Do Texas natives consider Texas the South or Midwest (Houston: Hispanic, landscape)

[Lakewooder]

I don't think Midwestern people consider it part of the Midwest, either.

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

I don't think Midwestern people consider it part of the Midwest, either.

I know my Midwestern inlaws don't...

[Frodo2008]

Originally Posted by WillysB

Do Texas natives consider Texas the South or Midwest
Texas natives don't consider Texas the south or midwest. It's a whole 'nuther country.

Geesh....

You sound like the Texas tourism commercial.

[Frodo2008]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

The landscape definately is.

I agree with ya on the landscape. Most of the midwest is flat, open farm land. Corn and soybeans is king. The Dallas area is flat, open prairie land. The landscape definitely looks midwestern.

East TX looks like the south (tall pine trees).

Most Texans are southerners. Conservative, Christian, pro-death penalty, likes low taxes, etc.

[solytaire]

Originally Posted by Frodo2008

I agree with ya on the landscape. Most of the midwest is flat, open farm land. Corn and soybeans is king. The Dallas area is flat, open prairie land. The landscape definitely looks midwestern.

East TX looks like the south (tall pine trees).

Most Texans are southerners. Conservative, Christian, pro-death penalty, likes low taxes, etc.

I agree...I used to think people were exaggerating when they said that East Texas looks like Georgia or Alabama.

But as I drive back and forth throughout the south, I couldnt help but notice that the Tyler area, and the Longview area look just like the rural areas right outside of Atlanta.

And I would say that the North Texas/DFW area certainly looks like the midwest.

[Frodo2008]

Originally Posted by solytaire

I agree...I used to think people were exaggerating when they said that East Texas looks like Georgia or Alabama.

But as I drive back and forth throughout the south, I couldnt help but notice that the Tyler area, and the Longview area look just like the rural areas right outside of Atlanta.

And I would say that the North Texas/DFW area certainly looks like the midwest.

Yeah and north of Houston (Conroe, Huntsville) definitely looks like GA and AL too. As soon as you drive north of Houston it goes from big city to rural south. One time driving north on 59 once I got to about the Cleveland area there was some guy with his truck parked on the side of the highway selling a bunch of different variations of the Confederate flag. This is definitely a southern thing. All the years that I lived in the Austin area I never saw anybody selling Confederate flags on the side of the road.

[solytaire]

Originally Posted by Frodo2008

Yeah and north of Houston (Conroe, Huntsville) definitely looks like GA and AL too. As soon as you drive north of Houston it goes from big city to rural south. One time driving north on 59 once I got to about the Cleveland area there was some guy with his truck parked on the side of the highway selling a bunch of different variations of the Confederate flag. This is definitely a southern thing. All the years that I lived in the Austin area I never saw anybody selling Confederate flags on the side of the road.

Yeah, Huntsville and Conroe, Willis, Lovelady etc, all look AND feel like anywhere in the DEEP south...not just the south, but the deep south...I remember driving through Cleveland and Cold Springs and thinking that the area looks a lot like Mississippi...it could really fit anywhere in the Deep South. Marshall looks exactly like the stretch from Northern Mississippi - Northwest, LA..Other parts of Northeast Texas, Tyler area, specifically, looks more like SE Tennessee, parts of GA and interior SC imo...

[Frodo2008]

Originally Posted by solytaire

Yeah, Huntsville and Conroe, Willis, Lovelady etc, all look AND feel like anywhere in the DEEP south...not just the south, but the deep south...I remember driving through Cleveland and Cold Springs and thinking that the area looks a lot like Mississippi...it could really fit anywhere in the Deep South. Marshall looks exactly like the stretch from Northern Mississippi - Northwest, LA..Other parts of Northeast Texas, Tyler area, specifically, looks more like SE Tennessee, parts of GA and interior SC imo...

Yeah that's the thing I like about TX. Even though it's one state it's different worlds rolled into one. You have the south, the southwest and the midwest all rolled into one state. Most states only have one or the other. Texas has all three. There is also a pretty big variation in the weather too. In the winter it's a lot colder in Amarillo than it is in Brownsville. Going from Amarillo to Brownsville you're going from a midwest winter to a subtropical version of winter. Going from Amarillo to Brownsville you go from snow storms to grape fruit and oranges. There again it's all in one state. Big temperature variations and big landscape variations.

[debzkidz]

Texas is a lot of things, but Midwestern it is not. I was born and raised in the Dallas area, and lived most of my adult life either in in west Texas or the Houston area, and none of them feel remotely midwestern. I now live in Oklahoma and they do consider themselves to be midwestern.

[jread]

Originally Posted by Frodo2008

Most Texans are southerners. Conservative, Christian, pro-death penalty, likes low taxes, etc.

Not where I live.... thankfully.