I’m a born and raised Texan is this is spot on. My favorite was “don’t say you’re moving to Texas, and especially don’t say you’re moving to Texas from California” I can confirm this is a valuable piece of advice to follow y’all 😂😂
It really just depends on how they behave. If they mock the way we speak, our flag, our food, our teams, then they deserve whatever backlash they get. If they use their manners, then they should be welcomed. A big part of the reason we're doing as well as we are is because these people from other states or countries keep immigrating here
We're in CA but we're coming HOME to TX. Left to follow the jobs hubby took back when kids were little, but now we're retired. Coming back home to TX & family will complete our circle. It doesn't matter that we're in CA right now because TX has always been home. Family lives there, has died there, is buried there. Just want housing prices to come down out of the stratosphere. & only other thing we'd like to bring with us from CA is a Prop 13 rule on property taxes so TX property taxes wouldn't bankrupt people so they get their homes foreclosed on because the annual property taxes increase so ridiculously from year to year. PS. Other reason to move back home is HEB😁
I live in Ohio, we had a teenage patient from Texas who broke his femur at a bull riding contest, despite his incredible pain (and later the narcotics we gave him.) His manners were still intact, he was nothing but please, thank you, and yes sir, no sir. The manners are real.
Being polite and respectful was taught to us at a very early age. It is expected here and you will be called out if you go against this rule, and yes we really do say "Howdy".
I have to confess, as a native Texan of almost 50 years, I started watching this out of curiosity with a little bit of an attitude~ready to defend my beautiful state. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised by its accuracy and couldn’t help but laugh at how well we Texan’s were described. Nailed it! Take care and Happy New Year y’all!🐂⭐️🐴🐄🧲🤠👋🌵🌮🍻
Another cool thing about TX is the Hazelwood Act. If you live in TX and join the military and when you get out you reside in TX, the state pays for 4 years of school. It can also be transferred to your spouse or children. This is in addition to the GI Bill benefit.
@@jaiboregio haha! I'm in Austin and would brag to North Texas folks about HEB, but now DFW has a couple of them, so they can now enjoy them as much as we do.
HEB and central market are the best! Ive lived all over the country including both coasts, Denver, and Chicago, and their grocery stores dont even compare.
I would add three things. Best tamales are bought in a parking lot (no car required) out of white foam cooler. If you go to a BBQ expect someone to want to take a plate to a loved one. Their mom, dad, or family member who could not make the event. Lastly if someone tells you, “bless your heart” you have just been called a dumbass.
Eh the tamales...depends how close you are to the border towns. Believe me. Oh and NOT ALL SALSA IS CREATED EQUAL. The further from the border, the more paste you'll find and less salsa.
I went to visit my son in Houston Texas about 2 years ago, and we went to HEB to get some groceries. And it was like an outer body experience for me. It was like I went to Disney World. I LOVED 🥰 that grocery store so much. I didn’t want to leave the store. I mean they have everything thing you could possibly want under one roof. I live on the east coast and I have never seen a grocery store like that before. It’s been about 2 years and I still talk about that store. How I wish we had this chain of stores where I live at. Sorry just my rant about HEB. 😁😁😁😁
@@worldsgreatestdude1784 Stew Leonard’s is not a true grocery store. It’s more like a specialty store. Because they don’t carry all types of groceries, they have high end items. If I go shopping there I can’t do all of my shopping there. I would have to go to Shoprite or Stop and Shop to complete my grocery shopping. And Stew Leonard’s prices can be on the pricey side.
I’m from Texas but I’ve lived in Alaska for the past 20 years. A couple years ago I was in San Antonio and I got a beer at this beer garden, and the beer was way bigger than I imagined. The guy goes, “Hey everything’s biggerin Texas!” When I said, “well I live in Alaska it’s a little bit bigger”, he was not amused. It was not my proudest moment.
I'm old enough to remember when Alaska became a state. On one TV show Rory Calhoun came out and told Red Skelton (I think), "Well, you know Texas is the biggest state in the Union." To which the comedian replied, "No, Alaska is now bigger." The cowboy said, "Listen, when you buy a drink at a bar you don't count the ice." Thought that was pretty good. Some friends of ours moved to Alaska a couple of years ago, and they seem to enjoy telling us about how cold it gets. As for me, no thanks.
