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Being British: Joel & Lia I wouldn't worry about it Lia, someone in my chemistry today thought that Lisbon was in Germany, and that Asia was a country. I just put my head on the desk and burst out laughing 😂😂.
I am a native Texan. There are only 4 decent cities in Texas. Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio. They are predominantly Democratic cities. The rest pf the state is mainly Republican and contain a lot of bigoted people.
If you meet a Texan outside the United States and someone asks where we're from, we say Texas. In Texas we were once an independent country and still see ourselves as our own entity.
Isaiah61 Prophet Texas was indeed its own country for a short period of time from 1836 to 1845 until it joined the United States hence the “Lone star state.” This being said while some Texans still believe their “independent” they are a united state and have been for a while.
Ivory tusk how are some Texans so arrogant exactly, they have principles that they follow to heart this is more stubbornness if anything and personally a person who sticks with principles I can respect any day.
If you ever go to a video about like great things about Houston In the comments there is mostly comments like this “ Don’t come here,WERE FULL “ Hilarious
1. You can live your whole life in Texas and not have been to a branch, raised animals or even know how to ride a horse. There are very large cities in Texas. 2. Texas has just about every biome except maybe temperate or tropical rainforests and coniferous forests. It's a very large state in an interesting place geologically. 3. People listen to anything, whatever people listen to whatever the people around them listen to. 4. Y'all is easier than saying "you guys" and yes any group of people larger than 1 is y'all. Its slang and works perfectly. 5. Not touching it 6. No, a lot of people go to church but not everyone. 7. Football is a Friday tradition, Friday night lights and such. Texas is the heart of Cowboy Nation but Stars fans go harder. These are facts, the Stars fans go harder I will fight anyone who thinks otherwise. 8. Not every Texans own guns but the people who dont own guns make up for those who dont. 9. Alaska is the biggest state, Alaska is huge, not a lot of people live in Alaska however. 10. Our stereotypes are very close to true, we're very proud of our state's history and our people. At one point Texas was it's own independent country and we have the mentality of Puerto Ricans. Native Texans have dual citizenship: Texas and then America in that order always.
Well, you've got real cowboys, then you have the city boys who wear cowboy hats and think they are cowboys while listening to Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line. It's "y'all" not Ya'll
I've lived in Texas for 25 years, here are your answers 1) No not everyone's a cowboy. Not everyone dresses up like a cowboy. But some do! 2) No we don't live in the desert. There's actually a variety of climates in Texas. The desert is in West Texas. 3) No we don't all listen to country music. I actually don't like country. Also, Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson and Rascall Flats would NOT be considered true country to a native Texan. 4) Yes. We say y'all! 5) Texas is considered the "flagship" red state. It holds a lot of votes and almost always votes Republican and thus is considered the biggest republican voting state. 6) A lot of people do go to church. I, personally, do not. 7) Football is religion. Period. High school, College, Professional. 8) THERE ARE A LOT OF GUNS IN TEXAS. Texas being an open carry state now you will see people carrying even rifles out in public. 9) There's a lot of big stuff in Texas, but it's actually the second biggest state. First being Alaska. 10) Texans are like vegans. We will let you know we are from Texas (but we definitely aren't vegans... Don't mix that up... We love meat and BBQ). I have met Texans from the US military that say they would die for Texas before the USA. I love being American but I'm blessed to be a Texan. 🤠
Theurbanhitman I am 47 born and bred CHL gun carrying proud Texan. I approve everyone of the answers. George Strait is country, not Taylor Swift and Clarkson.
Also: all real Texans are Texans first and Americans second. The union is useful, but not our real nation. Hell Texas even has it's own small military, separate from the US military. So it's less like Hampshire, and more like Scotland or Wales
True. ....... My People were Tejanos before the "Gringos" came around. Tejanos had a very deep distrust of the Mexican Government. True, Tejanos were ill treated by the Gringos but even that treatment was better than Mexico proper. Mexico = "Todo para aca y nada para a ya. U.S. offered a better deal.
@@gypsy-nr9zd after us Texas military is most capable we got our Texas army national gaurd, Texas air national gaurd, and the texas state gaurd of of the Texas militia
Okay. Here are the answers to your questions, from two very devoted Texans: 1."Cowboys" being those who actively work in agriculture are numerous and necessary but Texas is huge and has multiple metropolitan areas, the cowboy to city folk ratio probably leans more towards city and suburbia. So in short, no we all aren't, but they are out here. 2. Texas takes up a lot of space, you can fit the entire U.K. in it 2.8 times, so naturally we have multiple climates. In the west, you have the stereotypical desert, with tumble weeds, and scorpions but that area has the lowest population. In the North we have forest and hills, and then it meets the sub tropics where it's very rainy and swampy with bayous and gators. 3. In our experience, the more metropolitan you are the less you favor country music over other kinds of music. It is popular for sure, Texas country (red dirt country) especially, but there is still many of us who don't care for it all that much. (also, we laughed when you said Taylor Swift was your favorite country artist because she hasn't been country in a long time and when she was it was pop country, which isn't always respected by country fans. 4. We say y'all all the time. Its gender neutral, plural, and rolls off the tongue so much smoother than "you all", or "you guys". 5. Texas is a red state, but the major cities ALWAYS vote blue, and during the 2016 Clinton v. Trump election, Texas nearly went blue (for democrats). Again the more metropolitan you are the more likely you will be a democrat. 6. Texas is in the bible belt, but to be honest we wouldn't consider it THAT religiously militant, compared to the rest of the south. Church is important, but again, in the city not so much. In rural communities its much more of an obligation. If you were raised baptist, you are more likely to be a *punches bible* christian. 7. Pee wee football, high school football, college football, and professional football, are integral parts of our social climate. There are towns that clear out and close up shop on Friday nights so everyone can go to the game. 8. Guns are also a big part of the social climate in Texas, guns for hunting, guns for protection, and guns purely for show. You are taught about the dangers of guns and gun safety from a young age. Most people have safes to keep them in. We have open carry, meaning you can wear your firearm out in public, even on some college campuses. You will meet more people with guns than without. (neither of us have guns nor do our homes) 9. Everything is bigger in Texas. We are the biggest state in the Continental United States, meaning that Alaska, an annexed state that doesn't share a border with any other state, is bigger than Texas. Portion sizes, homes and land, our capital building is bigger than the US capital building in DC. We even have a monument larger than the Washington Monument 10. Our allegiance is to Texas, and then America. We are all absolute narcissists about being from Texas. We go to school in New York City, and all we do is talk about Texas. We were once our own country, and we are the only state that has its own pledge of allegiance and can fly its flag as high as the American flag. It has its own culture and we are all super proud of it.
Real Texans don't go to school in new York bubba they pick a school in Texas or another southern state Texas born and raised lol PS my grandparents are from New York 🤣
Heavy metal, hood rap and instrumentals. I'm from Bay City, not too far from San Antonio. I know you commented forever ago I just thought it was cool how close we were lmao.
I've been to texas , too hot for me . the people are all good , at least the real Texans are . you can tell who the out of staters , especially the trash from both beltways . real Texans are genuine and honest in how they treat you . the out of staters , especially from the beltways , are ignorant , and rude.
5 things Brits don't really get about Texas but might like! (and 2 they might not) 1. The state is very diverse...especially Houston. There are SO many folks from all over the world in Texas because of the oil business. South America, Africa, Middle East, Baltic States all have big oil headquarters and many countries have consulates. 2. The food options are incredible (probably at least partly because of #1 above!). Seafood, steaks, mexican, tex-mex, bbq, comfort, cajun, ....etc...you name it...its there and REALLY, REALLY good. 3. Its BIG and spread out. This is a positive and a negative. Everyone gets their space...but MAN it takes a while to get anywhere. This is why the automobile is king in Texas and although we do our share of walking/jogging/bicycling not many of us can do that as a way of life. On the other hand, when you want to get away from everyone....you CAN! Lastly, because there is so much space, the cost of living is among the best in the entire nation...housing is MUCH cheaper in Texas than NY, CA, most of the east coast, etc. 4. Texans love their trucks. Not all of course but I would be surprised if Texans aren't the leading state in the Union for truck ownership. 5. The people are among the nicest in the entire country...especially as you get away from the main cities of Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin (although folks are nice there too compared to other "cities" in the States). You will see people say hello or wave at you that are strangers or watch cars pull over in front of you to let you by. This isn't something you will see much of on the East Coast (for example). 2 things you might not like: 1. It's almost always friggin HOT! From late April through early October forget about being outside unless near a pool. Combine this with the oppressive humidity, and you will wonder how people live there year round. The nice time to be in Texas? Mid/late October or March-early April. 2. In the cities, the traffic can be oppressive. As mentioned above, Texas is SPREAD OUT which means your job might be a 45 minute to 1 hour drive away (1 way) from your home. This is not unusual and with several million people on the road at the same time every day...it becomes DREADFUL.
natskivna Yes about the traffic! I’m not sure if those in smaller towns do this but we don’t generally measure distance by miles when driving somewhere. We measure by minutes because you have to take traffic into account.
TechSys Engineer you forgot ZZ Top (the national band of Texas according to Gov. Ann Richards). Also Stevie Ray Vaughn (self explanatory). And countless other music pioneers!
J: "We really need to go to Texas." L: "Oh yeah!" J: "I think we'd love it." L: "Do you reckon?" J: "Yeah." L: "Oh my God, we'd go to Nashville!" ....Nashville's in Tennessee. :-P
Loved watching this!!! I was born and raised in West Texas. Most of these are definitely stereotypes for a reason, but quite honestly this was fairly accurate. Texans are very patriotic to our state and the USA.
Texans identify more as Texans than Americans, which is really saying something about their love for Texas. Some of them wouldn't mind splitting from the U.S. and becoming their own country.
I love Texas. When my husband and I traveled 28 days in Western Europe, the guest speakers would ask where people are from, we said, "Texas" without even thinking about it. Some of the entertainers would ask the same, but they would usually begin with who was from Canada, France, etc., but always ask who was from Texas. It tells you something...right.
Lorri Lewis ..there are several groups actively perusing that very thing. Some years ago there was a posting of the largest economy's in the world..the US was number 1, there was a side that listed Texas as the 6th...when removed from the US, the US moved to third.
Native Texans have a strong sense of state identity, we were an independent nation for a period with our own navy and army(Texas Rangers) before we joined the Union. Many were opposed to our to our joining even back then.
I’ve lived in Texas my whole life, in a suburb of Dallas, and I can attest that most of those stereotypes are accurate but not to the point that Hollywood makes it out to be. Yes there are cowboys but honestly there’s probably more in places like Montana. I personally have never owned cowboy boots or hats though I very much want to get some. A lot of Texas is more plains than desert, especially where I live but there’s also the areas by the gulf that are more “beachy” Yes we all say y’all. If you consider yourself Texan in anyway than you say y’all. I always roll my eyes when people say “your guys’s” like for real? Just say y’all’s. Much of TX is very conservative, religious but there are areas that are more liberal than others, mostly bigger cities. Kinda along those same lines, most Texans that I know are gun owners/users. My family owns at least two. It’s really more of a recreational thing, like hey we’re gonna go shooting today, wanna come? Football is king. So much of the high school experience is centered around football, even outside of the team themselves. You’ve got the cheerleaders, the drill team, the marching band halftime show, ROTC. Football season is a huge time for these groups too even though they technically have nothing to do with the actual game. And even for the rest attending football games and pep rallies is a major part of high school. Texas is not the biggest state, Alaska technically is but it is the biggest of the mainland states. But besides land mass, I think that Texans definitely have more state pride than any other state. I think that I personally would probably consider myself an American before a Texan but that’s a closer call than you might expect. The reason Texans are so proud to be such is because there’s a lot to be proud of. Texas has such a huge history that the other states just don’t have. We had our own revolution, we became our own country (fun fact: the Texas flag is the only state flag that can be flown at the same height as the US flag since it once was a national flag) we actual have a whole other pledge to the Texas flag that most Americans don’t know about and find very strange. Texas just has a truly unique culture that I absolutely love and am proud to be a part of
"(fun fact: the Texas flag is the only state flag that can be flown at the same height as the US flag since it once was a national flag)" That's just not true. All state flags are flown at the same height as the American Flag when flown on different poles. All state flags are flown below the American Flag when flown on the same pole. There are no special rules in the flag code for Texas. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/chapter-1
Also, if you are in the military, there will be at least one Texan in whatever unit you are in! I could be wrong, but I think Texas has the highest military enrollment.
*me living in Texas saying “y’all “ , owning horses, listening to country music, drinking sweet tea, living at whataburger, bathing in 115° sun, going to church every Sunday, owning a gun and going hunting, eating bbq after football games, believing Texas is the one and only * also I’m the only liberal I know
As a Texan from Dallas, it was always weird that we seemed to be more well known even though we were smaller. Maybe we just marketed ourselves better lol
@@paulkim6207 Not to start anything but thats pretty false, Houston is a major city for imports, oil, and huge corporations due to the cheap lande space. Also I would've assumed they know of Houston from NASA but anyways y'all got a nice city up there!
The proudest day of my life was when my college roommate from New York unironically said “y’all.” Not just “y’all,” but “all of y’all,” which is très Texan
Cheyenne Marie - My best friend was from New York. I understand exactly what you mean. He didn't say "ya'll" for at least 10 years. Changing "sneakers" to tennis shoes took a little less time. Lol.
We do say “all of y’all” which is so funny cause if you said like a person from up Notth it literally translates to “all of you all” lol still makes sense to us though
I've lived in Connecticut my whole life, I've never been to a "real" southern state (just Florida), and I say both yall and all yall quite frequently. Eastern CT is nothing like the stereotypical CT. It's more like the Midwest with hills haha
1. It depends on where you live. I live in Fort Worth and grew up in a rural area nearby. We were cowboys and cowgirls. We wear hats and boots. People raise cattle and ride horses. However, we have very metropolitan areas as well. 2. Texas is huge and we have everything from beaches on the gulf coast to vineyards in the hill country. It definitely is not all desert. 3. Country music is popular but people listen to all genres. 4. Everyone says y’all. Everyday. All the time. 5. We have both Democrats and Republicans but I would say we usually run more conservative (Republican). 6. We have a lot of churches. It’s called the Bible Belt for a reason. However, not everyone attends. 7. Football is a serious thing. Real serious. It’s like Europe’s soccer. 8. Almost everyone I know owns a gun and many have their license to carry. I’m a 52 year old mom and I carry a concealed handgun every single day. I carry because it’s my right and I refuse to be a victim. I train with my guns and I take it seriously. 9. I lived in Italy for a short time and have traveled around Europe. I would say, comparatively speaking, everything is larger in Texas. Food portions, cars, homes, land properties, personalities are all bigger. 10. Texas pride is dear to most native Texans. I identify as a Texan first, then an American. I don’t know if other Texans feel that way but I do.
Ally Michael a native Texan that actually gets it completely correct and also Fair! Kudos and many thanks for the hospitality you're great state has shown us in our travels! Hope to be a Texan one day myself!
