Heck yah! Take that, Australia!
She just needed to get out of the way so the hawk could have his breakfast! Geez, woman, get a clue. 
Here’s one of my favorite ballads.
A friend of mine I happened to meet on the bus told me she had moved back to Chicago from Texas after three years of living there.
I asked her how she liked that state.
She said, “It’s ghastly.”
Hmm. You don’t hear the word ‘ghastly’ so much anymore. I’m glad its usage is coming back.
This country is, sadly, turning into a big V, far apart on the left & the right & very few in the middle. What you’ve quoted is clearly from a left-leaning survey but looks more like a marketing piece for those on the right to move there. IOW, what you’re citing as bad others are looking at as positives
Before you jump all over me understand that I have no plans to move there at all or even visit any time soon.
Are you saying that it isn’t true?
no, I was saying what some people see as negatives others see as positives.
Speaking to @Spiderman’s point, it’s IMHO more correct than not. Although I tend to think it actually intended to work in the opposite direction. My friends (again DFW and AUS) get a distinct feeling of pressure that they’re NOT WANTED by their own (state) government.
Sure, they know that in the urban areas, especially the ones I mention, they are, if anything, the majority. But Texas seems to be pushing legislation that is intended to push those people out. And they’re often in the better positions to do so because of wealth and education, as opposed to the rural communities who may have fewer choices.
[ huge, sweeping generalizations, granted ]
So talking to the point @pullin makes, either in jest or seriousness, there’s a strong feeling to “love it or leave it” with the Texas Conservative attitudes, and forcing everyone to adhere it it by crippling city-wide or other local efforts at improvement.
And I’m leaving out the issue where even socially liberal individuals are irritated by the Californication (sell your shack in CA for $1.5 million and move to TX [ or Colorado, or what have you ] ) and buy up property for cash to the extent that long timers have no prayer of even bidding on property.
[sarcasm/on] What, the commies in those places don’t appreciate the invisible hand of the free market working in their town? [sarcasm/off]
You’re right of course, but from the POV of many of those folks, it’s still blame it on California (and consciously or not, liberals) for making it impossible for those “poor honest working class people” to find a house/apartment they can afford.
While, in all honesty, it’s those widely respected “free market” policies beloved of Conservatives being applied just as you said.
It’s not just Texas adults who are gun-happy–but also Texas toddlers:
Quote from the San Antonio Express re-quoted by @ThelmaLou
The last phrase of the last sentence explains the first paragraph.
Take everything that’s wrong with present-day America, multiply by 10, and you get Texas. The great, late Molly Ivins, who loved the positive things about her home state, I’m sure would have agreed.
The really scary aspect of this is that most of the things that were wrong with America 50 years ago are themselves multiplied by 10 today.
Texas today must be an interesting place. I note that Ken Paxton, who should be in jail and probably eventually will be, is currently the attorney general there.
An average of about 10 children per-day were referred to the Texas justice system for making threats in September.
Just keeps getting better and better here. Glad we’re focused on the important things:
If you see someone with a bible and a gun… RUN!
Been wise advice for 500 years all over the world.
My boot camp company had 17 Texans in it. They were all insufferable blowhards and my mind hasn’t changed some 58 years later. I’ve never gone to Texas willingly, but have been there on business a few times. I saw nothing to entice me to change that. West Texas is a blasted hellscape full of oil derricks, armadillos and snakes. DFW is a giant concrete blob, and Houston a sweltering hellhole.
Awww… I’m not doubting the authenticity of your experience. But seriously we aren’t all like that. And the whole state isn’t like that either. Even though I will be the first to say that the politicians in this state should probably all be marched into the desert and left there with no water. But that’s another conversation.
I drove to Waco for the eclipse, and the people were fine. I had a nice time. I came back through the “West Texas is a blasted hellscape” area, including Ulvade, Del Rio, and Marfa, and, yeah, it’s empty, and could use a few more gas stations, but it was fine.
The one thing I DID notice was that there were a lot less “trump” signs than in AZ. You could argue that is because they ALL are trump fans, and they have no need to brag. But then, if that were true, there wouldn’t be a need for a 190 foot tall cross in Groom. I guess they think that God will like them more if he can see the strength and trueness of their devotion all the way from heaven.
An anecdote of one.
I have family in Texas and I spend my winters there. Last February I was down in Texas and I felt like making a batch of chicken korma. I don’t make my korma sauce from scratch; I buy a jar or two and then add the chicken and vegetables I want.
I could not find any jars of korma sauce in my local HEB. Or my local Walmart or Brooks Brothers. I also couldn’t find any jars of korma sauce in any of the other supermarkets I checked for a couple of weeks. Nor could I find any jars of tikka masala or butter chicken or tandoori or even basic curry sauce.
So while Texas may have many cuisines, I found it lacking in Indian.
Texas in general, sure.
The Houston area (the ‘around here’)? There are a variety of south Asian restaurants and markets. There’s a selection of regional cuisines from across the subcontinent, mainly because the immigrant population comes from everywhere. My particular suburb of Sugar Land is pretty well represented in that regard.