Texas being excluded from the South (Dallas, Atlanta: wealthy, used car, office)

[Bharris01babby]

I think the reason for that is because when most people think of Texas they think of the cowboys and ranchlands and oil fields of West Texas and south Texas but never really think about the eastern portion of Texas where most of us live. When I was growing up it never would have crossed my mind to think that someone wouldn't consider us southern and I never understood why they thought of us as a bunch of cowboys. But the thing is, is that Texas is so huge it's hard for outsiders to define us so they either just chalk us up to being a bunch of cowboys in the wild wild west or just as a whole country of our own. But dividing Texas is quite simple west of I 35 is the west and east of I 35 is the south and east of I 45 is where the deep south begins and south Texas and the Rio Grande is basically northern Mexico. That's what makes us unique as Texans we are the melting pot of the south, the west, and Mexican culture. We are truly like our own little country

[Saintmarks]

Texas is southern.

Southern accents
Sweet Tea
Pecan Pie
Southern Baptists
Red State

And this goes all the way out to the panhandle. The only thing the panhandle has that makes it un-southern is the lack of Pine Trees.

Add Eastern Mexico (Portales, Clovis, Hobbs) to the southern mix as well.

[Vacanegro]

It's not others it's Texas itself. They have always thought themselves unique - ever since that brief period of the Republic of Texas. Also they were never part of the Confederacy and are more likely fly the Texas Star.

[C24L]

Originally Posted by Vacanegro

It's not others it's Texas itself. They have always thought themselves unique - ever since that brief period of the Republic of Texas. Also they were never part of the Confederacy and are more likely fly the Texas Star.

Texas was a part of the Confederacy in the American Civil War.

[CookieSkoon]

Originally Posted by Vacanegro

It's not others it's Texas itself. They have always thought themselves unique - ever since that brief period of the Republic of Texas. Also they were never part of the Confederacy and are more likely fly the Texas Star.

That is blatantly false.

Texas is unique. So is Louisiana. So is Virginia. So is the ever maligned Florida. That doesn't make them less a part of the south.

Maine is pretty unique but it is still a part of New England.

[TexasHorseLady]

Originally Posted by C24L

Texas was a part of the Confederacy in the American Civil War.

And there was great disagreement over that. (One of my ancestors was a delegate to the the Secession Convention.) Sam Houston's objection to it ended his political career.



However, Texas is still NOT the South, but Texas. Childhood romantic dreams notwithstanding.

[C24L]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

And there was great disagreement over that. (One of my ancestors was a delegate to the the Secession Convention.) Sam Houston's objection to it ended his political career.



However, Texas is still NOT the South, but Texas. Childhood romantic dreams notwithstanding.

Ya i know that it was a big controversy.I knew the rebels forced Houston out of office for not swearing allegiance and loyalty to the Confederate States.

[CookieSkoon]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

And there was great disagreement over that. (One of my ancestors was a delegate to the the Secession Convention.) Sam Houston's objection to it ended his political career.

There was also disagreement about joining the Confederacy in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia. But they all did.

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Bharris01babby

I think the reason for that is because when most people think of Texas they think of the cowboys and ranchlands and oil fields of West Texas and south Texas but never really think about the eastern portion of Texas where most of us live. When I was growing up it never would have crossed my mind to think that someone wouldn't consider us southern and I never understood why they thought of us as a bunch of cowboys. But the thing is, is that Texas is so huge it's hard for outsiders to define us so they either just chalk us up to being a bunch of cowboys in the wild wild west or just as a whole country of our own. But dividing Texas is quite simple west of I 35 is the west and east of I 35 is the south and east of I 45 is where the deep south begins and south Texas and the Rio Grande is basically northern Mexico. That's what makes us unique as Texans we are the melting pot of the south, the west, and Mexican culture. We are truly like our own little country

Right.

I went to high school and college and then spent the first few years of marriage in Georgia, and then moved to Texas (long story short). I grew up mainly in the southeast. I was SHOCKED when high school friends sincerely asked me "Do y'all ride horses into town?" What? Errr, noooo.

[Vacanegro]

Originally Posted by C24L

Texas was a part of the Confederacy in the American Civil War.

My bad - Texas was part of the confederacy even if their famous governor was not.