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Old 04-11-2014, 05:23 AM
 
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I'm moving to Texas from Germany, so it's really a completely new world and culture shock. But I agree with you a 100%.
The first time I came to Texas was from Germany in 1993. Loved it then, and love it now.
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Old 04-11-2014, 05:43 AM
 
Location: San Antonio
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The first time I came to Texas was from Germany in 1993. Loved it then, and love it now.
That is good to hear!

I like new challenges, different surroundings, mentalities, cultures. So I'm not worried at all. The funny thing is, all of my friends from the US told me things like :" there are sooo many Germans, you'll like it! And you can get German food in New Braunfels, German beer, the Wurstfest!!".

It's really nice of them, but I don't move to the US to be mainly surrounded by Germans and stick to German food.
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Old 04-11-2014, 06:34 AM
 
Location: Port Charlotte
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Texans of German heritage. You will find a Tex-Mex cafe next to a German restaurant. Big blend of cultures.
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Old 04-11-2014, 07:11 AM
 
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I agree with you. Though to be fair, most of the people moving to Texas (anecdotally anyway) seem to be people of a more conservative or libertarian bent seeking to escape big government ways of the blue states. Self-sorting (e.g. people move to places with political attitudes similar to their own) is a much-studied phenomenon in political science and it appears to be intensifying as the American left and right have less to agree about with each passing year.
It appears most transplants from the northeast and west coast are actually the left leaning,educated types. I'd surmise that the more conservative transplants tend to come mostly from the poor southern states. Mostly all are coming for economic opportunities.
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Old 04-11-2014, 07:14 AM
 
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Plus we really don't want any more people coming down here to begin with !!
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Old 04-11-2014, 07:22 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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I'm moving to Texas from Germany, so it's really a completely new world and culture shock. But I agree with you a 100%.
I moved from Germany to Texas back in 1993! Now - we were a military family so that was a bit different, but we had been living in Germany for three years and prior to that, all over the US.

Yes, Texas IS a culture shock. I am not going to lie - for the first two years of living in Texas I didn't much care for it. In fact, I actively disliked it. I am originally from the deep South, and while Texas is a southern state, with lots of southern influences, it did not "feel" southern to me - and after living overseas for three years, I was yearning for my Old South pretty badly.

But over time, I grew to absolutely LOVE Texas. I raised my four kids here, and they love it and consider themselves Texans. We fell in love over time with the people, the history, the wide variety of huge metro areas (all with their unique flavor), the food, the Tex Mex culture, the music (wow, some good music comes out of Texas!), the low cost of living, the big sky, the fabulous winters, the wildflowers of spring, so many little things that I can't even list them all. Eventually, after a divorce, I married a true Texas gentleman.

Now, because of the nature of his job, we can live anywhere in the US that's close to an airport. So last year we traveled around to various places (mostly East Coast) and considered them. But by January of this year, we both just looked at each other and said, "We have to live in Texas." When it was all said and done, neither of us could really imagine putting down roots anywhere else.

I found out doing family tree research that I have two great grandmothers who are buried in Texas. And I also found out that I have a great great great great great grandfather who fought in the battle of Goliad. But even if I hadn't found those Texas roots, one of the greatest things about Texans in general is that you don't have to be FROM here to be considered a Texan. All you have to do is live here and love this state. Voila! You're a Texan!
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Old 04-11-2014, 07:31 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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That is good to hear!

I like new challenges, different surroundings, mentalities, cultures. So I'm not worried at all. The funny thing is, all of my friends from the US told me things like :" there are sooo many Germans, you'll like it! And you can get German food in New Braunfels, German beer, the Wurstfest!!".

It's really nice of them, but I don't move to the US to be mainly surrounded by Germans and stick to German food.
Most of the German influence is in the central part of the state. I live in northeast Texas (which I love dearly) and though I really like German culture and influence and really wish we had a good German restaurant nearby...we don't. References to Germany are pretty few and far between in a lot of the state.

In northeast Texas, the main cultural influences are southern and Mexican mixed in with Texas western/cowboy culture. In central Texas you see less southern influence and more German influence mixed in with the Mexican, Spanish, and western culture. In southeastern Texas you will have Mexican and southern mixed in with some Gulf Coast and even Cajun culture alongside the Texas cowboy sort of vibe. I have been to but haven't spent much time in the Panhandle but it seems to have a lot of midwestern plains influence (really friendly people there by the way). West Texas has a lot of Mexican and Native American and desert influences to it - completely different from the vibe in east Texas, which is green and rolling and rural like much of the deep South. It's more like the Texas portrayed in a lot of movies (as is far south Texas).

Don't worry about being inundated with German culture in Texas - there is such a wealth of influence from such a wide range of cultures...it's all blended into a fabulous Texas mix!
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Old 04-11-2014, 07:32 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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Plus we really don't want any more people coming down here to begin with !!
I don't mind more people coming here. Texas is a huge state and we can offer many people great opportunities because of our strong economic base.

COME ON DOWN!
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Old 04-11-2014, 11:39 AM
 
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I don't mind more people coming here. Texas is a huge state and we can offer many people great opportunities because of our strong economic base.

COME ON DOWN!
Now that is true Texas hospitality!
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Old 04-11-2014, 11:45 AM
 
Location: San Antonio
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Don't worry about being inundated with German culture in Texas - there is such a wealth of influence from such a wide range of cultures...it's all blended into a fabulous Texas mix!

I think my kids are a good symbol for this blend. Half Texan (Hispanic) and half German. That was one of the reason to move there. My husband is from Texas and really missed it, plus the boys will be at home. Look like a lot of people around them, won't get asked all the time "but, where are you really from?!" and hopefully get the best of both worlds.
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