the south

I have spent my entire life in Texas and could never imagine living anywhere else. Texas isn't really the Deep South or anything, because we have Midwest values, for the most part, and can hardly be considered backwards in the slightest, with our numerous large cities (6 in the top 20 of the US).

What we share with the South, though, is an obsession with football.

I feel that people get the wrong idea about the South most of the time, though. They tend to base their opinions on conjectures or stereotypes more than actual experience.

I've never really thought of Texas as a southern state, more like midwestern or something. I like texas, actually, even though i've only been there once.

And all those southern stereotypes you see on TV....you can find pretty much all of them in TN, especially if you head towards the Smokey Mountains and visit Pidgeon Forge (nothing but a tourist attraction hellhole) and Gatlinburg (mountainy resort tourist attraction).

New England > all ;)

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Originally Posted by Jesse1

Texas. The only state that makes you take a course about it's history for the full school-year.

Oh man, that year sucked.

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that'd be sweet.

Canada ftw.

I was born in Montana, but moved down here to Georgia when I was 5.
The air is stuffier down here and it can get hard to breath somethimes, and in Montana its so dry that you have to drink water all the time so you dont get a sore throat.
I like it that you can let loose in both places, and just relax. The people Ive met up there arent racist(AS MUCH), but alot of people are down here.
I guess I love them both.
The only thing that ticks me is...
We still havent gotten any snow!

I'd kill for a Winter without snow, myself.

I live in Northwestern Pennsylvania. I'd like to live in the South, honestly. It'd be a nice climate change.

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Originally Posted by Jowy

I'd kill for a Winter without snow, myself.

I live in Northwestern Pennsylvania. I'd like to live in the South, honestly. It'd be a nice climate change.

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Ha, come to TN then, our weather is always so crazy. This year it completey skipped fall, september was so friggin warm and in october it plummeted to 30s and 40s. Now since november most of the weather has been in the upper 50s and 60s. Its nice being able to walk outside and not have to put on a few layers of clothes.

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Originally Posted by Jowy

I'd kill for a Winter without snow, myself.

I live in Northwestern Pennsylvania. I'd like to live in the South, honestly. It'd be a nice climate change.

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Ha, come to TN then, our weather is always so crazy. This year it completey skipped fall, september was so friggin warm and in october it plummeted to 30s and 40s. Now since november most of the weather has been in the upper 50s and 60s. Its nice being able to walk outside and not have to put on a few layers of clothes.

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Yeah it's weird.

A few weeks ago I was wearing shorts to school. Tennessee is such a weird state.

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Originally Posted by Marshall banana

Yes, it's meant to celebrate the first KFC.

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Are the workers at this festival slaves for historical accuracy?

I thought only queers and steers come from Texas, Private Cowboy.

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Originally Posted by Old Manus

I thought only queers and steers come from Texas, Private Cowboy.

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It wasn't funny the first time and will never be funny.

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Originally Posted by Jesse1

Texas. The only state that makes you take a course about it's history for the full school-year.

Oh man, that year sucked.

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I wouldn't be surprised if it's not the only state that does this, and besides - Texas history is phenomenal. If it is the only state, there is a reason, and that's that the history of Texas is, by far, the most deep and interesting history of any state in the Union. If one lives in Texas, it is VERY important that one understands how our state got to be this way. One needs to know about the Texas Revolution and our time as nationhood, if nothing else. I can't imagine what else would be taught in 7th grade.

We had to take Pennsylvania State History in 9th grade.