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Don't be ashamed, I lived here for 3 years before I knew there were green spaces! :oops:

Quick trivia, Texas was originally going to be split into 5 states, but politics got in the way. Geographically it has everything from desert to mountains to tropical marshland. So, whatever you picture when you think of Texas, you're probably right!
 
JHaydon said:
Don't be ashamed, I lived here for 3 years before I knew there were green spaces! :oops:

Quick trivia, Texas was originally going to be split into 5 states, but politics got in the way. Geographically it has everything from desert to mountains to tropical marshland. So, whatever you picture when you think of Texas, you're probably right!
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The stars at night......
 
I live in what is called the "hill country" in Texas. Several business names here adopt the phrase, "Hill Country _______" Compared to the mountains in the U.S.A. our hills are underwhelming. But still does have nice spots to take the roadster. I went to residency in west Texas where there were no trees. I partly grew up in north Texas Panhandle where it is very flat. The smell of cattle and manure carries for miles. Electrical storms can also be seen miles away, and the sky is a huge bowl of stars at night. I work in Laredo Texas now where the cross-culture from bordering countries is thick. Spanish is practically a primary language in Laredo. For example, if you pass through, say, a McDonalds and you will first get greeted in Spanish. I am credentialed to work ER/hospitals all across Texas, so I have been everywhere here. My preference would be to live in East Texas bordering Arkansas near a town aptly named, Texarkana. There are tall trees and pines and everygreens everywhere. It also has a good blend of all 4 seasons. It is hard to uproot and move too far away from our kids and grandkids who are in San Antonio--the city where I grew up and married 48 years ago.
 
For many years I used to referee at the Plano Labor Day Soccer Tournament. The first year I traveled to Plano in September I thought I was going to be cooked alive on the soccer pitch. It was well over 100 degrees F (38C) during my games.
 
Gatheringtree said:
I live in what is called the "hill country" in Texas. Several business names here adopt the phrase, "Hill Country _______" Compared to the mountains in the U.S.A. our hills are underwhelming. But still does have nice spots to take the roadster. I went to residency in west Texas where there were no trees. I partly grew up in north Texas Panhandle where it is very flat. The smell of cattle and manure carries for miles. Electrical storms can also be seen miles away, and the sky is a huge bowl of stars at night. I work in Laredo Texas now where the cross-culture from bordering countries is thick. Spanish is practically a primary language in Laredo. For example, if you pass through, say, a McDonalds and you will first get greeted in Spanish. I am credentialed to work ER/hospitals all across Texas, so I have been everywhere here. My preference would be to live in East Texas bordering Arkansas near a town aptly named, Texarkana. There are tall trees and pines and everygreens everywhere. It also has a good blend of all 4 seasons. It is hard to uproot and move too far away from our kids and grandkids who are in San Antonio--the city where I grew up and married 48 years ago.
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I was with ya right up until you said east Texas. There are too many trees and people both in that part of the world.

I'm in southwest Oklahoma just outside the Wichita Mountains. It is truly one of the most beautiful places on earth but I'm also biased.
 
Gliderman8 said:
For many years I used to referee at the Plano Labor Day Soccer Tournament. The first year I traveled to Plano in September I thought I was going to be cooked alive on the soccer pitch. It was well over 100 degrees F (38C) during my games.
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100° in Dallas is awful. That large of a place just traps the heat and you can't escape it anywhere. At least where I live you can rest under a shade tree and enjoy a breeze on a 100° + day.
 
It gets that hot here as well. I like to cruise the streets at night in the convertible. It is nice and cool. The streets are empty and quiet. Kerrville is a city of about 20,000 people. There are classic car meets here several times a year. All during the day of course. I have been considering organizing Friday or Saturday night cruises. We have a Sonic drive-in on both ends of town. The idea would be for all the classics to cruise back & forth between the drive-ins.
 
Gatheringtree said:
It gets that hot here as well. I like to cruise the streets at night in the convertible. It is nice and cool. The streets are empty and quiet. Kerrville is a city of about 20,000 people. There are classic car meets here several times a year. All during the day of course. I have been considering organizing Friday or Saturday night cruises. We have a Sonic drive-in on both ends of town. The idea would be for all the classics to cruise back & forth between the drive-ins.
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When I was a kid we lived in Lawton, OK. I still live near there but about twenty miles north east. Anyway, 'the cruise' was very popular back then..it was informal and high school kids would cruise from Wayne's drive in down Sheridan road to the intersection of Sheridan and Cache and back. There was a grocery store where everyone would stop and hang out in the parking lot, and some kids would just go to the parking lot and hang out, while others would stop to talk trash and try to get a race.

The cruise wood usually last until midnight or two on Fridays and Saturdays all summer. Sometimes the cops would break it up if things got out of hand but it was normally fairly tame.
 
As someone born in Texas back in the 1940s, I've had the good fortune to enjoy many of the different environments of Texas.

The Fort Worth - Dallas "metroplex", where I grew up and went to TCU.
The East Texas "piney woods".
Hill Country farmland (and the great Czech food in the town of West)
The Rio Grande Valley, where I first taught school and my junior high kids would greet me each morning with "Good morning Sir".
West Texas oil fields and Big Bend National Park.
The Panhandle, with the helium reserves and Palo Duro Canyon. (the "Little Grand Canyon")

And scattered all over most of Texas in the spring - the state flower, the Bluebonnets.

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Even tho' I've lived in Connecticut for 30 years, I guess part of me is still "deep in the heart of Texas".

Tom M.
 
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