is Texas the best state in the US? (1 Viewer)

[Clifford]

I forgot to mention no state income tax, no alimony, best medical care on the planet, best Mexican food in the world. Texas is like the USA in comparison to people who don't live here. The world hates the US , but can't wait to emigrate here. Same #### with TX.

We have the coolest state flag too,so there.

Where does anyone see Texas as having good healthcare?

Houston medical center is the largest in the US and ranked fairly well.

Yes, Houston boasts one of the greatest medical centers in the world. But the health care situation state-wide is generally not good. Tons of uninsureds, and Medicaid coverage for the poor is pretty embarrassing.

Plus the whole no reproductive health thing.

 

[Christo]

I forgot to mention no state income tax, no alimony, best medical care on the planet, best Mexican food in the world. Texas is like the USA in comparison to people who don't live here. The world hates the US , but can't wait to emigrate here. Same #### with TX.

We have the coolest state flag too,so there.

For some reason, people don't seem to be moving to Chicago. Best kept secret, perhaps. Of the top 25 most populous cities in America, only Detroit had a lower population growth percentage from 2010 to 2012, per U.S. Census estimates.

Chicago does have the fastest growing downtown population growth in the country. But yeah, the neighborhoods don't typically change much, population-wise. It's an old, established city. That's the way things are.

Hell, one of the benefits of Chicago is that not a lot of Texans are headed this way.

Population growth is a weird measure anyway. It doesn't tell you much without context. Hell, people flock to Wal-Mart because it's cheap.

Agreed. I know that Houston is growing in large part because of jobs and a robust economy. And the Detroit population is on the decline because of lack of jobs and a crappy economy. Not sure why Chicago's population growth numbers are along the lines of Baltimore and Cleveland.

Because Chicago kinda sux? I'd much rather live in 10 other North American cities than that hell hole.

 

[drummer]

I forgot to mention no state income tax, no alimony, best medical care on the planet, best Mexican food in the world. Texas is like the USA in comparison to people who don't live here. The world hates the US , but can't wait to emigrate here. Same #### with TX.

We have the coolest state flag too,so there.

For some reason, people don't seem to be moving to Chicago. Best kept secret, perhaps. Of the top 25 most populous cities in America, only Detroit had a lower population growth percentage from 2010 to 2012, per U.S. Census estimates.

Chicago does have the fastest growing downtown population growth in the country. But yeah, the neighborhoods don't typically change much, population-wise. It's an old, established city. That's the way things are.

Hell, one of the benefits of Chicago is that not a lot of Texans are headed this way.

Population growth is a weird measure anyway. It doesn't tell you much without context. Hell, people flock to Wal-Mart because it's cheap.

Agreed. I know that Houston is growing in large part because of jobs and a robust economy. And the Detroit population is on the decline because of lack of jobs and a crappy economy. Not sure why Chicago's population growth numbers are along the lines of Baltimore and Cleveland.

Because Chicago kinda sux? I'd much rather live in 10 other North American cities than that hell hole.

Don't Mess with Texas

 

[Christo]

I forgot to mention no state income tax, no alimony, best medical care on the planet, best Mexican food in the world. Texas is like the USA in comparison to people who don't live here. The world hates the US , but can't wait to emigrate here. Same #### with TX.

We have the coolest state flag too,so there.

For some reason, people don't seem to be moving to Chicago. Best kept secret, perhaps. Of the top 25 most populous cities in America, only Detroit had a lower population growth percentage from 2010 to 2012, per U.S. Census estimates.

Chicago does have the fastest growing downtown population growth in the country. But yeah, the neighborhoods don't typically change much, population-wise. It's an old, established city. That's the way things are.

Hell, one of the benefits of Chicago is that not a lot of Texans are headed this way.

Population growth is a weird measure anyway. It doesn't tell you much without context. Hell, people flock to Wal-Mart because it's cheap.

Agreed. I know that Houston is growing in large part because of jobs and a robust economy. And the Detroit population is on the decline because of lack of jobs and a crappy economy. Not sure why Chicago's population growth numbers are along the lines of Baltimore and Cleveland.

Because Chicago kinda sux? I'd much rather live in 10 other North American cities than that hell hole.

Don't Mess with Texas

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[Ignoramus]

As I mentioned in one of the several pro-Pittsburgh threads, one sure sign that you live in a ####hole is if you are so insecure about it that you feel compelled to seek validation about it from a bunch of strangers on the internet. Imagine someone who lived in New York or Paris or Rome or Sydney starting a thread like this.

