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[happygirl]

counting the weeks until I'm living there again..... Goodbye ROK,
Hello Republic of Texas!! Whoop!

[princess]

No way. I spent a few months there. It's nowhere near as interesting as Seoul. If I lived in the states agin, it'd have to be NYC. Since it's too expensive, I am here. Free rent!!!!

[wylies99]

It's a BIG state, Princess. Two weeks in El Paso doesn't mean you've seen it all.

[princess]

[faster]

America: Love it or leave it.

[mack the knife]

[wylies99]

Wichita Falls is practically Oklahoma. Betcha you were there in the summer.WF in the summer is a biatch.

As for San Antonio, it's an incredible place.

Princess, I'm not saying this about you specifically, but many NYers don't give other areas of the US a decent chance. They have "attytoods" about everything that is not "NY." Texas grows on you. It's not just a "place"; it's a state of mind. Live there long enough and you'll understand. It's why so many Texans are such great visionaries and builders.There's more of a "can do" attitude in Texas than in the NE US.

[wylies99]

The NFL draft reminds me of how many women I met in Texas who knew a great deal about football. You just don't find women like that anywhere else in the US. I had classes at TTU where, during football season, women would want to talk about the games/players/coaches.

I met one a few years ago who was Mexican-American. She liked to cook and watch football. Those were her hobbies! She had memorized every player, and their stats, who had ever played college football in Texas or had played for the Cowboys, Oilers, or Texans. She knew more about football formations than anyone I'd ever met. She wasn't a super hottie, but with that kind of devotion to football, I would have married her in a heartbeat if she wasn't already engaged (and pregnant ). What a catch!

My last girlfriend was also a sports fanatic. One time, we were at a football game and TTU was rolling up the score with 5 minutes to go. The weather was bad, so I suggested we leave, and she told me she always stays until the end of games because you never know what you may miss. Imagine hearing that from a woman at a football game with bad weather!

I love Texas women, I really do.

[mateomiguel]

I grew up in Texas, love the place, know it very well. Would go back if I could. There's no other place in the world where I know which town is coming next on the highway without having to look at the map.

[princess]

[happygirl]

[bourbon street]

I spent about ten years living and teaching in Austin. Was at one time a very laid back, educated, hip city with lots to do. Still has the same vibe with a highly educated community and lots to do, indoors and out. However the commercial corporate clowns have set up camp in a big way and at this time the "feel" of Austin has changed a bit and not for the better in my opinion.
Austin is clean, safe, and very comfortable by American metropolitan standards.
Three hour drive will get you to the Mexican border. Many good times to be had at the cantinas, bars and restaurants across the border from Laredo and Del Rio.
Bottom Line: If you've got to live in Texas, Austin is the place to be.

[wylies99]

That stretch from just north of Austin down to San Antonio is as good as it gets anywhere in the world.

Just prepare for a "crash course" in driving down I-35. Brakes? We don't need no stinkin' brakes.

[gyopogirlfromtexas]

I think Austin and Dallas are the best cities in Texas. I lean a little more to Dallas because it's much bigger, all the clubs are bigger and better, jobs pay more in Dallas. Austin doesn't have a Galleria, Six Flags, Texas Cowboys(Longhorns make up for it in football), Dallas Stars, Texas Rangers, a World Trade Center or Medieval Times. They And no huge wholesale places open to the public like Sam Moon where they sell all kinds of purses, jewelry, and other interesting things.

I think people in Dallas are more attractive too in general. Of course, if you walk on to UT-Austin campus, you'll see so many hot people too. Austin is nice, there are lot of pretty outdoor scenic places. I can't think of anything pretty in Dallas if you're into outdoor things. Unless you're talking about those huge mansions in Plano or Highland Park with private lakes with swans and all. There is a very beautiful park in Highland Park.

If you want to camp around DFW, you'd probably have to drive 45 min away to Possum Kingdom. I went for 4th of July weekend, they had fireworks and it was a lot of fun. The water there is really clear and beautiful, lot of people brought over their boats and were swimming and bbqing.

I was somewhat dissapointed by 6th St. in Austin, compared to the clubs/ bars in downtown Dallas. All the clubs here are nothing like AREA 51, club 7, or Clubhouse in Dallas. I have yet to go to a dance club in Austin that compares to Clubhouse. You can't even feel the bass , no laserlight shows, no foam party, and all the clubs here are like 1/8th the size of Clubhouse.

Austin seems like a city version of Denton because of that hippy atmosphere. I really do like hippies though. They are way more openminded and peaceful. What I don't like about Dallas is that uptight crazy biblebeater mayor Laura Miller. But it seems that they will only have those types of people as mayors. I can't stand her. She is crazy and she wants to pretty much shut down all the clubs and turn them into family type places or sports bars. It's like don't go if you don't want to, instead of ruining it for everyone. These biblebeaters ruin things for everyone.

That's what I like about Austin, there doesn't seem to be anyone like Laura Miller living here. Thank God! If they can make up the many things they don't have that Dallas does, maybe one of these days it can be better than Dallas.

I haven't been to Barton Springs to swim yet. But I liked reading about the reviews. People were complaining that people swim topless or nude sometimes. And that hippies were playing their hippy music wearing very little clothing. I really don't mind stuff like that. As long as you're not causing trouble, who cares if you're tanning topless?

[gyopogirlfromtexas]