Ally Michael I feel like the one stereotype they missed was how common pickup trucks and their variants are. And another one that's true! As a Kansan where we have our share of northern and southern influences, I was shocked at how more pronounced large truck ownership was in Texas. It didn't bother me, I just didn't realize how small my car suddenly seen! LOL
I'm Asian in Texas and I literally wear cowboy boots everywhere even when it's 100 degrees out. It's comfortable. And it's very green here in Houston. People from California are mindblown with how green it is here. And everyone I know loves country... True Texans love Texas country music. Haven't met a soul who doesn't yet. You should visit here during rodeo season. It's very stereotypical. I'm also Republican but hate Trump, my brother was in the military so we're a gun toting family. Even my dad who's a minister supports gun usage and doesn't mind having a concealed gun to church since my brother is an instructor and used to own a gun store. Football is big and most the guys I've dated has played football at one point in their lives, even my husband and his brother played football. Everything is bigger in Texas like our homecoming mums in HS, our pick up trucks (every man in my family owns one or two), and even our personalities. You can drive for 19 hours and you'd still be in Texas. That's why land and houses are cheaper here and it's all about owning acreages here. The closer you are to the outskirts, the more cowboys you'll see. I've seen people riding horses instead of cars around hockley, angleton, spring and even manvel, all of which are on the outskirts of Houston. And yes, we're proud to be Texans and Texan men are the best!! 😍🤠😍
Yes ma'am. Hit the nail on the head. Even though I'm 14, this is still basically me and my family, but we're more supportive of Trump (though we were more anti-Hillary than pro-Trump)
@@Texasp12 he doesn't himself but he also doesn't care if the congregation does. My brothers sure do. I guarantee my church is very safe from any attacks.
see I am in the woodlands near spring and yes SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO green and see it's nuts us living so close have had a way diff experiences and views lol
I am ABSOLUTELY a proud Texan, born and raised and wish we could sucede! HOWEVER , I detest country music, football and pickup trucks. I've never owned a cowboy hat and have only occasionally worn boots. I am a vegetarian, love horses, wish I had one, am a conservative liberal and own hand guns, believe in the death penalty and am pro choice. I have mostly lived in Houston except for 11 misspent years I lived in Dallas, couldn't wait to get back here. I do say y'all but get irritated when people use it incorrectly, its plural. My neck is not red and I do not have much of an accent but can put one on if need be. SO, there are many many more here like me so let's not generalize ok sweetie? God Bless you!
I just found your station and you guys are too cute. Your title caught my eye since I am from Texas, and was very curious what preconceived notions you have about it. 1) we are not all cowboys and cowgirls, however you may see more of it in the rural / smaller towns. 2) our state is not all desert...we have beaches and hills...but we do have hot / humid weather because our proximity to the Gulf of Mexico. 3) country music is popular here, but most people have a very eclectic taste 4) everyone does say y’all. It has just become so much apart of our vernacular. 5) not all Texans are republicans, in fact my best friend is a democrat. 6) religion is important for most Texans however not everyone is religious 7) football is a religion for some, Sunday night football is a really thing 8) Guns are a big deal in Texas, why? Don’t know. 9) Everything in Texas is bigger, we however are not the biggest state. That title belongs to Alaska. 10) Texas pride runs deep and they start teaching it to us when we are young. We learn Texas history in 4th and 7th grade, twice...that is when you are 9/10 years old & 12/13 years old. We have a lot to be proud of about our state. We have had six flags flown over our state, one of them being our very own. For a time Texas was its own country. We are the only state that can make that claim. We then of course were offered to become part of the Union and join what is now The United States. We are an amazing state. Anyway, keep sharing and I plan to continue watching. Thank you.
There’s another stereo type about us Texans that I learned recently when I visited the Caribbean and I think it’s hilarious!! When we go visit another country and they ask us where we are from, most people would say “I’m from America, or I’m from England” but Texans ALWAYS SAY... “I’m from Texas” 😂 I travel a lot and never realized how accurate it was!! So yes we definitely associate ourselves with Texas maybe more than The US
Q1: A lot of Texans wear cowboy boots and hats but that doesn’t mean they farm or anything like that. It’s mostly fashion. Q2: No. We live in cities Q3: Taylor swift isn’t country and I’ve never heard of Ward Thomas. But yes we encourage everyone to listen to country. Q4: Yes, we all say y’all. Q5: There are a few democrats. However, we are mostly republican. Q6: I live in an extremely small town and we have 7 churches. Q7: At football games the student section is where it’s at! Q8:...yes. My family owns multiple hunting guns. Q9: Texans pride themselves in how big our state is. Q10: We refer to ourselves as Texans before Americans. Probably bc at one time in history Texas was its own country. Love y’alls videos!
Wow I’m such a stereotype lol 1) I live on a farm in the middle of nowhere (it’s not an animal farm so don’t worry) 2) I go to church 3 times a week 3) I say y’all probably too much lol 4) I don’t like football but it’s fun to go to high school games 5) I’m all for gun safety but it’s hard when you enjoy shooting clays 6) Everything is huge lol 7) School is free but I go to private school 8) We are VERY prideful and we have a pledge for the Texas flag 9) I don’t enjoy modern country music but I love old country music
Y'all ain't even close you don't got that Texas blood like us. Also another thing if you don't say y'all what do you say? Do you say hey you guys because that just sounds weird to me
1.) No, there's quite a few but the closer you get to the cities the less there is 2.) No, most of the year it's hot and humid but the only real deserts are far west and in the panhandle 3.) No, a lot of people hate country music 4.) Y'all are right on this one 5.) No, I don't have much more to say on this one 6.) No, I know SO many people(including me) that don't go to church 7.) Football in America is huge but it's even bigger here 8.) Most people just own guns for hunting 9.) That's the phrase isn't it(btw TX is the 2nd biggest Alaska is 1st) 10.) Obviously it's the best state(we're proud of both) That took ages XD Edit: Nashville is in Tennessee not Texas
Hey!!! Omg I’m so glad y’all made a video for Texans. Ok. So first question, not everyone is a cowboy lol but there are plenty. Hats & boots can be worn casually, but lassos are for actual cowboys. 2. We don’t live in a desert. West Texas is more land. I live on the coast so I actually live near an island off of Texas. So I have the beach life. Houston is the city life. West Texas can be the open field life. 3. Not everyone listens to country. Houston has a lot of rap listeners; however, there’s a lot of country listeners. 4. Y’all. Yes. Always. Not everyone I guess but majority for sure. 5. The electoral college is majority republican which is why our state shows republican. But not everyone is. I feel like a lot of the younger generation is liberal.. like highschool students and such. But I’d say there’s a good mix of all. 6. Not everyone goes to church but majority yes. There’s a cowboy church in a town nearby lol. I grew up in a stereotypical Texas town so 7. Football, yes lol. In fact, Dallas and Houston have a feud simply because you’re either a Dallas Cowboy fan or a Houston Texan fan. On Thanksgiving my family & most other families will watch football together and such. 8. Not all own guns. I knew this question would be in here. I think a lot of older generation do. It’s not a surprise for someone to own one and it’s not a surprise if they don’t. I think the gun thing is due to people owning farms and Texas is harsher on punishment/crimes. I, myself, have my handgun license but I don’t own a gun. I do feel comfortable around them and have gone shooting before. Tbh, I don’t think I could ever use it so why would I invest the money.. I’d rather learn self defense but I digress. My opinion. Also, You have to be 21 to obtain a handgun license. 9. Everything is bigger in Texas. Come down 🤙🏼 10. Everyone is proud. It’s a prideful state. Which is why majority of us are excited about this video lmao. I would be more excited to tell someone I was from Texas than America, but I def say both to someone out of the country. Love y’all 💛💛💛
Mar Pen1980 because, as stated above, I know PERSONALLY I would never use it. That’s my reasoning. Not everyone has to own a gun if they choose not to. What happened in the school happened because a parent did not lock away their gun and the kid got ahold of it. Guns aren’t allowed in school. The students/teachers owning one at home wouldn’t have stopped it so using the school shooting to call me vulnerable is ridiculous. I wasn’t there but either way, if those kids owned one at home, wouldn’t have changed anything.
I'm not from Texas, but I lived there for some time (while my dad was stationed there as an officer in the military). I have some family members that live there. Here are a few things that I know about Texas: 1.) Texas is very big. It has beaches, deserts, forests, mountains, hills and plains. I've driven from the Rio Grande Valley (along the Texas-Mexico border) and it takes 12 hours to drive El Paso in West Texas even while driving much of it at 85 miles/hour (136.8 km/hr). The roads are big, smooth and easy to travel upon. It helps that gasoline is inexpensive. 2.) Because Texas is very big, this allows property to be purchased for much lower prices than places like California (I live in the Silicon Valley near San Francisco). Consequently, people have BIG houses on LARGE plots of land. One of my family members is a public school teacher and recently built a 5,700 sq/ft home on ten acres. 3.) Texas is highly diverse. It has a large Hispanic population as well as individuals from many different racial, ethnic and international residents. There are cowboys and tech workers -- and many of them live next door to one another in places like Austin, Dallas, San Antonio or Corpus Christi. 4.) Yes, many -- if not most -- people do use the term "ya'll." It is short for "you all." 5.) Yes, there are cowboys. They live all over the state. It is actually the occupation for many people. They often work on ranches (whether their own or ranches owned by someone else). In some places, it is a very common occupation. I have a cowboy friend who lives and works on the King Ranch -- a massive 825,000 acre ranch. 6.) Texas is a deeply "red" state. This means that it tends to elect Republicans for most state-wide offices. However, more than 40% of the state routinely vote for Democrats. I live in the most liberal area of California and something similar (yet opposite) can be said about our state. As deeply "blue" as California might be, there are still roughly 40% of the population that vote for Republicans (depending upon the election). 7.) Yes, people in Texas tend to go to be more religious than some other parts of the country. However, this includes many -- mostly Christian -- backgrounds. A large portion of the population is Catholic, Episcopalian/Anglican, Protestant, etc. I wouldn't quite people "severe." They aren't yelling at anyone. lol 8.) The food in Texas is amazing! From BBQ to Mexican food to seafood -- it is very good! 9.) American football is very big in Texas. Every middle school and high school ( as well as colleges) have games on Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays. Sport (in general) is popular. 10.) People in Texas are VERY friendly. I was raised on the East Coast (in Virginia and New England) and I now live in California. The states of Texas and Tennessee seem to be the friendliest that I've ever been to. Finally... Yes, people are proud to be from Texas. The state used to be an independent country. I once read a bumper sticker on a car in Texas that read, "I'm not from Texas, but I got here as soon as I could." People aren't necessarily putting Texas before the nation though. They just love their state.
It's not only size of the state that makes property cheaper in Texas than California. It's due to excessive regulations in California that makes it a lot more difficult to build more houses and develop property that drives up the prices there - and drives people out that state to live somewhere cheaper.
That is very true, Gilbert. Texas has no state income taxes. California's state income tax system is even more complicated than the federal tax system.
Chris M., Funny you would mention Tennessee along with Texas because Sam Houston from Tennessee was the first President of the Republic of Texas first governor of the State of Texas and before that he was a representative and governor of Tennessee. Davy Crockett a folk hero from Tennessee was a martyred hero at the Alamo in San Antonio. Texas and Tennessee have a common history and a number of people in Texas have ancestors from Tennessee (I do)!
I’m from Texas so here’s my answer: 1: a lot of people are cowboys and cowgirls in Texas but not everyone 2: we don’t all live in the desert. Only West Texas which is anything pass forth worth is desert 3: it almost true that everyone listens to country music in Texas but some people hate it ( my favorite country singer is Dolly Parton ) 4: we do say y’all all of the time 5: most of us votes republicans I literally only know like 5 democrats 6: most of us go to church but if we don’t go to church we’re most likely still Christan 7: yes,football is a religion in Texas. At church if church isn’t over by 12 and there a game people will leave 8: yes,most Texans owns guns. We love our guns. 9: yes everything is bigger. 10: yes,we are extremely proud of being from Texas. In Texas we make sure to bring up that we can succeed from the union. Texans always brag about Texas
Being British: Joel & Lia you’re welcome and I’m so glad y’all made this video. Y’all are my favorite youtubers. I forgot to to tell y’all in Texas even our waffles are shaped like Texas.
Current Supreme Court precedent, in Texas v. White, holds that the states cannot secede from the union by an act of the state. More recently, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stated, "If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede."
It’s not a hard question at all. I’m a TEXAN first, and then an American. Any time I leave Texas and then return home, I sing “Deep In The Heart of Texas” and recite the pledge to the Texas flag. I’m not even making that up! Texas is huge. It takes about 12 hours to drive from East Texas to West Texas. I’m not sure how long it would take to drive from the Panhandle to Corpus Christie. At least 12 hours. Because of the size, Texas has 5 distinct terrains. Piney Woods in East Texas, lakes and prairies in Central Texas, the gulf in South Texas, the high plains in West Texas, and finally dessert in Southwest Texas. One stereotype is definitely true. Football! We love it all from pee wee football for elementary kids, supporting the local high school team, college ball, and our favorite NFL team. We love the “boys of fall.”
True. Rugby, what Europeans call football is meant to be a non contact sport where only the heads and feet are used on the ball but American football is meant to be full on contact with an oval shaped pig skin ball meant to be thrown long distances. That is why the protective gear is needed. In rugby you don't tackle anyone from the other team to prevent a goal.
I'm from Texas😅 Q.1 We are not all cowboys and cowgirls😂 Q.2 We don't live in deserts although some of us live in very dusty cities Q.3 Country music is the bomb but not everyone in Texas likes it. Spanish music is very popular too. Q.4 We definitely say y'all all the time😅 Q.5 Not everyone is Republican Q.6 I'm a church goer(I don't think that's a word😂) but not everyone attends church. Q.7 Ahhh where I'm from we are OBSESSED with football! Football games are so much fun! Q.8 We don't all own guns. It is very common to have a gun but not everyone does. Legally you have to be 21 to own a gun. Q.9 Everything is bigger and better in Texas☺ food, fairs, land. Public school is free but private schools do cost more. Q.10 I'm proud to be a Texan! We even have our own pledge that we say in our schools. I'm blessed to be part of the U.S. too. Hope this gives y'all a little insight into a Texans mind😂 if y'all have any other questions ask away😊
Several of the ten largest cities in the country are in Texas (Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin). One is unlikely to see real cowboys driving cattle through the middle of a metropolitan area of several millions. Texas is roughly the size of France with a climate and topography at least as varied. There is semi arid desert, swampland, prairie, grassland, etc. Yes, Texas has a higher than average rate of gun ownership than the rest of the country, but not the highest. That distinction goes to Montana. There are about two registered firearms per resident in the Big Sky state. Football, particularly college football, is King throughout the South. And yes, Texans are obnoxiously proud of being Texans. It extends back to Texas History. Texas fought its own revolutionary war against Mexico and was briefly an independent republic before agreeing to be annexed by the United States. Hence, there's a fierce tradition of independence.
I lived in Florida very briefly (less than a year during 1990), and I heard a television ad for something happening soon naming DALLAS, as COWTOWN. Being from Ft. Worth, I was mildly outraged...just before I started laughing at myself. I mean, I was at home essentially alone. Who could possibly hear me say what I said to my TV set?
