# I'm realizing Texas is different. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-realizing-texas-is-different/647384 "2013-01-16T15:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-realizing-texas-is-different/647384/18 "2013-01-16T17:57:38Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Its the little things talking to people in the rest of the USA that show me Texas is a different kinda place. Anyone remember the mayor of Houston tactfully reminding Katrina refugees fresh off the bus that Houston was a “working” city? Yea. Well, I’m a native Houstonian and I remember the Katrina refugees that hit the ground immediately asking how to sign up for welfare. I also am aware that in the areas where FEMA located Katrina refugees, the crime rates went up significantly. That one thing forced me to relocate my place of business because I couldn’t get customers to come into the area, especially after there was a brutal, senseless murder right across the street. > [@](#): > > Like someone saying they have never been refused service at ERs no matter how silly their problem, try that in Houston sometime. \*No insurance, no money etc. > > …snip… > If you want to be punished for being poor and uninsured I advise a trip to Texas;) Your statement is basically bullshit. Under Texas law, hospital ERs cannot refuse to treat emergency cases. I’ll grant that they move you to Ben Taub or John Sealy as quickly as possible, but they will treat you. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-realizing-texas-is-different/647384)._