check out this facebook group, alaskans making fun of texas Options

[jonathan83]

one of the main reasons texans are so proud is because of our history.

what other state fought another country, became its own country, had its own president, etc? plus, our economy is one of the best, if not the best in the union. farming, technology, cattle, oil, man we have just about everything.

[FORSAKENR320]

we are the only state capable of being self sufficient.

[blaarg]

we are the only state capable of being self sufficient.

I don't know about that. California seems to have pretty much everything we have (except I don't know about the energy part).

[impala454]

I consider myself one of the most hated people on the planet. Everyone hates the USA. Everyone in the USA hates Texas. Everyone in Texas hates people from Houston.

but yeah... F' Alaska. They're only big for the same reason the USSR was so big... because nobody f'n wanted all that shitty frozen land.

And there aint a damn thing wrong with having state pride. Believe it or not, there is a difference between pride and ego.

[Hartmann]

Obviously they've never been to Texas... Everything is bigger in Texas... In Alaska it's just colder.

Maybe we should start a facebook group about how they aren't the only ones who have cold winters and live in igloos


At least the new French president likes Americans.

[Mommy]

one of the main reasons texans are so proud is because of our history.

what other state fought another country, became its own country, had its own president, etc? plus, our economy is one of the best, if not the best in the union. farming, technology, cattle, oil, man we have just about everything.

I thought Texas had the largest state debt...or at least is in the top 5?

[GOB]

texas is one of the shittiest states, hands down.


i'd love to see where you got the info on texas being the best state economy.

[impala454]

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/
CNN Money 2006

Top 10 Best Places to Live
3. Sugar Land, TX (suburb of Houston)

Best places, state by state
1. Texas (with 10 or the top 100 best cities to live in)

Highest earning cities
Texas has 5 of the top 25

Fastest Job Growth cities
Texas has 5 of the top 25


Forbes, Best States for Business, 9/2006
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/9/06bests...iness_land.html
Top 10
2. Texas

[GOB]

that says nothing about the best state economy.

and where are the lists for highest crime, most disgustingly obese people, pollution levels, lowest education, highest number of welfare recipients, worst drivers, most intolerance (religious, sexual, and racial)?


all of those "best places" lists totally fucking cancel each other out. so houston and dallas have a shitload of violent and white-collar crime, but plano and sugarland are safe and happy? no way. you get all the city scum no matter where you live.

[schwab]

at least we still have the shitty states of oklahoma, new mexico, arkansas and louisiana bordering us...which makes us look 10 times better

[GOB]

just as an example, how are no texas cities (categorized by large and small metro ares) listed in the top 25 on this other forbes poll, the "best places for business and careers," when texas is the second best state for business?

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/1/07bestp...reers_land.html

[James]

I thought Texas had the largest state debt...or at least is in the top 5?

Not even close, unless something changed drastically between now and 2004. There was a time when it was written into our state constitution to limit the amount of debt we could have, but either our constitution was amended (highly unlikely) or the state legislatures found loopholes.

[James]

It seems you harbor a lot of hatred and disrespect towards Texas. If this is the case, I respectfully request that you get the fuck out and don't come back. You can obtain your education from one of the "better" states so you will not have to be associated with Texas forever.

[Mommy]

Not even close, unless something changed drastically between now and 2004. There was a time when it was written into our state constitution to limit the amount of debt we could have, but either our constitution was amended (highly unlikely) or the state legislatures found loopholes.

There was stuff all over the news about 2 years ago about how our state had like $6 billion in debt.

[James]

There was stuff all over the news about 2 years ago about how our state had like $6 billion in debt.

Yeah. That's about what it is. $6 billion isn't that much for a state this large. For comparison, in 2004, California's state debt was $55 billion, Florida's $17 billion, Illinois $25 billion, Pennsylvania $9 billion, Ohio $9.9 Billion, New Jersey $25 billion, Michigan $6.9 billion, Georgia $7 billion, North Carolina $5.8 billion, and New York $48 billion. Out of all those states, we had the lowest per capita debt at only $237. The next closest per capita debt was North Carolina at $682.

There was stuff all over the news about 2 years ago about how our state had like $6 billion in debt.

Yeah. That's about what it is. $6 billion isn't that much for a state this large. For comparison, in 2004, California's state debt was $55 billion, Florida's $17 billion, Illinois $25 billion, Pennsylvania $9 billion, Ohio $9.9 Billion, New Jersey $25 billion, Michigan $6.9 billion, Georgia $7 billion, North Carolina $5.8 billion, and New York $48 billion. Out of all those states, we had the lowest per capita debt at only $237. The next closest per capita debt was North Carolina at $682.