9 Reasons Why Texas is DIFFERENT from the Rest of the South 

Glad you made it❤

Welcome👍

We welcome you. Plus Texans are Texans first. Then Americans

my mom was born in Louisiana, but raised in Houston. My brother was born in Louisiana and like me and our other two brothers we lived most of our life in Texas often on and we all call at home. Even though I’m in Oklahoma right now I still consider Texas my home.

If you fit in in Texas, I can understand why they kicked you out of Switzerland.

You're missing a hand there...

Amen brotha!

​@@akhagee4707 It's only 4 claps

👏👏👏👏

@@akhagee4707you sick man

Glad to have you @SupaSargeakaQ. Now, it's quite a ways from Texarkana. But I would definitely suggest Big Bend. The national park was amazing. But the drive along 170. From Lajitas to Presidio. Though the state park, along the Mexico boarder was absolutely stunning. 41 years old from Texas. And I never knew we had such beautiful scenery. Hope you enjoy your acreage. And thank you for your service.

@@perrylykins5518 appreciate the greetings and I plan to visit as much of Texas that I can

Welcome to Texas! Thank you for your service. I'm in East Texas, in the pineywoods. Originally From Houston. Congratulations on the little one 😊

@@cheryllthompson5092 thank you. Can’t wait for my little girl to get here and I’m sure she will enjoy being in Texas

@@cheryllthompson5092 I'm in La. but feel right at home in E.Tex.. San Antonio is a really great city & I love the Woodlands & had plenty of fun in Dallas as well. I start to feel a little uncomfortable when the pine trees start thinning out & would probably be cooked in the desert. I always liked the Mesquite BBQ which used to be very popular but now everything is too sweet; honey, molasses, brown sugar. A slight taste is good but I don't want candy when I eat meat.

I’ve been known to get out and kiss the ground when I get back into Texas after accidentally visiting another state.

Yeah, I live in Corpus Christi. You have to go to multiple different beaches to get a good view of Texas and the egg I’ve been to Galveston. It’s obviously awful. But you can’t judge beaches, just on Galveston tbh

I live in Angleton about 15 minutes from the Gulf at Freeport. From time to time I've seen the water that beautiful blue green color but we have the Brazos River that has the red mud that flows into the Gulf when there is a lot of rain that stirs it up and makes it look bad for a while but the fishing is pretty good then... lol

Corpus christi beaches are better than any beach north of Savanah along the east coast.

@@lowbloodprsureI love corpus

The silt is from the many Texas rivers that empty into the gulf

I have a group of friends in other countries and they laugh when I tell them that! 😂 so true

Depends on what side of Houston too. It's massive. West side can get there in 3 hours. But I agree. We'll tell you how long because it's gonna take some time.

Truth. My northeasterner husband would ask how far to a place and I'd answer in hours. Drove him nuts. He wanted to know miles, which may vary depending on the route. But the time will basically be the same.

that's basically the southern thing to do. In Mississippi I never heard anyone give the miles, we only knew the hours.

On Roadtrips, the majority of the roadtrip is spent getting out of Texas lmao.

Yep. 70 years here 😉

I hope I last that long here. 25 and counting

84 years, born & bred and very proud too

Dallas and Fort Worth, concrete jungle where dreams are made of!

jejeje yea, and some would have a diagnosis for that 'state of mind' I do love thems BBQ tho'!

Lol I’m 4th generation and was so happy when Jesus sent me a wonderful Idahoan man to marry. Almost broke his mama’s heart, though, because she knew after he married a Texan he’d probably never move back to Idaho.

@@makeminetexas3494that’s hilarious! 😂

When someone speaks good on Texas, you will always know you were a part of what made it great 🫡🤠

You are still here with us in spirit brother. And you will always have a home and family here!!

Reminds me of Sandy's song from SpongeBob.

What made you love it so much just curious and draw you in so much at such a young age you a cowboy at heart?

You were not born but you got here as fast as you could.

