A Complete Waste of Space

Brad_kc wrote:do you expect people to be living in a city that big to be like country folk ?

Nope, I just keep thinking how Texas is always equaled with over sized belt buckles, cowboy boots and -hats and an armed populace - pretty much like Germany is most likely to be described by Neuschwanstein, Lederhosen and Oktoberfest, wit some Autobahn thrown in for good measure.
Haven't been down to Houston, where this seems to be more frequent.

I found it funny that Austin was so unlike the stereotypical "Texas", that is all. Very relaxed and -well- weird in a cool way.
Thanks for the tips about 5th/6th street btw.. I had the chance to go down there on a weekday night and can only imagine the place thrumming on a Saturday night.

Very relaxed and -well- weird in a cool way.

weird is very appropriate. Whether that shithole is cool or not is your call.

I think if they were gonna give Texas an enema, it would be a toss up between Houston and Austin as to where to stick the nozzle.

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I liked Austin. It's not Tejas but it's a nice town.

the idea that some place as large as the state of Texas is going to be all the same, with folks thinking and acting identically is comical. Then again, I've seen folks generalize in similar fashion about 'all Americans', or 'all Muslims' or 'all Europeans', so I shouldn't be surprised in the least.

oh, and running with wullies visual, if you DID give Texas an enema, it would be shitting ignorant nutcases who think they represent the 'real America', probably 2 to 1 over any other sort of more reasonable folks.

callmeslick has given me hope yet again.

callmeslick wrote:the idea that some place as large as the state of Texas is going to be all the same, with folks thinking and acting identically is comical...

I'd go so far as to say that people living in the same street as me would be offended if someone was going to attribute to them my politics/religion/morals...

...but then, chavs are easily offended

Lived all over Texas. High School in San Antonio, A stint in Lubbock (now THAT is an armpit...fosho), Dallas/FT. Worth and, yes, got a degree from UT in Austin.

What then?

Austin Texas is the only town in Texas with any brains or balls. It was kept out of the media, but Austin was the first and only town in the United States that voted not to recognize the Patriot Act! God bless them and the USA.