10 Mind-Blowing Facts about Texas. Amazing Texas.
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- 10 Mind-Blowing Facts about Texas. Amazing Texas.
Texas is one of the United States' best states. I am a firm believer in that.
From its amazing cities like Dallas, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, to its amazing small towns out in west Texas.
Texas has some strange history and weird facts. That is what today's video is all about. Mind-Blowing Facts about Texas.
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Texans love Californians....... In California.
No one likes Texans, including themselves.
@@Shadow__133 Let's see your facts on that BS.
@@Shadow__133 that’s why so many CA trash are moving to TX right?
@@Shadow__133 we love ourselves in Texas
Exactly! STFO Out of Texas⭐ stay on the left coast.
My son, a Texan, lived in the Tacoma, WA area for work, for about 3 years. I went to visit him and his wife while he was there. We were leaving a Starbucks by the Seattle fish market and my son held the door open for the people coming out behind us. They were shocked by this simple act of kindness and said "Wow, you aren't from here are you?" To which my son said, "no, we're from Texas."
Another fact to add: Texas has the world's longest barrier island: Padre Island, 113 miles long on the Gulf Coast.
Yes and it is cool ! Fun in the sun ,!
@@vernonpennington8896 I've never been there but do hope to go someday.
@@allyshivers3082 It's in Texas. Prove me wrong.
@@allyshivers3082 Padre Island is in Texas! I've lived here all my life 55 years...you don't know what you're talking about😂
@TheGeoScholar -- Is Padre still considered the longest barrier island?
When the Port Mansfield Channel was dredged, Padre was split
into North Padre and South Padre.
With the island now effectively divided into two islands,
can it still be called the one longest barrier island?
The white flag that was displayed for France is about hilarious!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I was wondering if anyone would get that. It's a dated joke.
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs right up there with the one about their guns never used, dropped once...
Yep, Texans do find that to be funny.... France is a butt joke to Texans...
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs also you used the right confederate flag. That flag was the true flag of the south and represent hate but everyone got misconstrued and believe the Dixie flag is the flag of the South. Which its not by the way lol. So far only youtuber that knows the difference 👍 job.
History is not as important as it once was
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs Also, the joke about France was the only country whose tanks featured back up lights! 🤣
For all moving to Texas, welcome. Remember why you chose Texas and leave the BS where you came from.
Tx is the only state that I have lived in that will give a guy a chance.
I hitch hiked in and left owning land and well learning about life.
You mentioned the population of Texas is about 18 million. You may want to do a little more research on that. Current estimates put it closer to 29 million. Just saying.
Especially since the illegals are being allowed to storm this state !
I heard that too and yes its 29 million legal citizens. I wonder if the 18 million was just adults or something. Idk.
Protect Texas and Florida ⚡️💖
Driving from el paso towards Dallas into the night, there's a road sign 610 miles to Dallas. That's mind blowing
It's 880 miles from the Louisiana state line to the New Mexico state line via I-10, day or night. That's butt numbing.
@@colormedubious4747 at night that's a lonely stretch of road west of San Antonio
We once drove from Tyler to El Paso. Over 700 miles. Long hot drive during the summer, for sure!
From El Paso, Denver is closer than Dallas.
@Sonrise Sunset if one doesn't have business in either Houston or San Antonio going west from Beaumont is quite a haul
7:52 I'm from Decatur. The town's population totals about 5,200. The high school stadium seats 15,000.
Decatur is a great little town! I live in Lewisville, which is just south of Denton. Decatur has the coolest old courthouse.
@@donnakaye2015 Wise County (Decatur) let the contract for the courthouse to the guy who had the contract for the courthouse in Waxahachie. Story is that he scaled down the plans for Waxahachie and used the same source for stone.
@@hlynnkeith9334 That is very interesting. Waxahachie has a beautiful courthouse, too! Im a native north Texan. It is nice to learn new things about our wonderful state. Thanks!
Damn, what a coincidence I was born and raised in Decatur. Spent 28 years in the ole county seat of wise.
@@Acuate18777 Good on ya! Go Eagles!
Ypu forgot one odd fact, due to a recent law change , we are allowed to open carry swords. Yes , swords. Gov Perry signed a law that no longer gives length restrictions on blades that can be seen.
