Quote:
Originally posted by Not Me
Texas is not part of The South. The continental US has several distinct regions, and Texas is in a category of its own. There is the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, the South (does not include TX), the Mid-West, Texas, the Southwest (which arguably could include TX), the West, California, and the Pacific Northwest.
|
Point to me one map, study or other breakdown of the US that breaks down the states this way.
Now, from a philosophical perspective, there are many who would agree that the entire State of Texas is not the South. The rule of thumb dividing line is I-35, dividing the "South" Texas from the "West" Texas.
But Texas did fight on the side of the South in the Civil War. Texas was the last state to free its slaves (word of the Emancipation Proclamation did not reach Texas until June 17, 1865, celebrated in Texas and beyond as Juneteenth). And the people of the great stae of Texas will most assurredly tell you that they are in fact from the South. Especially those assholes in Sugarland (no offense intended to any of our Texas board members who may live in Sugarland, but to them, I must ask: "Why?").
