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View Poll Results: What is your favorite destination in Texas?
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 41 26.97%
Dallas-Plano-Irving 22 14.47%
Fort Worth-Arlington 9 5.92%
San Antonio-New Braunfels 29 19.08%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 27 17.76%
El Paso 2 1.32%
Corpus Christi 3 1.97%
Beaumont-Port Arthur 1 0.66%
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood 0 0%
Brownsville-Harlingen 0 0%
Lubbock 1 0.66%
Amarillo 2 1.32%
College Station-Bryan 1 0.66%
Waco 2 1.32%
Longview 0 0%
Tyler 2 1.32%
Laredo 1 0.66%
Abilene 1 0.66%
Midland 0 0%
Odessa 0 0%
Wichita Falls 1 0.66%
Texarkana 1 0.66%
Victoria 0 0%
Sherman-Denison 0 0%
San Angelo 2 1.32%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 4 2.63%
Voters: 152. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-25-2012, 09:23 AM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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No one's trying to bash Austin or anything. I'm just stating my disagreement.

Like I said before, every major city in Texas has something unique about it, but as a native of the state, Austin does not stand out enough, to me.
Pretty much. Traveling from Central Texas to the Houston area was like going to another state for me.
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Old 01-25-2012, 09:31 AM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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Pretty much. Traveling from Central Texas to the Houston area was like going to another state for me.
And that's exactly how it feels, too.
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Old 01-25-2012, 10:27 AM
 
Location: Houston, Texas
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And that's exactly how it feels, too.
Thats exactly how it is lol
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Old 01-25-2012, 10:52 AM
 
Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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I would 'seat down', but I'm trying to show you your mistake. Absolutely zero people call it 'Texas Dry BBQ', and there really isn't anything dry about it. Have you been to any Central Texas BBQ places?? Yes, it's not centered around the sauce but there's nothing dry about brisket, pork ribs and sausage.

Memphis BBQ is way drier than Texas...most Memphis ribs have only a dry rub. Memphis Style Ribs - Southern Style Dry Rub Pork Ribs

Like I said, you're confused.
It can't be absolutely zero people if I call it that there is at least one.

And it doesn't matter what I call it, fact still stands there is a difference.

And of course I have been to central BBQ places. Love BBQ in Luling and other places.

I am still not quite sure you know what you are talking about. And he says I am confused, lol

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No one's trying to bash Austin or anything. I'm just stating my disagreement.

Like I said before, every major city in Texas has something unique about it, but as a native of the state, Austin does not stand out enough, to me.
You know how it goes. Everyone and their parakeet and state their dislike for Houston, but when you state yours for another city it is bashing.
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Old 01-25-2012, 01:38 PM
 
Location: Denver
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You know how it goes. Everyone and their parakeet and state their dislike for Houston, but when you state yours for another city it is bashing.
I'm not noticing that at all. Most of the posts on this thread have been about Houston from Houston boosters.
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Old 01-25-2012, 02:26 PM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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I'm not noticing that at all. Most of the posts on this thread have been about Houston from Houston boosters.
I've only seen a handful of boosting going on in this thread, and much of it seems to be coming from people who don't frequent these forums anyway.
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Old 01-25-2012, 03:17 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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Lol is the rest just the "big" cities in Texas, or virtually every municipality in the state?
Every municipality after number 7 and Corpus is only there because it's by the Gulf and not to far from SPI.
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Old 01-25-2012, 03:32 PM
 
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
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It can't be absolutely zero people if I call it that there is at least one.

And it doesn't matter what I call it, fact still stands there is a difference.

And of course I have been to central BBQ places. Love BBQ in Luling and other places.

I am still not quite sure you know what you are talking about. And he says I am confused, lol



You know how it goes. Everyone and their parakeet and state their dislike for Houston, but when you state yours for another city it is bashing.
Lol, true. Cool with me if you want to call it Texas Dry BBQ, even though it's misleading. I agree there's a difference, why didn't you just say that in the first place?

Not bashing or boosting. I'm an Austin-residing Houston native who likes and dislikes things about both places, just trying to have a discussion about it.
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Old 01-25-2012, 05:10 PM
 
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I'm lumping Galveston in with Houston/Baytown. Love the hill country too, though.
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Old 01-25-2012, 07:52 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Dallas vs. Houston vs. Austin....I love this threads. In reality, if you can be happy in one of these three cities you should be able to be happy in all three. If you're absolutely miserable in one of these cities I'm not sure how you'd do better in the others. They're not as different as people on this forum make them out to be. Yes, Houston is a bit more international. Yes, Dallas is a bit cleaner and more posh. Yes, Austin is a bit more ecclectic. They all have their strong points and little things they do better than the others. No city is a clear victor over the others. In the end it's not like you're moving to another state or country. Some of you like to pretend Austin is San Francisco or Portland. Some of you like to pretend Dallas is L.A. Some of you like to pretend Houston is Chicago or New Orleans. It's all Texas, and if you disagree with that, I'd argue that you haven't lived in too many cities outside of Texas.
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