Texas - what do you think?

Don't forget the big belt buckles! haha, I actually got kicked out of a store in San Antonio because I made a comment to a friend about a belt buckle a couple of parents put on their 3-4 year old boy. The store owner overheard me and made me leave. l must admit I'm amused that the Alamo is next to a mall and there's no basement!! lol oh yeah Nascar and trucks with lift kits and mud tires! If you're not a rancher you must be in the oil business. hmm, that's all I can't think of hearing about right now. The only city i've spent a bunch of time in is San Antonio and it's a nice place. I've been there several times now.

I am ashamed to admit that when I think of Texas I do think of cattle ranches and oil businesses! You know the whole jeans, cowboy boots and stetson or maybe sometimes a business suit and stetson even though I know there is so much more to Texas than that! I can only blame an overload of Dallas as a young girl and apologise my friend! I think many other taste are filled with similar stereotypes but I do not want to list them as I am worried I may have upset you and do not want to offend anyone else! xx

yeah many states do have stereotypes associated with them. I lived in texas and i know for sure that people think everyone in texas are cowboys that listen to country music. I personally though people in texas were nicer than anywhere else.

I live in Texas and have most of my life, most people seem to think we have cows and sheep in our backyard and all our houses are miles apart from one another. I live in Houston where it is very rare to see much vacant land without an apartment building, office building or subdivision on it.

Girl i know what you mean there. I am as well from Texas. People always seem to think like you say cowboys everywhere. lol Now thats funny. I was born an raised in Texas an i guess thats the image they give us. Even though its not true. Cause here we have alot of different things. Not just cowboys an country music. But it is funny how they sterotype us to be that. Big surprise when they do visit here wouldnt you say. lol. Probly not what they are expecting. But thats ok. In this world people think what they want until they see otherwise. An i love my Lone Star Texas.

Well I live in Arkansas and you know what people think happens here you know where you marry your sister and have 3 good teeth in our heads and we run around barefoot all the time. LOL I know that sounds funny that people just have their way of thinking about a place because of all the things they have heard about it so I'm right there with you TEXAS I fully understand.

I think of the heat there that you'll have like we do here in Florida but it's worser there.

OK before I answer that- let me tell you I'm from NY- what does that make you think of-- So yes I say it happens to alot of states- Not all states though- When I hear a southern state I think people automatically think slower- a slower way of life- I think warm!!! When I hear texas- I can't lie I think cowboys! I always said I want to visit texas to see real cowboys! lol although it was just a joke- And Dallas Texas, Dallas Cowboys- I don't think country music though- I associate country music with Tennessee. See even I do it! Now what did you think of NY?

When I read Texas, I instantly thought of dry barron ranches and cowboys., and dirt roads.

It's funny how most people believe we all have an oil well and a stable full of horses too. Somehow we all live out on a ranch with cows and we all wear 10-gallon hats. How funny.

Well, since I'm from Texas, it's rare to hear anyone say that someone is from Texas(unless it's regarding their state of birth)...it would be kind of weird, you know? I think Texas has many stereotypes, and many new ones were added when Bush took office. I've honestly met people who think Texans worship the very ground the man stands on - they obviously have never met my fiancee's brother. As for the whole idea of cowboys everywhere - cowboys are a rare breed these days. Even in the country, where I grew up, you never saw them often. I've never seen one in a city, unless it was at a rodeo. Many of the larger or more cultural states have their own little stereotypes. I've noticed many southern states share one of the negative stereotypes placed on Texans, and that's that southern states are made up primarily of backwards Bible lovers. I'll admit I've met plenty of them in my lifetime, but by no means does that make up the vast majority of the state's population.

i know what you mean. i live in a so called third world country. i beg to differ but people will stereotype south africa as people struggling to live. ha ha ha. most who work hard can easily live in luxury here. but to your subject... here in sa, they have reruns on tv of dallas, and they constantly show Walker,texas ranger. its the media that stereotypes texas. i really did think that things were like that. the wild west is long gone

I am from texas, i recently moved to georgia. I think that texas is very stereotyped, people here ask me about cactus and cowboys its funny. However when i think of texas i do think of cowboys and country music, its just something i'm fond of.

Every state has its own stereotypes. And not all people have the same stereotype image in their head. Some people think texas has a lot of hispanics being so clse to the border n all. An their view could be of texans as a bunch of mexican-american. Hense the saying tex-mex. I for one know a lot of polynesians living in parts of texas. So whenI think of texas being cowboys and country music, I laugh. When and where I visited in texas was all minorities. Texas can be considered alot of things. Interesting what you will come up with.

I am from Texas and I have heard alot of things like that when I was in Iowa. I do listen to country music, though. But, I am not a cowgirl or anything like that.

People always ask me if I live on a ranch (I'm in TX), raise cattle, dress like a cowboy, I think they think I live in a western movie lol. I do see western clothing here (mostly in stores in the mall), but I've never seen a cow in the town I live in! It's all stripmalls and subdivisions ;) The only thing that reminds me I'm in TX is walking outside during the heat and already needing to take a shower because my clothes are sticking to me!

My husband worked with a wonderful couple from texas. The only thing I found funny was his interpretation of their accent. He has his own "funny" accent, so him trying to do a Texan accent was hilarious. I think there are stereotypes from all states. New Yorkers are expected to be rude, and talk like Rocky. Californians walk around saying "duuuuuuuuude" Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama are all backwoods. You get the picture. There are very few states that don't have some sort of sterotype associated with them.

Well, before I had actually been to Texas, I used to think of lots of flat land, fields full of oil rigs, and EVERYTHING'S BIG IN TEXAS. Having visited the lovely state, however, I am now a bit more educated. Yes, there is flat land, oil rigs and prickly pairs but not to the degree that I once thought. I did get a kick out of people saying "Y'all" alot and I started saying it too. Also, I was impressed by a mother who was obviously trying to educate her son by taking him through the Alamo and trying to get him to pay attention to the history of it. Oh yea, one thing that I found funny when we got there...since I live in Eastern Canada, the month of March can have several days full of snow. Well, when we left for Texas, it was snowing but when we got there, of course, it was nice and warm (probably about 70 or so). What shocked us as we arrived, is that women were wearing fur coats and NONE of the pools were filled with water. We couldn't believe this and begged our hosts to fill their pool so we could get some serious tanning and swimming done :)

Since I hae been in Texas several times in my life....I do not think I share the typical sterotypes believed about your state....LOL But I spent 25 years in Oklahoma...the streotypes are similar...the country music....the cowboys and horses...but the different thing that they sterotype in the Indians--who for some reason are sterotypied as still living in teepee's and smoking peace pipes.... Now I live in rural Arkansas...and I have heard the stereotypical remarks about sleeping with your relatives...which really bugs me!!!....and the perverbial "hillbilly with the straw hat and a weed hanging out of their mouth"...... This is a gorgeous place to live with lots of green hills, lakes, rivers, and gorgeous rock outcroppings.....we have a very low crime rate and the people are genuinely friendly.... Good topic, my friend.....

hahah i think i'm guilty of this one too. i live in the philippines so all i know about US states are through books, the net, movies... so i guess i grew up with stereotypical notions of texas and texans, like cowboys, ranches, country music, oil, George Bush (LOL!) but thinking sensibly, i think that like most streotypes, you can't really rely on it. i know that texas is more than all these ;)