Yankees in Texas

[ebb]

I didn't know Yankees were allowed in Texas??? I thought they all came to Florida, was I mistaken?

[Battis]

I've been to FLA twice. I do not like it. In fact, I look forward to the colder days when all the Snowbird Yankees leave for FLA.
I'm looking forward to visiting Texas. I've read every Louis L'Amour novel twice, seen every John Wayne movie, Lonesome Dove, etc and I'm curious about the Texas places with intriguing names. Maybe I should bring my repro Colt Walker as an ice breaker.
I gotta say, my favorite place that I visited, so far, is the Badlands in SD.

[Char-Gar]

We live a thousand miles north these days.
A family member up here asked me if I missed Texas.
I had to tell her that no, I miss what Texas used to be.

Every place changes as time moves on. There has been changes in Texas, but the core remains. I am a 6th. Gen Texan, my kids are 7th Gen and Grandkids are 8th. Gen. We have all married Texans did not interbred with non-Texans. Some of us have sojourned in other places, but have all come home untainted.

[JoeJames]

Every place changes as time moves on. There has been changes in Texas, but the core remains. I am a 6th. Gen Texan, my kids are 7th Gen and Grandkids are 8th. Gen. We have all married Texans did not interbred with non-Texans. Some of us have sojourned in other places, but have all come home untainted.

My great grandfather had a country store back here in the Ozarks in the mid to late 1800's. I inherited his account book. Now and then an account would be closed without full payment, and was marked GTT. I finally figured out that it meant: "Gone To Texas".

[Winger Ed.]

I didn't know Yankees were allowed in Texas??? I thought they all came to Florida, was I mistaken?

The refugees from there and Calif. have scattered out all over.
As long as they stay in the big cities, I'm OK with it.

Years ago, there was a letter to the editor of the Dallas paper.
It was from an out of state refugee. He said he noticed the drivers on the Dallas free ways were incredibly rude.
He talked to several of his neighbors, also from out of state and they agreed with him.

Somebody wrote back and asked-- "If you and your neighbors are from out of state,
what does that tell you about the people on the free way"?

[Electrod47]

One thing about big D traffic, I always felt I was in a Nascar qualifying race. And I never resented the traffic leaving DFW after coming home.
Bumper to Bumper but always moving at 80MPH..........

[Winger Ed.]

Bumper to Bumper but always moving at 80MPH..........

There was a news story awhile back where they set up a 'speed reader' on the LBJ free way that goes around
Dallas in a circle. They found 100% non-compliance with the speed limit.

[Texas by God]

“Try to get there first- you’ll fit right in”was always my advice to anyone driving in Houston or Dallas. Otherwise you’ll get run over.
Fort Worth is only 30 miles from Dallas but way less urgent traffic wise.


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[.429&H110]

In Alaska, driving on unsanded ice, when the light turns green,
we wait for the people sliding through the red light.

In Tucson on wide perfect roads, when the light turns green,
we wait for the people flying through the red light.

Seriously look both ways.
In both places the intersections are glittering with Ford bits.
In both places car insurance is expensive.
But of all the places I have lived, Florida is the worst for driving. They crazy.

[ebb]

Be careful what you believe from reading cowboy novels. 5 of the top 10 cattle production operations are in Florida currently. for a long time Florida was in the in the top 5 producers in the nation. Most of the range wars that so many of the westerns feature happened in Florida. I don't like the heat here either.

[Battis]

1st time we went to FLA was 1980, in a Chevy Chevette with no AC (drove from MA). Not a fun ride. We camped right in Disney World (before Epcot). Not bad, but...
2nd time we went to Pensacola (Navy base). Nice place but even more humid than New England.
I have a sister in FLA and I've never been to her house. Another sister in AZ that we visited. Hot and humid vs hot and dry.

[Martin Luber]

Don’t forget many of us yankees are just like you; we’re conservative and politically persecuted by citidiots and politicians.

We’re fighting hard but at some point we may have to go somewhere with like minds and sensibilities.

[Tall]

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Kilgore, they have the East Texas Oil Museum out there and it is really cool.

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Been there. Great place.

[Char-Gar]

I didn't know Yankees were allowed in Texas??? I thought they all came to Florida, was I mistaken?

The East Coast Yankee refugees go to Florida. The California Yankee refugees come to Texas.

[ebb]

Well that explains everything I would hate Florida also if one of only two experiences was Disney World. The most miserable place in the state, and slap full of Yankees.

[Battis]

Naw, I don't hate FLA, just can't stand the heat. We camped in Disney World at a nice campsite. I'm just not into theme parks. Canobie Lake in NH is my limit. Pensacola was good, except for the swampy humidity. We stayed on the base (or part of it), saw a great air show, but we didn't travel around much. We just finished off a "heat advisory" in most of New England, but I'm sure hot parts of the country laughed at it.

[jsizemore]

Don’t forget many of us yankees are just like you; we’re conservative and politically persecuted by citidiots and politicians.

We’re fighting hard but at some point we may have to go somewhere with like minds and sensibilities.

Our problem is folks from the north trying to change things to the way they had it up north.

We got a town next to Raleigh named Cary. It stands for Confinement Area for Relocated Yankees. But like any infestation, you can't keep it confined. The whole county is infested and with the increased roadways they've started in on the surrounding counties. And they breed like rats,

[Winger Ed.]

Our problem is folks from the north trying to change things to the way they had it up north.

I just smile when they start that.
But it's human nature. I've seen people try to instantly 'Americanize' people in other countries too.

[Battis]

It stands for Confinement Area for Relocated Yankees

Keep 'em. Attract as many as you can. If you can't take the winters up here, you're not a Yankee.

[Winger Ed.]

Keep 'em. Attract as many as you can. If you can't take the winters up here, you're not a Yankee.

If you immigrate up there:
I've heard you can't call yourself a 'Mainer' until you've spent one winter there.
However; after you've spent a second winter, you're now considered a 'Maniac'.