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Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:09 pm to Wellborn
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Colonized by settlers from the war-ravaged borderlands of Northern Ireland, northern England, and the Scottish lowlands, Greater Appalachia is stereotyped as the land of hillbillies and rednecks. Woodard says Appalachia values personal sovereignty and individual liberty and is "intensely suspicious of lowland aristocrats and Yankee social engineers alike
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:12 pm to Guava Jelly
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The size of the state means there is not a single cultural identity in Texas. In fact, I'd venture to say that east Texas is more culturally in line with the deep south than it is with west Texas.
Many would agree with you.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:15 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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We know, we read the article.
I did too. At least the originally thoughtful and timely one that was written in 2012.
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You're basically a big gay French colony that loves high taxes
At least we're unique.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:18 pm to Mo Jeaux
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So? Louisiana is too. The southern part at least. Tidewater regions of Virginia and the Carolinas are culturally different than mid-Alabama.
So ... I was responding to the poster who asked whether or not "Texas is better than the southern states?"
My response was that culturally, it's more it's own cultural animal than an affiliated chunk of the Deep South.
Absolutely there exist cultural differences within states.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:18 pm to EKG
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The size of the state means there is not a single cultural identity in Texas. In fact, I'd venture to say that east Texas is more culturally in line with the deep south than it is with west Texas.
That would be 100% correct.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:21 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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We know, we read the article. You're basically a big gay French colony that loves high taxes
While I agree that south Louisiana is culturally different from anywhere in the U.S., the comment about it being a "pocket of liberalism" is way off base.
One of the biggest ironies of state's politics is that Cajun communities are collectively minded, but they're fiercely republican in their political identities.
Also, lumping "Acadiana" in with SELA is a bit misleading, but I digress.
As far as "high taxes" are concerned, Louisiana has one of the lowest tax rates in the country.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:22 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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ShaneTheLegLechlerSEC cultural differences by ShaneTheLegLechlerquote: So? Louisiana is too. The southern part at least. We know, we read the article. You're basically a big gay French colony that loves high taxes
We do have state income tax, but our property taxes and sales taxes are lower than most.
And if it wasn't for the Louisiana Purchase, Texas might be part of Mexico.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:24 pm to MetryTyger
I think you're being a little too sensitive to Shane's post.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:26 pm to Mo Jeaux
Just a tad
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:27 pm to bayou2003
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So is Texas too good to be with the rest of the Southern States????
UT-Austin folks think of themselves as "east-california"
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:28 pm to Mo Jeaux
Remember those were the media's words, not mine
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:29 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Just realized that 
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:31 pm to Wellborn
Greater appalachia got too much landmass IMO...but other than that...looks pretty close.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:33 pm to EKG
I disagree with this map. We are Southern, AND distinctly Texan. We were one of the original Confederate States of America.
We have our own flavor that adds to the stew of the South, just like Florida and Louisiana have their own identity outside of being a Southerner.
This post was edited on 7/28/15 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:36 pm to MetryTyger
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The size of the state means there is not a single cultural identity in Texas. In fact, I'd venture to say that east Texas is more culturally in line with the deep south than it is with west Texas.
Very much agree.
Texas is very much a child of the south, but after the civil war the ravaged cotton economy gave way to the cattle culture. Millions of head of cattle just wandered free across the state, free for the roundup and drive north to the beef hungry markets.
It was an economic boost during and after reconstruction. Texas, as much as it can be southern in origin, was where the west really began.
This post was edited on 7/28/15 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:36 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Deep South is tGOAT.
Hell yeah it is!!!
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:37 pm to MetryTyger
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And if it wasn't for the Louisiana Purchase, Texas might be part of Mexico.
Are we SURE there's no take-backs?
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:38 pm to RazorBroncs
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Are we SURE there's no take-backs?
Try it
Posted on 7/28/15 at 2:42 pm to rmnldr
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New France
You still haven't gotten over the pussification and corruption of being Old France yet.
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