One year ago the Governor of Texas was Greg Abbott
If you're going to move to Texas, don't underestimate the heat in the summer. Its my least favorite part of living here by far.
as a kid in Texas, the hottest i experienced was 117. it was hard to breathe; like an oven.
Just don't move to Texas.
Texans love it when it’s hot as hell. We hope that the Texas heat makes the left wing liberal Democrats miserable.
Mine too.
NY is needs some replacements, move there.
Reminder to all new Texas citizens: You came here from there because you didn’t like there, and now you want to change here to be like there. We are not racist, phobic, or anti whatever-you-are; we simply like here the way it is and most of us actually came here because it is not like there (wherever there was). You are welcome here, but please stop trying to make here like there. If you want here to be like there so badly, you should not have left there to come here, and you are invited to leave here and go back there at your earliest convince. Hell, we’ll help you pack and pay for the U-Haul.
YOU ARE REFUGEES, NOT MISSIONARIES!!
That also seems to be what lots of folks here illegally want to do. Change the U.S. into whatever 3rd world banana republic they came from.
Here's a tip - Stay home and change your own damn country if you don't like it. But don't show up here expecting us to cow-tow to everything you want to turn us into what you left.
Ironic because the original European settlers did that when coming to Texas.
I don’t know bout the whole “you’re welcome here” part we need to send some people back and only allow a x amount of people to live in Texas
@@lauraz2896 you must be a Californian who lives in a red state now😂
@@LagunaMadreDad So childish and immature to say that no one is allowed to move to another state. It is a free country. There are no laws being broken.
Texas is the best! Coming from a Texan! ✊
Yeassir🤠
Yee haw 🤠
Fake news
California all day!
@@ATXclementine theres nothing to do in austin. Texas in general besides the depressing cold beaches, six flags, and boring museums
Fun fact: It takes 3 hours 45 mins (1 connection) to fly across the state in a commercial airplane, from Texarkana to El Paso...try that in your state!
Even a more fun fact: driving from the bottom to top of Texas, well, you're going to be sitting for 11-12 hours try that in your state. 😳😁
Huh? Actual flight time is under two hours.
@@lauraz2896 No direct flights that I know of. If there was, your answer is correct!
I work for a company that's based in Plano. Trips to head office always feature barbecue and tex mex. Mmmm... :-)
There are five countries that are smaller than DFW airport.
You ain't have the best of it yet
Hello gorgeous nice profile.
I still laugh when people think Texas doesnt have mountains.
I laugh even harder when people think the entire state is desert, sand, cactus and tumbleweed. Like, this stuff barely makes up even 15% of the state
Or desert.
Moving to dallas in june. Where are some of these nice places to visit within the state?
@@chefbyardee1791
-Guadalupe Mountains
-Fort Davis Mountains
-fortworth Zoo
-Dallas World Aquarium
-Koreatown Dallas
-San Antonio River Walk
-The Alamo
-South Padre Island
-Corpus Chirsti
-Galveston Beach
-San Jacinto Monument
-SixFlags Over Texas
-SixFlags Hurricane Harbor
-Cowboys Stadium
-Dallas Discovery District
-deep Ellum
-Colorado River Austin
-Fortworth Botanical Gardens
-Dallas Botanical Gardens
-Herman Park
-Chinatown Houston
-Little Saigon Dallas
-RioGrand Valley for good Mexican food
I could go on, The list is long and endless
@@ryankhja2646 facts, Like where do you get the illusion from🤣
I laugh even harder when they think it's Flat and all plains.
I live in Texas and love it. We have a great economy, no income tax, were about to get the first bullet train in america, it is clean and beautiful.
Out in West Texas, high school football is a religion son.
🤣 west Texas is a dessert
How many players scored four touchdowns in a single game?
@@sexygeek8996
Beats the chit out of me, google it.
Yeah, only Texans would pay $70,000,000 for a high school football stadium, while teachers are underpaid, kids don't have enough books, US school lunches are the joke of the Western world, US high school graduates are functionality illiterate compared to most European countries, and only 1 high school football player out of every 10,000 will ever make it into the NFL.
Nice religion you bubbas got there. Taking advantage of people and taking their money, like any other good religion.
Who are you calling son? Pops.
Your mind will be blown by the property taxes!
Add West Texas water bills to that.
In a town or city...very true! I moved about 15 minutes out of town--into the county, bought a couple of acres--filed for Homestead Exemption--property taxes are now $52 per year.