Second that motion. (I'm 79)

I'm an American. Much BETTER than a bunch of arrogant douchbags

Was born in NM and moved to Texas when I was 1 year old. Been here ever since. I love NM but Texas is something else lol

Texas entered the Union in 1845 with the expectation of dividing into five states, the way the Northwest Territory subdivided into Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Texas can subdivide any time its State Legislature decides, and gain 8 more Senators from its territory. So far, Texans have decided they'd rather stay Texans than be divided into five states that aren't Texas. Although Texas has a huge population of near 31 million, the five states subdivided from the Old (and Cold) Northwest have 48 million, on about the same land area.

It'll never be divided up. It's its own region. Anyone who disagrees is wrong lol Texas Forever.

Like its Oklahoma neighbor Texas is a fusion of the Great Plains, the Deep South and the Western States, particularly the Mexican border.

Agreed, the whole state is a region in and of itself!

Texas would’ve been one of the largest nations on Earth if it had magically resisted American expansionism

Born & bred

"To be born Texan is to have won the lottery of Life."

someone "bred" you???

@@sqd37l Do you understand bread vs. Bred in simple writing a sentence ???

@@dcasper8514 was it "bareback" when it happened?

It's still used.

Texans vacation to other cities in Texas. Lol

​@@ryanhouk3560facts lol 😂 😂 😂

@@ryanhouk3560That’s true we do lol!

@@ryanhouk3560literally

Ha ha! Love it.

Dallas and Fort Worth, concrete jungle...

haha. I hate Texas in the summer but it is home.

@@CreativeMoments92 General Sherman: "If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and move to Hell." We are proud of our incredibly hot Summers, and enjoy complaining about it, especially when it's made worse by humidity in the Texas coastal plain. We like to say Texas has 3 seasons: one Spring, two Summers, and one pure Inferno. --You're welcome!. 😅

@@adrianjohnson7920 sounds accurate.

Facts!

houston is the most diverse city on the planet, and also for me, one of the most friendly, its awesome and in my opinion one of the things we should be most proud of.

​@@Bigman-hi2neno it's not the most diverse city is Jersey City 😂

Native Houstonian here. I barely recognize the place anymore. We could do with less diversity imo. The cultural cohesion we once enjoyed has been smothered by the incoming waves. Edit: Don't get me wrong; the variety is cool. It's just so much, so quickly added that the nucleus has been buried.

@@8qk67acq5 @8qk67acq5 Well said. When you often feel like a stranger in your hometown, the influx is too great.

That is so true. No matter where we go as Texans, we will.make our way back to Texas. That feeling is infectious, and even people that visit for too long, end up staying. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

True...I'm well traveled and I've been homesick many times. There's no place like home ❤

Except Austin. Austin is where you live if you hate Texas but have to live here. It prides itself on not being the rest of Texas, and the feeling is broadly mutual.

​​@@russmitchellmovement That's because Austin was gentrified, of its founding population.

@@russmitchellmovementAustin doesn’t separate itself from Texas, the rest of Texas sets Austin aside because of gentrification + increase of out of state people moving to Austin

Not western but stupid

You sum this up perfectly

East Texas largely doesn't have HEB, we have brookshires. I love HEB but my nearest one is an hour an a half away.

I discovered the same when I visited in-laws in Limerick, Republic of Ireland!

@@loraweems8712!

DAMN RIGHT! TEXAS FOR LIFE! TEXAS FOREVER!😊

Facts 😂💯

I was born September 4,1954 in Buda ,Texas And I left Texas in the spring of 1974 for Minnesota. I can't take the 🔥 heat , the poisonous snake's, fire ant's, 🦂 scorpion, brown recluse, etc. in Texas. Beside I hear that we are going to have a snowy winter. I can hardy wait & to go ice fishing. 💦 🐠 I enjoy our 4 seasons. I can hardly wait. ❄

Texas is not all that. 😂

Mike is the best

Couldn't have said it better.

That mans voice is near as smooth and dulcet as mine.

@@JohnLee-db9ztit’s definitely all that and much better than your state

Kansas City Missouri or Kansas

@@BlakeAlexander12 Missouri.

Amarillo is still 143 miles from the Texas Oklahoma border. Just saying.

El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than it is to Dallas.

> In the 1800's when railroads were the choice for long distance travel, there was a saying: "The Sun has riz and the Sun has set and here we is in Texas yet."

