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[quote user="henry6"] Sam, I do have friends in TX., several classmates from NJ from 50 years ago and former coworkers from 30 or so years ago.  So, I really don't think most Texans are much different than the rest of us overall.  However, I did have a tenent who moved his family to Galvaston from Upstate NY and quickly returned because of all the quick tempers and knife wielding inhabitants.  Plus, when one of your esteemed state politicians saw fit to run for the Presidency of the US he ripped through here, at least, with a platoon of Texas Rangers who were not very nice guests: arrogant, pushy, beligerant.  Other political and non political characters and corporations from the Lone Star State have also left a bad impression on the rest of us here in the Mid Atlantic and New England states.  The frequent use of the States' Death Penalty as well as the portrayal of the free wheeling non chalance attitude toward guns as presented by news and entertainment media are certainly not very flattering.  One sometimes gets the feeling that John Wayne and the Lone Ranger are still state hero's and one expects to see monuments and statues of them all over.  Sorry, but that is the PR problem the state has. [/quote] Texas is unique. I grew up in Pennsylvania, but I have lived in Texas for more than 40 years. As the clouds of the impending civil war grew darker, Sam Houston concluded that joining the United States was a mistake.  He advocating reverting to the independent republic that Texas had been prior to unionization. Sounds more appealing every day.
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