Man that ain’t no lie. I lived in kingwood. My property taxes were more a month than my house payment.
There is no state income tax, though.
@@larrymor Lol so. Here your house has built in gentrification. We have the highest property taxes in the nation.
If your house value goes up, your taxes goes up the same year. Your $200k home comes with $10k taxes a year. 😒
I have lived in Texas one year, and yes it is true that it is a pretty amazing place for many reasons!
Me too, if it was not for elderly grandmother& parents I would have Stayed in East Texas⭐ the BEST state I have lived in or Ever will.😊
Are there hot girls there
@Ethan Xander i'm moving👍
@@David-cg6wl Yes Texas has some of the best looking women in the world.
@@Acuate18777 ....and they know how to hunt fish, shoot a gun, and have no problem using gunpowder and lead to settle a dispute. We are Texas women
We have Whataburger. That's all you needed to say.
Thanks for doing this video. I live just north of Houston. It’s definitely not boring here. That storm bout killed me!! Froze our asses off and lost power for 36 hours. This was just as bad as a hurricane.
I live 15 miles west of Nacogdoches. I was out of power for 8 days. I was out 6 days in the previous snow storm. It was 30 degrees in my home with no heat the morning it got to -2 F.
@@richardwatkins9487 well that sucks
Yeah, I live in Magnolia (40 miles north of downtown Houston), and it was as bad as a hurricane. Beautiful - pool surrounded by a foot of snow 🤣
I am a republican from California. About to move Texas this year.
Oh, you poor thing.
We gladly welcome people like you
Then you are very welcome here !
Welcome friend. Pull up a chair and set a spell.
Fun fact about Texans; when out of country and someone ask where we are from we automatically say Texas. Lol even funnier is most people recognize Texas.
Yeah, I live in Alabama now. You know, in the foreign country of the United States. I guess I'm a Texan ex pat. But Ill get home after I retire.
@@commonsensejones9979 we'll keep the beer and BBQ ready for you lol
When I was visiting Scotland, ppl asked where I was from....all I had to say was Dallas and they knew exactly where I was from.
The number one thing that surprised me was seeing cars parked on the beach shore lol.
It might not be as bad a LA, but the homeless problem in Austin is out of hand. I-35 runs right through the center of the city. Each interchange is no longer a grassy area, but a tent city. A few days ago one of these caught fire, the intense heat from all of the tents and belongings, read trash, caused the interstate highway to be shut down while the damage to the road above the flames was repaired. The state legislature has a bill to rename I-35 in Austin the Steve Adler (mayor of Austin and strong homeless advocate) public restroom.
We drove thru Austin a few weeks ago, going from Dallas to New Braunfels. I could not believe how congested Austin was. I had not been there in about 15 years. We were stuck on I35 for over an hour at 2:00 pm. I remember what a laid back town it used to be.
Because Austin has been taken over by young liberals. Used to be an awesome place. It's a disgrace.
Thanks for posting this Briggs. I'm a native Texan and have lived here nearly all my life. I always enjoy your work.
Texas was great until so many people from the west coast started moving here. It is sad to see the changes being made to this state.
Don’t worry they’re moving back
@@isaacfox4222 I grew up in Houston very different from where I am today in Honolulu. I wouldn't go back cause of poverty. I learned more about jobs and how it is in the retail world
I wish i could afford to move farther north in texas .south texas has turned blue .im embarrassed to live in duval county ! It used to be nice down here !
AMEN
It's a Shame it's. Blue
The movie Friday Night Lights was a pretty true depiction of high school football in Midland Odessa.
Is it is. I grew up in Midland during that time. Unfortunately the Permian Panthers (Mojo) stomped us regularly. lol
keep Texas RED or risk losing what makes it great.
I'm a Texan..lived here all my life. I drive for a living and have been on hwy 130 (toll) many times. From about Georgetown off of I-35 to I-10 starts at 80 MPH then down to 70 (construction) then back up to 80..about the last 40 miles it goes up to 85 MPH. Takes about hour and a half to drive from one end to the other. All the interstate speed limits are 75 unless going through city's. West Texas on I-10 and I-20 speed limits go up to 80 MPH at some point. If you've ever driven in west Texas you understand why. Texas is huge and has alot of everything..beaches..rivers..lakes..
mountains..hill county..forest..desert. I love this state and never want to live any where else.