As a Texan I always say I love my home country, Texas. Texas in a sense went through 2 revolutions. We alone fought the Spanish (one of the largest super Powers back then) even had been threatened to be disarmed.. this explains of course our love for our guns. We were once a country, the Republic of Texas. Shortly before the civil war and we were annexed to the US. We have a booming economy. As a sovereign country Texas would have the 10th largest economy world wide ahead of Canada and South Korea. Largest oil reserves, we have a gulf for trade, greatest entertainment locations like AT&T Stadium Rangers Stadium, 6 Flags & Hurricane Harbor. Largest meat industry. In fact Texas launched in Worth during the Great Depression from all the meat that’d been produced. A lot of this is why Texans are so proud of ourselves.
Texas here!... we are a proud people... often referred to as The Republic of Texas by its inhabitants, proud of our history! We have the "Everything is bigger in Texas" mindset... like in the capitol of the U.S. we have basically a copy of the capitol building and the Washington monument, accept they are bigger in Texas in our capitol building and our San Jacinto Monument!... Texas is widely diverse in inhabitants and Land and weather!... we have the desert, mountain and basin region, we also have the plains, the coastal lands, marshlands, and evem the Big Thicket (which is a forest!) Gun culture is great here... gun ownership is a fundamental and god given right to protect yourself, family, neighbor and property!! Not everyone is a cowboy, but everyone is a little bit country, even fhose that are citified!... and no not everyone voted for trump... Theres more ask if u want! God Bless Texas!
So you're telling me before the constitution if someone hit you that you just let it happen? Ummm no, so yes, god given right to defend yourself!! And how moronic are you that it was years after the constitution that the Bill of Rights were added as Ammendments!!
You think im saying god gave us the right to own guns, im saying that self defense is god given, and owning a gun is part of that because of advancements in combat and combat weaponry including arms
This video was great - really appreciated it as a native Texan. So to address your questions/comments - Desert: West Texas is vastly a huge, dry desert, but east Texas is much greener and made of grasslands and forest areas. I’m from Dallas, TX and its topography is grassland. The coastal areas (yes we have a large coast along the Gulf of Mexico) is very tropical and humid - palm trees and many islands. Honestly our beaches are not very beautiful compared to others in the world, but common vacation islands include Galveston Island and South Padre Island - huge spring break destination for young people. Between Texas and Oklahoma is Lake Texoma where many spring-breakers travel for a swim, to fish, and party as well. There are also party islands in this lake that lie between both states. -Religion: Texas is indeed part of the Bible Belt are there are many people who identify as Christians and live a Christian lifestyle as well. It’s also just as common to find atheists and what are called “nominal Christians” Nominal Christians are those who identify as Christians but don’t adhere to a Christian lifestyle. All in all, its just as common to find zealous Christians as it is to find non zealous and non religious persons. Also common to find very judgmental zealous Christians and very loving zealous ones as well. - Cowboys/girls: Most of Texas is made of small rural towns, and the people of such are very country as well. Very typical to find them wearing cowboy hats and boots whether on a daily basis or once in a while. The larger cities like Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio are more metropolitan, fewer or weaker southern accents, and higher in fashion and business. But also not weird to find a few cowboys in the city as well. - Football: Texas is known to be overzealous about High School football, especially in smaller towns. The local high school football teams literally define a town’s identity. My uncle was a high school football coach in small town and when his team did not make station championship for the first time in decades, the whole town shunned him and he lost his job. People are VERY serious about football here. - State Patriotism: We are VERY proud of Texas. Those who are not are ones who either don’t identify with common values or who are from out-of-state. As many American schools pledge their allegiance to our national flag, in Texas we also pledge our allegiance to the Texas flag. We are the only state that does this. We are taught from very young to love and honor Texas. Our pledge is as follows: “Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to Thee, Texas, one state, under God, one and indivisible.” We also beg for a Texas flag emoji. Here you will find Texas flags flying just about everywhere - homes, schools, store fronts, and parks. I believe our strong state patriotism is rooted in the fact that Texas became an independent nation in 1836 following the war of independence from Mexico. Texas later joined the USA in 1845. During its time of independence, Texas had its own currency (redbacks) and law enforcement (Texas Rangers). Hope you enjoyed these facts! Please come visit us!
Dylan Lawson Nope, we pledge our state flag too! “ I salute the flag of the State of Oklahoma. Its symbols of peace unite all people.” It was a lovely idea though 😊...
I like be Texas. Although I wasn’t born and raised in Texas, I did live there for a year or two and it was awesome. Out of all the southern states Texas is my second favorite with Louisiana being my first. Food is always better IMO.
I lived in Texas for my entire life. I have family that are farmers that live in the country and are ranchers and farmers. But I grew up in Houston which is the 4th largest city in the nation and the most diverse city in the nation as well. Not everyone in Texas listens to country, I do, but most people I know won't listen to it. Plus, there's a difference between pop country and Texas country. While Texas is mostly Republican the cities are more liberal. It is definitely the Bible belt but not near as much as the "south" in the rest of America. Texas high school football is a Huge deal. It is the best state!
Im a 30 yr old female born and raised in Wichita Falls Tx. I cant speak for everyone but I say y'all all the time, love country music but also listen to tons of other music, grew up in a Baptist church, own 2 guns and know how to use them and be safe with them (nobody will ever break into my house and get close enough to harm me or my family), we are a very proud state but also very friendly! Hope y'all can come visit Texas sometime! ;)
I loved the video! You guys are great! Regarding politics, Texas is considered a "red state" and tends to lean Republican. However, the big most populated cities are typically "blue" and lean democrat. That is pretty common everywhere - the more urban the area the more liberal leaning it tends to be.
I mean I live in the San antonio (the outskirts) and am definitely more cowboy than city boy but im definitely not a full blown cowboy.... That being said many of my buds are full blown cowboys.
Large, contiguous geographic regions that have something in common are often referred to as belts (e.g., Bible Belt, Cotton Belt, Sun Belt, Rust Belt, etc.) They are typically longer than they are wide, giving the basic shape of a belt.
I live in the most southern city in Texas (Brownsville) it borders Mexico and we are 20mins away from South Padre Island. Which is a sunny, sandy island with a really nice beach. I say y’all all the time and FYI everything is bigger and better in the great state of Texas! 😀 ❤️ lots of love from Texas
Regarding the "United States" thing, early on, the country was a loose "confederation," basically like the modern EU, but looser (different states had different currency, some had official state religions, etc.). There were several rebellions (The Whiskey Rebellion, eventually Shays' rebellion) that necessitated a more united, Federal form of government, so the states united as a single country instead of continuing as a sovereign confederation. As for the questions (I'm from San Antonio, myself) 1. There are actually a decent number of ranches in this area, though they're mostly owned by large corporations now. The people who still own land and work it do dress like cowboys more often than agricultural workers in other locations, however. There's a practical point to boots, jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, and a brimmed hat when you're out in the dirt and sun, so consider the practical use of cowboy attire. Though, plenty of non-agricultural cowboys live here, too, and usually are trying to make a cultural or political statement but putting on the cowboy affect. 2. Texas actually hosts 3 of the largest ten cities in the US (Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio), each with populations greater than a million. As far as biomes go, west Texas is largely desert, central Texas is flat, rolling plains, south Texas contains the hill country and coastal planes with lots of limestone, rivers, etc. and East texas features more heavily-forested areas with a lot of perennials. 3. Country is goddamn inescapable. I really dislike it as a genre, not per se, but because it's all over the place here. Even good country artists frustrate me just because of the ubiquity of the stuff that sounds like them. 4. Y'all is a useful contraction. "You all" is a nice, easy way to indicate the second person plural conjugation of a verb. 5. Texans are rather conservative, and as the Democratic party has sort of lost the conservative vote over the years, we've turned red. We're basically the state the Republicans count on to counter California's big chunk of votes every presidential election. As our demographics shift to a less white population, though, that's changing as well. It may take a few generations. But it's worth noting that we haven't had a Democrat for a governor since the 90's. 6. The American south, and rural America, tend to be rather church-going, and Texas is more rural and culturally "southern," so there's high church attendance here. John Hagee's massive Cornerstone megachurch is located in my own city of San Antonio. While much of our population is evangelical protestant, the proximity to Mexico also means a lot of Catholics. As for the "Bible Belt," we have a lot of "belts" here in the US. The "rust belt," for instance, is a strip of states whose economies died when we started shipping manufacturing jobs overseas (think Newcastle post-shipbuilding). It's just a term we use to talk about a strip of states or a general area that is defined by some characteristic. 7. High school and college football is a BIG deal here in Texas. It's a major social event. It's a cultural institution here in Texas, ESPECIALLY in small towns where the game is the only exciting thing going on that week. 8. Guns are a big part of our culture. It goes back to the cowbow thing, it goes back to the "Come and Take It" cannon incident in Gonzales before the revolution against Mexico, and even our more left-leaning political figures in this state pretty much have to break with their party on guns because guns are SO popular here. There is a southern "lifestyle" magazine called "Gun and Garden," to give you an idea of how ingrained in the culture firearms are. It has a large historical element. 9. Texas is huge. We're the second-largest state in landmass (Alaska has us beat), and our population of 25 million makes us the second most populous (after California) As for everything being bigger, part of that is just a sort of machismo thing. There's a huge competitive streak in Texans, probably as a result of all the football from a young age. Some of it has to do with all the wealth concentrated here (tech companies in San Antonio and Dallas, oil money in Houston) or the fact that we are at a sort of cultural nexus of the country between the South, the Desert Southwest, and the Midwest, and we're the wealthiest, most populous state in pretty much any of those geographic regions. As a result, we do what they do, but with more resources behind it. The culture scene in Austin is a great example. 10. In our history curriculum, in school, here in the US, world and US history are emphasized. In Texas, we have another two years (4th and 7th grades) where the curriculum is EXPLICITLY Texan history. And a LOT happened here, enough to warrant a history class. We were even our own sovereign nation from 1836 (when we got our independence from Mexico) to 1845 (when we were annexed into the US and triggered the Mexican-American War). But beyond that, Texas houses a huge portion of the history of the US space program, we're connected to several major political movements and happenings, we have a fairly unique culture compared to many other places in the US, especially other southern and midwestern states. Personally, I'm from Texas, but don't identify strongly that way. My view of patriotism is summed up by an old Rush lyric: Better the pride that resides in a citizen of the world than the pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled.
Well said, C. C. I looked up a Texas climate map for nerds and found this one: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Texas_K%C3%B6ppen.svg - One realizes the majority of the state is categorized as "Humid Subtropical". Living in Southern California, this was an interesting read for me as far as how the Gulf of Mexico affects the Texas climate: www.twdb.texas.gov/publications/state_water_plan/2012/04.pdf
Big Dream - Here's a nice primary school documentary science project about the Gulf. Support our primary and secondary schools. ;) ruclips.net/video/w9lo4Hcs7kQ/видео.html
East Texas is one of the greenest places in the US. it gets more rain than Seattle.Texas Twang is the speech type verses the southern drawl. that is also more of an east TX thing. Lot's of guns that is true. Yes if you are a Texan you do feel the pride because it is awesome to live there. Texas is the biggest state in what is known as the lower 48, but Alaska is bigger.
I'm from west Texas which is flat & dry. Most of the trees are mesquite, which make a very good bar-b-que. (Also stereotypical)I'm a church going, conservative Christian. Although I'm not a huge sports fan I get very excited about football season. They should make Superbowl Sunday a national holiday! Not everyone owns a gun or is a cowboy but even people in the states have that misconception. Did you know that Texas is the only state in the union that can withdraw from the country and become independent of the United States? It's written in our state constitution. Would love to see Y'ALL when you visit. Let us know.
True Shelia Texas can succeed from the union. I love west Texas as well. I have only visited though when I was living in Irving and Houston. East to west and north to south either way is one hell of a drive.
Actually, no, for two reasons: 1. Federal law trumps state law. 2. What the resolution for annexation actually provided for was the right for Texas to divide itself into as many as five separate states, not to secede entirely. Secession died as a result of the US Civil War.
Actually the idea that Texas is the only state that can legally secede from the Union is wrong. Just because it’s written in the state’s constitution means nothing. Supreme court ruled in Texas v. White that there is no right of secession given to the states. What CAN theoretically happen though is a state can be split in to several states (like what’s on the ballot in California) they just can’t secede. This includes Texas.
Y'all are so hilarious! Born and raised Texan here dropping some truth bombs 💣 1) Cowboy/cowgirl attire is embraced everywhere, but it's more prevalent in the rural areas where people actually have ranches, land, cattle, etc, they're managing. If you're in the city/urban areas, most people don't dress "cowboy" but will bring it out for country concerts and events. Can't live in Texas without one good pair of cowboy/girl boots! 2) Only Texans that live in the desert are those in the West and Panhandle (north). The south/Central Texas is lush with rolling hill country and eastern parts of Texas (Houston) are humid AF. 3) I used to hate country music growing up but then embraced it later in life. Most people love it, but not everyone. Spanish music is also popular because of the Hispanic culture. 4) Yes, y'all is said by pretty much everyone. It wasn't until I went to college out of state that I noticed how much I used it. "Y'all" means you two and "all y'all" means everyone over there referring to a large group 😂 5) Texas is heavily Republican but the urban areas are more liberal, especially the capital city Austin. Texans have a more independent, "we-don't-need-any-help", "pull-up-your-bootstraps" type of culture that also seeps into our politics. In general, we don't want any government telling us how to live or taking our hard-earned money (taxes). 6) I don't go to church, but it's definitely a big part of the culture. If you're agnostic/atheist/non-religious, it can definitely feel like a "coming out" when you tell people and people will definitely think differently of you and judge you for it. It's that taboo. 7) Football is not a sport in Texas, it's a lifestyle. High school football, college football, professional football. They're all part of the culture and fans are FIERCELY loyal. I was a competitive baton twirler for 18+ years that also twirled with the marching bands at football games. It's one of my favorite things about America- the sheer pageantry of football games, cheerleading squads, baton twirling lines, dance teams, fireworks, marching bands, colorguards, etc. It's absolutely amazing! 8) Not everyone has a gun, but most families I would say do. My parents always kept a shotgun around for home protection and my dad has a full gun safe of 20+ guns. Going to an outdoor shooting range is a nice relaxing afternoon activity in Texas 😂 9) Yes, everything is bigger. Homes, food, soft drinks, cars, gas stations (Look up Buc-ee's!!) EVERYTHING. 10) We are super proud. We have a pledge of allegiance to Texas (and America) that all public students recite every morning before class. Hope this helps! Some of the stereotypes are true and we are proud of it!
As a 5th generation Texan, I debunk these stereotypes all the time. I actually live in the lake region of the state. I can drive 5 minutes and be at a lake, 10 minutes and be at a different lake. East Texas is full of beautiful woods and the closer you get to Louisiana you get the Spanish moss hanging from the trees. There are also mountains in the south. Big Ben National park is beautiful. So is Davy Crockett National Forest.
you really need to do t shirts that say "J&L Crew" on the front and on the back "Get Over It" and another one that says "this is a happy place on the internet"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fun fact that a lot of people don't know about is that Texas is the only state that can fly its state flag in equal height as the American flag all other states and countries have to fly their flag below the American flag. That is because Texas was its own country or nation for awhile before its annexation into the union in the mid 1800's. And we do fly the lone star high and proud as much as the American flag.
That's actually a myth. It's not true. Just google it, there's plenty of sites debunking this. Any state can fly their state flag at the same height as the US flag if they choose, just not higher.
