I know this place. Isn't it across the road from Sea World?
Anyways, spent 3 months at Lackland Airforce Base, lived in an apartment in San Antonio. Loved it. Beautiful country, nice people. Even thought of moving there. Born and raised in CA., tough choice. California is so over populated that it has alot of laws to keep people from killing each other. When I retire, I'll move out of CA., but IMO, it is one of the most beautiful places we got. I live in NorCal, and I'm an hour drive from the beach and an hour drive from the snow. CA. also has some of the best roads for cruising, especially on a motorcycle.
I guess I'm torn. Tough choice. I'd go with Texas for peace of mind in my later years and I'd go with California for enjoying life in my younger years.
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Texas....from what I understand, my car would be illegal in many aspects in California. That and I can shoot first then ask questions if there is an intruder in my house. Used to be that one had to make reasonable attempt to back away first then shoot.....now I'll shoot now, ask later....
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Texas....from what I understand, my car would be illegal in many aspects in California. That and I can shoot first then ask questions if there is an intruder in my house. Used to be that one had to make reasonable attempt to back away first then shoot.....now I'll shoot now, ask later....
if you removed cats its a FEDERAL OFFENSE.
thats the biggest thing i see on your list. Its illegal to remove them in Texas just as much in Cali.
Everything else would only come into play if you got reffed; and if you are getting reffed, its usually because you did something stupid to get noticed that bad.
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What it makes me feel though, is sad. I just can't help thinking that thanks to all sorts of things, the environment, the economy, problems in the Middle East, the relentless war on speed, cars like this will soon be consigned to the history books. I just have this horrible, dreadful feeling, that what I'm driving here, is an ending.
This would never happen in California. Aggies FTW!!!
Mafia hideout in Galveton
Hiking
Texas wins.
"Texas wins" at being flat and boring, yeah, I'll give you that...
Two can play the "picture tells a thousand words" game.
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Let's see those granite monoliths in Texas... pssst, the one on the left, that's "El Capitan", it's the biggest granite monolith in the world
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Yosemite Falls: North America's Tallest Waterfall. Does Texas have any waterfalls or is it too flat?
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Or some of the oldest living things on the planet, the 4000 year old Bristol Cone Pine trees, have any of them in Texas?
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How about surfing those big Texas waves? -Mavericks, only the best in the world compete here...
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How's the wine from Texas, world class? I don't think soooo...
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Our cable cars take you halfway to the stars... Thumbs up is right!
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How about a world class destination city? Oh, I forgot, Texas has Houston, or is Dallas the better of the two? I could never tell the difference
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Texas may have a better State economy today, and a more conservative, red-neck, intolerant, seperatist, sovereignty bitchen' State government then that of Californias, but never, ever count California out; we'll be back to our rightful place as the fifth largest economy in the world, just you wait and see.
And as for as the landscape and natural beauty goes, Texas ain't got nothin' on the great State of California
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You forgot to mention the extremely high tax's, how the state is broke, extremely strict emissions on automobiles, wildfires, earthquakes, mudslides, smog.
Does Texas have that?
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Meh, I was following ampstang's lead. It was more a compare & contrast the landscape and natural beauty of the two States and you gotta admitt, there's some stark differences in this regard when you honestly compare the two States.
So, how'd you vote?
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Great thing about Texas is the job market and their home prices combined with low property taxes. Middle class families in Texas have a lifestyle equivalent of an upper middle class or even upper class of most other coastal states.
Our property taxes aren't low, neither is home and auto insurance.
We have a few cons living in Texas espically along the gulf coast.
Hurricanes
Unpridictable Weather
Extreme Heat/Extreme Cold all in one day
100 degree summers
30 degree winters
Traffic sucks in Houston
A few interesting facts about Texas:
Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the same height as the US flag.)
The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. by 7 feet.
The privately owned King Ranch in south Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island
Texas's native horny toad is actually a lizard and can shoot blood from its eyes
Bracken Cave, near San Antonio, is home to about 20 million bats
Corn has been grown in Texas for at least two thousand years
Texas has 15 kinds of rattlesnakes
Ima Hogg was the real name of a Texas governor's daughter
Texans fought a battle after the end of the Civil War because they hadn't heard the war was over
The town of Sweetwater holds the annual World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-up. Events include snake charming, snake weigh-ins, and eating fried rattlesnake meat!