It’s ironic that you put a video about Texas as I just got back from visiting Houston/Galveston. 1st time in Texas it was fun.
Sadly the property taxes are high in most of the big cities.
But no income tav in Texas.
@@rplampe6273 no income OR state tax either. 👍
If you are driving 85 on that highway everyone is passing you.
Galveston oh Galveston,I still hear your sea waves crashing!
I really do love Texas but I am just not strong enough to handle the heat. I lived there for 5 years and the jobs, food, things to do, and people are excellent! Sadly, I just can't handle anything above 90 degrees, which is 1/3 of the year in Texas. But if you don't mind the heat, I would highly recommend it!
I feel your pain. I have lived in AZ most of my life and I can't go outside for three months out of the year, it sucks! I am looking to move out of state within the next year or so
Lol. 1/3 of the year... There are 4 seasons in Texas. Christmas, New Years, Valentines Day and Summer
Sorry to break it to you but like 75% of the country is baking right now. Only part consistently not cooking is LA and it's an expensive cesspool.
@@robertmcdonald3779 I live in New Hampshire now, we've had a few days hotter than normal but overall its actually been an unusually cool and wet summer for us and most of New England. Much better for me.
@@1310beth You are lucky, cuz we just hit a Hondo in Texas, I'm in North Texas. Took awhile since it usually hits hard in June but I guess the West took some of our heat for a minute now they are sharing it back lol. BTW I can stand 90-98 degrees but 99 and above is oppressing with Heat Index of 102 and above.
Texas is the best!!! Native Texan here
I’m on my way from Canada I can’t stand this socialistic country any longer. I made enough money here with blood sweat and tears I just can’t take it anymore
Heck yeah!
@Kore VFX well I own a successful tile Installation business in Ontario but I’ve had it ..!!! I’ll sell all my properties and that’s it.
Oh you poor naive minds..
Ask how electric independent business f*cked over normal hard working people in Texas and jacked up prices to feed like vultures on people in need. Texas is the 3rd world sh*thole and scary worst example where can western society get. Wouldnt happened(And didnt happened) in those So called socialist places you blame for you hard life 😉
But each to their own. Maybe you deserve exactly this...bet you'll again blame left or whoever next
@@GiacoC okay so what ..!!!! You guys had a power failure on a massive scale. I’m sure they won’t let that happen again. You wanna see taxed to high hell ? You most likely don’t even know what income taxes are ..!!! You poor thing tell you what come live where I am and pay over 20% of your hard earnings then we can talk. But at least I worked hard made good investments and now it’s time to sell it all and bring all that money with me to Texas ..!!!! I’m one of the good ones that brings lots of money not like many others
We love our Friday night lights!
The Republic of Texas used to maintain an embassy with Britain (and maybe France too I think) -- there was a restaurant in London called 'The Texan Embassy' that was actually a ways down the street from where the actual embassy once stood. It had... passable Tex-Mex food, for Europe, from what I can recall.
Are there before they closed! The building is still there.
France had a French Legation (Embassy) in Austin. It is off I-35 downtown.
❤️Texas!
From Texas, I say ‘excellent’ video!
Austin born and raised, and I will say this: the homeless problem has reached my city. They are camping Everywhere!!
Also has largest population of Californians outside of California.
Good reason to not move to Texas
@Big Dick Black In the first minute of the video is says more Californians are moving to Texas than texans moving to california...
I agree with your comment. There isn't a good reason to move to idaho, as I left texas for Idaho in 2016 only to discover that Boise and pretty much all of Idaho is now unaffordable due to all the retired millionaire Californians.
@Big Dick Black nah, most likely a state that isn't ranked best place to live according to the internet
I agree
I drive 130 quite often, I'm the guy dragging a trailer at 63mph in the slow lane. Sorry if I hold you up, but gas is getting really expensive, and I'm trying to stay in business.
Moved to Texas in 1985 from Brooklyn, NY. Best move ever!
I thought it might actually be informative, not so much. I moved to to Texas more than 25 years ago it is a great place to live. I could not imagine relocating any place else. There is a saying here, never ask a man where he is from, if he is from Texas he will tell you, if not don't embarrass him.
Another entertaining video! Thanks Briggs 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Briggs you have the best Top 10’s on the net with excellent and humorous narrative! Dont stop!!
Fun Texas fact: Texas has crazy big bass!!!