Alabama is the Heart of Dixie. Texas is West Dixie. 😊❤

Austin city limits, Austin live music capital of the world, also my new idea Austin NHL, NBA, NFL team

LOUISIANA HAS THE TALLEST STATE CAPITAL BUILDING AT 405 FEET TALL !!!! THE TEXAS STATE BUILDING IS ONLY 302.64 FEET TALL !

CAJUN’S RULE 🎉

I misspoke. I should have said the Texas capitol building is the "largest" in terms of size, not the "tallest". But comparing the two, I would say the Texas building is by far the prettier one though. 🙂

​@jeriddian6775 if you're into sand colored buildings

@lizwisecarver1756 only state in the union we can fly our flag at the same height as ole glory

There's 2 kinds of Texans, those who were born here, and those who got here as soon as they could.

> Absolutely right! Some of the very best Texans came here -- many from Tennessee and a lot of those died at the Alamo and Goliad.

What makes you Texan is the bulshit

Ummm, no. Some of you Texans by attitude lean too far into TX stereotypes or preconceived ideas about TX.

That's a stretch....

Palo Duro Canyon is breathtaking!

That part of the video was just dumb. Nobody calls the Texas panhandle "Western Oklahoma" except maybe someone from Oklahoma.

And then there's the old joke that goes along with that: Why doesn't Texas slide into the Gulf of Mexico? Because Oklahoma sucks.

Agreed!

Don't provoke the species.

For real i got pissed and droped a comment on auto response. The disrespect wont be tolerated

Well said

@@zerozero9085 I love those chips

And don't forget the various places that you can find TX-shaped waffles. They just taste better with that shape!! LOL

I worked for H‑E‑B for almost 11 years

IIRC, recently HEB was one of the most popular grocery chains in the US, and it's only in Texas and MEXICO!😅

I own a Texas shaped cake pan. That got a lot of use when my kids were little!

That's not Southern bud, That's Texan. We have our own way of talking. We do not sound like any of the other southern states.

@@DaBadGuyCR Really? Linguistic study said that it is "southern" when you combine the "twang", "drawl" and "panhandle" accents.. People from Houston are going through a neutralization while oddly people people Dallas are more "southern" than people from Nashville when they're talking.. Also people from Kentucky aren't truly Southerners because they speak with no southern accent at all.. So the "doubtful" Southernerns are Floridians and Kentuckians(also might be Virginians too).. While the younger whose accents are neutralized are Tennesseeans(especially those dwelling Nashville), North Carolinians(and South Carolinians too), Georgians(especially those dwelling Atlanta) and Texas(especially those dwelling Houston, Austin and San Antonio).. Also the settlement patterns were "unique" because people who came to Dallas areas were mostly from Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky while people who came to Houston areas were mostly from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.. And this is why the accents were derived from those settlers(also people who settled Oklahoma were mostly from Arkansas and Tennessee too).. While Oklahoma is a bit unique because it's a mix of Midwestern and Southern(nowadays people are talking neutral like those found in Kansas and Nebraska).. So Texas is like a mix of Southern & Mexico.. While these are three "doubtful" Southern states namely are Kentucky, Florida and Oklahoma.. Texas is Southern but mixed with Mexico.. So I hope Dallas would be the capital of the south though(not because they sound more southern than the people from Nashville or Atlanta).. but because culturally it was shaped by the Southerners from Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky.. Also economically it is the most thriving out of all major southern cities.. So yeah that was all my opinion bud.. and you guys say "y'all" more often than Tennesseeans right? Also you guys are saying "pin" instead of "pen" just like people from Arkansas or Louisiana.. that's why I believe the study because it is a southern accent.. Houston and Jacksonville(Florida) are going through the same thing.. yep.. neutralization.. but again even though they're speaking with a general American accent.. I still can guess where they are from because accentually sometimes their southern-ness comes out.. While you can't even tell if someone from Austin(the younger people) just like the case that you can't even tell if someone from Tennessee.. BUT! You also can! Even they're speaking neutral sometimes you can hear they're saying "pen" as "pin", "went" as "wint" and the word "literally" is more often pronounced as "litrally" instead of "liderally".. I watched "Kara and Nate" channel and at a glance of my hearing.. I didn't even know they're from Nashville but.. When they say "when" and "win".. I immediately checked their bio channel and yes they're from Tennessee(Nashville).. Also the study said that people from Nashville aged 25-45 are speaking neutral.. and yeah let's just consider that Austin is the same.. And this is wild because Nate's parrents sound REALLY southern while it's weird seeing their son(Nate) speaking neutral.. This is why you're going through a weird situation in Tennessee(Nashville) and Texas(Houston, Austin and San Antonio).. where the youngers are speaking neutral while the elders(aged 50+) are speaking southern.. this is called a neutralization.. While it is odd that Dallas seems like it's not going through a neutralization.. I don't know why even though it is the most populous city(the metro).. But many of the folks are stull speaking southern(you can even compare them with the people from Arkansas).. Also not only in the South though.. People from North Jersey, New York City and Long Island are losing their accents too! Also people from Boston nowadays started pronouncing their r's.. this is why many regional accents are dying due to neutralization.. I've read this.. "people from Georgia sound less 'southern', people from Texas sound less 'twangy' and people from Massachusetts start pronouncing their r's".. You do know what "southern twang" right? Texan isn't a southern drawl but rather a southern twang.. Also this feature is more commonly found in eastern pats of Texas like Dallas, Houston and Austin.. Less common in San Antonio.. while barely common in El Paso and Amarillo.. Also you guys have a large Hispanic community by why you guys can't pronounce "Llano" and "Amarillo" correctly? It's supposed to be "Yano" and "Amariyo" because the double L equates to Y sound.. So the pronunciation of those Spanish place names are Southernized/Americanized.. the main things why Texas is doubtfully a southern state are its size and its demographic.. but the way the speak isn't.. because it is a southern accent(according to linguistic study).. and it's mainly found in eastern half of Texas(note this that I say eastern half instead of ALL parts of Texas).. because it is where the settlement of the Southerners began.. they were bringing up their various accents too and implemented it on their next generations(their descendants).. while something has been changing since 1970s.. the neutralization that began in major cities.. Houston are still going through the process of it while I think Dallas may finish it more late.. Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte and Jacksonville have finished the process though.. let's see how people from Dallas talk in the future.. And like I said even they're trying to hide their "original" accent.. I can still hear their Southern-ness when they're talking.. so yeah it's not that "general".. While it might be that southern folks will create their own "new" accents in the future where they all may speak a general American accent.. but it is a general American accent from the South(or they might even call it "general Southern")..