Many Texas roads or highways have the initials FM before the number (e.g., FM 1960). It's not a radio station; it means Farm-to-Market road.
More than five thousand wildflower species grow in Texas
Texas has only one natural lake
Texas has had six different capitals
1. Washington-on-the-Brazos
2. Harrisburg
3. Galveston
4. Velasco
5. West Columbia
6. Austin
El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles
Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles
The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water
The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach for Rice University in Houston.
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America.
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper.
The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.
The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning "friends."
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I'll agree that Cali is a pretty place, it's the people that make it suck.
Yeah, I'll give you that, there's a lot of "suck" when it comes to the people around here, especially in the Bay Area. Fortunately, I go north to places like Eureka, Cresent City, Fort Bragg and north east to Redding, Susanville and Mt. Shasta where people are more hands-on hard working, conservative, genuine and nice.
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Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the same height as the US flag.)
This is an urban legend. US flag code allows any state flag to fly at the same height if on separate poles. Also, Texas was not annexed by treaty (which would have nothing to do with how the flag can fly).
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This is an urban legend. US flag code allows any state flag to fly at the same height if on separate poles. Also, Texas was not annexed by treaty (which would have nothing to do with how the flag can fly).
Sorry about that your right:
Annexation by treaty
In 1843, President John Tyler came out in support of annexation, entering negotiations with the Republic of Texas for an annexation treaty, which he submitted to the Senate.[4] On 8 June 1844, the treaty was defeated 35 to 16, well below the two-thirds majority necessary for ratification.[5] Of the 29 Whig senators, 28 voted against the treaty with only one Whig, a southerner, supporting it.[6] The Democratic senators were more divided on the issue with six northern Democrats and one southern Democrat opposing the treaty and five northern Democrats and ten southern Democrats supporting it.[7]
[edit] Annexation by joint resolution
James K. Polk, a Democrat and a strong supporter of territorial expansion, was elected president in November 1844 with a mandate to acquire both the Republic of Texas and Oregon Country.[8] After the election, the Tyler administration realized that public opinion was in favor of annexation, consulted with President-elect Polk, and set out to accomplish annexation by means of a joint resolution.[9] The resolution declared that Texas would be admitted as a state as long as it approved annexation by 1 January 1846, that it could split itself up into four additional states, and that possession of the Republic’s public lands would shift to the state of Texas upon its admission.[10] On 26 February 1845, about a month before Polk took office, Congress passed the joint resolution.[11] Not long afterward, Andrew Jackson Donelson, the American chargé d’affaires in Texas and the nephew of former president Andrew Jackson, presented the American resolution to President Anson Jones of Texas.[12] In July 1845, the Texan Congress endorsed the American annexation offer with only one dissenting vote and began writing a state constitution.[13] The citizens of Texas approved the new constitution and the annexation ordinance in October 1845 and Polk signed the documents formally integrating Texas into the United States on 29 December 1845.[14]
thats the biggest thing i see on your list. Its illegal to remove them in Texas just as much in Cali.
Everything else would only come into play if you got reffed; and if you are getting reffed, its usually because you did something stupid to get noticed that bad.
True. I think that if CHP simply saw me driving I would get pulled over (car is fricken loud)....don't get me wrong...I have nothing against California....it's a beautiful place. I just don't know if I would live there. I almost did once about 10 years ago...was going to try and join the CHP. But I like the fact that I can get from one side of town to another in 30 minutes and it takes me 1 minute to get to work. I guess I'm just not use to the "big city" thing.
"Texas wins" at being flat and boring, yeah, I'll give you that...
Two can play the "picture tells a thousand words" game.
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Let's see those granite monoliths in Texas... pssst, the one on the left is the biggest granite monolith in the world
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Yosemite Falls: North America's Tallest Waterfall. Does Texas have any waterfalls or is it too flat?