You're right! I fish Bass 2 to 3 times a week...average size is around 5 to 6 pounds....Lake Tyler just hit a record Bass at 15.44 pounds....That bad boy is at Bass Pro shop now in that big ole tank they got in the store.
@@johncampbell829 Nice! I can't wait for my roadtrip to Texas in 2022 to chase some bass!
In regards to the town of Dish, Truth or Consequences New Mexico changed their name to a radio show name and all they got was the announcer ran his show from their town one day.
Didn’t the show originate there once a year for around 50 years?
The biggest mind blowing fact, is someone can end up with an electric bill of 16k there 🤯.
Can't forget the yearly $20,000 property tax bill.
Before the Ice Storm in Feb. the holders of variable rate policies in Texas where begged by the said Corp. to get a fixed rate policy , so anyone that ignored that warning got the bill for being to lazy to switch and that's a fact !
@@VeryLegitPerson It would take 3 years for my property taxes to reach $20,000 and I have 3.5 contiguous lots and a 4000 sq. ft. 2 story home in Texas !
@@VeryLegitPerson Someone forgot to file their homestead exemption. Whoopsie!
Most TX property taxes average $2,000-$6,000. But no state income tax either. If you are paying $20k in taxes then bless your heart.
Who loves Briggs??? I love Briggs 💘 💗 ♥ 💓 Also I moved from Oregon to Texas 2 years ago
WOW, someone else Knows Briggs. My folks life in Liberty Hill. I will go through Brigs to get to Coppers Cove:)
I grew up in MN, I am loving everything about TX, but when you mentioned the obesity rate. WOW! I am obese also, but that is a staggering stat. How can TX be doing well on almost every indicator with so many obese people?
Texas Is the BEST! ⭐👍🤗😊
Because when we suck. We want to suck big BIG.
Cause everything is bigger in Texas.
It’s all the greasy southern food mixed with Mexican food
@@caseym8179 It is the latin population
I really appreciate these videos, thanks Briggs
i think i recommended something like this, but if i didn't i still love it
Wow. I have lived in Denton county, for most of my life. I had never heard of DISH, Texas. I had to look it up.
This was an interesting video. I didn't know some of these facts. Pretty amazing!
Thanks for sharing and all your hard work ❤️
You put Texas in the title and I get survivalist ads. Also largest high school stadium in Texas is 22,400 seats.
Yeah, close to $70 million. Hope the underpaid teachers and kids without enough books really like it.
@@mikearmstrong8483 Relax- those kids have everything need (books included) and then some.
@@UKnowBo
Yeah, it shows in the quality of their education. I've met enough Texans; you're not fooling anybody. You people are such victims of your own propaganda that you can't even realize how much the rest of the country laughs at you for your silly bullshit, thinking everything is bigger and better in Texas, and you're all so superior, and the sad part is you have been brought up on that so you actually believe it yourselves; most of you can't tell reality from fantasy anymore. And when you get away from Texas, other people are smirking behind your back and thinking "God, what a dipshit!".
Edit: That wasn't meant as a personal attack, and I'll apologize if it was perceived that way. It was meant as an observation of other people's perception of Texans that I have seen repeatedly.
@@mikearmstrong8483 Oh, I don’t care. I was born in San Antonio and lived in Va, Ga, Ca, La. and soon to be Kansas City. I’ve been coast-to-coast multiple times. Texas is the best state in the union. I don’t care what you think.
Texan here. I can’t stand our weather. It’s too hot in the summers and bipolar all year long. The allergies are so bad here, people that never had allergies have them here. Personally, I want to move out of the state. I don’t see the hype. It’s not a great state. The only thing we kinda have going is the beach/fishing and food. Other than that, you can have it.
Oh yeah: Sky high property taxes where I live outside Austin. I pay $8K a year for a modest home. Started at $4K years ago. It’ll be $20K by 2025.
even the extreme Texas lovers can agree on how shitty the weather is, nobody likes how its 90 degrees one day, 30 and rainy the next, and next month the average temperatures are all at 105 degrees with insane humidity
Try the prairies of Canada - even worse weather
@@ryankhja2646 I am an extreme Texas lover and I agree with ya the bipolar weather is pretty terrible I mean I use to for jokes and stuff but it is my biggest dislike of Texas why cant we actually have seasons consistently and not alternating days of the week
@@ryankhja2646 I really just want to live in a cooler climate. Four seasons would even be wonderful. It messes your immune system up so bad with this back and forth, constantly.