​@@DaBadGuyCROne thing to add.. He adds Maryland and Delaware.. Geographically.. those can be southern but culturally and accentually.. those are Mid-Atlantic(Virginia too).. Here's my opinion.. Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey are all Mid-Atlantic.. Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin are all Eastern Midwest.. Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and and Nebraska are all Central Midwest.. Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota are all Upper Midwest.. While Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi are all East Southern.. Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma are Central Southern.. While Florida on its own.. Also Texas is a hybrid Mexican-Southern(culturally) and Oklahoma is a hybrid Native-Southern(culturally).. And I grouped them by their speech/accents, culture and geography.. Also Washington DC is a "specialized" Maryland basically..

That's becuase texas is southern. They were part of the confederacy. They fought to have slaves and even went to war against Mexico to be allowed to bring slaves before it join the union

@@DaBadGuyCR We literally sound like Tennessee, Arkansas, and Kentucky people. We have Upland South roots and linguistics. East Texas is Deep Southern drawls. Sure we have variations, but so does other Southern states. USA is diverse

Same here. If I were any more Texan I'd probably be Mexican.

Wish we could be our own country now!!😢

We may have to become our own country.

@@redfields5070 here we go again.

We all wish you were your own, so we could close the borders on Texas and not have to pay for every emergency you never prepared for. Texas is just another Southern welfare state.

😂 Same 😂

AMEN!! LOVE IT!!!!

amen fellow Texan

“Soy Tejano, putos!!” 😂

Good one!

I’m 63 and we didn’t say it back in the 60s and 70s, but my children did in the 90s. Don’t know when they started it, but I love it.

On the flip side of that, Maryland & Delaware wasn't Confederates, yet people try to force them onto the South. True southerners don't acknowledge the imaginary Mason-Dixon Line, only natural borders like the Ohio & Potomac rivers.

