# ADVICE for ANYONE MOVING TO TEXAS: **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888 "2003-02-18T14:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/81 "2003-02-21T22:35:38Z")
LOL\* Ain’t it the truth. Nah…they’re a REAL Texan(or a REAL Dallasite anyway)if they know what the Pig Stand was and why it’s significant in modern resteraunt history.😃 IDBB(who is a real texan but has no idea who Deaf Smith was) ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/82 "2003-02-21T22:35:45Z")
Goddamn, I miss Texas. How’n’hell did I end up in Connecticut?! –robby (native Texan) P.S. Whenever I talk to my great-Aunt (a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy for over 50 years), the first words out of her mouth are always: “How’re you doin’ up there with all them Yankees, eh boy?” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/83 "2003-02-21T22:40:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Most of those Alaska brags are nothing but sound and fury, signifying nothing. Since you can’t run cattle over most the state, those parts don’t count for nuthin’ \*\* LOL, yeah, but where would you Texans be able to work, make top dollar AND still get to collect the Alaska PFD if not the North Slope? 'Sides, with all the moose, buffalo and caribou we’ve got, who needs cattle? pssssssssssst. Now, which part of Texas should I move to? Because there’s one myth/legend about Alaska that is NOT true, the one about the ratio of men to women being 10 to 1. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/84 "2003-02-21T23:24:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanvasShoes \* > \*\* Now, which part of Texas should I move to? Because there’s one myth/legend about Alaska that is NOT true, the one about the ratio of men to women being 10 to 1. \*\* If I had to chose between the three, I’d pick San Antonio. (Full disclosure: born on the Texas Gulf Coast, raised in Dallas, spent ~10 years in real West Texas and ~2 years in Waco, spent good quality time just about everywhere in the state, and family in the Dallas area, Central TX [Lampasas, Bandera, and Fredericksburg], Houston, the Rio Grande Valley, and Uvalde.) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/85 "2003-02-24T16:23:36Z")
I know I started this thread, but reading all these posts sure makes me proud to be from Texas. a Native Houstonian Go Texas! ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/86 "2003-02-24T18:59:20Z")
Are you guys really trying to discourage tourists? You scary… ---
**Author:** ![Texican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@Texican](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texican)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/87 "2003-02-24T19:05:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by I\_Dig\_Bad\_Boys \* > \*_LOL_ > Ain’t it the truth. > Nah…they’re a REAL Texan(or a REAL Dallasite anyway)if they know what the Pig Stand was and why it’s significant in modern resteraunt history.😃 > > IDBB(who is a real texan but has no idea who Deaf Smith was) \*\* Ooh, ooh, i think I know this one. First Drive-In? or first drive thru? I know I read this in TX Highways some time back. For all you fellow displaced Texans, I strongly urge you to get a subscription. For only $17 a year, you get a monthly fix of Texana; food recipes, photos, small town stories, history, etc… And isn’t Deaf Smith the man that led the charge at San Jacinto? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/88 "2003-02-24T19:10:14Z")
[Tourists and immigrants are welcome](http://www.brianburnsmusic.com/ao_song_01.htm), as long as you don’t whine about how things are “better back home”. > [@](#): > > You gripe about our music, gripe about our food, > gripe about the weather here, say it’s way too hot for you. > We hear all your whinin’, and it starts wearin’ thin > when we see our milk and honey runnin’ down your chin. > > So come on down to Texas, have yourself a ball, > take the kids to Six Flags, and the wife out to the mall. > Have a good vacation, but then don’t hesitate > to point your car back up the road to that outbound interstate. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/89 "2003-02-24T19:13:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Texican \* > \*\*Ooh, ooh, i think I know this one. First Drive-In? or first drive thru? I know I read this in TX Highways some time back. > > For all you fellow displaced Texans, I strongly urge you to get a subscription. For only $17 a year, you get a monthly fix of Texana; food recipes, photos, small town stories, history, etc… > > And isn’t Deaf Smith the man that led the charge at San Jacinto? \*\* He was Sam Houston’s scout, and IIRC he raced to the bridge at San Jacinto to either burn or chop it down, thus cutting off Santa Anna’s escape route. There’s a huge mural painting of the battle in the state Capitol, where you can pick out Smith and other players. BTW, he has a [county](http://www.co.deaf-smith.tx.us/) named after him. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/90 "2003-02-25T00:21:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Most of those Alaska brags are nothing but sound and fury, signifying nothing. Since you can’t run cattle over most the state, those parts don’t count for nuthin’ \*\* Snort:D Well, I know a few things, if we cut Alaska in half, Texas would be the THIRD largest state. But I’m well aware that it would STILL have the least amount of “stuff to do”. If I do end up moving there, you won’t find ME whining about how things were “better back home”. Alaska is beautiful alright, but the general public has the SUCKIEST ideas regarding what is fun. I want to go where people DANCE!!! (they still do that in Texas right?). ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/91 "2003-02-25T00:31:13Z")
> [@](#): > > ## \*Originally posted by I\_Dig\_Bad\_Boys \* \*\*Whoohoo!Nice one,Homebrew. And where did those idjets at the PR dept of the Mavs get the idea that a Maverick has anything to do with a horse? From [Yourdictionary.Com](http://Yourdictionary.Com): \*\*mav.er.ick– n. An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it. One that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter. adj. Being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence: maverick politicians; a maverick decision. > > [Possibly after Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870), American cattleman who left the calves in his herd unbranded .]\*\* > > IDBB \*\* I feel that I must point out that **Maverick** is my real name (yes, my mother is from Texas, Fort Worth to be exact). Therefore, an additional definition of **Maverick** is a **Shagnasty** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/92 "2003-02-25T01:28:01Z")