I moved from north Texas to east Texas and the pine trees kill me. The allergies are crazy.
That was fun... listening to crazy facts about my home state 🥰
I always look forward to watching your videos
You are one of my favorite RUclips creators
Another great video
Keep up the great work
I actually grew up in Van. Never thought I’d hear about it on one of these videos.
Almost everyone that lived in Van moved away from there because work is so difficult to find and it is so boring there. My kids went to school there and moved away when they grew up. Van Zandt county is known for having the most corrupt legal system. I'm not far from Van and the humidity is killing me.
One of my favorite authors, Larry McMurtry, set a bunch of his best novels in Texas.
He's also from Archer City, where they filmed The Last Picture Show.
Awesome video. Thanks. We have our flaws, but overall, Texas is better than a lot of other states. I called five different states home, and I think I'll stay in Texas. Of course, I have the advantage of living near a major airport (DFW) that can take me anywhere in the world that I want to go once this COVID stuff is under control.
Nice one Briggs!
Great video! Texan in Oregon here, and I definitely agree with you about that plane ticket being well worth the price, just for the food alone. I'm blessed with an abundance of great food choices in Oregon, but there's no food like home food. Incidentally, don't just blame the great food for all the big folks; factor in also that we drive EVERYWHERE we go. Lots of places don't even have sidewalks. I think that might be improving in the future, with some of the infrastructure stuff we'll be seeing in the next four years. Thanks for doing a video about my home state that's entertainingly honest but not disrespectful.
If you are born and raised in Texas.. You can live your whole life and never leave Texas for economic liberal reasons..
even when times get hard and every liberal state in America is running to Texas looking for a job !
The Texas Capitol is taller than the US Capitol fun fact
Yeah. And no chain link fence or slice wire. Or National Guardsmen.
The Texas flag is also the only one that can fly above the US flag however I've never seen it done.
Good stuff Briggs
This is a fantastic video. Thank you for sharing.
Fun fact: Alaska is #1 in area and Texas is #2. If you cut Alaska in half, Texas would become #3.
Texan: We're the largest state in the union!
Alaskan: No you're not, we are!
Texan: Only until you melt!
Growing up in Texas, I've heard that joke ever since I was knee high to a grasshopper.
And if ya turned up the heat and melted the ice Alaska would be almost as big as Delaware.
Another fun fact: Texas used to reach all the way up to Wyoming.
Yeah it's crazy how big Alaska is. Like in the video he said no country in Europe is bigger than Texas, But Alaska is the size of Western Europe
Texas will soon be my new home state, thank you
Don’t move here please. Thank you
Move to California if you have to
@@glenncraigmeyer07 But why?
@@MrJames1471 California has better weather and more things to do
I think I’m moving to Texas also ..!!!!
I live in east Texas and the storms get really bad here
Love Texas and love the heat, when it gets too hot I stay in air condition
Let's just say one of 4 grandparents hailed from Texas.
Someone said that they could call hell from Texas for much less than any other long distance call.
A ma bell operator immediately replied : That's because it's a local call.
Edit: So Truth or Consequences NM and Centennial CO have a sibling in Texas.
Dish Texas .
The first was named after a game show, the next was named after a fictitious town in a television miniseries and the last was named after a television based home entertainment company.
Edit: my grandmother was 5'11" of Scot- Irish background.
My question is, where in the state did they bury this time capsule?
Thanks for the video very interesting!
Hello.
Im currently in Texas for work now, and u are absolutely accurate about the freeway. Im in El Paso and when u hit the freeway if yur not already doing 60 while getting on yur not getting on..take a back road. They fly around here
I'm from small town Texas (near Lubbock) and our entire town shut down every Friday night, except the gas station (there wasn't automatic payments on the pumps in those days).
Everyone went to those football games, except some of us who would rather underage drink in a random field, knowing that the only cop on duty and the farmers, were also at the game. :P
I miss Texas.
I hate football so I guess Texas isn't for me.
I moved away from Texas to Kentucky, and I'm much happier up here on a mountain. Y'all can keep it.