Texas is 261,797 square miles France is 213,010. France is the third largest country in Europe. Texas is the second largest state. Alaska is first with 571,951 sq miles. More than double the size of Texas 😱
I caught that as well as a few other non-native U. S. mis-cues. I would probably do the same if asked about the U. K. I really like these two. Hopefully they can do interviews of Brits that America likes that we would never be able to ever hear from or talk to ourselves(hint, hint) ;)
We call city cowboys goat ropers. The bible belt only extends into east Texas. We have 5 distinct parts of Texas where the accents and culture are all different. Only west Texas is desert, in fact east Texas is thick pine forest. There are next to zero republicans in Austin and an equal mix in DFW. Yes football is the state religion. Yes we all own guns. The reason is we all grew up around them and have a rich hunting history. Yes we are without a doubt more Texan than American.
Keith Baldwin There was a time when city cowboys were also referred to as “drugstore cowboys.” They wear cowboy attire, but have zero experience as a real cowboy.
it is a shame. Austin , just 20 years back was such a small laid back, slow, charming Texas town like so much of south Texas.. then the 90's boom! it became Silicone Gulch.! Every kind of people from out of state moved here and Ruined this place. Mostly this current wave of Calinukistans fleeing the wrath of their own doing have invaded Austin and are bleeding it dry (water). Worse part is they brought all their brain dead zombie ideas, their slogan "keep Austin Weird". wtf? The only hope is that they are surrounded by country folk with guns and LOTS of ammunition.
My husband and I are native Texans. We just discovered your videos and got a good laugh!! Texas is a state of mind, more so than a state. Our allegiance is to both, but Texas is the one state that is self sufficient and capable. Many (most) Texans have had experiences with guns. My husband and I enjoy target shooting, as a sport and for fun. We also understand the dangers in our world today, and will do what we can to avoid being victims of crime. We mark our home with warning signs that intruders could be met with lethal force; this is for their protection as much as ours. We do not wish to harm anyone, unless we have no other options. As for desert, parts of west Texas are desert, but other parts are lush with the "Piney" woods in east Texas, the beautiful Oak trees throughout, we have the "Hill Country", which is beautiful green rolling grasses and mountains. We have many rivers, creeks and beautiful lakes. Texas has a little bit of everything, from natural resources, oil, great farms, the only natural beach in Port Aransas at the Gulf of Mexico, and the best food in the world!! We would love to host you and show you some of our Texas. We recently lost our home and everything we owned in Hurricane Harvey, and are still living in a FEMA trailer. We are moving to Waco Texas to be near our son and his wife, (she is a senior zookeeper at Cameron Park zoo). They met at college, University of Texas-Austin. She is from Poland and immigrated here when she was 15. Waco is the home of the Texas Ranger law enforcement. As for dressing in western attire, you will see more urban looks than cowboy hats, in the cities specially. Congrats on a good show.!! (I used to show horses professionally, and I rode flat saddle English on Anerican Saddlebreds, as well as western. Though I preferred English. Cheers!!!🙂
@@K0HAKU_97 Oh, ok so you're self sufficient until the shit hits the fan. Kinda like some ppl are anti-socialists until they need the fire dept or want to use the highways.
@@Suzibird307 we took money from fema to save us money, Texas has a budget of emergency funds that is around 1.5 billion dollars... So we decided to do the smart thing and use fema's money and save ours..
I am a Texan, born and raised in San Antonio - one of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. I do not wear cowboy attire; I have been on a horse twice in my whole life. I generally don't like country music and I loathe Taylor Swift. As a Mexican-American - like most Texans are Mexican-American - I speak English and Spanish, and I listen to Spanish-language music. Like a majority of Mexican-Americans, and, as a gay man, I am a liberal Democrat. I DESPISE Trump, "Trumpism," and the people who voted for him, as well as the "platform" of the Republican Party. I'm also an atheist. Yet, despite everything, I am a Texan - born and bred. And yes, most of us say "y'all!"
weitzfc1 My family has been in Texas since Texas was a part of Spain and Mexico, before the gringos "took" it. I was born here, in Texas, as an American citizen with Mexican and Spanish heritage. I am no criminal, but what Trump and his administration are doing to families on the border SHOULD be illegal.
1. Texas is huge, and has large metropolitan areas with city slickers that live there, very urban, so no, not everyone is a cowboy but that is what is at the heart of most born and bred Texans. Think of a huge area, 3 times the size of the UK..all the UK, with at least 4 cities, each of which is about 3/4 the size of London. Some areas are very metropolitan and not at all cowboy, or as we say, country. 2. Not a big desert, though there are parts that are. Again huge state..think of Europe...now Texas would fit Germany, half of France, the Northern half of Italy, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the Czech Republic inside of it. Texas has everything from desert to mountains to foot hills, to piney forests, to swamp areas near Louisiana , to beaches and sea ports. 3. We don't all listen to country music, and not all music coming from Texas is country...and the country singers you mentioned are more modern pop country than old school country music. I've never heard of Ward Thomas..sorry, lol 4.Yes, most of us say y'all... and yes, I don't say Hi, or hello, its Hey y'all.. contraction of you all. 5. The majority of Texas is CONSERVATIVE... that's not to say they are Trump supporters, Austin Texas is very Dem friendly..just overall the state holds to Republican beliefs (which may not be what a liberal Democrat things) 6. Yes, Texas is part of the Bible Belt, but no, not everyone goes to church.. not everyone is Baptist which is what the Bible Belt is about, a lot of Texans are also Hispanic so lean Catholic...and as everywhere, some people are church goers, and some aren't. 7. Football... it is a big deal, it is THE sport in the state, every small town has a high school team, and turn out for the games. Kinda like what we think folks from England are with their soccer. and yes NFL, National Football League. 8. Not everyone owns, but many own more than one. Not necessarily the reason, but large areas of Texas are still wide open spaces, houses aren't right up against each other, people are protective of their property, people go hunting, people own for sport, or just to have bigger/better than the next guy 9.Bigger in Texas: Texans are traditionally storytellers, and of course everything has to be bigger and better. No, it is no longer the largest state, that would be Alaska, although if you ask a Texan we'll say if you melted the ice, Texas would be bigger, lol. , but its the largest in the lower 48 (Alaska is bigger but much less populated) Public school is free up through high school, college you have to pay for. And there are private schools... can't tell you what they cost, varies widely from state to state, area to area. 10. Texan pride.. yes, its a thing. Not everyone is.. but those with a Texan heart are full of pride in being from Texas and yes, I would say that is more so than any other state I've ever visited or met people from. You'll find that Texas are proud to be American, probably exhibit more pride in being American than many non Texans, but they are overwhelmingly proud of being Texan. ...and um.. Nashville isn't in Texas, its in Tennessee.
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Being British: Joel & Lia I'm from Kentucky and I think if Texans have more guns I think it would be that there is a lot a people
Being British: Joel & Lia I wouldn't worry about it Lia, someone in my chemistry today thought that Lisbon was in Germany, and that Asia was a country. I just put my head on the desk and burst out laughing 😂😂.
TX is one of the few states where u can experience all 4 seasons in 1 day....
Ikr
So true!
Im saying
vashdstampede 41 no I do not think so
@@aliceella7188 ok..
Texans don’t get “offended” they just get even.
Bruhé, I get offended, TEXAS ALL THE WAY
I second that
So true
Truth Spoken but THEN we get even lol
Hahahaha true true words
“We need to go to Texas”
“ oh my god yeah we’ll go to Nashville “
Me- but Nashville is in Tennessee
There is also Nashville, Illinois and Nashville, Indiana.. but no Texas lol
That was my exact thought 😂
I mean this is basically the equivalent of Europeans making fun of Americans for not having deep knowledge of their countries locations
Max Wiidanen lol
needybutera .......but it’s still not Texas 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Whoever lives in Texas knows that, unofficially, Texas is it’s own country! 😂🤠
San Antonio here and I just laugh everytime I hear that 🤣🤣🤣
@@chelleroberson3222 San Antonio is VERY VERY much a Texas city.
Yep we could leave if we wanted
Damn right darlin. Republic of the Great state of Texas, and her 47 neighbors. Plus 2 distant cousins
Hell yeah partner! Texas is the best place in all the land
Not all Texans have guns. That's OK, I have enough to make up for them...
Same lol
same
ik04 yeye brother
This is the most Texan comment I’ve seen
Yeah got enough to help the Brits outs
Texas used to be it's own country probably why we are more Texan than USA.
Hell you got that right
sounds right to me
Yes we had a Republic of Texas embassy in Paris and London. (I think the embassy in London is now a restaurant lol).
True
I'm not an American don't call me American I'm a Texan
Being from Texas, I've never cringed so hard in my life
Thank you!! I thought I was the only one!!
Amen
Kylee Ann me to
same lol
Kylee Ann same
“I want to go to Texas!!! Nashville!!!”
Are you guys just punking us?
texan pride has turn on u have 5 second before
I am a native Texan. There are only 4 decent cities in Texas. Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio. They are predominantly Democratic cities. The rest pf the state is mainly Republican and contain a lot of bigoted people.
They are yankin our tails there I tell ya what
Like if your in texas
Hi
🤙hell yee!
Dallas
Wichita falls
From dallas
If you meet a Texan outside the United States and someone asks where we're from, we say Texas. In Texas we were once an independent country and still see ourselves as our own entity.
You were once your own independent country? 😂😂😂 When was this? Is this what they teach in Texan schools or did you just learn this from your grandma?
Isaiah61 Prophet how about before you make stupid assed comments, do a Google search uneducated moron.
Isaiah61 Prophet Texas was indeed its own country for a short period of time from 1836 to 1845 until it joined the United States hence the “Lone star state.” This being said while some Texans still believe their “independent” they are a united state and have been for a while.
Ivory tusk how are some Texans so arrogant exactly, they have principles that they follow to heart this is more stubbornness if anything and personally a person who sticks with principles I can respect any day.
I wonder how successful it would be if it were independent again... Might not be very profitable but at least Texas won't ever lose it's gun rights.
I would die for Texas before America for sure
even when the world ends, Texas will detach itself and float into space. hell yea.
Same
Hell yea!
🔥💪🏼
@Scool49 says the Tseries fan
Any other Texas think “bless your heart” when she had her epiphany in the beginning?
Houston is actually now the most diverse city in the US. People usually dont think that when they think of Houston. its a great city.
i was saying that too wile i was watching that
Pete the Pirate agreed!! Houston is so full of diversity. I love it!
And one of the strongest economy
If you ever go to a video about like great things about Houston
In the comments there is mostly comments like this “ Don’t come here,WERE FULL “
Hilarious
@Deez Nuts Ok we're not a damn zoo. Sorry you didnt see wild cowboys.
1. You can live your whole life in Texas and not have been to a branch, raised animals or even know how to ride a horse. There are very large cities in Texas.
2. Texas has just about every biome except maybe temperate or tropical rainforests and coniferous forests. It's a very large state in an interesting place geologically.
3. People listen to anything, whatever people listen to whatever the people around them listen to.
4. Y'all is easier than saying "you guys" and yes any group of people larger than 1 is y'all. Its slang and works perfectly.
5. Not touching it
6. No, a lot of people go to church but not everyone.
7. Football is a Friday tradition, Friday night lights and such. Texas is the heart of Cowboy Nation but Stars fans go harder. These are facts, the Stars fans go harder I will fight anyone who thinks otherwise.
8. Not every Texans own guns but the people who dont own guns make up for those who dont.
9. Alaska is the biggest state, Alaska is huge, not a lot of people live in Alaska however.
10. Our stereotypes are very close to true, we're very proud of our state's history and our people. At one point Texas was it's own independent country and we have the mentality of Puerto Ricans. Native Texans have dual citizenship: Texas and then America in that order always.
STARS!!!!!!
2. We DO have coniferous forests.....the Piney Woods of East Texas
I’d die for Texas
Ej Edwards go stars!!!
Truth
We the TEXANS are very proud of our state because it was a country at one time
A great country btw
TEXAN GANG OOOOO
Half of the west coast was a country at one point
@@jeffersondavis9415 no
@@joseph2332 no
Only Texas the rest of the West waspart of Mexicos territory AFTER SPAIN left.
“We really need to go to Texas”
“We’d go to Nashville”
Nashville is in Tennessee are y’all messin’ with us
Well, you've got real cowboys, then you have the city boys who wear cowboy hats and think they are cowboys while listening to Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line.
It's "y'all" not Ya'll
Mario Gillette this made me laugh so hard 😂😂😂 Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia line 😂😂😂
Luke Northway
Yeah, you hear them playing that crap and you know right away that they're imposters!
Mario Gillette very true
Mario Gillette i just play the radio. I listen to both old and new country.
Mario Gillette we also have the hippies from Austin
“Don’t mess with Texas” is a saying for a reason 😉
😂 yup
Bc Texans are assholes!
With all do respect Melanie :)
As Ron White famously said, "Don't go killin' anybody in Texas because Texas will kill you back!"
"Don't Mess with Texas" was an anti-littering campaign.
Texas mottos
God. Guns. Family
Everything is bigger in teas
Don’t mess with Texas
Y’all have a nice day. God bless
Where's teas?
You forgot, "Bless your heart."
@@amyy.6382 That's only if you are talking to an ijit.
Come and take it?
huh I always heard God, Family, Football
Holy trinity of Texas: Football, Christianity, and BBQ. In no particular order
We are Texans before anything else.
Not sure about christianity I'm from texas but I'm not religous
Leonidas Villatoro you forgot about our guns 😅
Preach
I’m from Texas and though there are some religious ppl most of us aren’t
At least not in my part
@J and J Productions leave
I've lived in Texas for 25 years, here are your answers
1) No not everyone's a cowboy. Not everyone dresses up like a cowboy. But some do!
2) No we don't live in the desert. There's actually a variety of climates in Texas. The desert is in West Texas.
3) No we don't all listen to country music. I actually don't like country. Also, Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson and Rascall Flats would NOT be considered true country to a native Texan.
4) Yes. We say y'all!
5) Texas is considered the "flagship" red state. It holds a lot of votes and almost always votes Republican and thus is considered the biggest republican voting state.
6) A lot of people do go to church. I, personally, do not.
7) Football is religion. Period. High school, College, Professional.
8) THERE ARE A LOT OF GUNS IN TEXAS. Texas being an open carry state now you will see people carrying even rifles out in public.
9) There's a lot of big stuff in Texas, but it's actually the second biggest state. First being Alaska.
10) Texans are like vegans. We will let you know we are from Texas (but we definitely aren't vegans... Don't mix that up... We love meat and BBQ). I have met Texans from the US military that say they would die for Texas before the USA. I love being American but I'm blessed to be a Texan. 🤠
Theurbanhitman I am 47 born and bred CHL gun carrying proud Texan. I approve everyone of the answers. George Strait is country, not Taylor Swift and Clarkson.
@@IITFWI Neither of them have fiddles. I mean we even have this in a song: "If you want to play in Texas, you have to have a fiddle in the band." Lol
We also have the second biggest population, after California
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
I COMPLETELY agree with you!
The pledge for the Texas flag
“Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible."
Fun fact, some states dont do their pledge in school.
I haven't done the pledge since 7th grade
I do the pledge every day and of course is this one because im from texas.
