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mgood wrote:Sort of like the joke about the young man leaving home (joining the military, maybe?). His mother tells him not to ask people where theyre from. He asks her why not. She says, "If they're from Texas, they'll tell you. If they're not, you don't want to embarrass them."

So let's hear the joke!

Dallas is closer to Chicago than it is to Brownsville.

No it isn't. Dallas to Chicago is about 300 miles farther than Dallas to Brownsville. Everything else you said was spot on. :)

What do you love about Texas?

Texans of course.

I love all of Texas, but not the cities.

Dr. Pepper!!!
among MANY other things.

I love that Texas is in better economic health than many other states.

Jim Lockey wrote:I love all of Texas, but not the cities.

?

The heat and mosquitoes.

Texas is a state of mind.

No one mentioned state taxes. As a youngun' I lived in Kalifornia and left without paying ( I think ) 45 bucks in state taxes. They tracked me to MD and I paid. MD was worse, even more taxes and guns were hated. We have no state tax here, don'tchaknow.

mgood wrote:

VMI77 wrote:Years ago when I was forced to live in the Northeast I remember hearing about some survey that asked people if they identified first with their state or with their country. I don't remember the exact numbers, but for every state except Texas something like 95-99% said country. In Texas something like 15% said state.

I've heard something similar, supposedly reported by people in other countries when they ask an American where they're from. People from other states tend to say "America" or "The United States. People from Texas say they're from "Texas."

When I visited Europe in 1983, we told everyone we were from Texas when asked. People liked that - they still had the idea that John Wayne was out in West Texas somewhere riding his horse and shooting his six-gun.

In Germany, too often some rowdy folks would come by whatever establishment/place of interest we were visiting, and they would be carrying on and making a fuss. It seems they were "Verdammt Amerikanisher" (danged Americans, loosely translated), and the locals didn't take too kindly to them. Texans were fine, but Americans? Too snooty and too much trouble.

It wasn't exactly and un-earned reputation, unfortunately.

with usa1

Out of the 50 states and Wash DC, Texas has the 49th lowest debt load for state governments.

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I love that it's not Kalistan.

I know that I want to live in other states and travel, but in the back of my mind I know that if I'm allowed to die of old age it will be in Texas