As a Texan born and raised, I made friends with a native Alaskan, the stories he’s told me abt his life in Alaska, let’s just say I’ve long since yielded the crown to him for being an awesome state ;^; I’ve learned to step away from my pride and recognize there are bigger and wilder things than Texas T^T We can still tolerate the heat 1000x better tho XD
Heb is real. They literally kept our state alive during Snowmageddon. I also got weird looks going up north and nodding and saying howdy to people while walking in the suburb where our airbnb was. I love how you can get real specifics right about places! Makes me trust your content even more
From Hawaiʻi here and I can attest to the friendliness, helpfulness, and kindness of Texans! Used to go to San Antonio 2-3 times a year back in the 90ʻs, and I was amazed at how nice the folks were (and me coming from the so-called Aloha state, that is saying something). One thing that scared me shitless was how large the trucks were and yes, the speed limit! I used to rent the largest sedan I could to feel less intimidated.
One of the reasons that so many of us Texans drive large trucks is that it's sort of an arms race. Everyone want's a truck big enough to see over most other traffic! You also don't tend to see many of the very tiny cars hear either (too easy for a truck to literally run over such a small vehicle)!
You've never lived (or been in such fear of dying) until you've ridden through Houston traffic on IH10 in a MiniCooper! It was really cute - but no taller than the wheels on 18-wheelers!
On point! I’ll add that I hate when people disrespect the Alamo. I’ve heard comments like, “didn’t you lose that war?” Or “I thought it would be bigger”.
@@bibospice2001 Santa Anna was far from the good guy. He was elected because he supported a federalist government (more power to the states rather than the central government), and then changed his mind after he was elected and became a dictator. Texas wasn’t the only state to try and secede. There were many revolutions in places like Yucatan and Zacatecas due to his policies.
The Alamo was the battle that we lost but because of it we definitely won the war in a record time of only 18 minutes. A lot of great people were lost to history that day. The Alamo must be respected. This other person in the comments here has their wars and history confused.
It's like mocking Leonidas and the 300 Spartans for losing at Thermopylae... Both battles bought time for a later, war-winning, victory! The Alamo was our Thermopylae and San Jacinto was our Marathon!
Actually Ana called you bandits, and yes you lost it, but after winning you wrote the history Cause the winner always writes the history. No bad feelings. But I'd recommend to go to other missions too.
I’m a Texan and I have to say, I hate when people drive slow in the left lane of a highway. That is the most frustrating thing I deal with. I don’t even mind if people think Wataburber, Buckies, or HEB are overrated. One other thing Texans hate is seeing the Texas flag being flown upside down.
Glad You and your Family got to come out and enjoy! Also remember we have 3 seasons. 2 months of winter, 7 months of Hot, and 3 months of "The sun is trying to melt us all!"
Soooooo true; I remember meeting someone from Canada in Vegas and he laughed because I said we have an AC in our car and he thought AC is a luxury! 😮 in Texas it’s not 😂
People who get in the left lane and stay there are my biggest pet peeve while driving. It is a passing lane, not a cruising below the speed limit lane. Particularly when you finally work your way around one person by passing them on the right, which I would rather not do, and then a mile later another person is doing the same thing.
I'm in San Antonio (now). I sometimes hear visitors complain about Texans passing you on the right. Well? Think about what you just said. The general left lane flow is 80+ and you're going 75 (or pick another number). You're in the wrong lane amigo.
As a Texan, I can say this is highly accurate and a great video! The one thing I would add is that because the state is so huge and includes so many different regions and large metro areas, each of those cities and areas has its own brand of Texas culture. Austin and San Antonio are close to each other, but different culturally. Dallas and Fort Worth have a big rivalry. El Paso is the forgotten stepchild. Houston feels a lot like Atlanta whereas Dallas feels like Minneapolis.
