Why Are People ALWAYS Bashing Texas & Houston? (Dallas, Orange: theater, club)

[Cupcake77]

[quote=TexasHorseLady;10163167]

Originally Posted by Cupcake77

Well, let's see, I've been known to wear boots (but not "cowboy boots"). When I was riding a horse or mucking out a stall and tennis shoes or whatever just didn't cut it. (Wear tennis shoes around a horse and have them step on your toes once and limp for a couple of weeks and you'll learn that there's a reason for boots.) However, I went some 40 years as as native Texan before I ever wore anything but fashion boots.

Don't know anybody who wears cowboy shirts, pretty much never have. Do know people who wear straw "cowboy hats", usually when they're working out in the sun on the tractor and it's the most practical thing to wear.

One wonders where on earth your mother was that she was driving "through Texas to check it out" (how many days was she gone?) that that was what she noticed.

I think somewhere after Childress or witchta falls to dallas. She got lost and had to ask for directions in some small town.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

Youre comparing one of the most major cities in the world with a suburb. Bad comparrison.

On top of which, notice how many more cities there are in California on that list.

It also seems Dallas is the most diverse major city in Texas. I had always heard Houston was.

." The top five most diverse cities include Long Beach, Oakland, Los Angeles, New York, and Houston.

The Most Diverse Cities In The U.S. | Planetizen

Alone, SF isn't diverse .

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

." The top five most diverse cities include Long Beach, Oakland, Los Angeles, New York, and Houston.

The Most Diverse Cities In The U.S. | Planetizen

Alone, SF isn't diverse .

One tiny problem bro.

This article is from 2001. Its 8 years old. I have an easier time accepting the list that Texasthekid posted from this site because its more recent.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

That is absurd interpretation of what he said.

San Francisco is wayyy more diverse than any city in Texas can ever hope to be.

Haha the whole entire Bay Area, yes. San Francisco alone, or even Oakland added to the mix? No way Jose.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

One tiny problem bro.

This article is from 2001. Its 8 years old. I have an easier time accepting the list that Texasthekid posted from this site because its more recent.

Exactly & both D/FW & Houston have added easily over a million residents to their metros within the past 8 years while places in California have seen a decrease.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

One tiny problem bro.

This article is from 2001. Its 8 years old. I have an easier time accepting the list that Texasthekid posted from this site because its more recent.

True, so it's much more diverse now.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

True, so it's much more diverse now.

I will say that I have been surprised with the diversity Ive seen in Dallas. Ive seen a whole lot of Asians (mostly Koreans I think) and Indians mainly (I live in North Dallas).

That being said I will still stick to my arguement that Texas is more segregated. In LA, there are very few neighborhoods that are all one race. In Texas Ive seen more of them. Dont get me wrong, I think Dallas and Houston are FAR from the most segregated cities in the US. But LA is one of the least segregated by far. I grew up in the suburb of Torrance. We had all kinds of people living in that town. LA, Long Beach, Carson, Torrance, and Northern Orange county are extremely nonsegregated. I dont think Dallas or Houston can match that level of nonsegregation.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

I will say that I have been surprised with the diversity Ive seen in Dallas. Ive seen a whole lot of Asians (mostly Koreans I think) and Indians mainly (I live in North Dallas).

That being said I will still stick to my arguement that Texas is more segregated. In LA, there are very few neighborhoods that are all one race. In Texas Ive seen more of them. Dont get me wrong, I think Dallas and Houston are FAR from the most segregated cities in the US. But LA is one of the least segregated by far. I grew up in the suburb of Torrance. We had all kinds of people living in that town. LA, Long Beach, Carson, Torrance, and Northern Orange county are extremely nonsegregated. I dont think Dallas or Houston can match that level of nonsegregation.

But I think what you're doing it looking at it from the Dallas perspective which is known as one of the most segregated cities in the nation. Houston though is the exact opposite. It's much more integrated and like LA, there are very few neighborhoods that are all one race. Now I don't know if Houston is as integrated like LA, but Houston is not nearly as segregated as most Southern cities or most cities period.

As for your other comment earlier in the thread.

Originally Posted by LAnative10

Heres my take:

Ive been in Dallas one month after living most of my life in Los Angeles and I absolutely love it here! People are wonderful and friendly. Its not as diverse as LA, but there are many different cultures in the Metroplex. Im a big fan of the Koreatown here and the Vietnamese enclave in Arlington.

That being said I can tell you that the reason people like to bash Texas is because (frankly) Texans are extremely arrogant when it comes to their state. They have to be the best at everything and they are in your face about it. Take the dude from San Francisco on here. He didnt start out attacking Texas at all until a bunch of you got in his face about SF.

Let me say that I dont think Texans are arrogant over all, but when it comes to issues reguarding Texas, they are.

Could not disagree with you anymore than what you said. It frankly turns alot of people off to Texas when they hear a Texan talk about it's state. Living in Washington DC, I never discuss Texas unless someone brings up a conversation about it or we are talking sports. Frankly, while I do love the state, there is not but a couple places I can live in throughout the state. But you have to understand, they have us recite the state pledge in elementary school and then have us take Texas history in the 7th grade. I have no problem with the Texas history thing. But the Texas pledge always annoyed me as well as many other families. Texans can become extremely arrogant and VERY prideful about their state. It's great to rep it and love it but not to the extent where you have to shove it down everyone's throat or bash a place to hype up your own.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Spade

But I think what you're doing it looking at it from the Dallas perspective which is known as one of the most segregated cities in the nation. Houston though is the exact opposite. It's much more integrated and like LA, there are very few neighborhoods that are all one race. Now I don't know if Houston is as integrated like LA, but Houston is not nearly as segregated as most Southern cities or most cities period.

As for your other comment earlier in the thread.



Could not disagree with you anymore than what you said. It frankly turns alot of people off to Texas when they hear a Texan talk about it's state. Living in Washington DC, I never discuss Texas unless someone brings up a conversation about it or we are talking sports. Frankly, while I do love the state, there is not but a couple places I can live in throughout the state. But you have to understand, they have us recite the state pledge in elementary school and then have us take Texas history in the 7th grade. I have no problem with the Texas history thing. But the Texas pledge always annoyed me as well as many other families. Texans can become extremely arrogant and VERY prideful about their state. It's great to rep it and love it but not to the extent where you have to shove it down everyone's throat or bash a place to hype up your own.

Ive worked in Houston on many occasions, and I dont believe its anywhere near as intergrated as LA. Ive been staying in Grand Prarie with a friend of mine and his neighborhood is extremely diverse. However, Ive been in other parts of the metroplex that are milky white, black, or latino. From what ive gathered in Houston its the same. Lots of diverse neighborhoods, lots of one race neighborhoods, just depends on where you are.

I can assure you LA is more intergrated than either Houston or Dallas. That being said, Houston is definately more like LA than Dallas. Dallas is more like Atlanta than Houston or LA in this reguard and overall I think.

By the way, how are you disagreeing with what I said about Texan arrogance? It seems like you just rehashed what I said?

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