Poll: Stereotypical Texan

[loc978]

My home isn't the best, nor does it suck. Fits well for me, though. I love the climate, the mountains, and the scenery. I love the fact that there are few rules enforced beyond city limits... and I hate the yuppies inside city limits.

Also, most jeans are neither comfortable nor rugged (give me triple-stitched cargo pants any day), cowboy boots have nothing to recommend them over combat boots, polo shirts are for douchebags who have no expertise beyond bureaucracy, Jesus is a cheap ripoff of Horus, and Ft. Hood stole all my helicopters six years ago!

That said, I've met plenty of people from Texas I get along with just fine... never stereotypical ones, though.

 

[IronDefender410]

I would hate to move away from Texas, most of my family lives here and I was born here. But it never snows down here.
F*cking weather...

 

[Marik2]

"Essential information to be from Texas. Right to bear arms, free speech, and we are better than any other state and/or country, Oklahoma is north Texas (they just don't know it) and Jesus will return at Ft. Hood, Cowboy hats can only be worn with cowboy boots and jeans, never with polo's."

I'm From Texas and I just always wondered what other people/states/countries thought about us and themselves. Mostly this is aimed at other U.S. states but I was just wondering. Or is it like here and people just generally not care about the other states? Or are just all texans so arrogant lol

Im from Texas and I remember an old thread here that showed a story about a cheerleader being raped by the quarterback and he got away with it because he was the star player and she still needed to cheer for him.

And for some reason that story was suppose to represent the 6 billion people on earth and that it would only happen in Texas.

And everyone just jumped into assumptions that Texas was full of rednecks and hicks...

 

[New Frontiersman]

I'm from Texas and I have to say, that although the stereotypes are true for some people in Texas they're certainly not true for everyone, and definately not me. There are people like that all across America, Conservative Christain Bible-thumpers, they don't represent all of us.

I like my state it's fairly nice, there are some things that are okay some that aren't so great, but I'm not super in love with my state, you should probably have had a few poll options for those of us who fit between "It is the best" and "It sucks". And maybe an option for our foreign friends who don't live in the states.

 

[Berserker119]

When I think of Texas, I think of Rooster Teeth and Stevie Ray Vaughn. So, not bad.

 

[Drakmeire]

Sadly this is how most people see Texans.
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/rich-texan-the-simpsons.jpg

 

[ZodiacMaster101]

I'm from Texas and let me just tell you that alot of the stereotypes are not true, although I am not one to really talk as I live in The Woodlands, which is a little community north of Houston, and let me just say that The Woodlands is stuck inside its own bubble, so alot of things that affect the rest of the country or state don't really affect us that much, iunfortuanlty this has the very adverse effect of making alot of the people living here act like total stuck up arse holes.

 

[BabyRaptor]

I'm from Texas, and was stationed at Ft. Hood for 4 years, so nobody can blast me for saying this: Texas is a disgrace to the country. Look at the people that live there, the way they're buggering up their school system, the way they treat people they disagree with, the fact that it's infested with illegal aliens...

I say let them go. The US would be better off without them.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Its alright. my Gf lives there, so I cant talk bad about it. But Texas shouldnt get too high on that horse since a lot of stuff (bad stuff) happened in texas. And since they were one of those rebel states of the South.

However I'm Pennsylvanian. Particularly Western Pennsylvanian. You know, strong, steel workers. We opened the country to the colonies with the three rivers. We're also known as low mountain men, back woods hunters and the ones who are the logical bunch. I dont really know what hte stereotypical (western) pennsylvanian is in general really.\

BUt I think Texans just like to raise a stink. Its not bad, its in their blood. They cant help themselves. Look at how they wanted to be their own country (sandwiched between Mexico and the US? haha, good luck on that one).

 

[ExaltedK9]

"Essential information to be from Texas. Right to bear arms, free speech, and we are better than any other state and/or country, Oklahoma is north Texas (they just don't know it) and Jesus will return at Ft. Hood, Cowboy hats can only be worn with cowboy boots and jeans, never with polo's."

I'm From Texas and I just always wondered what other people/states/countries thought about us and themselves. Mostly this is aimed at other U.S. states but I was just wondering. Or is it like here and people just generally not care about the other states? Or are just all texans so arrogant lol

You must live in EAST Texas...

 

[BabyRaptor]

I'm from Texas and let me just tell you that alot of the stereotypes are not true, although I am not one to really talk as I live in The Woodlands, which is a little community north of Houston, and let me just say that The Woodlands is stuck inside its own bubble, so alot of things that affect the rest of the country or state don't really affect us that much, iunfortuanlty this has the very adverse effect of making alot of the people living here act like total stuck up arse holes.