I would love for someone to try to argue that one of New York, Paris, Rome or Sydney were the best state in the US. Lunacy.

 

[Ignoramus]

As I mentioned in one of the several pro-Pittsburgh threads, one sure sign that you live in a ####hole is if you are so insecure about it that you feel compelled to seek validation about it from a bunch of strangers on the internet. Imagine someone who lived in New York or Paris or Rome or Sydney starting a thread like this.

I love where I live, don't really care if others like it too. I've heard people say they think Atlanta is a ####hole after being in town for a conference downtown and never venturing out of a few block radius of their hotel. Yes, downtown is desolate and unsafe at night, that's why people hang out in Midtown, the highlands, Atlantic Station, Little 5, Castleberry Hill, Buckhead, Druid Hills, etc etc etc. I could go on and on about all the things I love about this place, but I'm not going to convince anyone.

This thread is dumb. Most places have their plusses and minuses. It's a matter of personal preference and what is most important to you.

Houston OWNS Atlanta.

Atlanta?!?!?

 

[Joe T]

I hear Sydney is the best state in the union to live. Hot chicks, great beaches, incredible healthcare....

 

[TheAristocrat]

Oklahoma's butt?

 

[Treynwreck3]

I could stay entertained in here all day. Instead, we are going wake boarding.

Okay have fun buddy!

We had a blast! Thanks.

 

[dgreen]

The thing about Chicago is that there is no where to grow to.

All cities, even Manhattan, still have surface parking lots that could be used for development. Some cities obviously have more than others. Chicago is certainly one of the densest cities in the US, but they have room for infill. Here's a map someone made (a couple years ago) showing Chicago's surface parking lots and some vacant lots. That's approximately a 5 square mile of a 220+ square mile city.

There are other cities that also have geographic and zoning contstraints to growth and have managed to grow.

 

[TobiasFunke]

As I mentioned in one of the several pro-Pittsburgh threads, one sure sign that you live in a ####hole is if you are so insecure about it that you feel compelled to seek validation about it from a bunch of strangers on the internet. Imagine someone who lived in New York or Paris or Rome or Sydney starting a thread like this.

I would love for someone to try to argue that one of New York, Paris, Rome or Sydney were the best state in the US. Lunacy.

Well the point was about how people who aren't insecure about where they live act, not what state is the best. But as I also explained, even arguing about the best state is lunacy, especially when you're arguing for Texas. You don't get to take pride in stuff that's 200 miles away. That's moronic. It's an arbitrary line drawn on a map that has nothing to do with anyone's quality of life.

Oh, so your 300,000 square mile state has eight professional sports teams? Wow, that's super impressive. Tell you what- look at a map of the US, and imagine an area the size of Texas over the mid-Atlantic and the northeast. How many professional sports teams in that area? Maybe 50? How about vacation spots, or businesses, or schools, or top-notch hospitals, or incredible food, or anything else you can possibly measure? Compared to the 300,000 square miles covering the northeast and mid-Atlantic- or for that matter the same size area in the rust belt or the southeast- Texas is a wasteland.

 

[pantagrapher]

The thing about Chicago is that there is no where to grow to.

All cities, even Manhattan, still have surface parking lots that could be used for development. Some cities obviously have more than others. Chicago is certainly one of the densest cities in the US, but they have room for infill. Here's a map someone made (a couple years ago) showing Chicago's surface parking lots and some vacant lots. That's approximately a 5 square mile of a 220+ square mile city.

There are other cities that also have geographic and zoning contstraints to growth and have managed to grow.

As I posted a while ago, thanks to the South Loop resurgence that began a decade or so ago, Chicago is enjoying the fastest downtown population growth in the country.

 

[dgreen]

The thing about Chicago is that there is no where to grow to.

All cities, even Manhattan, still have surface parking lots that could be used for development. Some cities obviously have more than others. Chicago is certainly one of the densest cities in the US, but they have room for infill. Here's a map someone made (a couple years ago) showing Chicago's surface parking lots and some vacant lots. That's approximately a 5 square mile of a 220+ square mile city.

There are other cities that also have geographic and zoning contstraints to growth and have managed to grow.

As I posted a while ago, thanks to the South Loop resurgence that began a decade or so ago, Chicago is enjoying the fastest downtown population growth in the country.

