There’s more than a few good things. Near cities, lots of diversity - so, Indian, Syrian, Nigerian, and Texas BBQ all within five miles of each other. Farther out from cities, lots of natural beauty. A bunch of state parks, beautiful dark sky areas, and so on. The weather isn’t terrible once you acclimate unless you really like rain.
That said, it’s 90% cult speaking when people say that. Texas is the cool thing to say because guns and Jesus. Most Texans stay indoors and don’t care about anything more than that nearest shipping mall or grocery store. Most Texans just go to fast food joints. Austin is a shit city.
But, with how big Texas is, it would be really hard to say there’s not something to love. Not the politicians or the fake freedom but there’s something.
You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.
They elect politicians who lie to them because any time they encounter a new thought they revert to fear and racism.
But also remember that over 4.8 million Texans voted against Trump which is more than the population of at least half of the other states in America. There are more Democrats in Texas than people in other states. Many of their votes are not heard due to the Republicans in power and, not to mention, local candidates who run as Democrats and turn coat.
AND that’s not even counting how ‘right wing’ Democrats are. Yeah, ‘proud Texans’ by and large suck. You’re not wrong.
The thing is, those things you listed can be found in many other places that aren’t Texas, at least in the US. I’d rather live in those places rather than Texas.
There’s more than a few good things. Near cities, lots of diversity - so, Indian, Syrian, Nigerian, and Texas BBQ all within five miles of each other. Farther out from cities, lots of natural beauty. A bunch of state parks, beautiful dark sky areas, and so on. The weather isn’t terrible once you acclimate unless you really like rain.
That said, it’s 90% cult speaking when people say that. Texas is the cool thing to say because guns and Jesus. Most Texans stay indoors and don’t care about anything more than that nearest shipping mall or grocery store. Most Texans just go to fast food joints. Austin is a shit city.
But, with how big Texas is, it would be really hard to say there’s not something to love. Not the politicians or the fake freedom but there’s something.
What about the people who keep those politicians in power? I’m sick of people saying it’s the politicians. They don’t get to power in a vacuum.
You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.
They elect politicians who lie to them because any time they encounter a new thought they revert to fear and racism.
But also remember that over 4.8 million Texans voted against Trump which is more than the population of at least half of the other states in America. There are more Democrats in Texas than people in other states. Many of their votes are not heard due to the Republicans in power and, not to mention, local candidates who run as Democrats and turn coat.
AND that’s not even counting how ‘right wing’ Democrats are. Yeah, ‘proud Texans’ by and large suck. You’re not wrong.
The thing is, those things you listed can be found in many other places that aren’t Texas, at least in the US. I’d rather live in those places rather than Texas.
You don’t have to live there, just go visit Big Bend.
But I also don’t want to visit (and contribute any tax dollars), especially as a trans person.