re: "Fascinating Horror" YouTube: The Aggie Bonfire Collapse | A Short Documentary |

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A&M is an easy choice, you either fit or you don't.. not a lot of middle ground. Ideal for those that are conservative and like the smaller town Texas feel.

The Ags in my family tree all came from rural areas and either joined the military or raise livestock. Texas grads were raised urban/suburban and entrepreneurs or big corp types.

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That’s a WIDE brush, and somewhat of a trope these days.

Is there still an element of that? Sure. Even 30 years ago, though, I would have ascribed the perception of this as being more a function of “pretentious” vs “less so”. Aggies just tend to take themselves and thing less seriously than students at Texas.

The perpetuation of Aggie jokes has always fed that, but the differences in the schools are much more cultural and personal than any specific objective factor. Plenty of city slickers at A&M, and plenty of baws at Texas.

Not saying your characterization is wrong. I just think it gets overstated sometimes.