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Originally posted by Mr. Man
So you are thinkin your opinion is pretty safe having not been to the three largest cities in the state (and three of the largest in the US)?
"I think New York is full of cows and river barges, but of course I've never been to New York City or Buffalo or Albany."
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Texas is like NYC in this single respect: everything fabulous and unique about it has been SO THOUROUGHLY SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS by its expatriates and tourism boards that I feel pretty confident I'd know as much as I need to even if I hadn't visited. Its regional pride borders on the recockulously snobbish, like they've been brainwashed to pretend to feel sorry for people not from there. Unlike, say, Chicago, whose charms are not best communicated by its former residents, but by visiting. Or Cleveland, Phila., etc., which often have slightly more charms than their respective expats would lead you believe. New Yorkers and Texans oversell.
BTW, when I ask expat
tejanos in S.F. "What's so great about Texas?" the answer is universal: Austin. YMM, but probably will not, V.