I only do the Texas pledge, not the US
Also: all real Texans are Texans first and Americans second. The union is useful, but not our real nation.
Hell Texas even has it's own small military, separate from the US military.
So it's less like Hampshire, and more like Scotland or Wales
True. ....... My People were Tejanos before the "Gringos" came around.
Tejanos had a very deep distrust of the Mexican Government.
True, Tejanos were ill treated by the Gringos but even that treatment was better than Mexico proper. Mexico = "Todo para aca y nada para a ya. U.S. offered a better deal.
I was clicking the like button but hit the dislike. I fixed, I blame my pinkie finger.🤣
Wait.. what small Texan military ??!
@@gypsy-nr9zd after us Texas military is most capable we got our Texas army national gaurd, Texas air national gaurd, and the texas state gaurd of of the Texas militia
@@gypsy-nr9zd we have a big army if you think about it so we wouldn't have a problem fighting of a invasion into or state
“Texas Our Texas”
Texas state anthem.
The home of the great!!
i don’t ever think i’ve heard a texan say “you all” in a conversation. IT IS ALWAYS Y’ALL
I AM PROUD TO BE A TEXAN!!!!
Okay. Here are the answers to your questions, from two very devoted Texans:
1."Cowboys" being those who actively work in agriculture are numerous and necessary but Texas is huge and has multiple metropolitan areas, the cowboy to city folk ratio probably leans more towards city and suburbia. So in short, no we all aren't, but they are out here.
2. Texas takes up a lot of space, you can fit the entire U.K. in it 2.8 times, so naturally we have multiple climates. In the west, you have the stereotypical desert, with tumble weeds, and scorpions but that area has the lowest population. In the North we have forest and hills, and then it meets the sub tropics where it's very rainy and swampy with bayous and gators.
3. In our experience, the more metropolitan you are the less you favor country music over other kinds of music. It is popular for sure, Texas country (red dirt country) especially, but there is still many of us who don't care for it all that much. (also, we laughed when you said Taylor Swift was your favorite country artist because she hasn't been country in a long time and when she was it was pop country, which isn't always respected by country fans.
4. We say y'all all the time. Its gender neutral, plural, and rolls off the tongue so much smoother than "you all", or "you guys".
5. Texas is a red state, but the major cities ALWAYS vote blue, and during the 2016 Clinton v. Trump election, Texas nearly went blue (for democrats). Again the more metropolitan you are the more likely you will be a democrat.
6. Texas is in the bible belt, but to be honest we wouldn't consider it THAT religiously militant, compared to the rest of the south. Church is important, but again, in the city not so much. In rural communities its much more of an obligation. If you were raised baptist, you are more likely to be a *punches bible* christian.
7. Pee wee football, high school football, college football, and professional football, are integral parts of our social climate. There are towns that clear out and close up shop on Friday nights so everyone can go to the game.
8. Guns are also a big part of the social climate in Texas, guns for hunting, guns for protection, and guns purely for show. You are taught about the dangers of guns and gun safety from a young age. Most people have safes to keep them in. We have open carry, meaning you can wear your firearm out in public, even on some college campuses. You will meet more people with guns than without. (neither of us have guns nor do our homes)
9. Everything is bigger in Texas. We are the biggest state in the Continental United States, meaning that Alaska, an annexed state that doesn't share a border with any other state, is bigger than Texas. Portion sizes, homes and land, our capital building is bigger than the US capital building in DC. We even have a monument larger than the Washington Monument
10. Our allegiance is to Texas, and then America. We are all absolute narcissists about being from Texas. We go to school in New York City, and all we do is talk about Texas. We were once our own country, and we are the only state that has its own pledge of allegiance and can fly its flag as high as the American flag. It has its own culture and we are all super proud of it.
Real Texans don't go to school in new York bubba they pick a school in Texas or another southern state Texas born and raised lol PS my grandparents are from New York 🤣
Very well said
#10 is so true
I moved up north and I've had people literally stop me mid sentence and ask "are you from texas?" Simply because I said y'all.....I AM from texas.
I'm from San Antonio Texas and dont listen to country music, I'm a rocker type guy not a
" cowboy " but I'm definitely a Proud Texican
I like rap, some country and a little rock
I like country, rock, and jazz
Heavy metal, hood rap and instrumentals. I'm from Bay City, not too far from San Antonio. I know you commented forever ago I just thought it was cool how close we were lmao.
San Antonio born and raised!
Same I don’t like country
Americans that never been to Texas think the same stereotypes about Texas
I've been to texas , too hot for me . the people are all good , at least the real Texans are . you can tell who the out of staters , especially the trash from both beltways . real Texans are genuine and honest in how they treat you . the out of staters , especially from the beltways , are ignorant , and rude.
5 things Brits don't really get about Texas but might like! (and 2 they might not)
1. The state is very diverse...especially Houston. There are SO many folks from all over the world in Texas because of the oil business. South America, Africa, Middle East, Baltic States all have big oil headquarters and many countries have consulates.
2. The food options are incredible (probably at least partly because of #1 above!). Seafood, steaks, mexican, tex-mex, bbq, comfort, cajun, ....etc...you name it...its there and REALLY, REALLY good.
3. Its BIG and spread out. This is a positive and a negative. Everyone gets their space...but MAN it takes a while to get anywhere. This is why the automobile is king in Texas and although we do our share of walking/jogging/bicycling not many of us can do that as a way of life. On the other hand, when you want to get away from everyone....you CAN! Lastly, because there is so much space, the cost of living is among the best in the entire nation...housing is MUCH cheaper in Texas than NY, CA, most of the east coast, etc.
4. Texans love their trucks. Not all of course but I would be surprised if Texans aren't the leading state in the Union for truck ownership.
5. The people are among the nicest in the entire country...especially as you get away from the main cities of Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin (although folks are nice there too compared to other "cities" in the States). You will see people say hello or wave at you that are strangers or watch cars pull over in front of you to let you by. This isn't something you will see much of on the East Coast (for example).
2 things you might not like:
1. It's almost always friggin HOT! From late April through early October forget about being outside unless near a pool. Combine this with the oppressive humidity, and you will wonder how people live there year round. The nice time to be in Texas? Mid/late October or March-early April.
2. In the cities, the traffic can be oppressive. As mentioned above, Texas is SPREAD OUT which means your job might be a 45 minute to 1 hour drive away (1 way) from your home. This is not unusual and with several million people on the road at the same time every day...it becomes DREADFUL.
natskivna Yes about the traffic! I’m not sure if those in smaller towns do this but we don’t generally measure distance by miles when driving somewhere. We measure by minutes because you have to take traffic into account.
Good characterization!
And property taxes are insane
I love Korean Tacos!!!
Thanks for bringing up the food!! Texas food is like no other, we take is VERY seriously, haha!! It is so diverse too!!
George Strait (cowboy), Willie Nelson (rebel), and Pantera (cowboys from hell).
The Holy Trinity of Texas music.
TechSys Engineer you forgot ZZ Top (the national band of Texas according to Gov. Ann Richards). Also Stevie Ray Vaughn (self explanatory). And countless other music pioneers!
@@tytipton6346 SRV is truly a Texas Treasure. Aside from La Grange, I never liked ZZ Top, but they do deserve their place, for sure.
I partied many times with Pantera in Arlington, TX back in the late 80's.
You forgot zz top , jerry jeff walker
Y’all should travel to Texas. All over Texas....you will experience every sort of weather and scenery.
J: "We really need to go to Texas."
L: "Oh yeah!"
J: "I think we'd love it."
L: "Do you reckon?"
J: "Yeah."
L: "Oh my God, we'd go to Nashville!"
....Nashville's in Tennessee. :-P
Y'all need to go to Texas and go to a rodeo, eat some mexican food and BBQ! < Real Cowboy
Geoffrey Clark Mexican food or Tex-mex I love Tex-mex
I agree man love the rodeo
Texas is beautiful and a great place to live
Geoffrey Clark yessss Texas has the best rodeos
I don't like the Mexican food here
Loved watching this!!! I was born and raised in West Texas. Most of these are definitely stereotypes for a reason, but quite honestly this was fairly accurate. Texans are very patriotic to our state and the USA.
Texans identify more as Texans than Americans, which is really saying something about their love for Texas. Some of them wouldn't mind splitting from the U.S. and becoming their own country.
Lorri Lewis and this native Tennessean would pack up and move (just like some others from my area did back in the day-Davy Crockett and Sam Houston)😉😁
I love Texas. When my husband and I traveled 28 days in Western Europe, the guest speakers would ask where people are from, we said, "Texas" without even thinking about it. Some of the entertainers would ask the same, but they would usually begin with who was from Canada, France, etc., but always ask who was from Texas. It tells you something...right.
Lorri Lewis ..there are several groups actively perusing that very thing. Some years ago there was a posting of the largest economy's in the world..the US was number 1, there was a side that listed Texas as the 6th...when removed from the US, the US moved to third.
I mean it isn't the first time
Native Texans have a strong sense of state identity, we were an independent nation for a period with our own navy and army(Texas Rangers) before we joined the Union. Many were opposed to our to our joining even back then.
I’ve lived in Texas my whole life, in a suburb of Dallas, and I can attest that most of those stereotypes are accurate but not to the point that Hollywood makes it out to be.
Yes there are cowboys but honestly there’s probably more in places like Montana. I personally have never owned cowboy boots or hats though I very much want to get some.
A lot of Texas is more plains than desert, especially where I live but there’s also the areas by the gulf that are more “beachy”
Yes we all say y’all. If you consider yourself Texan in anyway than you say y’all. I always roll my eyes when people say “your guys’s” like for real? Just say y’all’s.
Much of TX is very conservative, religious but there are areas that are more liberal than others, mostly bigger cities.
Kinda along those same lines, most Texans that I know are gun owners/users. My family owns at least two. It’s really more of a recreational thing, like hey we’re gonna go shooting today, wanna come?
Football is king. So much of the high school experience is centered around football, even outside of the team themselves. You’ve got the cheerleaders, the drill team, the marching band halftime show, ROTC. Football season is a huge time for these groups too even though they technically have nothing to do with the actual game. And even for the rest attending football games and pep rallies is a major part of high school.
Texas is not the biggest state, Alaska technically is but it is the biggest of the mainland states. But besides land mass, I think that Texans definitely have more state pride than any other state. I think that I personally would probably consider myself an American before a Texan but that’s a closer call than you might expect. The reason Texans are so proud to be such is because there’s a lot to be proud of. Texas has such a huge history that the other states just don’t have. We had our own revolution, we became our own country (fun fact: the Texas flag is the only state flag that can be flown at the same height as the US flag since it once was a national flag) we actual have a whole other pledge to the Texas flag that most Americans don’t know about and find very strange. Texas just has a truly unique culture that I absolutely love and am proud to be a part of
"(fun fact: the Texas flag is the only state flag that can be flown at the same height as the US flag since it once was a national flag)"
That's just not true. All state flags are flown at the same height as the American Flag when flown on different poles. All state flags are flown below the American Flag when flown on the same pole. There are no special rules in the flag code for Texas.
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/chapter-1
HAIL TEXAS
Also, if you are in the military, there will be at least one Texan in whatever unit you are in! I could be wrong, but I think Texas has the highest military enrollment.
Linden Peters Texas has a very high percentage of men in the services.. Working off memory, like 16%
Ara{h}Life I pledge allegiance to thee Texas one state under God one and indivisible that morning pledge never gets old
Lia: “I’m really dumb”
Joel: *nonchalantly* “I know”
hahahah!
I died!!!
Victor Perez this had me laughing for ever!
*me living in Texas saying “y’all “ , owning horses, listening to country music, drinking sweet tea, living at whataburger, bathing in 115° sun, going to church every Sunday, owning a gun and going hunting, eating bbq after football games, believing Texas is the one and only * also I’m the only liberal I know
Danny Havens III I don’t think I have laughed this hard in a while. Thank you. 😂😂
liberal 🤢
I’m pretty sure liberals are against guns. Guns rule tho. I don’t really go hunting. I just like shooting targets
Omg whataburger 😍
Y’all ever heard of Houston😂
The 4th biggest city in America
As a Texan from Dallas, it was always weird that we seemed to be more well known even though we were smaller. Maybe we just marketed ourselves better lol
@@paulkim6207 Not to start anything but thats pretty false, Houston is a major city for imports, oil, and huge corporations due to the cheap lande space. Also I would've assumed they know of Houston from NASA but anyways y'all got a nice city up there!
Paul Kim woah woah woah playboy let’s not start with that bullshit of Dallas being more popular. If anything y’all are southern Oklahoma.
Nilyne Gisselle starting to become 3rd I think Houston is just a thread behind Chicago
Paul Kim a lot of foreigners have seen the show Dallas
The proudest day of my life was when my college roommate from New York unironically said “y’all.” Not just “y’all,” but “all of y’all,” which is très Texan
Cheyenne Marie - My best friend was from New York. I understand exactly what you mean. He didn't say "ya'll" for at least 10 years. Changing "sneakers" to tennis shoes took a little less time. Lol.
We do say “all of y’all” which is so funny cause if you said like a person from up Notth it literally translates to “all of you all” lol still makes sense to us though
Paxton Mraz y'all is short for you all.
I've lived in Connecticut my whole life, I've never been to a "real" southern state (just Florida), and I say both yall and all yall quite frequently. Eastern CT is nothing like the stereotypical CT. It's more like the Midwest with hills haha
That’s pathetic
1. It depends on where you live. I live in Fort Worth and grew up in a rural area nearby. We were cowboys and cowgirls. We wear hats and boots. People raise cattle and ride horses. However, we have very metropolitan areas as well.
2. Texas is huge and we have everything from beaches on the gulf coast to vineyards in the hill country. It definitely is not all desert.
3. Country music is popular but people listen to all genres.
4. Everyone says y’all. Everyday. All the time.
5. We have both Democrats and Republicans but I would say we usually run more conservative (Republican).
6. We have a lot of churches. It’s called the Bible Belt for a reason. However, not everyone attends.
7. Football is a serious thing. Real serious. It’s like Europe’s soccer.
8. Almost everyone I know owns a gun and many have their license to carry. I’m a 52 year old mom and I carry a concealed handgun every single day. I carry because it’s my right and I refuse to be a victim. I train with my guns and I take it seriously.
9. I lived in Italy for a short time and have traveled around Europe. I would say, comparatively speaking, everything is larger in Texas. Food portions, cars, homes, land properties, personalities are all bigger.
10. Texas pride is dear to most native Texans. I identify as a Texan first, then an American. I don’t know if other Texans feel that way but I do.
Ally Michael I definitely feel the same. I mean, we tried to sucede from the union but alas, they couldn’t without our presence. 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Very well said! (I was born & raised in Houston)
#lovetheguns
Ally Michael a native Texan that actually gets it completely correct and also Fair! Kudos and many thanks for the hospitality you're great state has shown us in our travels! Hope to be a Texan one day myself!
