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Old 02-01-2017, 08:40 PM
 
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Not even Tex Mex? Now that surprises me. You're saying it's just BBQ as far as local cultural cuisine?
San Antonio is all Tex Mex;Austin just a little bit.
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Old 02-01-2017, 08:58 PM
 
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Not sure of a Day of the Dead parade but there was a Day of the Dead display at my son's school this year and there's usually stories on the local news focusing on it.
Lots of ways to celebrate Dia De Muertos in San Antonio.

https://therivardreport.com/how-to-c...n-san-antonio/
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Old 02-01-2017, 09:00 PM
 
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Sorry, I probably wasn't clear, but Austin doesn't have much of a Mexican or Tex-Mex culture -- nothing like San Antonio.
What absolute rubbish. Austin is close to 40% Mexican American. It is not a majority Hispanic city like San Antonio, but there is plenty great Tex Mex food and and a variety of regional Mexican cuisine at every price point, and some terrific Mexican American cultural institutions like Mexicarte, The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center. The UT department of Mexican American and Latino/a studies is one of the largest and most important departments in the country. Very few cities have more vibrant Mexican American culture than Austin. San Antonio would be one. Austin has less of a Mexican American presence than San Antonio, but has nevertheless a huge Mexican/Tex-Mex culture!!!
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Old 02-01-2017, 09:02 PM
 
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I don't get why Houston doesn't have a vibrant and displayed Mexican American culture quite like SA.
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Old 02-01-2017, 09:08 PM
 
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I don't get why Houston doesn't have a vibrant and displayed Mexican American culture quite like SA.
San Antonio is close to 60% Hispanic...Houston is around 37%. There is quite vibrant Mexican culture in Houston, but it is not dominant like it is in San Antonio, though in terms of raw numbers there are probably a few more Mexican Americans in the Houston MSA than the San Antonio MSA. There is also more regional variety in Mexican food in Houston than in San Antonio, which is kinda Tex-Mex heavy.
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Old 02-01-2017, 09:11 PM
 
Location: San Diego CA>Tijuana, BC>San Antonio, TX
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If San Antonio gets overshadowed by Dallas, Houston and now Austin, imagine how El Paso feels.
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Old 02-01-2017, 09:11 PM
 
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San Antonio is close to 60% Hispanic...Houston is around 37%. There is quite vibrant Mexican culture in Houston, but it is not dominant like it is in San Antonio, though in terms of raw numbers there are probably a few more Mexican Americans in the Houston MSA than the San Antonio MSA. There is also more regional variety in Mexican food in Houston than in San Antonio, which is kinda Tex-Mex heavy.
Just looking online I am surprised how varied Houston's Mexican food is. I've found just about every variety from a lot of regions. In SA, a few but yes mostly Tex Mex. Odd that the city with less Mexican Americans and Mexican influenced culture would have more variety of Mexican food.
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Old 02-01-2017, 09:14 PM
 
Location: San Diego CA>Tijuana, BC>San Antonio, TX
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Just looking online I am surprised how varied Houston's Mexican food is. I've found just about every variety from a lot of regions. In SA, a few but yes mostly Tex Mex. Odd that the city with less Mexican Americans and Mexican influenced culture would have more variety of Mexican food.
Hispanics in Houston are predominantly immigrants from South of the Border, I would say that the majority of Hispanics in SA are Mexican Americans many generations over and are ok with eating Taco Bell . It is weird, I was raised in San Antonio but when I go back even I forget sometimes, Mexican features doesn't mean they speak Spanish.
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Old 02-01-2017, 09:16 PM
 
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Hispanics in Houston are predominantly immigrants from South of the Border, I would say that the majority of Hispanics in SA are Mexican Americans many generations over and are ok with eating Taco Bell .
That's really cool. So there is a strong Chicano culture there.
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Old 02-01-2017, 09:32 PM
 
Location: San Diego CA>Tijuana, BC>San Antonio, TX
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That's really cool. So there is a strong Chicano culture there.
Anecdotal on my part, but of the 60% of SA that is Hispanic, I would say 40% (of the total population) is US born Hispanic. I've heard that El Paso's Chicano culture was eventually overtaken by Mexican culture.
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