Texas transplant. Yeah, I used to think, so what’s the big deal about H-E-B. Well let me tell you, I recently went back to my native North Carolina for a few months. First thing I noticed was people aren’t quite as friendly as they are in Texas. Second, the “nice” grocery store doesn’t quite measure up to H-E-B: less selection, narrower aisles, higher prices. As for Texas being the South: well, once you get to the I-35 corridor it’s more West than South…hence it’s the Southwest. But one thing common with every southern state: don’t move here with the intent to change things. We don’t care how you did it back in California or Illinois or New York. There’s a reason you left there to come here. As my friend’s bumper sticker says, “Don’t California My Texas!”
I tell people this all the time about it being the gateway from the South to the West. It's literally a mishmash of both cultures. However, one point for it being considered the South is all the rebel flags, haha. Idk about in 2024, but when I was growing up in the 90s and early 2000s, it was not uncommon to see a rebel flag in West Texas. And nobody really cared.
Moved from Texas (Fort Worth) to Florida (Tampa) a few years ago for family health reasons. While Florida is very much Texas' little sister and I have no complaints, God do I miss Texas. There is just a vibe there. It's a certain level of pride of being a Texan. I'm a military man who has lived all over but, no matter where I go, my heart will always be in Texas. Oh...and yes, Austin is in Texas but most real Texans think of her as our special cousin. We don't like to talk about her.
You should visit Boston at least once in your life. I'm from West Texas and felt really at home in Boston. The people aren't as openly friendly, but they are surprisingly easy to strike up a conversation with. But people in Boston are genuine, a little impatient, and nice but have a low threshold for bs. It really reminded me of home. On the other hand, I'm currently in Missouri, and these people are... not that way at all. After living in Texas and Boston, I literally thought everyone was like us. Welp, they aren't haha.
Lived in Texas most of my life. Married to a 7th generation Texan. This is funny with some strains of truth in it. We do have a lot of state pride so if you don’t like things down here…well that highway runs both ways. In truth we aren’t so overly sensitive and won’t call a stranger out on a little thing. Most of us are too busy in our lives to really notice any faux paus. Just remove your hat in the Alamo chapel because The Daughters of The Republic of Texas will come at you.😉 Above all, come enjoy our food, music and varieties of culture. Then go home😄 Oh, and the stuff about Austin…it’s true. Austin isn’t Texas, it’s a suburb of Portland, OR. Ten minutes outside of Austin, it’s all Texas.
This is spot on. The only thing I'll add is that not only are most of us too busy to notice any faux paus, but we usually don't care when we do see one. It just isn't that kind of place. Most of the wealthy business men in my home town wear jeans and boots with a sport coat when they dress up. Hell, when the Spurs won their last championship in 2014, the owner was on the court in that 'Texas suit.' It's not that we aren't classy, we're just genuine and not concerned with social bs. Unless you are in Dallas (actual Dallas, not DFW) and parts of Austin or Houston. Also, I know you know this OP, just laying it out there for anyone who doesn't know about our culture.
I grew up and was raised in Texas. And oh my god Mark those were so spot on. My husband is originally from Massachusetts and he had no idea what a breakfast taco was … when he had it now he wants to become a Texan and eat em all the time 💙💙💙
Same I live by San Antonio and my uncle from Maine came to visit and he didn’t know about breakfast tacos,bill millers etc… lol it was funny to see his face when he ate something for the first time that we eat all the time.. lol Every year now we send him a Texas care box full of food on dry ice so he gets a taste of food..
Be sure to respect the Alamo as a memorial to all the people who died there. No loud voices, music, going in the roped off areas. It is so much more than a tourist site.
I love this guy as a Texan this guy hit every single hit. I love him because he gets out he does his homework and he delivers the points perfectly. Thank you
I am a 73 year old born Texan, who lives in the Hill Country, in Bandera, Tx/I loved this video,/in the Hill Country, I was amaze how when you are use to seeing dogs or cats walking up some sidewalks, in the Hill Country, you see sometimes a whole deer family walking up the sidewalks & sometimes they cross in front of your car, & being a friendly mannered Texan, you just wait until the whole deer family crosses the street & then you continue your driving (instead of honking your horn & scaring them off, or getting mad)/it’s always a beautiful sight of seeing deer even in people’s backyards/There is No place like Texas/and H‑E‑B/Proud to be a Texan!🙏❤️😍
I've lived in Texas for 21 years. I'm here in the Houston are but lived in San Antonio for 15 years and you're right about everything! The first time our AC broke in the middle of the summer we tried to wing it the first night, by the 2nd night I asked my husband if we should stay in a hotel or buy a window unit? We have that window unit as a back up. Even let the neighbors borrow it too. 😂
I was corrected, by a out of stater , that "I'm fixing too" ain't how you tell someone that you are getting ready to do something. So I kinda schooled him how to talk proper Texan. He has not quite fit in yet but he is fixing too!
