhat for the Southwest. There are A LOT of Texans who feel the same way.
I have always considered myself to be a southerner. All the people I know think the same way.
 
Old 06-27-2010, 10:22 PM
 
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Well I'm a Texan through and through but I will NEVER consider myself to be a Southerner. I really have NO regional pride outside of Texas and somewhat for the Southwest. There are A LOT of Texans who feel the same way.
Me having lived in Austin and now living in Charlotte, looking back Austin NEVER really felt "Southern". Not like Charlotte does.
 
Old 06-27-2010, 10:22 PM
 
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I have always considered myself to be a southerner. All the people I know think the same way.
Maybe I've just spent too much time in Austin and West Texas. No but seriously, even as much time as I've spent in the Houston area I still don't feel like a Southerner, and can't ever see myself EVER having "Southern Pride." Of course, I'll carry my Texas pride to my grave.
 
Old 06-27-2010, 10:23 PM
 
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Me having lived in Austin and now living in Charlotte, looking back Austin NEVER really felt "Southern". Not like Charlotte does.
Yeah I agree.
 
Old 06-27-2010, 10:27 PM
 
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I have always considered myself to be a southerner. All the people I know think the same way.
That's why I say Texas is both and neither at the same time.
 
Old 06-27-2010, 10:29 PM
 
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Yeah I agree.
I guess it's just the Western South.
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