Why are Texans so defensive about their state? (Joshua, Spade: how much, buy)

[Neworleansisprettygood]

Originally Posted by polo89

People in the Northeast and West-coast have similar views of themselves. You know how many transplanted Northerners there are in Florida/NC/GA etc, that SWEAR everything back North is sooooo much better than down here? And in turn they think that Southerners are overly prideful about being Southerners. It's really one big Pot meet Kettle ya know. The fact that the South and Texas get mocked so much(especially in the last decade with Bush) that it's pretty clear that people from up those areas have a scatterbrained view of people from these parts. Their mockery kinda show's their own pretension and their pretension shines through with each state they decide to move to in the Sun Belt.


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The point is, they're not as vocal about it, but since you just used 1,000 words to say what could have been said in 10, I'm probably wasting my breath.

[JoninATX]

Its not just Texas, I've meet people from Chicago saying they are the best and had one say that Chicago is more populated than Texas, I had to laugh though. But in all honesty I never meant anyone maybe besides city data and sports saying Texas is the greatest.

[Drewcifer]

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[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by Neworleansisprettygood

I know you're trying to straddle the fence here, as you currently live in Texas, but even most reasonable Texans will admit that the place can take its pride a little too far.

True, but only because I don't feel the same about Texas.

[RupertrepuR]

I really wish I knew the answer to this, but I find it interesting.

If you've ever watched the show on the history channel "How The States Got Their Shapes", the episode that was talking about Texas mentioned (and proved) that Texans have the most pride when it comes to their state. I think they explained why, but I honestly don't remember. I saw it a while ago.

Edit: I think the show said that a lot of it had to do with the fact that they were once an independent country. How that could make them feel "inferior" to every other state doesn't make sense to me, but whatever.

(I have nothing against Texas or people from Texas, and I'm not saying they do feel inferior)

[polo89]

Originally Posted by Neworleansisprettygood

The point is, they're not as vocal about it, but since you just used 1,000 words to say what could have been said in 10, I'm probably wasting my breath.

What I wrote wasn't that long, it couldn't have been explained in a shorter word count.

[polo89]

Yes, many Texans are prideful, but it has more to do with the Texas Gov't and the officials creating a sort of Ultra-Pride overload, rather than the everyday regular Texan citizen acting neurotic and going goo-goo ga-ga over being a Texan. They over-do it with all the star designs on the freeways, and raising the Texas flag as high as the American flag. In my opinion, that's O'Ding it, and it looks kinda tacky.

So yes, in a way Texans are overly prideful and it comes out as tacky. I'm sure there are plenty of people on both coast who can care less, and have an more negative view of Texas, than the average prideful resident. Once again, most of the pride comes from it's history, and it becoming an independent nation from the hands of Mexico. Other than that alot of the pride isn't warranted.

[Spade]

What is your point? Why didn't you ask this in the Texas forum? You make a post saying Houston doesnt deserve to be liked than follow that up by making this thread baiting and generalizing an entire population.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Neworleansisprettygood

It's really not that hyperbolic. When you see Texans outside of their own state, they really do often act like this:

Texan Says He's Had Much Better In Texas | The Onion - America's Finest News Source | Onion Radio News

The Onion...seriously?

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Drewcifer

The contrast between the opinion Texans have of Texas versus the opinion others have of Texas is probably greater than for any other state.

Texans tend to think of Texas as the greatest possible place ever, anywhere. People in other parts of the US, especially the cities of the northeast and west coast tend to think of Texas as the place that makes people in other countries think America is backwards. So of course there is going to be some disagreement and defensiveness.

Then why are people from those areas flocking to a "backwards" state?

Jobs, economy, low cost of living, decent quality of life, good place to start a family, religious values no matter what your faith is.