Most definitely this is true but what is not understood most of these Mexicans just came in the last 20 years from running across the border and then also come here and having a bunch of babies. This Mexican influence has not always been Dallas. When I was growing up Dallas was majority white and black. And Dallas is still mainly a segregated City segregated City with the majority of the blacks on the southern side of it. This is where you will find southern people and Southern Culture and food. Dallas is one of the fastest growing places in the country and when you have all of these people moving from all over the country is hard to keep your Southern Roots. As a matter of fact transplants outnumber native Dallas people. In my eyes Dallas is the South and will always be that because that's what I was raised up in and as I stated if you go to the southern parts of Dallas a lot of it is still Southern and the South

Also Texas is considered the south because if you go east of Dallas and north of Houston this area looks like and feels like anywhere else in the south which is the Deep South

@@labaroncharles1958 Yes that area does, but it's the smallest geographic portion of TX. Since the majority of TX has a southwest feel, that's the region it belongs to; majority rules.

@MoneyC225 if you cut off the eastern part of Texas that is southern it would be about the same size as south Carolina or Louisiana. Texas is a large state that transfers into a different region. The blood that made Texas is southern. My family comes out of East Texas from slavery. My mother and great grandmother picked cotton in in East Texas. As a matter of fact most of Texas native black population migrated out of East Texas into Dallas and Houston. We are Southerners. That's the culture we practiced and were raised up in. Dallas TX Houston TX and East Texas is the South. Can't nobody tell me anything different.

For sure! We moved to California about 5 months for a job. When we moved back, we stopped at a service station in my home town. When I walked in the store, the clerk said, " Hi! How are you doing?" I stopped and looked skyward and said, " I'm so glad to be home!" In Cali, I could walk around a store for hours and never be spoken to. I was even met with cold stares as a rule if I smiled at people, which is my habit at home-- a smile, a nod, a how-are- ya? I even get into conversations about cats and dogs on the pet food aisle.🥰✌

wait till you are really hungry and you won't talk so stupid.

If the country drawl is the primary language, grits are the preffered breakfast food and you see rebel flags daily, Yes no doubt about it!, you are in the south.

It's painful to see man! I love my texas😭😭😭 I don't want to see people try to change it

I'm not sure Austin is even Texan, it's like new Califorinico.

Well said Texan

We’re glad you got here!

You’re probably actively ruining it

​@@Mai-sx3yfOnly if he votes blue

The popular image of Texas is almost completely false. There is great physical and cultural diversity (even among Whites).

Port status varies between 3rd and 1st with 3rd being a little more common. 2022 was record breaking. My dad worked at the Port Terminal RR. As a kid, pre-hyper security, we often visited the Port. Pretty cool place, though my dad always said the rats at night were the size of a small dog. At the Manchester office, they would shoot at them.

You cannot speak for everyone in the state if you are from the East part of Texas you are Southern but if you are speaking on the state as a whole then noit is a mix of things

Georgia is east on the Atlantic , southeastern to be precise. How is Arizona “west “ but is on the same parallel as GA, but GA is south 🤡.

New Yorkers logic, “nothing south of the state is on the East coast”. This is coming from a DC/MD native now in GA

@@neox9369 dude look at a map... its something you may not have gone over yet in school but its called "geography" you should really look into it.

@@neox9369because it’s both the one in the same point(s) that it’s referring to north vs south states around confederacy and the states out west or on west coast weren’t states yet or were most brand new and also / and so, weren’t apart of confederacy- and that the first states of U.S. were along the east coast - and Virginia was the separating line between north vs south states in those original states along the east coast .. every state that came after, was quite literally ‘west’ of that

No doubt

Nice! From Texas, and have been to Tennessee multiple times and they have a lot in common actually.

Gimme ah T for Texas and a T for Tennessee - actually close states in brotherhood

Where did the volunteers volunteer to?

back atcha, volunteer

Im confused….. Ive been to Texas…. Im from chicago currently live in NYC . Im not trying to be funny…..but what part exactly did you love?? I found Houston to be a flat unattractive city filled w strip malls. And no Museums, culture etc

We should create passports !

I 2nd that lol!! ​@bryancooper1502

True that brother…how Texas goes, I go….if she chooses to stand alone, then so be it

@@aTexasMexican2.0 yessir! My family has been in Texas since before it joined the union. They came over on the Mayflower and then a few generations later they made their way to southeast Texas.