Yeah, I didn't bother to actually check any data to see what growth was. Do you have a link to "downtown" growth in various cities?

 

[McGarnicle]

As I mentioned in one of the several pro-Pittsburgh threads, one sure sign that you live in a ####hole is if you are so insecure about it that you feel compelled to seek validation about it from a bunch of strangers on the internet. Imagine someone who lived in New York or Paris or Rome or Sydney starting a thread like this.

I would love for someone to try to argue that one of New York, Paris, Rome or Sydney were the best state in the US. Lunacy.

Well the point was about how people who aren't insecure about where they live act, not what state is the best. But as I also explained, even arguing about the best state is lunacy, especially when you're arguing for Texas. You don't get to take pride in stuff that's 200 miles away. That's moronic. It's an arbitrary line drawn on a map that has nothing to do with anyone's quality of life.

Oh, so your 300,000 square mile state has eight professional sports teams? Wow, that's super impressive. Tell you what- look at a map of the US, and imagine an area the size of Texas over the mid-Atlantic and the northeast. How many professional sports teams in that area? Maybe 50? How about vacation spots, or businesses, or schools, or top-notch hospitals, or incredible food, or anything else you can possibly measure? Compared to the 300,000 square miles covering the northeast and mid-Atlantic- or for that matter the same size area in the rust belt or the southeast- Texas is a wasteland.

awesome

/thread

 

[Joe T]

As I mentioned in one of the several pro-Pittsburgh threads, one sure sign that you live in a ####hole is if you are so insecure about it that you feel compelled to seek validation about it from a bunch of strangers on the internet. Imagine someone who lived in New York or Paris or Rome or Sydney starting a thread like this.

I would love for someone to try to argue that one of New York, Paris, Rome or Sydney were the best state in the US. Lunacy.

Well the point was about how people who aren't insecure about where they live act, not what state is the best. But as I also explained, even arguing about the best state is lunacy, especially when you're arguing for Texas. You don't get to take pride in stuff that's 200 miles away. That's moronic. It's an arbitrary line drawn on a map that has nothing to do with anyone's quality of life.

Oh, so your 300,000 square mile state has eight professional sports teams? Wow, that's super impressive. Tell you what- look at a map of the US, and imagine an area the size of Texas over the mid-Atlantic and the northeast. How many professional sports teams in that area? Maybe 50? How about vacation spots, or businesses, or schools, or top-notch hospitals, or incredible food, or anything else you can possibly measure? Compared to the 300,000 square miles covering the northeast and mid-Atlantic- or for that matter the same size area in the rust belt or the southeast- Texas is a wasteland.

Tons of insecurity in this post.

 

[Treynwreck3]

As I mentioned in one of the several pro-Pittsburgh threads, one sure sign that you live in a ####hole is if you are so insecure about it that you feel compelled to seek validation about it from a bunch of strangers on the internet. Imagine someone who lived in New York or Paris or Rome or Sydney starting a thread like this.

I would love for someone to try to argue that one of New York, Paris, Rome or Sydney were the best state in the US. Lunacy.

Well the point was about how people who aren't insecure about where they live act, not what state is the best. But as I also explained, even arguing about the best state is lunacy, especially when you're arguing for Texas. You don't get to take pride in stuff that's 200 miles away. That's moronic. It's an arbitrary line drawn on a map that has nothing to do with anyone's quality of life.

Oh, so your 300,000 square mile state has eight professional sports teams? Wow, that's super impressive. Tell you what- look at a map of the US, and imagine an area the size of Texas over the mid-Atlantic and the northeast. How many professional sports teams in that area? Maybe 50? How about vacation spots, or businesses, or schools, or top-notch hospitals, or incredible food, or anything else you can possibly measure? Compared to the 300,000 square miles covering the northeast and mid-Atlantic- or for that matter the same size area in the rust belt or the southeast- Texas is a wasteland.

awesome

/thread

So, you realize that you are trying to denigrate one of the positives of the second largest state in the Union. 300,000 square miles. Yep, that is a buttload of acreage. Part of the reason why some people like it here. If I wanted to be stacked up on top of every other fool in the world, I might choose to live somewhere that one can't escape the smell of sweat, curry, garbage, and raw sewage spewed forth by your "neighbors". (Before you call me a racist for the "curry" comment, have you ever smelled that stuff simmering, day after day?)