Happy New Year Y'all from south Texas!! Prospero Año Nuevo!! You really need to be careful of your speed driving on our highways and freeways no matter whether you're in the city or not. The best advice I can give you to avoid a speeding ticket is to simply not go faster than traffic. No matter how much of a hurry you might be in if you see everyone hitting their brakes and slowing from 95 to 75 there's a reason. If you find yourself on a lonely stretch of Texas highway then keep it less than 5 to 10 mph over. If you have to slow down to go through a small town: WHATEVER you do DO NOT SPEED!! I'd bet that in 50% of these small towns you're going to see a State Trooper, a County Mounty, or a local cop with their radar pointed at you. And they'll pull you over.
I lived here all my life and only got one speeding ticket. Kind a hard to get a ticket when the legal speed limit is so high. You sound like one of those guys that hates to see me in your rearview mirror....cause I'm coming.
Those little towns'll get you every time. I'm always abt 3-5 mph under every time. & don't forget to cram on your brakes when the speed limit suddenly drops 5 or 10 mph. When we used to go from Austin to hubby's parents in Killeen, always knew to creep through Florence on 195. At least now 195 bypasses Florence.
Very true! Speeding tickets are a great source of revenue for those small towns and mostly rural counties. We got our tickets in West Texas when traveling to visit family in the Southwestern U.S. We lived in Texas for 8 years, first outside of Austin while stationed at Bergstrom, then Fort Worth. I loved Fort Worth, great family oriented city. I just never could get used to the humidity in either location.
@@mssixty3426 I grew up in the DFW Metroplex, went to UT Austin and now live in Corpus Christi. Some days the humidity can be unbearable but hey it's in the low 80s and sunny here today!!
I can vouch for the AC going out in the middle of summer. Your house turns into a massive oven when it's 100+ degrees outside and all of the AC repair companies are booked for days.
It is wild to hear that showing respect and manners is such a ‘Texas’ thing. Sad that people don’t have respect for each other in other states. I love being a Texan.
Been watching for years and you’re finally in my stomping grounds. Great job..yes yes and yes, nailed it! Thank you sir for your accurate representation. I would just reiterate for any potential travelers that a smile and courtesy go a long way here, we’ll likely know you’re not from around here regardless either by your shoes or your manners but please do come see our beautiful state, just don’t stay too long, lol. Safe travels!
You must not watch often, he's been to Texas several times. He even came down during Christmas in 2020 or 2021. He had videos about Texas even before then.
Hey y'all!!! Love this video! Born and raised here and I can tell you there's no place better. You hit it out of the park. Love that you got the Blue Bell Ice Cream in there.
As a native born Houstonian, we get ABSOLUTELY PISSED when people say they're moving from California or other leftist states. We love the way we live here with our beautiful cities, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to bear arms, friendly business environment, and protections for the right to life of the unborn. California's government has taken harsh stances against ALL of these things. If you are moving from California to Texas, make sure that you start voting republican. The biggest thing all Texans fear is democrat voters flooding their state and turning their cities into slums, taking away their freedom of speech under "hate speech" or "misinformation" laws, persecuting their churches for being anti-lgbt, seizing their guns to give the government more power over their lives, raising taxes so that small and large businesses alike struggle to make it, and enforceing murder of the unborn as a nonexistent right...