Ally Michael I feel like the one stereotype they missed was how common pickup trucks and their variants are. And another one that's true! As a Kansan where we have our share of northern and southern influences, I was shocked at how more pronounced large truck ownership was in Texas. It didn't bother me, I just didn't realize how small my car suddenly seen! LOL
Congratulations to Lia on her discovery why we are called the United States. Love you guys
Lia: I'm really dumb
Joel: I know
Lmfao
I'm Asian in Texas and I literally wear cowboy boots everywhere even when it's 100 degrees out. It's comfortable. And it's very green here in Houston. People from California are mindblown with how green it is here. And everyone I know loves country... True Texans love Texas country music. Haven't met a soul who doesn't yet. You should visit here during rodeo season. It's very stereotypical. I'm also Republican but hate Trump, my brother was in the military so we're a gun toting family. Even my dad who's a minister supports gun usage and doesn't mind having a concealed gun to church since my brother is an instructor and used to own a gun store. Football is big and most the guys I've dated has played football at one point in their lives, even my husband and his brother played football. Everything is bigger in Texas like our homecoming mums in HS, our pick up trucks (every man in my family owns one or two), and even our personalities. You can drive for 19 hours and you'd still be in Texas. That's why land and houses are cheaper here and it's all about owning acreages here. The closer you are to the outskirts, the more cowboys you'll see. I've seen people riding horses instead of cars around hockley, angleton, spring and even manvel, all of which are on the outskirts of Houston. And yes, we're proud to be Texans and Texan men are the best!! 😍🤠😍
Yes ma'am. Hit the nail on the head. Even though I'm 14, this is still basically me and my family, but we're more supportive of Trump (though we were more anti-Hillary than pro-Trump)
Damn, glad your dad conceal carries as a preacher.
@@Texasp12 he doesn't himself but he also doesn't care if the congregation does. My brothers sure do. I guarantee my church is very safe from any attacks.
see I am in the woodlands near spring and yes SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO green and see it's nuts us living so close have had a way diff experiences and views lol
I am ABSOLUTELY a proud Texan, born and raised and wish we could sucede! HOWEVER , I detest country music, football and pickup trucks. I've never owned a cowboy hat and have only occasionally worn boots. I am a vegetarian, love horses, wish I had one, am a conservative liberal and own hand guns, believe in the death penalty and am pro choice. I have mostly lived in Houston except for 11 misspent years I lived in Dallas, couldn't wait to get back here. I do say y'all but get irritated when people use it incorrectly, its plural. My neck is not red and I do not have much of an accent but can put one on if need be. SO, there are many many more here like me so let's not generalize ok sweetie? God Bless you!
I just found your station and you guys are too cute. Your title caught my eye since I am from Texas, and was very curious what preconceived notions you have about it.
1) we are not all cowboys and cowgirls, however you may see more of it in the rural / smaller towns.
2) our state is not all desert...we have beaches and hills...but we do have hot / humid weather because our proximity to the Gulf of Mexico.
3) country music is popular here, but most people have a very eclectic taste
4) everyone does say y’all. It has just become so much apart of our vernacular.
5) not all Texans are republicans, in fact my best friend is a democrat.
6) religion is important for most Texans however not everyone is religious
7) football is a religion for some, Sunday night football is a really thing
8) Guns are a big deal in Texas, why? Don’t know.
9) Everything in Texas is bigger, we however are not the biggest state. That title belongs to Alaska.
10) Texas pride runs deep and they start teaching it to us when we are young. We learn Texas history in 4th and 7th grade, twice...that is when you are 9/10 years old & 12/13 years old. We have a lot to be proud of about our state. We have had six flags flown over our state, one of them being our very own. For a time Texas was its own country. We are the only state that can make that claim. We then of course were offered to become part of the Union and join what is now The United States. We are an amazing state.
Anyway, keep sharing and I plan to continue watching. Thank you.
Jeniren98 the gun thing depends on where you live for the reasons that will be presented. For me it is the principal of the matter! 😊
Jeniren98 Don’t forget that Hawaii was its own country, too!
Vermont was its own country before becoming a state.
Jeniren98 what part of Texas are you from
Jeniren98 got texas!!-
I'm from Texas and literally listen to all types of music mostly country, kpop, and hip hop
Oh cool a fellow texan 😁
I listen to mostly rock, kpop, a bit of jazz and some country
Kpop? Tf?
@@giannamccord ?
Very few real cowboys, but lots of people who are, "All hat and no cattle."
hahaha we need to use this phrase!
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I ❤️ that expression!
There’s another stereo type about us Texans that I learned recently when I visited the Caribbean and I think it’s hilarious!! When we go visit another country and they ask us where we are from, most people would say “I’m from America, or I’m from England” but Texans ALWAYS SAY...
“I’m from Texas” 😂 I travel a lot and never realized how accurate it was!! So yes we definitely associate ourselves with Texas maybe more than The US
Yup! Soooo true!! That’s probably the first thing I say when anyone asks me where I’m from! Proud Texan always 🤘🏼🐂
I know this is about Texas but people from Minnesota do that when traveling abroad.
And everyone in the world has heard about Texas.
I totally do this!! 😂 😂 I always default to, "I'm from Texas!“
Q1: A lot of Texans wear cowboy boots and hats but that doesn’t mean they farm or anything like that. It’s mostly fashion.
Q2: No. We live in cities
Q3: Taylor swift isn’t country and I’ve never heard of Ward Thomas. But yes we encourage everyone to listen to country.
Q4: Yes, we all say y’all.
Q5: There are a few democrats. However, we are mostly republican.
Q6: I live in an extremely small town and we have 7 churches.
Q7: At football games the student section is where it’s at!
Q8:...yes. My family owns multiple hunting guns.
Q9: Texans pride themselves in how big our state is.
Q10: We refer to ourselves as Texans before Americans. Probably bc at one time in history Texas was its own country.
Love y’alls videos!
I’m a cowgirl, literally just untacked and sat back to laugh when y’all popped up.
People, including me, say y'all ALL THE TIME. People never say "you all"
Same!
I think "y'all" is a southerner slang word. At least it's also commonly used in North Carolina where my roots are from.
@@batheshebabeautiful9267 yeah, it is. Is I'm from Texas
Wow I’m such a stereotype lol
1) I live on a farm in the middle of nowhere (it’s not an animal farm so don’t worry)
2) I go to church 3 times a week
3) I say y’all probably too much lol
4) I don’t like football but it’s fun to go to high school games
5) I’m all for gun safety but it’s hard when you enjoy shooting clays
6) Everything is huge lol
7) School is free but I go to private school
8) We are VERY prideful and we have a pledge for the Texas flag
9) I don’t enjoy modern country music but I love old country music
Abbey Murff
Texas has a pledge for its flag? I've never heard of this and will have to look it up now.
I assume it's from when Texas used to be its own country, but I never thought about it having a pledge. Make sense now that I'm thinking about it lol
Yes, my kids say the pledge to the American flag and then to the Texas flag each morning at school.
Laura L yes we do. And we all grew up saying both the Texas Pledge and American Pledge every morning at school
Abbey your G dame right about new country. Old country is way better because it has soul/meaning. In my opinion your in the right.
I'm from Texas. What country are you from?
Yes!!
TEXAS 😍😍
_The Republic Of TEXAS, currently under US occupation_
california 💙
Y'all ain't even close you don't got that Texas blood like us. Also another thing if you don't say y'all what do you say? Do you say hey you guys because that just sounds weird to me
1.) No, there's quite a few but the closer you get to the cities the less there is
2.) No, most of the year it's hot and humid but the only real deserts are far west and in the panhandle
3.) No, a lot of people hate country music
4.) Y'all are right on this one
5.) No, I don't have much more to say on this one
6.) No, I know SO many people(including me) that don't go to church
7.) Football in America is huge but it's even bigger here
8.) Most people just own guns for hunting
9.) That's the phrase isn't it(btw TX is the 2nd biggest Alaska is 1st)
10.) Obviously it's the best state(we're proud of both)
That took ages XD
Edit: Nashville is in Tennessee not Texas
Bruh you got this exactly right
Hey!!! Omg I’m so glad y’all made a video for Texans.
Ok. So first question, not everyone is a cowboy lol but there are plenty. Hats & boots can be worn casually, but lassos are for actual cowboys.
2. We don’t live in a desert. West Texas is more land. I live on the coast so I actually live near an island off of Texas. So I have the beach life. Houston is the city life. West Texas can be the open field life.
3. Not everyone listens to country. Houston has a lot of rap listeners; however, there’s a lot of country listeners.
4. Y’all. Yes. Always. Not everyone I guess but majority for sure.
5. The electoral college is majority republican which is why our state shows republican. But not everyone is. I feel like a lot of the younger generation is liberal.. like highschool students and such. But I’d say there’s a good mix of all.
6. Not everyone goes to church but majority yes. There’s a cowboy church in a town nearby lol. I grew up in a stereotypical Texas town so
7. Football, yes lol. In fact, Dallas and Houston have a feud simply because you’re either a Dallas Cowboy fan or a Houston Texan fan. On Thanksgiving my family & most other families will watch football together and such.
8. Not all own guns. I knew this question would be in here. I think a lot of older generation do. It’s not a surprise for someone to own one and it’s not a surprise if they don’t. I think the gun thing is due to people owning farms and Texas is harsher on punishment/crimes. I, myself, have my handgun license but I don’t own a gun. I do feel comfortable around them and have gone shooting before. Tbh, I don’t think I could ever use it so why would I invest the money.. I’d rather learn self defense but I digress. My opinion. Also, You have to be 21 to obtain a handgun license.
9. Everything is bigger in Texas. Come down 🤙🏼
10. Everyone is proud. It’s a prideful state. Which is why majority of us are excited about this video lmao. I would be more excited to tell someone I was from Texas than America, but I def say both to someone out of the country.
Love y’all 💛💛💛
my ex dutch girlfriend noticed I said I was from Texas and not The United States. lol yeah, we do love our state :D
As a Dallas Texan, can completely back this reply up
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Cheyenne Trevino there was a school shooting in your hometown so you decided to make yourself more vulnerable? I don't get your reasoning.
Mar Pen1980 because, as stated above, I know PERSONALLY I would never use it. That’s my reasoning. Not everyone has to own a gun if they choose not to. What happened in the school happened because a parent did not lock away their gun and the kid got ahold of it. Guns aren’t allowed in school. The students/teachers owning one at home wouldn’t have stopped it so using the school shooting to call me vulnerable is ridiculous. I wasn’t there but either way, if those kids owned one at home, wouldn’t have changed anything.
I'm not from Texas, but I lived there for some time (while my dad was stationed there as an officer in the military). I have some family members that live there. Here are a few things that I know about Texas:
1.) Texas is very big. It has beaches, deserts, forests, mountains, hills and plains. I've driven from the Rio Grande Valley (along the Texas-Mexico border) and it takes 12 hours to drive El Paso in West Texas even while driving much of it at 85 miles/hour (136.8 km/hr). The roads are big, smooth and easy to travel upon. It helps that gasoline is inexpensive.
2.) Because Texas is very big, this allows property to be purchased for much lower prices than places like California (I live in the Silicon Valley near San Francisco). Consequently, people have BIG houses on LARGE plots of land. One of my family members is a public school teacher and recently built a 5,700 sq/ft home on ten acres.
3.) Texas is highly diverse. It has a large Hispanic population as well as individuals from many different racial, ethnic and international residents. There are cowboys and tech workers -- and many of them live next door to one another in places like Austin, Dallas, San Antonio or Corpus Christi.
4.) Yes, many -- if not most -- people do use the term "ya'll." It is short for "you all."
5.) Yes, there are cowboys. They live all over the state. It is actually the occupation for many people. They often work on ranches (whether their own or ranches owned by someone else). In some places, it is a very common occupation. I have a cowboy friend who lives and works on the King Ranch -- a massive 825,000 acre ranch.
6.) Texas is a deeply "red" state. This means that it tends to elect Republicans for most state-wide offices. However, more than 40% of the state routinely vote for Democrats. I live in the most liberal area of California and something similar (yet opposite) can be said about our state. As deeply "blue" as California might be, there are still roughly 40% of the population that vote for Republicans (depending upon the election).
7.) Yes, people in Texas tend to go to be more religious than some other parts of the country. However, this includes many -- mostly Christian -- backgrounds. A large portion of the population is Catholic, Episcopalian/Anglican, Protestant, etc. I wouldn't quite people "severe." They aren't yelling at anyone. lol
8.) The food in Texas is amazing! From BBQ to Mexican food to seafood -- it is very good!
9.) American football is very big in Texas. Every middle school and high school ( as well as colleges) have games on Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays. Sport (in general) is popular.
10.) People in Texas are VERY friendly. I was raised on the East Coast (in Virginia and New England) and I now live in California. The states of Texas and Tennessee seem to be the friendliest that I've ever been to.
Finally...
Yes, people are proud to be from Texas. The state used to be an independent country. I once read a bumper sticker on a car in Texas that read, "I'm not from Texas, but I got here as soon as I could." People aren't necessarily putting Texas before the nation though. They just love their state.
Oh. Texans do believe in individual liberties -- such as gun ownership. However, they seem quite responsible with those rights.
It's not only size of the state that makes property cheaper in Texas than California. It's due to excessive regulations in California that makes it a lot more difficult to build more houses and develop property that drives up the prices there - and drives people out that state to live somewhere cheaper.
That is very true, Gilbert. Texas has no state income taxes. California's state income tax system is even more complicated than the federal tax system.
Chris M., Funny you would mention Tennessee along with Texas because Sam Houston from Tennessee was the first President of the Republic of Texas first governor of the State of Texas and before that he was a representative and governor of Tennessee. Davy Crockett a folk hero from Tennessee was a martyred hero at the Alamo in San Antonio. Texas and Tennessee have a common history and a number of people in Texas have ancestors from Tennessee (I do)!
GREAT post, Chris M!
Nashville is in Tennessee
There is a ghost town in Texas named Nashville which was named after the Nashville in Tennessee
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Song Music Okay but they were talking about music so...we all know they were talking about the Nashville in Tennessee.
Y’all. Lol
I’m from deep East Texas, which is more swamp-like than arid. Great video.
Deep East Texan🙅♀️
I’m from Texas so here’s my answer: 1: a lot of people are cowboys and cowgirls in Texas but not everyone
2: we don’t all live in the desert. Only West Texas which is anything pass forth worth is desert
3: it almost true that everyone listens to country music in Texas but some people hate it ( my favorite country singer is Dolly Parton )
4: we do say y’all all of the time
5: most of us votes republicans I literally only know like 5 democrats
6: most of us go to church but if we don’t go to church we’re most likely still Christan
7: yes,football is a religion in Texas. At church if church isn’t over by 12 and there a game people will leave
8: yes,most Texans owns guns. We love our guns.
9: yes everything is bigger.
10: yes,we are extremely proud of being from Texas. In Texas we make sure to bring up that we can succeed from the union. Texans always brag about Texas
Thanks for this!
Clay Carmichael only stears and queers come from Texas 😂
Being British: Joel & Lia you’re welcome and I’m so glad y’all made this video. Y’all are my favorite youtubers. I forgot to to tell y’all in Texas even our waffles are shaped like Texas.
Current Supreme Court precedent, in Texas v. White, holds that the states cannot secede from the union by an act of the state. More recently, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stated, "If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede."