It's not uncommon for Texans to drive 200 miles to a destination. So, yeah, we can take pride in things that aren't necessarily what others may consider "in the neighborhood". I split time between two residences, 365 miles apart. I choose this because I can. I don't mind driving 6 hours to get away from the monoxide sunsets of the big city. I don't mind it because I happen to be fortunate enough to own 50 square miles of what some of you might call "barren wasteland". However, you will never know the peace that exists when your nearest "neighbor" is 5 miles away via ranch road.

Yes, I take pride in our entire state. From the coastal plains, the mountains of West Texas, the forests of East Texas, the beautiful hill country, and the abundance of the Rio Grande Valley. I take pride in it all. For me, it's the best state in the Union. If you see it otherwise, that's ok with me. Stop moving here.

 

[Disco Stu]

"Sure that's a nice house there, but it's just so big. Think how many studio apartments we could fit in the same lot. Then we'd be much closer to our neighbors and combine for like 8 times the number of kitchens."

 

[TobiasFunke]

As I mentioned in one of the several pro-Pittsburgh threads, one sure sign that you live in a ####hole is if you are so insecure about it that you feel compelled to seek validation about it from a bunch of strangers on the internet. Imagine someone who lived in New York or Paris or Rome or Sydney starting a thread like this.

I would love for someone to try to argue that one of New York, Paris, Rome or Sydney were the best state in the US. Lunacy.

Well the point was about how people who aren't insecure about where they live act, not what state is the best. But as I also explained, even arguing about the best state is lunacy, especially when you're arguing for Texas. You don't get to take pride in stuff that's 200 miles away. That's moronic. It's an arbitrary line drawn on a map that has nothing to do with anyone's quality of life.

Oh, so your 300,000 square mile state has eight professional sports teams? Wow, that's super impressive. Tell you what- look at a map of the US, and imagine an area the size of Texas over the mid-Atlantic and the northeast. How many professional sports teams in that area? Maybe 50? How about vacation spots, or businesses, or schools, or top-notch hospitals, or incredible food, or anything else you can possibly measure? Compared to the 300,000 square miles covering the northeast and mid-Atlantic- or for that matter the same size area in the rust belt or the southeast- Texas is a wasteland.

awesome

/thread

So, you realize that you are trying to denigrate one of the positives of the second largest state in the Union. 300,000 square miles. Yep, that is a buttload of acreage. Part of the reason why some people like it here. If I wanted to be stacked up on top of every other fool in the world, I might choose to live somewhere that one can't escape the smell of sweat, curry, garbage, and raw sewage spewed forth by your "neighbors". (Before you call me a racist for the "curry" comment, have you ever smelled that stuff simmering, day after day?)

It's not uncommon for Texans to drive 200 miles to a destination. So, yeah, we can take pride in things that aren't necessarily what others may consider "in the neighborhood". I split time between two residences, 365 miles apart. I choose this because I can. I don't mind driving 6 hours to get away from the monoxide sunsets of the big city. I don't mind it because I happen to be fortunate enough to own 50 square miles of what some of you might call "barren wasteland". However, you will never know the peace that exists when your nearest "neighbor" is 5 miles away via ranch road.

Yes, I take pride in our entire state. From the coastal plains, the mountains of West Texas, the forests of East Texas, the beautiful hill country, and the abundance of the Rio Grande Valley. I take pride in it all. For me, it's the best state in the Union. If you see it otherwise, that's ok with me. Stop moving here.

Listen, I'm glad you take pride in your home state (even though I think this whole thread is a sign of massive insecurity). It seems like a good fit for you, just as the place I've chosen to live is a good fit for me even if I don't feel the need to seek validation of that choice from strangers on the internet.

I'm just explaining to you why nobody else thinks there's anything impressive about it.

 

[dgreen]

It's not uncommon for Texans to drive 200 miles to a destination.

It's not really uncommon for anyone. For others, it's just more likely that they might end up in a different state. And Tobias' point is: So what?

Texas' size is no huge advantage. It's not like people in Rhode Island are incapable of driving 200 miles somewhere just because there's an arbitrary state line in the way. They just don't end up in Rhode Island. They might end up in New York City or Maine or Lake Champlain. Or they might go a little further and be on Lake Ontario or in Montreal. Just because the destination ends up in a different state doesn't mean their location is somehow worse.

 

[Treynwreck3]

It's not uncommon for Texans to drive 200 miles to a destination.

