People Discuss Why So Many Americans Hate Texas

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Jan 13, 2023 12:00 PM EST

I have spent more time in the state of Texas than I have in any other state in America. I spent most of my childhood deep in the heart of Texas and have subconsciously bought into a lot of propaganda about the Lone Star State. Texans are obsessed with their state, and I don't have a problem with that. If you eat Texas-shaped burgers or buy Texas plates or sleep on Texas-shaped pillows, I think that is really fierce. I am bemused that I had to say the Texas pledge every morning after the normal Pledge of Allegiance and that I spent a whole year of my education learning solely about Texas history. Texas has a weird and unique culture, and I'm proud to be part of it. 

The Texan in me is also pretty defensive when people criticize the state. All I ask is that divas from Nebraska or other lame states like that abstain from spewing some nonsense about Texas, especially when they've never even been. However, I would be remiss to deny that Texas has a lot of flaws. The people of Reddit came together to discuss why so many Americans hate Texas, and they've got some valid points. Emphasis on some.  

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    Font - ? r/AskReddit u/Givzhay329 • 18h Americans that don't like Texas, why? ↑ Share 4 6533 ↓ 8377 +
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    Font - popfrazz. 16h I'm from Alaska, and everyone from Texas swears TX is the biggest state, and because of that, I'm out. ... Reply 12.5k
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    Font - TXblindman. 16h Grew up in Alaska and lived in Texas for five years, they still have the T-shirts that say Alaska: pissing off Texans since 1959? 2.8k
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    Font - rubbishapplepie 14h TIL Texas isn't even half the size of Alaska ● 985
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    Font - wolfey200 11h Texas is the guy who stares at himself in the mirror during sex ... Reply 5.6k
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    Rectangle - M PistachioBrian • 17h 8 Awards Texas likes itself enough for all of us Reply 29.7k
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    Font - MANWithTheHARMONICA • 9h Texas would do the best man speech at its own wedding ... 880
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    Font - HokariSweat - 17h This is exactly the answer. They flee Texas and take over your state, then buy Texas bumper stickers and prattle on about how everything is better in Texas. ... 43.7k
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    Font - adognamedcat. 15h You know how to tell if someone is from Texas? They will tell you. ... G 1.7k
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    Font - jdyerjdyer 17h S 1 Award All my ex's... ● Edit: For my sanity. Before anyone else wishes to tell me it is exes -- The song title is "All My Ex's Live In Texas" and is using the artistic license or abbreviation as commonly seen in songs and poems. You can see it is so on the official music video here: https://youtu.be/QuJroujjYDk Reply 4.6k
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    Rectangle - Givzhay329 OP. 17h I just knew this would come up. Lol 207
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    Font - ratsmusicandcorgis. 13h You can work up to 15 hours without having a legally required break edit: it's actually not required for you to have a break at all ... Reply 3.6k 3.6k
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    Font - ForeverUnfinished. 17h Because being from Texas is not a personality trait ... Reply 7.3k 7.3k
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    Font - whiddlekitty. 14h I'm from Texas, I love my state, but I second this 100%. It's embarrassing to witness this firsthand. I promise those people don't represent us. I went to a conference once out of state with people from all over the USA. I saw a guy there that I could tell from a distance was trying way too hard to get attention. I ended up being seated next to him. He introduced himself as being from Texas with the most ridiculously exaggerated "Texan" accent I've ever heard. He looked
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    Font - iAmNotHereThatsNotme 17h The cities are not walkable. They are giant highways and 4 lane streets. Reply 5.8k
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    Rectangle - cburl04 • 15h The katy freeway at one point has 26 lanes. Truly ridiculous. 41.4K ...
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    Rectangle - thephotoman. 13h I think they expanded it to 30. And it's still a parking lot most of the time. 459
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    Font - lenbedesma • 14h Yep. People always say Dallas is a proper big city, but to me it's in the uncanny valley. It looks like one but you get inside and think, "huh - something's missing". It's the foot traffic and street businesses. There are definitely districts in the city that can be navigated by foot, but you sure aren't making it from oak lawn to university park that way.
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    Font - Texas' government would do well to implement clean and attractive public transit. Dallas/Fort Worth in particular has the US's greatest opportunity, in my opinion, at creating what you might call a federated megalopolis - where several cities like McKinney, Allen, Plano, Addison, Los Colinas, etc. are interconnected as hubs with walkable entertainment & business districts. The benefit here is that there isn't just one hub; you don't have to go to THE city for a fun bar; you could go to th
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    Font - KeegTheGeek. 17h Texans are Texans first, Americans second. Their pride over their state can be annoying at times. But the worst thing... At some hotels in Texas, the waffle maker machine is in the shape of Texas. Reply 6.8k
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    Font - jr-junior. 14h At my brothers high school graduation they did the pledge of allegiance to Texas first then to the United States of America 4843 843
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    Font - lagasan 11h ● I didn't realize any states even had pledges. Maybe they all do, but I'll be damned if I've ever heard of it. 430
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    Font - PM_ME_YOUR_YURT. 11h It's a Texas thing. We're real confused. 4270
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    Font - NinjaDad1 I moved to Texas from Connecticut. Two years in a parent involved in Boy Scouts asked where I was from. When I told him he just looked at me and said "you know what we do do to Yankees here don't'cha? Spit in the ground and walked away. About 10 years later, now married to a native Texan, I was waiting for her to get done speaking at a conference in Dallas and a state trooper started chatting with me. He eventually asked me where I was from. I told him where I lived just outside
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    Rectangle - The-Sofa-King • 9h 2 Awards you know what we do do to Yankees here don't'cha?" Surrender? ... 2.2k ↓
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    Font - rbwduece 17h . Because I'm a musician and, according to Alabama, if you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band. I'm anti-fiddle and against the whole Big Fiddle movement. Reply 1.2k
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    Font - Kyttyo. 14h It's a state full of hypocrites. Claim they want small government, but want to force government into every aspect of private life. Also, property taxes suck. I'd rather have an income tax so I don't get priced out of my home some day with rising taxes. ... Reply 261
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    Font - dropdeadbonehead 10h If you are poor to middle class, you pay more taxes in Texas than in California or New York. It's only the rich that benefit from Texas' tax structure. G 486 86
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    Font - B-Town-MusicMan. 17h I don't hate Texas... I just like to Mess with it. Reply 48 ...
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    Font - matthewrb. 17h The Dallas Cowboys (Fans) Reply 66
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