..That's scary. I grew up in Oak Ridge, right across the highway. I wonder if we've met before?

 

[Psycho Cat Industries]

Texas,as I am from it can only be described in a couple words.
Our economy is better for a reason.EAT IT GREECE!(I joke about Greece,but our economy really is better then most of the country)

 

[Andy03]

Alright, *Cracks knuckles*. Now that your taking about Texas, I must come out of lurking.

Ah, Texas. I do think it's better then some other states. That's because I was born here, and living here. Your stereotype of a Texan is really off. Most of the people are like anywhere else (at least in El Paso). The only difference I see is that we can't drive in any other condition other than sunny.

 

[ZodiacMaster101]

I'm from Texas and let me just tell you that alot of the stereotypes are not true, although I am not one to really talk as I live in The Woodlands, which is a little community north of Houston, and let me just say that The Woodlands is stuck inside its own bubble, so alot of things that affect the rest of the country or state don't really affect us that much, iunfortuanlty this has the very adverse effect of making alot of the people living here act like total stuck up arse holes.

..That's scary. I grew up in Oak Ridge, right across the highway. I wonder if we've met before?

hmmmm its a possibility, hey you what would be fun, is if we decided to have a turf war on hwo gets the highway

 

[Broken Orange]

Maybe it is becsuse i am from the liberal part of Texas, but the sterotypes of Texas id mostly false. Guns are popular, though.

 

[BabyRaptor]

hmmmm its a possibility, hey you what would be fun, is if we decided to have a turf war on hwo gets the highway

You can have it. The Woodlands has all the awesome stuff in the area...The mall, the Pavillion, Market Street, the Riverwalk...Oak Ridge just has trees, a couple schools and a gas station.

 

[New Frontiersman]

I'm from Texas and let me just tell you that alot of the stereotypes are not true, although I am not one to really talk as I live in The Woodlands, which is a little community north of Houston, and let me just say that The Woodlands is stuck inside its own bubble, so alot of things that affect the rest of the country or state don't really affect us that much, iunfortuanlty this has the very adverse effect of making alot of the people living here act like total stuck up arse holes.

You live in the Woodlands? Woah, that's crazy I live right near there, I live in Barker Cypress. I hear about you guys all the time in on TV, I guess that's why your post stuck out to me. Anyway I just thought I would say hey.

 

[Firetaffer]

I feel indifferent, where's that poll option..

 

[.Andi.]

I've moved all over the place, and I'd have to say that Georgia is one of the worst places on earth. I live in Texas now, and... it's like Georgia without the marbles-in-the-mouth drawl and less to see. Yes, I've been to Austin and I hated it. Yes, I've been all over the place. Houston smells like piss and batteries.

Fun fact: of all the states I've lived in, California and Texas are the most similar: they think they're the bestest ever, the most posh, the most popular, and the most dissimilar. LOL


Anyway, people in Texas are generally just like everyone else, except in tourist areas. This is something I think most people can relate to. For some reason tourists attract stupid, possibly because they WANT the stereotypical behavior for their money or they're not happy.

I hate Austin because of the "forced weird" that exudes from that city like a cloud of ebola.

San Antonio is chock-full of the cowboyhat-country/latino-snakeskinboots-do-see-do BS that most people think of when they think Texas.

Dallas... is like San Antonio with more money. Also - NO ONE lives in Dallas; they live NEAR Dallas. Big horrible conventions take place in Dallas.

Houston is where the oil industry does their business; so it's terribly polluted AND you get hurricanes. Houston people are evil... which makes it more fun. Visit Sunnyside if you ever get the chance to visit that horrid city.

South Texas is a big marsh/blur of random cities; the beaches are hit and miss. It's either beautiful white sand beaches with drunk college girls or the majestic condom and needle dead fish and batteries beach. Sometimes, they switch.

West Texas is nothing. El Paso is mesa and buckwheat pancake filled. No, I have no idea why. Gene Roddenberry was from El Paso, for what it's worth.

The pan-handle (northwest Texas - looks like a... pan handle) Is full of cold and Lubbock. Lubbock, due to Texas Tech tries to be Austin in patches, but is mostly trees and cold. It's the great plains, so it can storm like crazy and has torn'adas. Avoid like plague.

That's about it. Everything else is NOTHINGNESS. This state has so much nothing it's maddening. A lot of the midwest has this problem. Drive from El Paso to San Antonio sometime, if you feel like a tour of nothing. It's like Judas Priest's Point of Entry album cover (north American).

 

[Glaive_21842]

Minnesota nice. No way anybody could hate that ^_^ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_nice]