Fun Facts and Fiction about Texas
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hearlady
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Everything is bigger there!
Born and raised Texan here, spent most of my life in Texas. I loved it. The culture is different (I am now in Colorado). I can't explain it.
Taking a trip to another state? Plan on an entire day of driving just to get out of the state (depending on where you start, of course). From one end of the state to the other, at the longest point, it is over 800 miles.
I remember one trip where signs said, "Rest Area - 26 miles". Or "Rest Area - 84 miles". I crossed the border into Texas and the next sign said, "Next Rest Area - 278 miles", or something like that. I burst out laughing.
What I don't miss about Texas and why I haven't moved back there: Venomous snakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, chiggers and other biting insects, flash floods, entire summers with temps over 100F (not just a few days now and then) when you step outside your door, take a breath and think your lungs have been seared.
I have saved my Texas license plates and my Texas drivers license.
Taking a trip to another state? Plan on an entire day of driving just to get out of the state (depending on where you start, of course). From one end of the state to the other, at the longest point, it is over 800 miles.
I remember one trip where signs said, "Rest Area - 26 miles". Or "Rest Area - 84 miles". I crossed the border into Texas and the next sign said, "Next Rest Area - 278 miles", or something like that. I burst out laughing.
What I don't miss about Texas and why I haven't moved back there: Venomous snakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, chiggers and other biting insects, flash floods, entire summers with temps over 100F (not just a few days now and then) when you step outside your door, take a breath and think your lungs have been seared.
I have saved my Texas license plates and my Texas drivers license.
I still have my Texas drivers license I got at 14. I should frame it I guess. I remember the chiggers from time spent in East Texas. Also Copperheads that I feared worse that rattlesnakes. I left in my late teens and haven't been back.
What many don't know is about half of Texas is full of small towns. Then in the other half, the towns are a long ways apart. The climate goes from hot and dry to humid and wet, then there is the Panhandle where the weather changes suddenly.
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hollydolly
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that's the whole size of the UK..from the southern tip of England to the very North of Scotland
Lizard point to Dunnet head
MACKTEXAS
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Yes, those wide open spaces are more in west Texas than either north, or central Texas (where I am).
But the Dallas / Ft. Worth metroplex (north Texas) is very congested and growing, as is Austin / San Antonio, to the south. I live in a small rural town in central Texas with almost zero population growth in well over 20 years.
Contrary to what some may think, most men in Texas don't go around wearing cowboy hats, except in very rural areas or country and western bars.
Brookswood
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Texas????? I thought it was called Taxes. I always thought the people who lived there loved to pay taxes so they name their state Taxes. My mistake.
hollydolly
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we used to have a member here.. who lived the rodeo life when he was younger, and still wears the cowboy gear now as an older man.... big hats, boots, the belt buckles.. and he's very proud of it .. but he doesn't come from texas..I believe he is from Colorado..at least I know he lived/lives in Colorado .. ( Cody if youre reading this please come and correct me )
A friend came over from England to take an old rt 66 road trip with me. It was nearing dark as we entered Texas. I said "If you are hungry we should stop at the first place we see as it gets sparse of towns and open places after dark" "Nah... it's fine let's keep going" Three hours later I hear this moan and then" If you see road kill just STOP and let's eat!" I was believed thereafter.
Disgustedman
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Lampasas TX, has a beautiful rose garden, but Tyler Texas has the nations largest rose garden spanning 14 acres.
I learned this when I took a trip down to Lampasas some years ago. Nice place to visit but I sure as heck couldn't stand living there, it was 97 degrees and 95% humidity. Y
I learned this when I took a trip down to Lampasas some years ago. Nice place to visit but I sure as heck couldn't stand living there, it was 97 degrees and 95% humidity. Y
No state taxes in Texas…….
