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Originally Posted by BrownTown
Not related to this thread, but Prop 13 is total shit.
Also unrelated: What is it about California and Texas that makes the people who live there so sure their state is the best thing since sliced bread? As someone who lives in New Jersey it boggles my mind how irrationally pro-Texas and pro-California the residents of those states are. For instance by most indicators New Jersey is better than either state (not including weather).
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I would love to answer that question for you.
For Texas, it’s because it was its own country for ten years. Texas has a lot of history for that reason and has its own founding fathers.
The Alamo, is a story of soldiers, who were vastly outnumbered but chose to fight to the death. Sam Houston’s story was very similar George Washington’s, in that he was a successful general who was the Republics first President and the states first Governor. You also have Stephen F Austin, who brought many settlers to Texas. Texas, has its own history, as lasting as its own independent state and that is why Texans have so much pride. I mean the same state flag we have now was once the flag for an independent nation.
I hope that answers your question.