Texas and outlying colonies, that is perfect. New Mexico is like the child nobody wants, and Oklahoma is the try-hard attention seeker whose only claim to fame are the OKC Thunder. In Texas, things are ironic in their own right. I'm from and live in Houston, which is the place to be if you are in the music industry. Austin holds the best college in the state IMO, San Antonio has lots of history, such as the Alamo, and the "Big D" has many tourists, though I don't know why people like them so much better than every other city here. (This is not why I am called Big_Dogs.) Sports here is second nature. With the best high school football, and maybe basketball in the nation, it's no wonder why so many Texans go on to play for great D1 schools. In fact, Russel Okung went to my high school. I love the UT-OU rivalry, and I used to love the UT-A&M rivalry until the cowardly Aggies left for the SEC.
If you are trying to get out of the state, and have to go north on I-10, you are in a heap of trouble. I had a friend of mine say that it takes 22 hours to get from here to Michigan by car, and 10 of those hours are in Texas alone! Take I-45, and sooner than later, you will end up somewhere in Louisiana. There is also lots of diversity here. So many peoples blended in, and you have a blossoming of culture. We probably have the best Mexican food and BBQ ribs in the country.
Of course, not everything is so great. The weather is so bipolar. Our summers burn so hot, you could probably bake cookies or fry eggs on a sidewalk, and when it's winter, the cold strikes with a vengeance.
As they say, everything is bigger and better in Texas, y'all.
Last edited by Big Dogs at 10/4/2012 11:13:35 PM