It's not really uncommon for anyone. For others, it's just more likely that they might end up in a different state. And Tobias' point is: So what?

Texas' size is no huge advantage. It's not like people in Rhode Island are incapable of driving 200 miles somewhere just because there's an arbitrary state line in the way. They just don't end up in Rhode Island. They might end up in New York City or Maine or Lake Champlain. Or they might go a little further and be on Lake Ontario or in Montreal. Just because the destination ends up in a different state doesn't mean their location is somehow worse.

Who you kidding? Size matters.

 

[NCCommish]

It's not uncommon for Texans to drive 200 miles to a destination.

It's not really uncommon for anyone. For others, it's just more likely that they might end up in a different state. And Tobias' point is: So what?

Texas' size is no huge advantage. It's not like people in Rhode Island are incapable of driving 200 miles somewhere just because there's an arbitrary state line in the way. They just don't end up in Rhode Island. They might end up in New York City or Maine or Lake Champlain. Or they might go a little further and be on Lake Ontario or in Montreal. Just because the destination ends up in a different state doesn't mean their location is somehow worse.

Who you kidding? Size matters.

Well keep in mind you aren't the biggest. In fact you are a distant second since Alaska could hold two of Texas and have room left over.

 

[McGarnicle]

As I mentioned in one of the several pro-Pittsburgh threads, one sure sign that you live in a ####hole is if you are so insecure about it that you feel compelled to seek validation about it from a bunch of strangers on the internet. Imagine someone who lived in New York or Paris or Rome or Sydney starting a thread like this.

I would love for someone to try to argue that one of New York, Paris, Rome or Sydney were the best state in the US. Lunacy.

Well the point was about how people who aren't insecure about where they live act, not what state is the best. But as I also explained, even arguing about the best state is lunacy, especially when you're arguing for Texas. You don't get to take pride in stuff that's 200 miles away. That's moronic. It's an arbitrary line drawn on a map that has nothing to do with anyone's quality of life.

Oh, so your 300,000 square mile state has eight professional sports teams? Wow, that's super impressive. Tell you what- look at a map of the US, and imagine an area the size of Texas over the mid-Atlantic and the northeast. How many professional sports teams in that area? Maybe 50? How about vacation spots, or businesses, or schools, or top-notch hospitals, or incredible food, or anything else you can possibly measure? Compared to the 300,000 square miles covering the northeast and mid-Atlantic- or for that matter the same size area in the rust belt or the southeast- Texas is a wasteland.

awesome

/thread

So, you realize that you are trying to denigrate one of the positives of the second largest state in the Union. 300,000 square miles. Yep, that is a buttload of acreage. Part of the reason why some people like it here. If I wanted to be stacked up on top of every other fool in the world, I might choose to live somewhere that one can't escape the smell of sweat, curry, garbage, and raw sewage spewed forth by your "neighbors". (Before you call me a racist for the "curry" comment, have you ever smelled that stuff simmering, day after day?)

It's not uncommon for Texans to drive 200 miles to a destination. So, yeah, we can take pride in things that aren't necessarily what others may consider "in the neighborhood". I split time between two residences, 365 miles apart. I choose this because I can. I don't mind driving 6 hours to get away from the monoxide sunsets of the big city. I don't mind it because I happen to be fortunate enough to own 50 square miles of what some of you might call "barren wasteland". However, you will never know the peace that exists when your nearest "neighbor" is 5 miles away via ranch road.

Yes, I take pride in our entire state. From the coastal plains, the mountains of West Texas, the forests of East Texas, the beautiful hill country, and the abundance of the Rio Grande Valley. I take pride in it all. For me, it's the best state in the Union. If you see it otherwise, that's ok with me. Stop moving here.

I'm not moving there. But I'm glad you like it. I like where I live too. See, everyone wins. Turn that frown upside down, cowboy.

 

[Treynwreck3]

Showing state pride is no different really than wearing your class ring, flying your school flag, or the Semper Fi sticker on your car window. It's less about vanity than just good ole' bravado. There's nothing wrong with it. Look, we are 8 pages in. Better this than another political thread (although some try to derail it so).

It's all in fun.

 

[pantagrapher]

I love the smell of curry.

 

[bear]

The thing about Chicago is that there is no where to grow to.