Danae Ruhland but Texans still brag that Texas get to secede
It’s not a hard question at all. I’m a TEXAN first, and then an American. Any time I leave Texas and then return home, I sing “Deep In The Heart of Texas” and recite the pledge to the Texas flag. I’m not even making that up! Texas is huge. It takes about 12 hours to drive from East Texas to West Texas. I’m not sure how long it would take to drive from the Panhandle to Corpus Christie. At least 12 hours. Because of the size, Texas has 5 distinct terrains. Piney Woods in East Texas, lakes and prairies in Central Texas, the gulf in South Texas, the high plains in West Texas, and finally dessert in Southwest Texas. One stereotype is definitely true. Football! We love it all from pee wee football for elementary kids, supporting the local high school team, college ball, and our favorite NFL team. We love the “boys of fall.”
Freshfish111 hey! You forgot the hill country. :(
Quebec or Ontario make Texas and Alaska look tiny. Check it out.
philomelodia lol that's what I was thinking too!!!
Freshfish111 i drove from north of abilene to corpus christi and it took about 11 hrs or so.
its still NOT Texas Its not really about the size its more about the culture .
That’s because football is more aggressive and dangerous
True. Rugby, what Europeans call football is meant to be a non contact sport where only the heads and feet are used on the ball but American football is meant to be full on contact with an oval shaped pig skin ball meant to be thrown long distances. That is why the protective gear is needed. In rugby you don't tackle anyone from the other team to prevent a goal.
pcnav you kind of do tackle in rugby, just in a different way
umop apIsdn yeah it’s more like a wrap up though, in football someone can ht you like a freight train
Mr. Robot that’s the way it use to be
“Everyone’s got Las-ooooooooos” lol
I'm from Texas😅
Q.1 We are not all cowboys and cowgirls😂
Q.2 We don't live in deserts although some of us live in very dusty cities
Q.3 Country music is the bomb but not everyone in Texas likes it. Spanish music is very popular too.
Q.4 We definitely say y'all all the time😅
Q.5 Not everyone is Republican
Q.6 I'm a church goer(I don't think that's a word😂) but not everyone attends church.
Q.7 Ahhh where I'm from we are OBSESSED with football! Football games are so much fun!
Q.8 We don't all own guns. It is very common to have a gun but not everyone does. Legally you have to be 21 to own a gun.
Q.9 Everything is bigger and better in Texas☺ food, fairs, land. Public school is free but private schools do cost more.
Q.10 I'm proud to be a Texan! We even have our own pledge that we say in our schools. I'm blessed to be part of the U.S. too.
Hope this gives y'all a little insight into a Texans mind😂 if y'all have any other questions ask away😊
Several of the ten largest cities in the country are in Texas (Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin). One is unlikely to see real cowboys driving cattle through the middle of a metropolitan area of several millions.
Texas is roughly the size of France with a climate and topography at least as varied. There is semi arid desert, swampland, prairie, grassland, etc.
Yes, Texas has a higher than average rate of gun ownership than the rest of the country, but not the highest. That distinction goes to Montana. There are about two registered firearms per resident in the Big Sky state.
Football, particularly college football, is King throughout the South.
And yes, Texans are obnoxiously proud of being Texans. It extends back to Texas History. Texas fought its own revolutionary war against Mexico and was briefly an independent republic before agreeing to be annexed by the United States. Hence, there's a fierce tradition of independence.
College football is fine, but high school football is king, queen, and all other royalty in Texas (why we have homecoming King, Queen, and Court).
Kent Grady Fort Worth drives cattle through town on a daily basis.
I lived in Florida very briefly (less than a year during 1990), and I heard a television ad for something happening soon naming DALLAS, as COWTOWN. Being from Ft. Worth, I was mildly outraged...just before I started laughing at myself.
I mean, I was at home essentially alone. Who could possibly hear me say what I said to my TV set?
I agree with the first part, but pretty much every school in the country with a football team has Homecoming with King, Queen and Court.
Fort Worth Stockyards drive cattle in the middle of a metropolitan area just saying
I’m actually a Texan cowboy in argyle Tx I’m a cattle ranch hand
Thanks for the Beef
Wow! I'm right up the road in Denton!
Flower Mound
Alexander Bell
ditto
Bedford!
As a Texan I always say I love my home country, Texas. Texas in a sense went through 2 revolutions. We alone fought the Spanish (one of the largest super Powers back then) even had been threatened to be disarmed.. this explains of course our love for our guns. We were once a country, the Republic of Texas. Shortly before the civil war and we were annexed to the US. We have a booming economy. As a sovereign country Texas would have the 10th largest economy world wide ahead of Canada and South Korea. Largest oil reserves, we have a gulf for trade, greatest entertainment locations like AT&T Stadium Rangers Stadium, 6 Flags & Hurricane Harbor. Largest meat industry. In fact Texas launched in Worth during the Great Depression from all the meat that’d been produced. A lot of this is why Texans are so proud of ourselves.
Lia," ...I'm really dumb!" Joel," I know.." LMAO!
Texas here!... we are a proud people... often referred to as The Republic of Texas by its inhabitants, proud of our history! We have the "Everything is bigger in Texas" mindset... like in the capitol of the U.S. we have basically a copy of the capitol building and the Washington monument, accept they are bigger in Texas in our capitol building and our San Jacinto Monument!...
Texas is widely diverse in inhabitants and Land and weather!... we have the desert, mountain and basin region, we also have the plains, the coastal lands, marshlands, and evem the Big Thicket (which is a forest!)
Gun culture is great here... gun ownership is a fundamental and god given right to protect yourself, family, neighbor and property!!
Not everyone is a cowboy, but everyone is a little bit country, even fhose that are citified!... and no not everyone voted for trump...
Theres more ask if u want!
God Bless Texas!
Not a god given right, it's a Constitutional right but thanks for showing everybody how smart texans are
Nah... its god given!
jt Coleman
See what I mean? Stupid beyond comprehension
So you're telling me before the constitution if someone hit you that you just let it happen? Ummm no, so yes, god given right to defend yourself!! And how moronic are you that it was years after the constitution that the Bill of Rights were added as Ammendments!!
You think im saying god gave us the right to own guns, im saying that self defense is god given, and owning a gun is part of that because of advancements in combat and combat weaponry including arms
This video was great - really appreciated it as a native Texan.
So to address your questions/comments
- Desert: West Texas is vastly a huge, dry desert, but east Texas is much greener and made of grasslands and forest areas. I’m from Dallas, TX and its topography is grassland. The coastal areas (yes we have a large coast along the Gulf of Mexico) is very tropical and humid - palm trees and many islands. Honestly our beaches are not very beautiful compared to others in the world, but common vacation islands include Galveston Island and South Padre Island - huge spring break destination for young people. Between Texas and Oklahoma is Lake Texoma where many spring-breakers travel for a swim, to fish, and party as well. There are also party islands in this lake that lie between both states.
-Religion: Texas is indeed part of the Bible Belt are there are many people who identify as Christians and live a Christian lifestyle as well. It’s also just as common to find atheists and what are called “nominal Christians” Nominal Christians are those who identify as Christians but don’t adhere to a Christian lifestyle. All in all, its just as common to find zealous Christians as it is to find non zealous and non religious persons. Also common to find very judgmental zealous Christians and very loving zealous ones as well.
- Cowboys/girls: Most of Texas is made of small rural towns, and the people of such are very country as well. Very typical to find them wearing cowboy hats and boots whether on a daily basis or once in a while. The larger cities like Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio are more metropolitan, fewer or weaker southern accents, and higher in fashion and business. But also not weird to find a few cowboys in the city as well.
- Football: Texas is known to be overzealous about High School football, especially in smaller towns. The local high school football teams literally define a town’s identity. My uncle was a high school football coach in small town and when his team did not make station championship for the first time in decades, the whole town shunned him and he lost his job. People are VERY serious about football here.
- State Patriotism: We are VERY proud of Texas. Those who are not are ones who either don’t identify with common values or who are from out-of-state. As many American schools pledge their allegiance to our national flag, in Texas we also pledge our allegiance to the Texas flag. We are the only state that does this. We are taught from very young to love and honor Texas. Our pledge is as follows: “Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to Thee, Texas, one state, under God, one and indivisible.” We also beg for a Texas flag emoji. Here you will find Texas flags flying just about everywhere - homes, schools, store fronts, and parks. I believe our strong state patriotism is rooted in the fact that Texas became an independent nation in 1836 following the war of independence from Mexico. Texas later joined the USA in 1845. During its time of independence, Texas had its own currency (redbacks) and law enforcement (Texas Rangers).
Hope you enjoyed these facts! Please come visit us!
Dylan Lawson Nope, we pledge our state flag too! “
I salute the flag of the State of Oklahoma. Its symbols of peace unite all people.”
It was a lovely idea though 😊...
Well said! Pretty Accurate. As a native Texan.
I live near Dallas it’s not to far and is a popular city around Dallas it’s called Mansfield have you heard of it?
you forgot to point out to this brits that Texans are not American
the doctor airsoft what do you mean by that we live in America so we are Americans
I like be Texas. Although I wasn’t born and raised in Texas, I did live there for a year or two and it was awesome. Out of all the southern states Texas is my second favorite with Louisiana being my first. Food is always better IMO.
I lived in Texas for my entire life. I have family that are farmers that live in the country and are ranchers and farmers. But I grew up in Houston which is the 4th largest city in the nation and the most diverse city in the nation as well. Not everyone in Texas listens to country, I do, but most people I know won't listen to it. Plus, there's a difference between pop country and Texas country. While Texas is mostly Republican the cities are more liberal. It is definitely the Bible belt but not near as much as the "south" in the rest of America. Texas high school football is a Huge deal. It is the best state!
Im a 30 yr old female born and raised in Wichita Falls Tx. I cant speak for everyone but I say y'all all the time, love country music but also listen to tons of other music, grew up in a Baptist church, own 2 guns and know how to use them and be safe with them (nobody will ever break into my house and get close enough to harm me or my family), we are a very proud state but also very friendly! Hope y'all can come visit Texas sometime! ;)
I loved the video! You guys are great! Regarding politics, Texas is considered a "red state" and tends to lean Republican. However, the big most populated cities are typically "blue" and lean democrat. That is pretty common everywhere - the more urban the area the more liberal leaning it tends to be.
Thanks so much!
You are so wrong...must be a yankee
LOL I was born and raised in Dallas, TX.
lawdy MyButtCrackItches Lol other countries call all of us yanks. It can sting a bit for a southern person. And Emily is kinda right.
Emily, yes that is very true, there tends to be more farmers and such voting republican and more city people voting democrat.
OMG! That first bit had me on the floor laughing! Thanks Lia for joining the rest of us. I’m dead 😂
I’m from Texas
I think there’s more cowboys in Wyoming or Montana now
true,I am in El Paso and know there are cowboy in New Mexico as well.
You must not have been to some small towns Alot of cowboys from Texas even in my little town
Oh I’m not saying there isn’t any in TX, just not as much as back then. But it’s still a part of the culture.
I mean I live in the San antonio (the outskirts) and am definitely more cowboy than city boy but im definitely not a full blown cowboy.... That being said many of my buds are full blown cowboys.
Alaska is the largest U.S. state
Liv Morgan was just about to comment this
As the old joke goes, "Not all Texans listen to country, some listen to western"
Large, contiguous geographic regions that have something in common are often referred to as belts (e.g., Bible Belt, Cotton Belt, Sun Belt, Rust Belt, etc.) They are typically longer than they are wide, giving the basic shape of a belt.
I live in the most southern city in Texas (Brownsville) it borders Mexico and we are 20mins away from South Padre Island. Which is a sunny, sandy island with a really nice beach. I say y’all all the time and FYI everything is bigger and better in the great state of Texas! 😀 ❤️ lots of love from Texas
I love South Padre! Better than the beach in a Galveston!
I'm from the valley too!! Ayy!
And what is crazy is that the Valley is nothing like west Texas or like Dallas even though we're all in the same state (500+ miles apart)
Wow...i thought i was the only Valley person that watched Joel n Lia
Adrian Robles me too! Good to know theres a few of us 😁
Alaska is the biggest state...by FAAAAAAAAAAR!!! BTW Nashville is in Tennessee, not Texas. You are thinking of Austin, Texas
"Wanna go to Texas? ...oh, wed go to Nashville!" Nashville is in Tenessee, ya'll, not Texas. 😎
Yep. I live about an hour and a half from Nashville, myself. Proud Tennessean!
Maygan Phynix that's what I said earlier
I giggled at that too
It’s y’all not ya’ll
It's spelled Tennessee! Lol
“Y’all” is true, we say it all the time
Regarding the "United States" thing, early on, the country was a loose "confederation," basically like the modern EU, but looser (different states had different currency, some had official state religions, etc.). There were several rebellions (The Whiskey Rebellion, eventually Shays' rebellion) that necessitated a more united, Federal form of government, so the states united as a single country instead of continuing as a sovereign confederation.
As for the questions (I'm from San Antonio, myself)
1. There are actually a decent number of ranches in this area, though they're mostly owned by large corporations now. The people who still own land and work it do dress like cowboys more often than agricultural workers in other locations, however. There's a practical point to boots, jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, and a brimmed hat when you're out in the dirt and sun, so consider the practical use of cowboy attire. Though, plenty of non-agricultural cowboys live here, too, and usually are trying to make a cultural or political statement but putting on the cowboy affect.
2. Texas actually hosts 3 of the largest ten cities in the US (Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio), each with populations greater than a million. As far as biomes go, west Texas is largely desert, central Texas is flat, rolling plains, south Texas contains the hill country and coastal planes with lots of limestone, rivers, etc. and East texas features more heavily-forested areas with a lot of perennials.
3. Country is goddamn inescapable. I really dislike it as a genre, not per se, but because it's all over the place here. Even good country artists frustrate me just because of the ubiquity of the stuff that sounds like them.
4. Y'all is a useful contraction. "You all" is a nice, easy way to indicate the second person plural conjugation of a verb.
5. Texans are rather conservative, and as the Democratic party has sort of lost the conservative vote over the years, we've turned red. We're basically the state the Republicans count on to counter California's big chunk of votes every presidential election. As our demographics shift to a less white population, though, that's changing as well. It may take a few generations. But it's worth noting that we haven't had a Democrat for a governor since the 90's.
6. The American south, and rural America, tend to be rather church-going, and Texas is more rural and culturally "southern," so there's high church attendance here. John Hagee's massive Cornerstone megachurch is located in my own city of San Antonio. While much of our population is evangelical protestant, the proximity to Mexico also means a lot of Catholics.
As for the "Bible Belt," we have a lot of "belts" here in the US. The "rust belt," for instance, is a strip of states whose economies died when we started shipping manufacturing jobs overseas (think Newcastle post-shipbuilding). It's just a term we use to talk about a strip of states or a general area that is defined by some characteristic.
7. High school and college football is a BIG deal here in Texas. It's a major social event. It's a cultural institution here in Texas, ESPECIALLY in small towns where the game is the only exciting thing going on that week.
8. Guns are a big part of our culture. It goes back to the cowbow thing, it goes back to the "Come and Take It" cannon incident in Gonzales before the revolution against Mexico, and even our more left-leaning political figures in this state pretty much have to break with their party on guns because guns are SO popular here. There is a southern "lifestyle" magazine called "Gun and Garden," to give you an idea of how ingrained in the culture firearms are. It has a large historical element.