You've done your homework, excellent facts. I would recommend this video to anyone that wants to come to Texas for the first time. I grew up here, moved here at 11, and to my thinking I got here as quick as I could. And traveled (retired now), to many counties for my Job. When in other countries, people who ask me where I am from, I would say, "Texas"; People seem to get excited about Texas. I get asked if everyone has ,or rides horses. I do get a lot of questions about life in Texas. Most people outside of the United States have a positive attitude towards Texas.......Your Travels stories are well researched, and enjoyable to watch . Thanks for the uplifting Video! 🤠
Texan native here! Was born at Ft Sam Houston and I love my San Antonio but it really makes me mad that there are signs that clearly state PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE WALLS at the Alamo and people still do it! That is a 400 year old mission, trying to keep it from deteriorating from people's hands is quiet a hassle! Also Yes most native Texans has a cowboy hat and a pair of boots.
Your advice is spot on! One more thing; if you move to Texas from another state, DON'T tell Texans how much better you did things back where you came from. Remember, Texas is a state of mind... not just a place on a map.
In the 80’s, we got way more than our share of people from Michigan. They were always complaining. We did this and we did that for old quick. If where they’re from was so great, why did they move here?
One of the reasons people speed it that if you drive anywhere in the state the speed limit goes to 80 as soon as you leave the last big city. The toll road from Seguin is 85. The only thing that Texans will agree with you on is if you say that you don’t like is how big and boring driving the interstate is. Also something that will surprise West Coasters is that for the most part Texas Rest Areas are quite nice. This is especially true in areas that get severe weather.
Texas girl , You nail us ,make sure y’all get you some sweet tea to, Rodeo season in February & you don’t want to miss it , we have a trail riders, rodeo, rodeo ball & much more ,come and take a look see , food to eat BBQ & Mexican food
I have family that are Trail Riders and one nice perk was they are able to use their Hall for big events for a low price from Wedding receptions to Graduation Parties. BBQ is always present lol. The men make an event out of it when cooking brisket up since someone always has to attend to the fire so one person is exempt from the wedding ceremony. So blessed to come from an amazing family.
I lived in Eastern Oklahoma for a year, and that's where I learned that normal residential air conditioning cannot lower the temperature more than 20° lower than the outside temperature. So if it's 105° outside, the interior will get up to 85° in the afternoon. That's why smart people have adobe homes where the thick walls absorb the heat during the day to keep you warm after the sun goes down, and keeps you cool during the day when it's hot outside.
But in SE Texas, the Adobe walls would MELT in our 5 FEET of rain per most years. I love the Central Texans fussing about the humidity there. When we moved there, my hair stayed ELECTRIC for almost a year due to the low humidity. Here, it's often 95%+. And it can occasionally be 100% & not be raining!!!
You’re spot on … Having visited all 50 states, and lived in every corner of the U.S. from California, to Maine, to Florida, to Wyoming, and North Dakota, to Alabama, finally settling in Texas in 1990 (San Antonio), your observation that Texans are the most polite with the best of manners anywhere … on a scale of 1 to 10, Texas is an 11 … New York City being a minus 1 … As an old white, retired military guy, no hesitation I can say it is the Hispanic population and culture that makes Texas what we all love … As far as Austin is concerned, most of us wish President Trump had extended the border wall around it! … yes it is our Capitol … Austin is the music capitol of Texas … but think of San Francisco … invaded by low-lifes and Socialist Democrats … God bless Texas!
On point. Especially the first 2. I tell friends and family visiting that if they are going less than 75 stay out of the fast lane and that native Texans and even the adopted ones are incredibly proud of their state.