All cities, even Manhattan, still have surface parking lots that could be used for development. Some cities obviously have more than others. Chicago is certainly one of the densest cities in the US, but they have room for infill. Here's a map someone made (a couple years ago) showing Chicago's surface parking lots and some vacant lots. That's approximately a 5 square mile of a 220+ square mile city.

There are other cities that also have geographic and zoning contstraints to growth and have managed to grow.

The area you are looking at is downtown. Completely different zoning than most of the rest of the city and building down there over the past 10 years or so was at a hectic pace, both in the loop area and the south loop areas. The whole downtown is, of course, very dense. Most of the rest of the city, though, is made up of neighborhoods with their own zoning regulations. These neighborhoods are made up overwhelmingly of single family and 2-flats with a few 3-story apt buildings in the mix. They are not dense and, over time, can become even less dense due to 2-flats being converted to sfr's, either by new construction (tear down old frame bldgs) or conversions (primarily the brick bldgs) The point being that these neighborhoods will not show much, if any, population growth. That's what the people who live in these neighborhoods want because it is what makes these places so livable which also contributes to property values.

Long story short, outside of downtown, there will be very little population growth and, outside of downtown, I have never seen a parking lot leveled for new housing construction and, in the popular north side neighborhoods, there has not been any available lots for many years.

 

[dgreen]

The thing about Chicago is that there is no where to grow to.

All cities, even Manhattan, still have surface parking lots that could be used for development. Some cities obviously have more than others. Chicago is certainly one of the densest cities in the US, but they have room for infill. Here's a map someone made (a couple years ago) showing Chicago's surface parking lots and some vacant lots. That's approximately a 5 square mile of a 220+ square mile city.

There are other cities that also have geographic and zoning contstraints to growth and have managed to grow.

The area you are looking at is downtown. Completely different zoning than most of the rest of the city and building down there over the past 10 years or so was at a hectic pace, both in the loop area and the south loop areas. The whole downtown is, of course, very dense. Most of the rest of the city, though, is made up of neighborhoods with their own zoning regulations. These neighborhoods are made up overwhelmingly of single family and 2-flats with a few 3-story apt buildings in the mix. They are not dense and, over time, can become even less dense due to 2-flats being converted to sfr's, either by new construction (tear down old frame bldgs) or conversions (primarily the brick bldgs) The point being that these neighborhoods will not show much, if any, population growth. That's what the people who live in these neighborhoods want because it is what makes these places so livable which also contributes to property values.

Long story short, outside of downtown, there will be very little population growth and, outside of downtown, I have never seen a parking lot leveled for new housing construction and, in the popular north side neighborhoods, there has not been any available lots for many years.

That's the opposite of what's happening in growing cities. Growing cities are taking older single family homes and converting them into condos.

 

[Scoresman]

i'd never live in a hot weather state like texas. you get way too sweaty and so do the women. sticky, humid sex isn't my thing. let me tell you, humidity and women are not a good comco. you know how sometimes when you're ####### a woman and even if you do missionary you can smell foulness coming from the vaginna? that seems to me what texas is all about.

 

[Joe T]

As I mentioned in one of the several pro-Pittsburgh threads, one sure sign that you live in a ####hole is if you are so insecure about it that you feel compelled to seek validation about it from a bunch of strangers on the internet. Imagine someone who lived in New York or Paris or Rome or Sydney starting a thread like this.

I would love for someone to try to argue that one of New York, Paris, Rome or Sydney were the best state in the US. Lunacy.

Well the point was about how people who aren't insecure about where they live act, not what state is the best. But as I also explained, even arguing about the best state is lunacy, especially when you're arguing for Texas. You don't get to take pride in stuff that's 200 miles away. That's moronic. It's an arbitrary line drawn on a map that has nothing to do with anyone's quality of life.

Oh, so your 300,000 square mile state has eight professional sports teams? Wow, that's super impressive. Tell you what- look at a map of the US, and imagine an area the size of Texas over the mid-Atlantic and the northeast. How many professional sports teams in that area? Maybe 50? How about vacation spots, or businesses, or schools, or top-notch hospitals, or incredible food, or anything else you can possibly measure? Compared to the 300,000 square miles covering the northeast and mid-Atlantic- or for that matter the same size area in the rust belt or the southeast- Texas is a wasteland.