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The tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mt. Whitney 14,497', does Texas have mountains or just little hills?
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Big Sur California, makes the Gulf Coast of Texas look, well, boring...
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Let's see a highway in Texas like US Hwy #1 --
How about some old growth Redwood trees, got any of them in Texas?
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How about giant sequoia trees, the world's largest trees, got anything like 'um in Texas? -
Or some of the oldest living things on the planet, the 4000 year old Bristol Cone Pine trees, have any of them in Texas?
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This will never happen in Texas, the Olympics FTW!!!!-
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Twice FTW!!!!!!
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Speaking of winter games, do much snow skiing/boarding in Texas?
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How about surfing those big Texas waves? -Mavericks, only the best in the world compete here...
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How's the wine from Texas, world class? I don't think soooo...
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Our cable cars take you halfway to the stars... Thumbs up is right!
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How about a world class destination city? Oh, I forgot, Texas has Houston, or is Dallas the better of the two? I could never tell the difference
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Texas may have a better State economy today, and a more conservative, red-neck, intolerant, seperatist, sovereignty bitchen' State government then that of Californias, but never, ever count California out; we'll be back to our rightful place as the fifth largest economy in the world, just you wait and see.
And as for as the landscape and natural beauty goes, Texas ain't got nothin' on the great State of California
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No wonder you were on this thread so long last night......
True. I think that if CHP simply saw me driving I would get pulled over (car is fricken loud)....don't get me wrong...I have nothing against California....it's a beautiful place. I just don't know if I would live there. I almost did once about 10 years ago...was going to try and join the CHP. But I like the fact that I can get from one side of town to another in 30 minutes and it takes me 1 minute to get to work. I guess I'm just not use to the "big city" thing.
Nah, not a domestic/muscle car anyways. If you were in a loud ass annoying import you'd get popped in seconds.
I ran a Mac o/r X with bassani catback on my 03 Cobra and it was pretty loud, and i would drive next to cops (even goosed it a bit with one) and nothing. I just installed a 3" catback on my GST and I get eyeball-raped by every cop on the road, and its not even half as loud as my Cobra was with just the bassani catback.
Only time they will give you shit is if you give them a reason to. There are exceptions, but this is the standard in any state.
No wonder you were on this thread so long last night......
You noticed that You have a well trained eye, my friend; comes with the job I'm sure
Yeah, that one took a while, one of my best posts on SVTP, IMO at least; I think becoming a Premium Member has given me a new SVTP awareness, or I'm just freaking insane
Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the same height as the US flag.)
The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. by 7 feet.
The privately owned King Ranch in south Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island
Texas's native horny toad is actually a lizard and can shoot blood from its eyes
Bracken Cave, near San Antonio, is home to about 20 million bats
Corn has been grown in Texas for at least two thousand years
Texas has 15 kinds of rattlesnakes
Ima Hogg was the real name of a Texas governor's daughter
Texans fought a battle after the end of the Civil War because they hadn't heard the war was over
The town of Sweetwater holds the annual World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-up. Events include snake charming, snake weigh-ins, and eating fried rattlesnake meat!
Many Texas roads or highways have the initials FM before the number (e.g., FM 1960). It's not a radio station; it means Farm-to-Market road.
More than five thousand wildflower species grow in Texas
Texas has only one natural lake
Texas has had six different capitals
1. Washington-on-the-Brazos
2. Harrisburg
3. Galveston
4. Velasco
5. West Columbia
6. Austin
El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles
Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles
The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water
The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach for Rice University in Houston.
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America.
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper.
The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.
The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning "friends."
Dude, seriously..........NONE of those facts were interesting.
"Texas wins" at being flat and boring, yeah, I'll give you that...
Two can play the "picture tells a thousand words" game.
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Let's see those granite monoliths in Texas... pssst, the one on the left is the biggest granite monolith in the world
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Yosemite Falls: North America's Tallest Waterfall. Does Texas have any waterfalls or is it too flat?
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The tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mt. Whitney 14,497', does Texas have mountains or just little hills?
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Big Sur California, makes the Gulf Coast of Texas look, well, boring...