When your in Texas look behind you Cause that's Where the rangers Gonna be

* during the Civil War,...soldiers would carve a "star" on the bottom of their wooden boot heels to let federal troops know they were there...

and proud to have married your sister I bet

Facts to me the south is and has always been everything east of Houston the southwest is everything west of Houston

It begins somewhere west of fort worth. Dallas fits in Arkansas nicely

Yep. Tyler is the edge. Everything west of that is not south.

I'm from Alabama and when I cross Louisiana I'm still in the south. It ain't till you cross Dallas or San Antonio till you leave.

@@UrbanOutlaw713The I35 corridor+Houston IS Texas. Not the south or southwest.

Its funny how the basic consideration of not forcing people to stack up behind you and grind their gears is something other folks are actually afraid to do. That's some bassackward thinking to me. It's just so natural around washington county that it never occured to me it could be illegal. I mean the fm roads are a single lane in each direction, speed limit is 70 and there's hills and curves obscured by trees. Are you seriously going to force a fellow motorist to pass in oncoming traffic under those conditions?

​@@CtrlAltRetreat I have relatives in TN. They do the same in a lot of the state.

Maybe somebody can correct me, but I was told that in Texas it is legal to drive on the shoulder as long as the shoulder has a white line painted along its left side. Can anyone confirm this?

@@randykelso4079 I’ve lived in Texas my whole life and I always thought driving on the shoulder to let others pass was legal. However, I was pulled over once for doing this for a cop and imagine my surprise when the red and blues went on. I didn’t get a ticket but I was informed that it actually is illegal and that most law enforcement kind of look the other way when people do it.

@@randykelso4079 Yes, legal in TX on RURAL roads so long as certain criteria are met. Yes, it is legal to drive on rural roads in Texas, as long as the road meets certain criteria: Clear of obstructions: The road must be free of barriers that would prevent a standard passenger vehicle from passing. Passable: The road must be passable by a standard passenger vehicle. Private roads: The owner of a private road can regulate or prohibit its use. However, in some cases, the county may extend speed limits and traffic enforcement to private roads

pure fiction mate, pure fiction.

The Texans always remember the Alamo, but it was a slaughter because of poor leadership. William Travis was responsible for all of the deaths and loss at the Alamo. They were ordered to leave the indefensible position but chose to stay and die. Why don't Texans celebrate the battle of San Jacinto more? San Jacinto was one of the greatest military victories in history which was the culmination of one of the most successful military campaigns of all time led by Sam Houston. Why not REMEMBER SAN JACINTO?

@@aaronkcmoshort answer is because we won only 9 Texans were killed at San Jacinto where as 189 were killed defending the Alamo.its A lot easier to rally behind the defense than the offense therefore we have remember the Alamo and remember goliad

@@ZacharySinha appreciate it. my wife's family is from Texas, or New Lower (or Lesser) Oklahoma as i like to call it. I give them crap about it all the time. this is the best answer i've heard so far.

@@aaronkcmo Right on.

We moved to Utah for 3 years back in the early 90s. Not a bad place, but I was so glad to get home where people understood me.

Baylor Hospital, that’s my hospital too

Born in Texas, lived here currently 50 years. My daddy is Oklahoman and my mama is Okie. I respect my past that grew up in hard times. There are lines that tie us together ❤️

@@kriztenhogue7932 -- At 72, I'm a fourth-generation Texan. My paternal-great- grandmother was born in Chappell Hill, Washington County, Texas in 1841.

Moved to Texas from New York 18 years ago, and I love it here!

I remember Texas history lol I found out my family was a part of it. But the founders originated from the South. My family migrated from North Carolina and Tennessee into Texas in the 1830s.

1845

Welcome to Texas Jerry. If you are moving to the Houston area, me and my real estate team would be honored to help you find a place to live. Let me know and "GET TO KNOW PERRENOT!"

Welcome! My best friend that lived in Houston for a while is from PA & returned there several years ago to take over his dad's job. There are many people that moved here from PA during the economic recession of 2008 & during the shutdown of 2020. So you'll find some people with things in common with you here.

Welcome to Texas!