awesome/thread

So, you realize that you are trying to denigrate one of the positives of the second largest state in the Union. 300,000 square miles. Yep, that is a buttload of acreage. Part of the reason why some people like it here. If I wanted to be stacked up on top of every other fool in the world, I might choose to live somewhere that one can't escape the smell of sweat, curry, garbage, and raw sewage spewed forth by your "neighbors". (Before you call me a racist for the "curry" comment, have you ever smelled that stuff simmering, day after day?)It's not uncommon for Texans to drive 200 miles to a destination. So, yeah, we can take pride in things that aren't necessarily what others may consider "in the neighborhood". I split time between two residences, 365 miles apart. I choose this because I can. I don't mind driving 6 hours to get away from the monoxide sunsets of the big city. I don't mind it because I happen to be fortunate enough to own 50 square miles of what some of you might call "barren wasteland". However, you will never know the peace that exists when your nearest "neighbor" is 5 miles away via ranch road.

Yes, I take pride in our entire state. From the coastal plains, the mountains of West Texas, the forests of East Texas, the beautiful hill country, and the abundance of the Rio Grande Valley. I take pride in it all. For me, it's the best state in the Union. If you see it otherwise, that's ok with me. Stop moving here.

Listen, I'm glad you take pride in your home state (even though I think this whole thread is a sign of massive insecurity). It seems like a good fit for you, just as the place I've chosen to live is a good fit for me even if I don't feel the need to seek validation of that choice from strangers on the internet.

I'm just explaining to you why nobody else thinks there's anything impressive about it.

And yet you are here.

 

[McGarnicle]

i'd never live in a hot weather state like texas. you get way too sweaty and so do the women. sticky, humid sex isn't my thing. let me tell you, humidity and women are not a good comco. you know how sometimes when you're ####### a woman and even if you do missionary you can smell foulness coming from the vaginna? that seems to me what texas is all about.

Texas -- America's big smelly ####.

 

[NCCommish]

i'd never live in a hot weather state like texas. you get way too sweaty and so do the women. sticky, humid sex isn't my thing. let me tell you, humidity and women are not a good comco. you know how sometimes when you're ####### a woman and even if you do missionary you can smell foulness coming from the vaginna? that seems to me what texas is all about.

Actually no I don't, thankfully.

 

[Todd Andrews]

i'd never live in a hot weather state like texas. you get way too sweaty and so do the women. sticky, humid sex isn't my thing. let me tell you, humidity and women are not a good comco. you know how sometimes when you're ####### a woman and even if you do missionary you can smell foulness coming from the vaginna? that seems to me what texas is all about.

Smegxas

 

[Disco Stu]

i'd never live in a hot weather state like texas. you get way too sweaty and so do the women. sticky, humid sex isn't my thing. let me tell you, humidity and women are not a good comco. you know how sometimes when you're ####### a woman and even if you do missionary you can smell foulness coming from the vaginna? that seems to me what texas is all about.

Actually no I don't, thankfully.

WTF kind of hippie women are you sweating all over? I like clean women in air conditioned rooms.

 

[the moops]

Showing state pride is no different really than wearing your class ring, flying your school flag

Those are dumb too

 

[dgreen]

Showing state pride is no different really than wearing your class ring, flying your school flag

Those are dumb too

Unless they are really big. Then they are the best ever.

 

[Major]

North American cities better than Chicago:

1. Houston

2. NYC

3. SF

4. Montreal

5. LA

6. Nola

7. Austin

8. Portland

9. Vancouver

10. Denver

 

[pantagrapher]

North American cities better than Chicago:

1. Houston

2. NYC

3. SF

4. Montreal

5. LA

6. Nola

7. Austin

8. Portland

9. Vancouver

10. Denver

Wrong thread?

 

[Christo]

The thing about Chicago is that there is no where to grow to.

All cities, even Manhattan, still have surface parking lots that could be used for development. Some cities obviously have more than others. Chicago is certainly one of the densest cities in the US, but they have room for infill. Here's a map someone made (a couple years ago) showing Chicago's surface parking lots and some vacant lots. That's approximately a 5 square mile of a 220+ square mile city.

There are other cities that also have geographic and zoning contstraints to growth and have managed to grow.

As I posted a while ago, thanks to the South Loop resurgence that began a decade or so ago, Chicago is enjoying the fastest downtown population growth in the country.

The development in River North since I moved here in '95 has been amazing.

 

[Christo]

Showing state pride is no different really than wearing your class ring, flying your school flag, or the Semper Fi sticker on your car window. It's less about vanity than just good ole' bravado. There's nothing wrong with it. Look, we are 8 pages in. Better this than another political thread (although some try to derail it so).

