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Originally Posted by homebucket
Same with California.
Reputation - Golden Gate Bridge, Big Sur, Yosemite, Hollywood, beaches. Basically the Full House intro.
Reality - hot, dusty, dry. Basically the same as Texas.
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Texas: hot, dusty, and dry some of the time, yes, but the summers are especially humid. Physical activity and breathing in the summer here are sort of like a dare. Still, and this is a conversation I was having with a guy from Houston this afternoon, I'd rather it be warm than cold just about any time.
As to that scene, I've never seen that many oil wells in one place. Sure, I've seen them spread across the landscape, but not quite like that. As for the mountains, I'm not sure exactly what range those most resemble in Texas, but that isn't far off what you find in West Texas, though, they're a bit lighter in color than what you see out there. But, other than the Davis Mountains, which tend to be the greenest Texas mountain range, most of the mountain ranges in West Texas do look pretty much like that one in California. A few are a bit more rugged than that, but the vegetation is pretty much spot on.