@@UTHookEmHorns73How does you being from the same state, have anything to do with being kindred or having “things in common “…..the stupidity

Welcome to Texas. So many positives. I Moved here a year ago, still friendly people here. Most of my neighbors in this 10ish year old subdivision are from other states. Traffic, but nothing like the west coast. One difference is: Texas spends multi-millions improving the roads that everyone will use, California wastes millions on a train few will use. Unless you want to travel from Merced to Bakersfield...Yet they continue.

Dallas and Ft. Worth get along like two distant cousins. Close but very distinct.

@@firstnamerequiredlastnameo3473 I agree! It’s just funny to see the change cross like Irving, Grand Prairie or the HEB area

@@Ce13stialBunny Weatherford to Rockwall is about an hour and a half with no traffic. And you are still in DFW.

@@BrendenFriers I’d say more like Weathford to Terrell and Waxahachie to Denison for DFW proper, and then even after that there’s cities close enough to either you get still get to them within a reasonable amount of time. Like Mineral Wells, Celeste, all those suburbs of suburbs still in the huge area. It’s a long drive with heavy traffic.

I love the tension between Dallas and Fort Worth LOL especially with the Fort Worth mascot, the panther being originated from a bitter Dallas resident

and people die because the grid is so poorly managed

Lol I just got back from Virginia and trust me people knew immediately! We are definitely a proud people lol

You're both right about the BBQ, but you're more right. Central Texas BBQ is all about the meat and generally only uses simple dry rub, and it's the greatest BBQ in the world. But East Texas BBQ does use a sweet tomato-based sauce. It's not bad, but it's nothing special. And of course, with your TexMexican husband, I don't have to tell you about South Texas BBQ (it's great stuff...)

@@SongySan debatable on the meat claim, its absolutely the greatest bbq in the world and i am 100% proud of that as someone from the austin area, but i do love to slather my brisket or pork in some stubbs to just get that full meal experience

@@kiyoraka3537 Central Texas BBQ doesn't use sauce as a glaze while cooking the meat. Not the brisket. Not the chicken or turkey. Not the beef or pork ribs. Not the sausage. None of it. It's simply not a feature of the style, and that's not debatable, it's a fact. Some places like Smitty's in Lockhart don't even offer sauce on the side. But most places do offer sauce on the side, and some of it is really good. But proper Central Texas BBQ doesn't need sauce to be enjoyed.

@@SongySanFACTS

Tamales for Christmas!

Austin ain’t Texas. Sorry bud, but you’re in the cesspool of the motherland.

We may have to eject Austin to New York or California.

Want to secede?

It also doesn't look like Oklahoma. Way flatter and more arid than even western Oklahoma. And Oklahoma doesn't really have anything resembling the canyon country. The only place in Oklahoma that looks like the Texas panhandle... is the Oklahoma panhandle.

Oh yeah that map hurt to look at, and he entirely forgot about the hill country just to make a california joke with Austin

Lived in Amarillo since 1974 - I've never heard the phrase "West Oklahoma"! North West Texas (yes, that is north of north Texas) and the Texas High Plains are synonymous with the Texas Panhandle.

@@jsverner LOL you’re right, I live in the D/FW area, which is north Texas. Didn’t realize y’all called the Panhandle North West Texas. That’s cool.

@@KVZY713 thank I’m arguing with people from Dallas trying to tell them that’s not the south only the eastern half of Texas is actually southern

Wichita Falls is definitely Southern

@@DeniliUhyoha-o9g Wichita Falls is 1 million percent not southern they even have midwestern state univ

I was driving from Waco to MO and stopped in a Walmart in Texarkana. Oh my. I could not understand half the folks in there and my people are from southeast MO. They got some serious accents.

@@katydid2877Absolutely! I grew up just outside of Texarkana and always have to repeat myself and speak slower so I can be understood better! 😂 Especially if I get excited about something!!😅

@@qcsweetgirl30 Right? 😂 Accents are so interesting. Texas is like 5-6 states combined.

El paso is closer to L.A. than Houston right ?

I'd say you might be ok saying that for SE Texas, but not really there either. I'm a native Houstonian, & have traveled the South tons to times. Even Houston isn't Southern anymore. It's the most diverse city in the USA, & as such, it's got a different feel to ot than the South.