It's all in fun.

Really? You're comparing the randomness of being born in a particular state to being a Marine?????????????????????

 

[McGarnicle]

Showing state pride is no different really than wearing your class ring, flying your school flag, or the Semper Fi sticker on your car window. It's less about vanity than just good ole' bravado. There's nothing wrong with it. Look, we are 8 pages in. Better this than another political thread (although some try to derail it so).

It's all in fun.

Really? You're comparing the randomness of being born in a particular state to being a Marine?????????????????????

It's all in fun.

 

[Christo]

i'd never live in a hot weather state like texas. you get way too sweaty and so do the women. sticky, humid sex isn't my thing. let me tell you, humidity and women are not a good comco. you know how sometimes when you're ####### a woman and even if you do missionary you can smell foulness coming from the vaginna? that seems to me what texas is all about.

 

[drummer]

i'd never live in a hot weather state like texas. you get way too sweaty and so do the women. sticky, humid sex isn't my thing. let me tell you, humidity and women are not a good comco. you know how sometimes when you're ####### a woman and even if you do missionary you can smell foulness coming from the vaginna? that seems to me what texas is all about.

 

[Zow]

Showing state pride is no different really than wearing your class ring, flying your school flag, or the Semper Fi sticker on your car window. It's less about vanity than just good ole' bravado. There's nothing wrong with it. Look, we are 8 pages in. Better this than another political thread (although some try to derail it so).

It's all in fun.

It's also ridiculously nerdy and weird. All those things.

(seriously, people actually wear class rings and fly their school flag??)

 

[Major]

i'd never live in a hot weather state like texas. you get way too sweaty and so do the women. sticky, humid sex isn't my thing. let me tell you, humidity and women are not a good comco. you know how sometimes when you're ####### a woman and even if you do missionary you can smell foulness coming from the vaginna? that seems to me what texas is all about.

LOL...Scoresman acting like he was fighting Davey Crockett at The Alamo or somethin'. I assume dude lives in a tent and cruises campgrounds for chicks.

 

[Apple Jack]

People wear school rings and fly school flags?

 

[Zow]

People wear school rings and fly school flags?

must be a southern thing.

 

[Major]

People wear school rings and fly school flags?

nah, it's just a Texas A&M thing. Poor Aggies.

 

[drummer]

i'd never live in a hot weather state like texas. you get way too sweaty and so do the women. sticky, humid sex isn't my thing. let me tell you, humidity and women are not a good comco. you know how sometimes when you're ####### a woman and even if you do missionary you can smell foulness coming from the vaginna? that seems to me what texas is all about.

LOL...Scoresman acting like he was fighting Davey Crockett at The Alamo or somethin'. I assume dude lives in a tent and cruises campgrounds for chicks.

Major be killin' in this thread.

 

[Ignoramus]

As I mentioned in one of the several pro-Pittsburgh threads, one sure sign that you live in a ####hole is if you are so insecure about it that you feel compelled to seek validation about it from a bunch of strangers on the internet. Imagine someone who lived in New York or Paris or Rome or Sydney starting a thread like this.

I would love for someone to try to argue that one of New York, Paris, Rome or Sydney were the best state in the US. Lunacy.

Well the point was about how people who aren't insecure about where they live act, not what state is the best. But as I also explained, even arguing about the best state is lunacy, especially when you're arguing for Texas. You don't get to take pride in stuff that's 200 miles away. That's moronic. It's an arbitrary line drawn on a map that has nothing to do with anyone's quality of life.

Oh, so your 300,000 square mile state has eight professional sports teams? Wow, that's super impressive. Tell you what- look at a map of the US, and imagine an area the size of Texas over the mid-Atlantic and the northeast. How many professional sports teams in that area? Maybe 50? How about vacation spots, or businesses, or schools, or top-notch hospitals, or incredible food, or anything else you can possibly measure? Compared to the 300,000 square miles covering the northeast and mid-Atlantic- or for that matter the same size area in the rust belt or the southeast- Texas is a wasteland.

Tons of insecurity in this post.

Wow.

 

[pantagrapher]

Ugh. My wife wants to move to Houston to be closer to her family.

 

[Statcruncher]

Ugh. My wife wants to move to Houston to be closer to her family.

That's awesome! How often is she planning on visiting you in Chicago?