re: State Hate

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I will vouch, California is the prettiest state and has broadest range of natural resources. But the changing demographics over the years have ruined it.

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What do you mean by "demographics" changing?



What do you mean "you people"?






































I keeeeeed. I keeeeeeed.


Here's what you really mean by demographics change, right:

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Texas is actually amazingly diverse both culturally and geographically, but because there is such a single minded unified love of Texas, and because the Texas stereotype is so pronounced, that most people don't know about that diversity.

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Most people think Texas is a big desert because of Hollywood ignorance and misrepresentation, but only about 10% of Texas is desert. Most don't know that Texas has more forest land than the size of the entire state of Arkansas, or Mississippi, or Tennessee, or Alabama, or......

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I've been to DFW and Houston areas many times, and drove through Midland and El Paso once.

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Not sure of your point.

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Texas is diverse due to it's size.

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Still not sure of your point.


It almost sounded like you were saying, "I've been to Houston, Dallas, Midland, and El Paso, so you should trust me when I tell you that Texas' diversity doesn't count, since it's big."

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Texas is large, encompassing like over 250,000 square miles. Of course it's diverse. It's like 4 or 5 states in one.

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All true. I still don't get your point.

It's ok, I have family Tex. I'm pretty accustomed to the cultural and geographical diversity. So I'm agreeing with you.

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with low taxes

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There's a lot to like about Texas. (And I was born and raised there so STFU.) This is not one of those things. Texans think no income tax is some sort of sign of moral superiority, when it's just an accident of birth (and oil and natural gas).

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create a gun culture that causes a 5:1 gun to citizen ratio

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Crap. I only have 4 guns, so the missus and I are at 2:1. I'm doomed. Tyrants will be kicking in the door any moment now, and I can't stop them. I hope I can get to the gun shop to bring myself up to Texas standards before the tyrants carry me off to the concentration camp.

Small business: You have a legitimate point. shite.

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For those that have been, Alaska is the prettiest state. There's not a close second.

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This times a bazillion.

Aurora borealis > All Pacific sunsets combined.

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For those that have been, Alaska is the prettiest state. There's not a close second.

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Alaska is breathtakingly beautiful, but in my experience beautiful in one way: really big rocks rising up out of the ocean along with glaciers spilling down from those big honkin' rocks. I'd put it at #3 behind #1 California and #2 Hawaii, which both have a wider variety of "pretty".

I don't want to live in any of those 3 states, though!

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Crap. I only have 4 guns, so the missus and I are at 2:1. I'm doomed. Tyrants will be kicking in the door any moment now, and I can't stop them. I hope I can get to the gun shop to bring myself up to Texas standards before the tyrants carry me off to the concentration camp.

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Why do you old geezers have to always show up just in time to ruin my perfectly good hyperbole? For frick's Sake!!!

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There's a lot to like about Texas. (And I was born and raised there so STFU.) This is not one of those things. Texans think no income tax is some sort of sign of moral superiority, when it's just an accident of birth (and oil and natural gas).

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Well, we didn't have State Income Tax BEFORE the oil boom, so.....