TEXAS - and why it's the Best State in the Union

[otso88 0]

been in Texas, oh my it's like a huge desert no mountains barely have trees, the good side though is that it has a low cost of living and the low housing price and no state income tax attract people.

[Kar98 0]

been in Texas, oh my it's like a huge desert no mountains barely have trees...

[Texanadian 10]

Actually Texas is 30% smaller than my old home province of British Columbia.

No trees? Depends. Out west? Sure. But just about everywhere else is covered with them. People are always amazed when they come to Houston that there are so many trees. My only complaint is that it's too dark at night. The trees block out the street lights in neighbourhoods.

Edited May 24, 2009 by Texanadian

[trillium13 84]

been in Texas, oh my it's like a huge desert no mountains barely have trees, the good side though is that it has a low cost of living and the low housing price and no state income tax attract people.

The western part of Texas is like that. The eastern part is very tree-ful, and HUMID. But it sure beats the snow!

[Honey n Walid 0]

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[Nich-Nick 3,354]

been in Texas, oh my it's like a huge desert no mountains barely have trees, the good side though is that it has a low cost of living and the low housing price and no state income tax attract people.

It's big. You can find most anything. There's mountains

and beaches

and lakes

and big oak trees

[NavarreMan 10]

Hey! You forgot Houston

and Dallas

and Texas City

and High Island

and the beautiful Leon River

and lets not forget the great boon the oil industry has brought to Texas

or the outstanding physical fitness programs Texas has to offer it's citizens

and the offering of culture and fine arts

Oh look! They must have a swimming pool too!

[Dr. Obvious 49]

and the beautiful Leon River

I'd visit Texas maybe, but it is nowhere I would want to live. Way too hot.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

@ NavarreMan

Hilarious

Yep, we've got all those things too.

[jundp 191]

I lived in Austin and Houston for years. If I was forced to go back to Texas, I'd move back to Austin, which is a pretty fabulous place. Otherwise, no way.

I'll take the Pacific Northwest any day over hot, humid, mountain-less Texas.

Please don't hate me.

PS: those aren't mountains in Texas...those are hills

[NavarreMan 10]

@ NavarreMan

Hilarious

Yep, we've got all those things too.

My Mom was born there (Corpus Christi). I actually like Texas, especially eastern Texas. My experiences in the El Paso region have all been miserable. The trip from Dumas to Dallas is always too long (short cut from Florida to Colorado). I just don't think it qualifies as the most beautiful place in the union. Many places are beautiful for many reasons and to many people. Ever driven through Kenosha Pass? Ever seen the trail of a shuttle launch or stood on the rim of the Grand Canyon at sunset? How about the Maroon Belles after a fresh snowfall? Lots of beautiful things to see from coast to coast.

[Ed+Cindy 1]

Actually Texas is 30% smaller than my old home province of British Columbia.

How could you move from BC to Texas? WOW.

Edited May 26, 2009 by Ed+Cindy

[Honey n Walid 0]

Of course there is always California as an option for home....

Lovely Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles

Hermosa Beach, California...notice the charming pollution stack in the background...

I see that California and Texas share a smiliar physical education program!

California's Finest! Very pro-active

[Honey n Walid 0]

been in Texas, oh my it's like a huge desert no mountains barely have trees, the good side though is that it has a low cost of living and the low housing price and no state income tax attract people.

The ordinary designations used by Texas people generally for the various sections of the state, such as East Texas, South Texas Plains, the Grand Prairies and Lampasas Cut Plain, the Lower Plains, the Edwards Plateau, the High Plains, the Coastal Plain, the Texas Prairies, and the Trans-Pecos,qqv serve to point out the major natural regions of Texas. In their comparative aspects, each of these natural regions of the state partakes in a general way of characteristics of larger provinces of the United States. Thus, HUMID AND FORESTED EAST TEXAS is the westward prolongation from Louisiana of the GULF TIMBER BELT, the latter being the counterpart of the Atlantic timber belt that stretches along the Atlantic coast south of the Potomac. The moderately humid Black Prairies region, the largest unit of the Southern Prairies, has many characteristics similar to those of the Mid-West or Corn Belt Prairies. The Edwards Plateau, the Lower Plains, the South Texas Plains, and the High Plains constitute a southern sector of the Great Plains, or the sub-humid portion of the United States. Trans-Pecos Texas is a part of the Cordilleran province and is a physiographic unit of the hot and dry southwest border zone, which crosses the continent, extending to the Pacific Ocean south of the transverse continental lineament. Although each of these Texas regions is in a general way the counterpart of larger provinces of the United States that extend into Texas and have their largest extents outside the state, yet the Texas regions have individual characteristics sufficiently distinct to rank them as separate natural regions. They are also are economic units, each as large as an ordinary state. Natural and political boundaries seldom coincide; therefore, the Texas regions extending to the boundaries of Texas also extend for some distance into the adjacent states without any pronounced break in physical features and characteristics

[norrin 3]

Where the ** are the mountains ?!?!?

Oh I forgot ... mountains are the overpasses ....

Mountains are in west Texas. Try the Guadalupe Mountains, Big Bend, A little past San Antonio