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Where is the Western boundary of The South?
Posted on 1/23/13 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 1/23/13 at 1:52 pm
And how can you tell that you've crossed it?
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Posted on 1/23/13 at 1:53 pm to Smoke Ring
The edge of Texas.
You can tell you crossed it when you stop seeing football stuff. Bumper stickers, shirts, hats, flags, etc
You can tell you crossed it when you stop seeing football stuff. Bumper stickers, shirts, hats, flags, etc
Posted on 1/23/13 at 1:54 pm to Smoke Ring
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Posted on 1/23/13 at 1:56 pm to Smoke Ring
East Texas. For me it is when I quit seeing pinetrees. The rest of Texas has a different feel to me. It is definitely not West Coast, Midwest, yankee, etc. It is Texan. I feel the same way about Oklahoma.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 1:58 pm to afatgreekcat
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The edge of Texas.
Basically here when you quit seeing pine trees IMO
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:14 pm to Wishnitwas1998
When you see more Mexicans than black folk you've gone to far.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:15 pm to rb
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When you see more Mexicans than black folk you've gone to far.
Hoover, Al?
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:21 pm to Smoke Ring
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:27 pm to Smoke Ring
East Texas
When you get in the 979 area code.
When you get in the 979 area code.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:49 pm to Guess
I would say there's a north/south line where the pine trees end and that line is just west of Houston, and barely encompasses College Station as it makes its way north towards eastern burbs of Dallas. It's still a little swampy north and east of Houston.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 3:04 pm to Smoke Ring
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Where is the Western boundary of The South?
Going west, The South ends where Louisiana stops.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 3:05 pm to ColoradoAg03
I don't think there is a bright line, but if I had to pick somewhere, I'd say the road from Dallas to Austin is a pretty good spot. Everything East of Dallas has at least something of a southern feel, but once you go west of Dallas and Austin it feels more western to me.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 3:23 pm to GumBro Jackson
Thanks everyone. 
I'm going to place I-45 as the theoretical western boundary with US-59 as the more likely one.
Most of Texas is not Southern, but Texarkana, Marshall, Lufkin, etc. are very much like parts of the South I've traveled in.
I'm going to place I-45 as the theoretical western boundary with US-59 as the more likely one.
Most of Texas is not Southern, but Texarkana, Marshall, Lufkin, etc. are very much like parts of the South I've traveled in.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 4:32 pm to TheSandman
spot on
Posted on 1/23/13 at 9:10 pm to CSATiger
Nah he took way too big a chunk out of Texas. It should be a small sliver down the east side.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 9:15 pm to Smoke Ring
For some reason when i visit and think of Dallas/Ft Worth I think of the West instead of the SOUTH.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 10:22 pm to bayou2003
the savannah river you jackasses
Posted on 1/24/13 at 2:44 pm to bayou2003
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For some reason when i visit and think of Dallas/Ft Worth I think of the West instead of the SOUTH.
This and the traffic sucks.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 2:52 pm to Smoke Ring
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