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Ah, that moment when politics enters - and begins to dominate - the discussion.
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So, for me, I will never vote for a Democrat for HoR/Senate/President. I have and would vote for a Democrat for a statewide position but prefer a Republican. Locally, I have always voted Democrat because I think they create better cities and I usually don't have a choice anyways lol |
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That really isn't relevant to the national level unless for some reason you insist that all states be the same. And I couldnt be more happy that the GOP is taking up libertarian isolationist policies, if that could keep going and get more extreme that would be fantastic. |
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Rightly or wrongly, it's called the swinging of the pendulum. That's how politics work in this great nation. Sometimes it swings right and left, however we all generally fall in the middle and we all get it right at the end of the day. :tup: |
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We complain about Trump/ Congress but it's actually the governor/ legislatures who impact us the most. The only interaction I truly have with the federal government is income tax. I also tend to vote democrat/ republican depending on the office and the particular candidate. |
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I think Texas has more levers pull to pull to get growth and accommodate growth than people are considering.
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The Texas economy has transformed from being a major exporting economy to being a major exporting economy, major corporate hub, and rising tech hub. I think Texas has a geographic advantage for sustained growth, much of it's due to it's sheer size that allows it's major 4 metros to become their own city states with their own strengths and weaknesses. |
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but now try telling this to my spouse! :haha: |
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I find it weird, well not really, because public perception is huge, that Texas is always cited as some conservative backwater state. It is not. Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and Louisana...yes. Texas? No. |
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There's been small rumblings from residents now, mostly newcomers to Houston or millenials, that want to be able to incorporate into their own cities. The biggest obstacle has been state leaders (especially those not even in the Houston area) who for some reason don't want unincorporated Houston broken up into various cities. I'm guessing it's because competition would increase as these unincorporated areas would have more local planning, thus becoming more attractive for corporate relocation which has mostly gone to DFW and Austin. Quote:
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^^^ I may consider Texas, probably for residency. The cities that I am interested in are San Antonio, El Paso, and maybe Dallas. Houston is cool but feels too much like the bigger version of many of the other Southern cities, from which I consider Atlanta to be the best of all. Dallas at least has somewhat of a more Southwestern flare like the other two cities I've mentioned.
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Houston and Dallas are virtual clones. Fort Worth has it's own unique vibe but not so much Dallas, at least in comparison to Houston.
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There's nothing Southwestern about Dallas. It has a a plains feel to it. San Antonio, Ft. Worth, El Paso and Austin have a southwest/west vibe. Agree about Houston but it's traditionally been a southern city anyway.
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Houston is the big Southern city that has as many Deep South attributes as Texas ones. It's where Texas won its independence, but it probably feels the least like Texas out of all the other major cities. It's landscape/geography also differs the most out of the other 3 since it's the most green but also the most flat. Dallas is a mix of South/Midwest. You can definitely see the Midwest attributes in Dallas because out of all Texas cities, Dallas (and most of DFW on Dallas side) have a ton of alleyways. Houston, Austin, and SA have at most just a handful of neighborhoods with alleys. The rolling prairie looks no different than most areas of the western Midwest too. Austin feels like a battle between California and Texas when you're in the center of town. If a Texan who grew up in suburban DFW or Houston wants the California-like atmosphere without moving there, then they end up here. The majority of Austin's new domestic migrants come from either Harris County or Dallas County. San Antonio has always done it's own thing and is the last big city before you reach the depths of West Texas. It has the most preserved history in the state which really adds to it's character. Plus, the whole city takes part in Fiesta which is always fun. El Paso to me just so happens to be in Texas. In a way, it's the western version of Houston. There definitely Texas attributes there, but it pulls a lot from the Southwest region. It has more in common with Albuquerque or Phoenix than the Texas Triangle. And lastly, often forgotten about since has a name-brand neighbor is Fort Worth, which feels the most stereotypical Texan. |
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I will say Houston's black culture is nice, being somewhat based on the African American culture it received from New Orleans ( being in the Bayou and all). But New Orleans, Mobile, and other towns in the Gulf besides Florida's contribution are the same in a smaller scale. Houston is just the biggest player in town.
Hopefully, as both cities continue to grow, Houston and Dallas will attain more of a distinct flavor that will prevent them from being seen as one of the same. Austin probably had already achieved this, while being a smaller city. |
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Agree about the terrain resembling Kansas/Missouri with the exception of all the live oaks in Dallas that you don't see further north. Also you see a lot of (non-native) palm trees in Dallas that you won't see in Kansas City. The I-35 corridor is roughly the line between the eastern forests and Great Plains and it's pretty evident as you go from east Dallas to west Ft Worth. |
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