do some people just look like they're from texas?

[MoseyWalker]

i could be wrong, but see, on Austin City Limits, a lot of cool looking texans.

I love Elvis Costello

[GOPisEvil]

1. I'm from Austin, and there is a certain look to some people here.

Of course I don't look like I'm from Texas, but I wasn't born here. :shrug:

[Javaman]

11. But you got here as fast as you could, right? ;) nt

[Writer]

2. HELL, YES.

Look for...

a) Blonde highlights or crew cut

b) Ironed cotton clothing - preferably with embroidery

c) A completely phony smile to accompany a completely phony personality

But one word of caution: AUSTIN IS NOT TEXAS.

[Haole Girl]

4. I can think of other words of caution

...maybe not.

Where's that hide thread....?

[Writer]

6. Hold on... you didn't take this to heart, did you?

I spent 18 years in that God forsaken state! I have yet to meet a group of phonier folks than I did in North Texas.

[fudge stripe cookays]

7. Must have been the company you kept.

I have yet to meet a group of nicer ones. Both spots have their merits.

Attitude is everything.

fsc
native Austinite, north Texan since 1994

[CoolOnion]

9. Just what I was thinking!

[Writer]

14. Hang around a television station in Fort Worth long enough...

and you'll know what I'm talking about. I have yet to meet a group who accessorized better than these pinned up flakes. The sad thing is, when I went to New York afterward I actually met real, down to earth folks working on the NETWORK level.

I'm glad that you met a bunch that you get along with... I lived in Texas for 18 years and went to school in Austin. I will take Austin over the rest of Texas anyday.

[Skittles]

8. THANK YOU

been here 13 years and never seen so much phoniness in my entire LIFE

[Writer]

17. Gosh - must be the company you're keeping!

I mean, you can't have your own opinion on this matter, now, can you? :sarcasm: ;)

[pitohui]

3. yeah probably

i used to have an alternative personality who i called the "dallas real estate agent" and that's all you need to know to know how she dressed

hmmm

[petronius]

5. Yes - for example, when I first moved out to CA from LA, I was taking

roll in my first class, and about half-way down the roster I came to one girl who, when I looked at her, the first thing I said was "you're from Texas, right?" Suffice to say, I was correct...

[ganeshji]

10. People can always tell

I'm from Texas by my cultivated air of phoniness. What they can't tell is that I'm phony because I hate them.

[MrCoffee]

12. Texans aren't phony...

we're just too nice to call some people assholes.

[Writer]

16. Especially the ones at the Olive Garden...

these cute little Texas women breast feeding their kids while slamming down Coronas. I don't think they have time to call other people assholes. ;)

[ganeshji]

21. I see how people see it as phoniness though

but I will continue to be polite to everyone. It's like my dad (a Texan) used to say; sometimes you have to eat a shit sandwich, smile and compliment the chef. But if you're nice eventually you get to own the restaurant. Little bit of Texas philosophy for ya'll.

[Writer]

24. That's because Texas business works as a social-ocracy...

not a meritocracy.*



*See: Bush, George W.

[XNASA]

13. You mean like the Caddo?

:shrug:

Everyone else there just looks like everyone elsewhere.

[calico1]

15. Well, they do if they get stationed at

the sub base near me. (CT). People wearing western attire in New England tend to stand out. Especially the boots. :)

[Haole Girl]

18. For the record:

This is the first time I have ever heard the accusation that most people who live in Texas have "phoniness." That's right....right here in the liberal, loving, benevolent, caring, hugging, DU Lounge.

Food for thought, I guess. :sarcasm:

[petronius]

19. So, you don't remember the great Texas/California/New York Flame Wars

of 2001 (or thereabouts)? A little bit of friendly 'my state is better than your state' taunting blew up into a flame fest that rivalled spanking and Fat Actress combined!

[Haole Girl]

20. I wasn't here then

And I'm very glad I missed it.

[Writer]

23. When I moved to New York...

and they talked about the folks visiting from the Dallas station, that is all they could talk about. How they dressed up to the nines, as if they could impress on mere appearance, and how, for some, their smile didn't seem all that genuine. Image over substance.

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[terrya]

25. Locking

Region bashing