• bananon [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    My parents live in a house they honestly hate because it has so much yard work, but they chose it because it was built by an architect for himself. In Texas, that’s basically the only way to guarantee that corners weren’t cut. Across the highway there are new cookie cutter developments in corn fields that are 1/3 the price but are going to fall apart in 10 years. We often think about getting stuck holding the bag when the bubble pops, but what about when the house literally falls apart?

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Leave Texas Challenge (impossible for Texans for some reason)

      Why is it that even after they spend like 20 minutes ranting about how Texas is the worst state, whenever you suggest that any Texan perhaps leave Texas for another state, they look at you like you just ate seven babies in two seconds?

      • bananon [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Man my parents moved TO Texas. Went there for college and never left. They’re liberals though so at least they’re not chuds

          • LoudMuffin [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Is Texas REALLY that bad? I'm from California and am frequently told I do not know how great America is because "I'm from the worst state in the union which taxed itself into irrelevance"

            • bananon [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Beautiful skies, great Mexican food. The worst thing is the people

            • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]
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              3 years ago

              I'm Canadian. Of the handful states I've been to, I think California and Colorado are the most tolerable ones I've been to, and the worst ones I've been to are Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.

        • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          I mean, yeah, it is an absolute hell of a thing, that's true. I just think it's funny that when someone has a conversation with you that ends in them saying "There is absolutely nothing here for me and I want to go postal rather than continuing on like this" and the concept of moving is still off the table. I have never seen any group of people from anywhere more resistant to the concept of moving, even in the face of their own impending death than Texans.

          How dare you suggest they simply give up Tacos and Whataburger?

      • OfficialBenGarrison [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I had a cousin that left Texas for Seattle.

        As much as he loved it, he kinda needed to head back because houses there are quite pricey. As much as it pains me to say something positive about liberals, it's hilarious how stuck-up fash are when liberals are probably better capitalists than they are. California's major problem is that it is TOO desirable, and everyone wants to live there. So, in a way "Not Texas" is a huge selling point, regardless of what Twitter or iFunny tries to tell you.

    • activated [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Across the highway there are new cookie cutter developments in corn fields that are 1/3 the price but are going to fall apart in 10 years

      Sardine packed cookie cutter homes in corn/sorghum fields with a brand new Super Target within a 15 mins drive is just the Texas way now

      Every developer wants to make yet another bedroom community for Austin/Plano/etc.