9. Texas is huge. We're the second-largest state in landmass (Alaska has us beat), and our population of 25 million makes us the second most populous (after California) As for everything being bigger, part of that is just a sort of machismo thing. There's a huge competitive streak in Texans, probably as a result of all the football from a young age. Some of it has to do with all the wealth concentrated here (tech companies in San Antonio and Dallas, oil money in Houston) or the fact that we are at a sort of cultural nexus of the country between the South, the Desert Southwest, and the Midwest, and we're the wealthiest, most populous state in pretty much any of those geographic regions. As a result, we do what they do, but with more resources behind it. The culture scene in Austin is a great example.
10. In our history curriculum, in school, here in the US, world and US history are emphasized. In Texas, we have another two years (4th and 7th grades) where the curriculum is EXPLICITLY Texan history. And a LOT happened here, enough to warrant a history class. We were even our own sovereign nation from 1836 (when we got our independence from Mexico) to 1845 (when we were annexed into the US and triggered the Mexican-American War). But beyond that, Texas houses a huge portion of the history of the US space program, we're connected to several major political movements and happenings, we have a fairly unique culture compared to many other places in the US, especially other southern and midwestern states.
Personally, I'm from Texas, but don't identify strongly that way. My view of patriotism is summed up by an old Rush lyric: Better the pride that resides in a citizen of the world than the pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled.
Well said, C. C. I looked up a Texas climate map for nerds and found this one: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Texas_K%C3%B6ppen.svg - One realizes the majority of the state is categorized as "Humid Subtropical". Living in Southern California, this was an interesting read for me as far as how the Gulf of Mexico affects the Texas climate: www.twdb.texas.gov/publications/state_water_plan/2012/04.pdf
Hueyjmedina Is that an Oceanic spot isolated in the western, semi-arid, landlocked portion of the state? What's up with that?!?
Big Dream - Here's a nice primary school documentary science project about the Gulf. Support our primary and secondary schools. ;) ruclips.net/video/w9lo4Hcs7kQ/видео.html
East Texas is one of the greenest places in the US. it gets more rain than Seattle.Texas Twang is the speech type verses the southern drawl. that is also more of an east TX thing. Lot's of guns that is true. Yes if you are a Texan you do feel the pride because it is awesome to live there. Texas is the biggest state in what is known as the lower 48, but Alaska is bigger.
I'm from west Texas which is flat & dry. Most of the trees are mesquite, which make a very good bar-b-que. (Also stereotypical)I'm a church going, conservative Christian. Although I'm not a huge sports fan I get very excited about football season. They should make Superbowl Sunday a national holiday! Not everyone owns a gun or is a cowboy but even people in the states have that misconception. Did you know that Texas is the only state in the union that can withdraw from the country and become independent of the United States? It's written in our state constitution. Would love to see Y'ALL when you visit. Let us know.
True Shelia Texas can succeed from the union. I love west Texas as well. I have only visited though when I was living in Irving and Houston. East to west and north to south either way is one hell of a drive.
Actually, no, for two reasons: 1. Federal law trumps state law. 2. What the resolution for annexation actually provided for was the right for Texas to divide itself into as many as five separate states, not to secede entirely. Secession died as a result of the US Civil War.
Actually the idea that Texas is the only state that can legally secede from the Union is wrong. Just because it’s written in the state’s constitution means nothing. Supreme court ruled in Texas v. White that there is no right of secession given to the states. What CAN theoretically happen though is a state can be split in to several states (like what’s on the ballot in California) they just can’t secede. This includes Texas.
Wow almost a cut and paste from Wikipedia saying it ain't so. All I will say to that is we will see.. lol
Y'all are so hilarious! Born and raised Texan here dropping some truth bombs 💣
1) Cowboy/cowgirl attire is embraced everywhere, but it's more prevalent in the rural areas where people actually have ranches, land, cattle, etc, they're managing. If you're in the city/urban areas, most people don't dress "cowboy" but will bring it out for country concerts and events. Can't live in Texas without one good pair of cowboy/girl boots!
2) Only Texans that live in the desert are those in the West and Panhandle (north). The south/Central Texas is lush with rolling hill country and eastern parts of Texas (Houston) are humid AF.
3) I used to hate country music growing up but then embraced it later in life. Most people love it, but not everyone. Spanish music is also popular because of the Hispanic culture.
4) Yes, y'all is said by pretty much everyone. It wasn't until I went to college out of state that I noticed how much I used it. "Y'all" means you two and "all y'all" means everyone over there referring to a large group 😂
5) Texas is heavily Republican but the urban areas are more liberal, especially the capital city Austin. Texans have a more independent, "we-don't-need-any-help", "pull-up-your-bootstraps" type of culture that also seeps into our politics. In general, we don't want any government telling us how to live or taking our hard-earned money (taxes).
6) I don't go to church, but it's definitely a big part of the culture. If you're agnostic/atheist/non-religious, it can definitely feel like a "coming out" when you tell people and people will definitely think differently of you and judge you for it. It's that taboo.
7) Football is not a sport in Texas, it's a lifestyle. High school football, college football, professional football. They're all part of the culture and fans are FIERCELY loyal. I was a competitive baton twirler for 18+ years that also twirled with the marching bands at football games. It's one of my favorite things about America- the sheer pageantry of football games, cheerleading squads, baton twirling lines, dance teams, fireworks, marching bands, colorguards, etc. It's absolutely amazing!
8) Not everyone has a gun, but most families I would say do. My parents always kept a shotgun around for home protection and my dad has a full gun safe of 20+ guns. Going to an outdoor shooting range is a nice relaxing afternoon activity in Texas 😂
9) Yes, everything is bigger. Homes, food, soft drinks, cars, gas stations (Look up Buc-ee's!!) EVERYTHING.
10) We are super proud. We have a pledge of allegiance to Texas (and America) that all public students recite every morning before class.
Hope this helps! Some of the stereotypes are true and we are proud of it!
As a 5th generation Texan, I debunk these stereotypes all the time. I actually live in the lake region of the state. I can drive 5 minutes and be at a lake, 10 minutes and be at a different lake. East Texas is full of beautiful woods and the closer you get to Louisiana you get the Spanish moss hanging from the trees. There are also mountains in the south. Big Ben National park is beautiful. So is Davy Crockett National Forest.
Texas first, America second.
and you prove texans are idiots
Long live the republic
Your mom is a white perch screw u man don’t judge us not all of us are dumb and it’s better to be dumb than to be a bully
@Christobanistan speak for yourself the only thing I'm loyal to is the Lone Star
@@editedforyoursafety3045 screw off
you really need to do t shirts that say "J&L Crew" on the front and on the back "Get Over It" and another one that says "this is a happy place on the internet"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahaha great idea!
and one that says "That's… Soooooooo… Offensive"
Aaron Parker yesssssss!!!!!!!
Fun fact that a lot of people don't know about is that Texas is the only state that can fly its state flag in equal height as the American flag all other states and countries have to fly their flag below the American flag. That is because Texas was its own country or nation for awhile before its annexation into the union in the mid 1800's. And we do fly the lone star high and proud as much as the American flag.
That's actually a myth. It's not true. Just google it, there's plenty of sites debunking this. Any state can fly their state flag at the same height as the US flag if they choose, just not higher.
BUT, the statue atop our capitol building is the only statue taller than the one that adorns the White House. Ammirite?
Keith Hughes what about Hawaii it was it’s on country with a monarchy at one time before being annexed by US Marines
Nonsense, there is no rule requiring states other than Texas to fly flags at a lower level.
Vermont was it's own republic before Texas.
from Tennessee but been living in texas since 19 im 33 now and i don't wanna ever leave
Texas is 261,797 square miles France is 213,010.
France is the third largest country in Europe.
Texas is the second largest state.
Alaska is first with 571,951 sq miles. More than double the size of Texas 😱
Nashville is in Tennessee not Texas at all.
Alaura Basham There mistake
I caught that as well as a few other non-native U. S. mis-cues. I would probably do the same if asked about the U. K. I really like these two. Hopefully they can do interviews of Brits that America likes that we would never be able to ever hear from or talk to ourselves(hint, hint) ;)
Well. There is a Nashville Texas...it's a ghost town so probably not a big place for tourists.
So true. lol. My parents now live near Nashville. However, there is a big music and art scene in Austin, Texas. Perhaps they confused the two cities.
We call city cowboys goat ropers. The bible belt only extends into east Texas. We have 5 distinct parts of Texas where the accents and culture are all different. Only west Texas is desert, in fact east Texas is thick pine forest. There are next to zero republicans in Austin and an equal mix in DFW. Yes football is the state religion. Yes we all own guns. The reason is we all grew up around them and have a rich hunting history. Yes we are without a doubt more Texan than American.
Keith Baldwin
There was a time when city cowboys were also referred to as “drugstore cowboys.”
They wear cowboy attire, but have zero experience as a real cowboy.
yup ..and in deep south Texas .. we are a tropical region :)
Even the anti gun Democrats own guns in Texas. Houston is an extremely diverse melting pot of the world and therefore food is fantastic.
it is a shame. Austin , just 20 years back was such a small laid back, slow, charming Texas town like so much of south Texas.. then the 90's boom! it became Silicone Gulch.! Every kind of people from out of state moved here and Ruined this place. Mostly this current wave of Calinukistans fleeing the wrath of their own doing have invaded Austin and are bleeding it dry (water). Worse part is they brought all their brain dead zombie ideas, their slogan "keep Austin Weird". wtf? The only hope is that they are surrounded by country folk with guns and LOTS of ammunition.
@@MultiShooter7 yeah they are drugstore cowboys
Lived in Texas my whole life and yes, we all got guns. Y'all be good now.
#Texasandits49bitches
Best hashtag I've seen, EVER!
Ryanavery Ash 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
(I’m Texan)
@@josephwebb5663 Ditto 😉
My husband and I are native Texans. We just discovered your videos and got a good laugh!! Texas is a state of mind, more so than a state. Our allegiance is to both, but Texas is the one state that is self sufficient and capable. Many (most) Texans have had experiences with guns. My husband and I enjoy target shooting, as a sport and for fun. We also understand the dangers in our world today, and will do what we can to avoid being victims of crime. We mark our home with warning signs that intruders could be met with lethal force; this is for their protection as much as ours. We do not wish to harm anyone, unless we have no other options. As for desert, parts of west Texas are desert, but other parts are lush with the "Piney" woods in east Texas, the beautiful Oak trees throughout, we have the "Hill Country", which is beautiful green rolling grasses and mountains. We have many rivers, creeks and beautiful lakes. Texas has a little bit of everything, from natural resources, oil, great farms, the only natural beach in Port Aransas at the Gulf of Mexico, and the best food in the world!! We would love to host you and show you some of our Texas. We recently lost our home and everything we owned in Hurricane Harvey, and are still living in a FEMA trailer. We are moving to Waco Texas to be near our son and his wife, (she is a senior zookeeper at Cameron Park zoo). They met at college, University of Texas-Austin. She is from Poland and immigrated here when she was 15. Waco is the home of the Texas Ranger law enforcement. As for dressing in western attire, you will see more urban looks than cowboy hats, in the cities specially. Congrats on a good show.!! (I used to show horses professionally, and I rode flat saddle English on Anerican Saddlebreds, as well as western. Though I preferred English. Cheers!!!🙂
Not trying to open a big ol' can of worms, but why if you are self sufficient, do you take FEMA $$ after hurricanes? Just curious.
Suzibird307 I don't think natural disasters count :/
@@K0HAKU_97 Oh, ok so you're self sufficient until the shit hits the fan. Kinda like some ppl are anti-socialists until they need the fire dept or want to use the highways.
I would suspect that most younger Texans don't have a "state of mind." Instead, they listen to rap.
@@Suzibird307 we took money from fema to save us money, Texas has a budget of emergency funds that is around 1.5 billion dollars... So we decided to do the smart thing and use fema's money and save ours..
I am a Texan, born and raised in San Antonio - one of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. I do not wear cowboy attire; I have been on a horse twice in my whole life. I generally don't like country music and I loathe Taylor Swift. As a Mexican-American - like most Texans are Mexican-American - I speak English and Spanish, and I listen to Spanish-language music. Like a majority of Mexican-Americans, and, as a gay man, I am a liberal Democrat. I DESPISE Trump, "Trumpism," and the people who voted for him, as well as the "platform" of the Republican Party. I'm also an atheist. Yet, despite everything, I am a Texan - born and bred. And yes, most of us say "y'all!"
illegal alien criminal.
weitzfc1 My family has been in Texas since Texas was a part of Spain and Mexico, before the gringos "took" it. I was born here, in Texas, as an American citizen with Mexican and Spanish heritage. I am no criminal, but what Trump and his administration are doing to families on the border SHOULD be illegal.
you people will never assimilate to be good americans .
weitzfc1 you sound like a hateful, racist person. Have fun in Hell.
facts don't care about your stupid opinions .
1. Texas is huge, and has large metropolitan areas with city slickers that live there, very urban, so no, not everyone is a cowboy but that is what is at the heart of most born and bred Texans. Think of a huge area, 3 times the size of the UK..all the UK, with at least 4 cities, each of which is about 3/4 the size of London. Some areas are very metropolitan and not at all cowboy, or as we say, country.
2. Not a big desert, though there are parts that are. Again huge state..think of Europe...now Texas would fit Germany, half of France, the Northern half of Italy, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the Czech Republic inside of it. Texas has everything from desert to mountains to foot hills, to piney forests, to swamp areas near Louisiana , to beaches and sea ports.
3. We don't all listen to country music, and not all music coming from Texas is country...and the country singers you mentioned are more modern pop country than old school country music. I've never heard of Ward Thomas..sorry, lol
4.Yes, most of us say y'all... and yes, I don't say Hi, or hello, its Hey y'all.. contraction of you all.
5. The majority of Texas is CONSERVATIVE... that's not to say they are Trump supporters, Austin Texas is very Dem friendly..just overall the state holds to Republican beliefs (which may not be what a liberal Democrat things)
6. Yes, Texas is part of the Bible Belt, but no, not everyone goes to church.. not everyone is Baptist which is what the Bible Belt is about, a lot of Texans are also Hispanic so lean Catholic...and as everywhere, some people are church goers, and some aren't.
7. Football... it is a big deal, it is THE sport in the state, every small town has a high school team, and turn out for the games. Kinda like what we think folks from England are with their soccer. and yes NFL, National Football League.
8. Not everyone owns, but many own more than one. Not necessarily the reason, but large areas of Texas are still wide open spaces, houses aren't right up against each other, people are protective of their property, people go hunting, people own for sport, or just to have bigger/better than the next guy
9.Bigger in Texas: Texans are traditionally storytellers, and of course everything has to be bigger and better. No, it is no longer the largest state, that would be Alaska, although if you ask a Texan we'll say if you melted the ice, Texas would be bigger, lol. , but its the largest in the lower 48 (Alaska is bigger but much less populated)
Public school is free up through high school, college you have to pay for. And there are private schools... can't tell you what they cost, varies widely from state to state, area to area.
10. Texan pride.. yes, its a thing. Not everyone is.. but those with a Texan heart are full of pride in being from Texas and yes, I would say that is more so than any other state I've ever visited or met people from. You'll find that Texas are proud to be American, probably exhibit more pride in being American than many non Texans, but they are overwhelmingly proud of being Texan. ...and um.. Nashville isn't in Texas, its in Tennessee.