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Let's see a highway in Texas like US Hwy #1 --
How about some old growth Redwood trees, got any of them in Texas?
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How about giant sequoia trees, the world's largest trees, got anything like 'um in Texas? -
Or some of the oldest living things on the planet, the 4000 year old Bristol Cone Pine trees, have any of them in Texas?
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This will never happen in Texas, the Olympics FTW!!!!-
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Twice FTW!!!!!!
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Speaking of winter games, do much snow skiing/boarding in Texas?
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How about surfing those big Texas waves? -Mavericks, only the best in the world compete here...
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How's the wine from Texas, world class? I don't think soooo...
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Our cable cars take you halfway to the stars... Thumbs up is right!
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How about a world class destination city? Oh, I forgot, Texas has Houston, or is Dallas the better of the two? I could never tell the difference
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Texas may have a better State economy today, and a more conservative, red-neck, intolerant, seperatist, sovereignty bitchen' State government then that of Californias, but never, ever count California out; we'll be back to our rightful place as the fifth largest economy in the world, just you wait and see.
And as for as the landscape and natural beauty goes, Texas ain't got nothin' on the great State of California
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Our property taxes aren't low, neither is home and auto insurance.
I only wish we had Texas like property taxes. You dont know what you have....
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Soccer... Most boring sport in the world. Soccer is for children who don't have the athletic ability to play baseball, football, hockey, or basketball. There is more acting in a soccer game than a Broadway play.
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I know very very little about soccer.
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ESL class make you big and strong with words in America.
We have a few cons living in Texas espically along the gulf coast.
Hurricanes
Unpridictable Weather
Extreme Heat/Extreme Cold all in one day
100 degree summers
30 degree winters
Traffic sucks in Houston
A few interesting facts about Texas:
Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, instead of by annexation. (This allows the Texas flag to fly at the same height as the US flag.)
The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. by 7 feet.
The privately owned King Ranch in south Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island
Texas's native horny toad is actually a lizard and can shoot blood from its eyes
Bracken Cave, near San Antonio, is home to about 20 million bats
Corn has been grown in Texas for at least two thousand years
Texas has 15 kinds of rattlesnakes
Ima Hogg was the real name of a Texas governor's daughter
Texans fought a battle after the end of the Civil War because they hadn't heard the war was over
The town of Sweetwater holds the annual World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-up. Events include snake charming, snake weigh-ins, and eating fried rattlesnake meat!
Many Texas roads or highways have the initials FM before the number (e.g., FM 1960). It's not a radio station; it means Farm-to-Market road.
More than five thousand wildflower species grow in Texas
Texas has only one natural lake
Texas has had six different capitals
1. Washington-on-the-Brazos
2. Harrisburg
3. Galveston
4. Velasco
5. West Columbia
6. Austin
El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
Beaumont to El Paso: 742 miles
Beaumont to Chicago: 770 miles
The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water
The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full time coach for Rice University in Houston.
Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America.
Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period after Dr in Dr Pepper.
The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston.
The name Texas comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning "friends."
I use to live in Brazoria county before I moved downtown and the birds you see there when going on a trail hunt are just amazing.
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
I love it here. Yes there are a few arrogant jerks no matter where you go.
I moved here in 95 from Syracuse, NY and never looked back.
My brother lived in Tacoma for a while I have never lived anywhere but the "Cuse" 43 years and Spring, Texas.
There is no way in hell I would even consider living in Cali, even though both my dad's sisters moved there in the late 50s.
I miss the NY Adirondack MTNS quite a bit but I was only there summers.
The hill country here is quite beautiful and the very different regions in the state hold thier own appeal.
Bottom line...
no more shoveling snow, and the economy here is incredably robust and resilient even during bad economic times.
BTW the race tracks here are very cool! Very interesting to run and they are building more.
I consider myself a Texan now, most of the people you meet are pretty down to earth, and polite, which I found to be quite lacking in Boston, NYC, and DC.
Houston and the surrounding area have some problems but, I love that there is no big city attitude here, that really soured me to quite a number of the larger east coast cities.
Texas and I are a magnificent fit. Texas has won over my heart!
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