# So I'm going to Waco, Texas. Any advice?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 27, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-waco-texas-any-advice/226250 "2004-01-27T03:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-waco-texas-any-advice/226250/41 "2004-02-02T06:34:38Z")

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All I can say is please don’t judge Texas by Waco. Texas isn’t all abandoned warehouses and Baptists.

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-waco-texas-any-advice/226250/42 "2004-02-02T07:12:09Z")

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Huh. How come no one’s yet mentioned [Carl’s Corner](http://convergent.communication.utexas.edu/fall02/v1p_gallery_liu_yenyi.html)? To be honest, I’ve driven by it many times without actually visiting, so maybe the town’s story is more interesting than the place itself. Anyway, it was once famous for having [giant frogs](http://www.savvycenter.com/explorer/roadside/roadside2/carlsfrogs.htm) on the roof, though [this](http://www.canonboy.com/images/carl_corner/pages/carl_corner_14.html) 2002 photo shows they’re no longer there.

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**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-waco-texas-any-advice/226250/43 "2004-02-02T15:53:39Z")

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Right! And I’ll tell everyone that **SanguineSpider** told me to do it!

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Well, we get to go _through_ Houston, **Paradoxical**. We change planes there. And no, I wasn’t expecting Bonanza- I wasn’t really expecting anything. All I really knew about Waco before I started this thread was 1. That Baylor is in Waco, 2. That Waco is pretty poor, and 3. That you can’t get curry powder or decent tea for reasonable prices.

I understand it’ll be about 9C on Thursday. Since it’s still bloody snowing here in Toronto, and -5 is starting to feel warm to me, 9C will feel beautifully tropical. I won’t have to wear a coat! I’m so excited!

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-waco-texas-any-advice/226250/44 "2004-02-02T16:13:41Z")

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Oh, I forgot – if you’re literarily inclined, the [Browning Library](http://www.browninglibrary.org/), which houses the works of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, is at Baylor. A seemingly unlikely place for it to be, but hey, there it is.

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