Why Californians don't like Texas (Houston, Dallas: houses, living in, move to)

[MrJester]

I myself greatly admire Texas, but here are some reasons why many Californians don't.

1. "Texas is desert!" I can't tell you how many Californians think Houston is sand dunes and cacti. I keep having to explain it's just as green, rainy, hot, and humid as Florida, with bayous, 85 degree Gulf of Mexico waters, and longleaf pine forests in The Woodlands and Kingwood.

2. "Houston is pancake flat! I'd rather have dead, brown hills in California than lush green forests and bayous in Houston!" This really puzzles me; I never missed the hills when I went to the Gulf Coast. Who needs brown barren hills when you can have lush, Florida-like subtropical greenery?

If you miss the hills, you can always go to Austin.

3. "Texans are religious conservatives! Can't imagine living in ultra-conservative places like Dallas or Austin!" News flash: Many states are more Republican than Texas. Many states are more religious than Texas. Austin is more liberal than San Diego or Sacramento, and is solidly liberal even by national standards. Even Dallas is more liberal than San Diego. In fact, every major Texas metro is blue, maybe not as blue as Hollywood or Silicon Valley or San Fran, but still.

Once again, if you miss liberal high-tech Californicated hipster land, you can always go to Austin, as if Dallas or Houston were not Californicated enough. Surprise surprise, Whole Foods was founded in Austin, not in California.

4. "Texas is white man's land! No diversity!" Houston is often ranked as the nation's most diverse city. It's got large Chinese, Indian, and Vietnamese populations. The Chinese supermarket 99 Ranch, and Chinese bakery 85 Degree C may have started their U.S. operations in California but they're also in Houston and Dallas.

5. "I couldn't move to somewhere without In-N-Out!" Ahem, Dallas, Waco, and Austin all have In-N-Out. They're opening in Houston, too.

Oh, and Texas has Waffle Houses...far better than Ihop, and there's no Waffle Houses in the entire state of California!

What other complaints do you notice that Californians have about Texas?

[usayit]

I grew up in Texas. Many peoples misconceptions are based in how Texas is portrayed on TV. I recall a few episodes on the X-Files that supposedly took place in Texas and they made it look flat barren and void.

Similar to NJ where I now live. Everyone thinks of NJ as a landscape of industrial and residential sprawl... In reality parts of NJ is fairly rural.

[MustermannBB]

5. "I couldn't move to somewhere without In-N-Out!" Ahem, Dallas, Waco, and Austin all have In-N-Out. They're opening in Houston, too.

LOL
If that would seriously be someones legitimate concern I'd be worried for them.
On top of that In-N-Out ist vastly overrated and essentially just another another fast food chain and YES so is Whataburger. There is nothing special abouth either of these places, nothing at all. Just another Mc Donald's or Burger King in a different package...

[usayit]

There wasn't even an In-N-Out when I lived in Texas... people didn't die or leave in droves.

Heck In-N-Out Burger isn't even a Texas thing... it was started in California If I recall...

[EIL9]

I love Texas and am proud of the state I now live in. We moved from flat as a pancake, brown Sacramento to hilly and green San Antonio. The people here are so nice!



My gripes? The driver's here and the food. We've only lived here a year and I'm sure that I will find more places that appeal to my appetite.

[usayit]

While the food up here is much more diverse, I still miss some of the great tex-mex food and BBQ that was plentiful in TX.

[RJ312]

Originally Posted by MrJester

I myself greatly admire Texas, but here are some reasons why many Californians don't.

1. "Texas is desert!" I can't tell you how many Californians think Houston is sand dunes and cacti. I keep having to explain it's just as green, rainy, hot, and humid as Florida, with bayous, 85 degree Gulf of Mexico waters, and longleaf pine forests in The Woodlands and Kingwood.

2. "Houston is pancake flat! I'd rather have dead, brown hills in California than lush green forests and bayous in Houston!" This really puzzles me; I never missed the hills when I went to the Gulf Coast. Who needs brown barren hills when you can have lush, Florida-like subtropical greenery?

If you miss the hills, you can always go to Austin.

3. "Texans are religious conservatives! Can't imagine living in ultra-conservative places like Dallas or Austin!" News flash: Many states are more Republican than Texas. Many states are more religious than Texas. Austin is more liberal than San Diego or Sacramento, and is solidly liberal even by national standards. Even Dallas is more liberal than San Diego. In fact, every major Texas metro is blue, maybe not as blue as Hollywood or Silicon Valley or San Fran, but still.

Once again, if you miss liberal high-tech Californicated hipster land, you can always go to Austin, as if Dallas or Houston were not Californicated enough. Surprise surprise, Whole Foods was founded in Austin, not in California.

4. "Texas is white man's land! No diversity!" Houston is often ranked as the nation's most diverse city. It's got large Chinese, Indian, and Vietnamese populations. The Chinese supermarket 99 Ranch, and Chinese bakery 85 Degree C may have started their U.S. operations in California but they're also in Houston and Dallas.

5. "I couldn't move to somewhere without In-N-Out!" Ahem, Dallas, Waco, and Austin all have In-N-Out. They're opening in Houston, too.

Oh, and Texas has Waffle Houses...far better than Ihop, and there's no Waffle Houses in the entire state of California!

What other complaints do you notice that Californians have about Texas?

Texas is becoming overrun with Californians. It's a shame that California can't get their act together and keep more of their own residents.

West Texas has desert land, and it's pretty in many areas. West Texas is also sparsely populated. Very few of the Californians that move to Texas move to the West Texas desert. They settle in the Big 4 metropolitan areas. The Texas cities are all liberal. Some of the suburbs of Texas cities are conservative. In the cities themselves, there isn't a lot of a religious effect. I live in Dallas and rarely is religion a big deal in Dallas. If you leave Dallas city limits for a suburb of Dallas, then religion becomes more of a thing.

Waffle House and IHOP both serve food with a lot of not so great ingredients.

Originally Posted by MustermannBB

LOL
If that would seriously be someones legitimate concern I'd be worried for them.
On top of that In-N-Out ist vastly overrated and essentially just another another fast food chain and YES so is Whataburger. There is nothing special abouth either of these places, nothing at all. Just another Mc Donald's or Burger King in a different package...

In-N-Out is good. I think it tastes better than Whataburger. In-N-Out's and Whataburgers seem to be near each other in a lot of cases. If I don't want to wait as long, I'll go to Whataburger. It's only really feasible to go to In-N-Out at non-peak hours. I don't like to eat hamburgers out because they are really easy to cook at home. I've always been amazed at the fascination with eating hamburgers out of the home. There are cuisines worth eating out, and hamburgers and french fries shouldn't be included in that statement.

All fast food hamburger places are overrated.

[txtea]

Hey!
We have In-N-Outs here in San Antonio too, dangit!

[Mark Senior]

Originally Posted by WastedLines

Honestly. Pretty much everything in the OP is wrong.

Question,you think what the original op stated was wrong, or what the op stated was WRONG? Do you not agree with their viewpoint of what op thinks Californian's think of Texas?

[supfromthesite]

News flash, Californians aren't the brightest