BBQ is made from beef, not pork. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/93 "2003-02-26T19:15:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanvasShoes \* > \*\* > I want to go where people DANCE!!! (they still do that in Texas right?). \*\* Hell yeah we still dance!!! C’mon down, and we’ll paint the town red! ---
**Author:** ![tmwster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/57b2e6/32.png) [@tmwster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tmwster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/94 "2003-02-26T19:55:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanvasShoes \* > \*\*pssssssssssst. Now, which part of Texas should I move to? Because there’s one myth/legend about Alaska that is NOT true, the one about the ratio of men to women being 10 to 1. \*\* I would like to move back to Texas, too, because Dallas just isn’t close enough. Between Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio, I would choose Austin. But I haven’t lived or visited there for over 10 years, so it might’ve changed a bit from the city I knew and loved. I’ve lived in all three. Really, it depends on what you’re looking for in a home, because all three cities have radically different personalities, topographies, and climates. You can get some ideas from [TXDot](http://www.traveltex.com/). As gereral characteristics, I would say that Austin is a beautiful city with lots of outdoor recreational opportunities, and the closest to liberal as you will find in Texas; San Antonio is friendly and laid back, having all the amenities and problems of a large city but the atmosphere of a small town; and Dallas is very urban and fast-paced, where flash and surface are important. Terribly furriner-influenced. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/95 "2003-02-26T21:38:45Z")
In Defense of Dallas: [Adair’s](http://www.adairssaloon.com/) [Sons of Hermann Hall](http://www.sonsofhermann.com/) [Hole in the Wall](http://www.barstar.com/cgi-bin/dfw_db/search.cgi?setup_file=details.setup.cgi&db_id=dfw1430) [Prince of Hamburgers](http://www.digitalcity.com/dallas/entertainment/venue.adp?vid=16105) (Best Root Beer. Period) [Hunky’s](http://food4.epicurious.com/HyperNews/get/archive_foodie201-300/269/1.html) (and the rest of Cedar Springs area, especially Buster’s Burritos and most especially Jay _at_ Buster’s) [KHYI 95.3 FM The Range](http://www.khyi.com/) [Herrera’s](http://www.dancopublishing.com/stclair/dstexmex.htm#dalTX) on Maple. The Mecca for breakfast, [Mama’s Daughter’s Diner](http://www.dallasdinesout.com/restrant/m/mamas/mamas2.htm) for lunch and [Celebration](http://www.celebrationrestaurant.com/) for supper. Looking back, I see I’m pretty pathetic. Food, drink and music. Might I be obsessed? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/96 "2003-02-26T21:44:18Z")
Can’t believe I left off Mike Anderson’s on Harry Hines. ---
**Author:** ![tmwster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/57b2e6/32.png) [@tmwster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tmwster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/97 "2003-02-26T22:41:43Z")
Your links all do have a common theme, and you are right - food, drink, music, and overall nightlife are a plus here. But the music is (or was?) better in Austin, and there is no Mexican food in Dallas that can compare with the average hole-in-the-wall in San Antonio. The shopping is a plus, we get Neil Sperry on the radio every weekend, the Arboretum is gorgeous, we get a full 2 weeks of winter weather every year, the Stars kick butt (or used to, but they are still fun to watch), summers aren’t too hot or humid, the Ballpark in Arlington is damn near perfect, White Rock Lake is pretty nice, and jobs are rather plentiful and pay well relative to the rest of the state. Uh, and there’s a theater with stadium seating on every corner. I can’t help it. I’ve lived here for nine years and it still feels more like a foreign country than like home. Not like Houston, San Antonio, and Austin did. I’ll stop with the Dallas bashing. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/98 "2003-02-26T22:55:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanvasShoes \* > \*\*What’s the best city? Here are my 3 choices. > Dallas, San Antonio, or Austin \*\* Dallas has many attractions, and it’s not a bad place to live. My major complaint is the (literally) hundreds of square miles of suburbia that surround the Dallas area. Depresses me and makes me want to scream - a private version of hell. Austin is a nice city, much smaller (under 1 Million in the metro area.) Less “big city” attractions than Dallas (museums, pro sports), but has a good local music scene, and is on the edge of the Texas Hill Country, which can make for nice weekend getaways. The economy in Austin is not real hot right now, with all the dot.coms that went bust a couple years ago. I won’t comment on San Antonio since I’ve never lived there. ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/99 "2003-02-26T23:38:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*60 ounce steaks are $34.00. 72 ounce steaks are free. \*\* Only if you eat the [whole meal](http://www.freep.com/fun/travel/qsteak31.htm) in an hour. Does anyone ever? I know I couldn’t. I got some sane advice for anyone moving to Texas. DON’T commit a crime there. I repeat, DON’T commit a crime there. Texas don’t play games like these other states do. Gosh you’d think some people would have learned that by now. ---
**Author:** ![tmwster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/57b2e6/32.png) [@tmwster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tmwster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888/100 "2003-02-27T00:24:34Z")
**Ashkicker** , your advice is sound. Former Harris County DA [John B. Holmes, Jr.](http://www.texasmonthly.com/mag/issues/2002-07-01/crime4.php?1997336106) had similar advice when folks in another state were upset that we gave the death penalty to one of their own. > [@](#): > > “Tell the people of Vermont that if they don’t like Texas’ death penalty rules, they ought to commit their murders in Vermont.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-anyone-moving-to-texas/155888.md?page=6)