Texas ain't the real South

@@UTHookEmHorns73Atlanta is the same and it’s the same

​ there's no such thing as the real south. Either is the South or it's not. Texas is not the Deep South or should I say Dallas and Houston but they are the South. If you go east of Dallas in north of Houston you are in the Deep South

Gilmer here, He did a great job on this video for sure!!

What’s Big Sandy?

@@MySiamesedreams TINY town Texas.. 🤣🤣... next door to Gilmer. (Same county as Gilmer, which is is the county seat of Upshur County.) ***Gilmer is also: TINY town Texas 🤣🤣 ~edit: We have approx. 5 red lights on the one main "hwy" that runs through Gilmer... I haven't been to BS in a while, but my bestie is a Sgt. at the P.D. there.... I THINK they have 2, maybe 3 red lights.... but they are closer to an Interstate than I am 🤦‍♀️🤣~

​@@MySiamesedreamsit's a town NE of Tyler.

I would have gone with Marshall.

Oklahoma can have little-d, but Fort Worth stays in Texas. Poor Fort Worth; having its name tarnished by being lumped in with little-d. I know many from Fort Worth who refuse to call it dFW because they're furious with being liked with a horrible city. Their words. Not mine. However, I agree. The most overrated city in the country, if not the continent, is little-d.

Yall better check yourselves - Last time Oklahoma and Texas fought a battle it ended in a loss

Agree that 90% of Okies would rather be Texans. Notice any Okie or New Mexican always mentions having having lived in TX? To be frank, you can draw a line north from El Paso to the CO border and 80% of territory east of that line is inhabited by Texans too. There's also a streak of Texas up the CO/OK and CO/KS border. They may get their nose out of joint at seeing these truths in print, but hide and watch who comes knockin on our door if TEXIT occurs. 😮😊

@@bbqbros3648Oklahoma stands no chance against Texas

Naw, man, they got them some problems up there. We have enough goin' on in Dallas without taking on Oklahoma's meth issues, schools, and the rezzes.

So true! Sounds like you're probably familiar with US 83 which runs 906.5 miles and is actually the longest stretch of one highway in the state.

@@boomerbear7596 I’ve actually been pretty much all the way across US 83 starting at I-94 near Sterling, North Dakota and ending at Carrizo Springs, Texas. Didn’t quite make it all the way to Laredo.

zoinks, Scoob! crazy

Your user name is actually funny 😂😂😂. I’m curious to know why you hate Cali?

@@FitBabe The same reason EVERYONE hates CA…Americans are ashamed of that wicked, libtard state.

Oklahoma STARTED in 1907. No Southern roots at all like Texas. Most Okies are political conservatives like Texas. Oklahoma has the Indian element...which Texas does not. Oklahoma and Texas share a love of the oil and gas markets. And Southern Baptist churches lol. Louisiana has more common history with Texas than Oklahoma does.

@@JGldmn333Texas has Indians you fool!

Oklahoma isn't is own state! That's just North Texas with a fancy name 😂

Oklahoma and Texas are like kin, And much like kin sometimes they hate each other 😂

Born in Oklahoma, lived most of my life in Texas. Because of work, I have lived also lived in New York, Michigan, Florida and Washington. I would only live in Texas or Oklahoma.

Texas was part of the confederacy and it’s the reason Juneteenth exist. It’s the south the end.

⁠Texas fought With the South, not For the South.

@@michaelmurphy4387 and surrendered to my ancestors at appomattox

I can definitely attest to this. There are plenty of asian fusion mom & Pops here in Houston as well. There is a large Chinese, and Vietnamese population here. We even have our own little china town close to Bellaire.

@@brandondaugherty1620 And a substantial Korean population.

Houstonian here with Pacific Islander in-laws, on top of our already mix mashed food cultures. Our Thanksgivings do not dissappont!

Found a Japanese Ramen joint that had a chicken fajita Ramen, that had a roasted corn topping. It was pretty good.

@@texmex8220 One of our local Vietnamese phó restaurants is serving smoked brisket phó.

That’s a Texas tradition we’re adopting slowly. For far too long Oklahoma drivers suffered from the Oklahoma Asphalt Pavers, and Repavers, and Repavers Association