🙄😳😄 LoL . so R U a mountain ma'am🤔
The funny part about the town of Dish is in the Dallas/Ft Worth metro area we have more off air tv stations than Dish has on basic service. And it's free. We have an antenna and it would gall me to have to pay tv and all the commercials you pay to watch. Dish is in the metro Dallas/Ft worth.
EVERYTHING is bigger in TEXAS! Including my belly....BUT...I can still see my 'other' head...LOL!
5. "...you could fit Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Liechtenstein, Denmark, and Luxembourg into Texas and almost have room for the Netherlands."
You mixed up square kilometers and square miles. Those six countries together are about 244,000 sq. km. Texas is almost 700,000 sq. km - about 270,000 sq. miles.
In fact, you could add the Netherlands - AND still have room for Norway.
British Columbia where i live is over 944,000 square kilometers, we can put several Texas’s in our 1 province lol!!
Oops, bad math lol 1 and a bit Texas’s lol
@@marcelpotter7424 "Texases"
As I'm a native Texan.. I just gotta say the intro was WAYYY off.
Whatever the speed limit is add 10 and MAYBE the old ladies on their way to church with a cassarole won't glare at you as they pass.
I have a picture of the Sinclair station in your thumbnail. I prefer 100 degrees of Texas heat over 90 degrees of Mississippi humid heat!
The GD property tax is outrageous because of the fk high school football stadiums and coach salaries.
Can’t be as bad than here in Ontario Canada
Well I have 4 lots and a 2 story house right in the middle of Abilene Texas I have them listed as homestead these 4 lots are zoned as commercial property I pay 1200 dollars a year for property taxes that's less than most people pay fro 1 lot in other states I know I was born in Virginia now they are a bunch of rip off people there now.
Hey WATB, can you make a video on South Carolina? I feel the SC is the most underrated state in The US.
I visited Texas when I was little to go to a baseball game at the Astrodome. The game was rained out. I went to Dallas to watch the NBA all-star game a few years ago and it snowed 12.5 inches. Texas probably doesn't want me to visit again.
How was a game at the freaking AstroDOME rained out? There was no opening in the ceiling!
@@colormedubious4747
Wrong. But the dome could be open or closed, so his story is suspect. When it raimed they simply closed the roof. BTW. When built the Astrodome was the eighth wonder of the world. Now abandoned and likely to be razed. Crocodile tears here.
Howdy y’all!
The stars at night are big and bright
Deep in the heart of Texas
If I were ever to move to Texas, I'd pick Dallas/Fort Worth before Houston.
DFW, Austin, and San Antonio are all far better than Houston
I like Houston best. To each his own...
I'd stay out of all major cities. The country is best.
The reason Texas has more tornadoes than any other state is because Texas has more land than any other state in the Lower 49. Texas "blows the #2 state Kansas out of the water" because Texas has more than 3 times as much land as Kansas. If you figure tornadoes per square mile, Texas is probably not even in the top 5.
Also, your population estimate of Texas is about 11 million off and throws your figures of obesity way off. Texas has about 29 million people, not 18 million. So if 12 million of 29 million are overweight, that is less than 50% overweight, not 65% as you claim.
Agree...I see some overweight people for sure, but not 65%! Definitely way less than half...
Thank You Briggs
Any time
Electric bills after blackout have truly been abominable and excessive I understand it’s a state emergency in Texas!🚨🚨
Not for most folks. That was mainly those people who had switched to "Griddy", a wholesale company that uses a variable rate system. However...most of those people will not have to pay those huge bills, that company is in big trouble. I think that company is in bankruptcy now. For the rest of us who have a normal electric company--things are fine. My electric bill for the month during the February ice storm was under $100.
Lol the "French Flag" as a white surrender flag was a nice touch 😂😂
Fitting since France never won a war
Thank you !
Briggs , you may not be s thin guy , but you do have a great way of explaining fun facts about Texas 😀 , that does market Texas as a great state 👍
Texas doesn’t have an “out- of- control” homelessness problem? Have you visited Austin lately?
Austin is run by liberal Democrats, so what do you expect? Just sayin'
All major cities are now libtard cities with all the problems democrats cause
@P White lol such BS, “Insurrection” none even had weapons, went inside and sat in some traitors (Democrats) chairs, unlike your BLM and ANTIFA folks with weapons and burned, looted, Killed and attacked people. Look at all the destruction YOUr people did. and before you mention the guard he had a heart attack, NO ONE was attacking him, unlike with your people