Y'all nailed it, Bubba. Couple things: 1) y'all is as natural here as youins is in Pennsylvania. Go with the flow. Also, y'all is either singular or plural; however, all y'all is always plural. You hear that less but you do hear it. 2) Other grocery stores would like to be like HEB, but they are usually publicly owned and have stock holders. HEB is owned by operated by one man. Granted his family helps, but he doesn't take direction from Wall Street. 3) Don't Mess With Texas is taken waaaay out of context elsewhere. DMWT is strictly an anti-littering highway slogan, and nothing more. The last campaign slogan was Littering is unLawful. That was back in the 80s, before DMWT took over. 4) breakfast burritos. HILARIOUS!! Also not every gas station has them. But they do have them, mostly north of San Antonio and even in Austin, which is, as you said, different. Their slogan used to be Keep Austin Weird. No problem there. 5) something you missed is that every minimart, Circle K, Stop-n-Go, mom and pop, corner store, etc., is called an ice house. If someone says they are going to the ice house, it could be any of the above mentioned stores. 6) if you order a taco at a family restaurant, EXPECT it to come on a soft tortilla. The only question you might be asked is corn or flour for the tortilla. If you want a crispy shelled taco at a locally owned restaurant, don't be too disappointed if it is not available. Puffy tacos are also a thing served in a deep fried corn shell. They are messy. You can try to take a few bites like a taco, but before you get to the end, it's falling apart, and you need a fork. 7) if you venture out into rural Texas, every person you walk by will talk to you. I moved back to SA a year ago and have been disappointed to see my own neighbors walking past without making eye contact, waving, or saying hi/howdy. They must not be from here. 8) also if you are in rural Texas and driving through a town or neighborhood, oncoming drivers WILL wave to you. It's a finger lift off the steering wheel up to 4 fingers - it's not a royal wave or a big deal. They don't know you; they are just being friendly. Howdy. 9) if you see purple paint on a fence post, don't drive beyond the purple paint. It's a subtle but permanent way to say "NO TRESPASSING." 10) if you ask someone if they have a gun in their car, don't be alarmed by the answer. 12) refried beans are made with lard - get over it. The good ones taste like bacon. Also good are "borracho" beans, which are not fried but often cooked with beer. Borracho is Spanish for drunken, so hence the beer. 13) if you are in a locally owned Mexican restaurant, and they make their own lemonade, order the lemonade, and thank me later. 14) first time visitors come to San Antonio to see the Alamo. They will return to visit The River Walk. It is that cool. Ride the river taxi to get a pretty good orientation to San Antonio from the driver. 15) the San Antonio Zoo is one of the better zoos and fairly close to downtown. The Witte (witty) Museum is nearby and not much farther is the McNay Art Gallery with genuine masterpieces. 16) San Antonio is the birthplace of military aviation if you are so inclined. Ft Sam Houston was the first training grounds. Brooks City Base also has historical military aviation ties/displays. The US Air Force basic military training is at Lackland AFB. 17) hats and boots. Yes, people really wear them as daily dress. 18) if you visit Bandera, Texas, do not be surprised to see horses tied up at the local bars. 19) many restaurants serve corn or flour tortilla as an accompanying side dish with your meal. Nice for eating your refried beans and/or rice. There's no wrong way to eat them (that I know of). If you want to look local, roll the tortilla up and use it as a scoop through the beans. 20) if the restaurant serves salsa with a spoon, it is more polite to use the spoon to drop some salsa on a chip than it is to dip the chip into the salsa. This fashion seems to be more important to the elders.
@@dansheffield4021 Any more I believe you are correct for those named ice house establishments. In the 80s, they were a generic place to buy, but not, consume, beer (and ice). Today the establishments literally named 'ice house' have evolved into a bar which might not even allow carry out.
Odd question, but you seem like you'd know the answer with all your knowledge on Texas! I'm a candian dating a Texan. And I am going for the fist time to meet his family. I'm scared for obvious reasons. The first initial "meet the parent's" is always scary. My question is, if you know. How can I impress them? 😂 they are big Texans and always have been. Big family at that, 7 of them! Any advice would be amazing because all my boyfriend says is "you'll do fine!"🥲
@@Ellie-lo5xr Agree with Dan, IF you stay away from the topics of politics, religion, and accents. Expect the topics to come up, so beware of anything you say. Impress them by being humble and listening to their opinions without rebuttal. If they ask about Trump, and they might, you could pretend to be overwhelmed by Canadian politics, and turn it back into a question for them. If they want to take you shooting or riding (horses), go along with it, and show them you are a good sport. If you already know how to ride English, let them teach you to ride Western. Also it is rodeo season around the state, so you might get to see cowboys at work. Let them take you shopping for boots, belt, and a hat. I'm originally from Newfoundland, but got whisked away to America before I could walk, so it's hard to claim any Canadian background/knowledge. I'm naturalized here, so about all that could happen is getting deported for some heinous crime.
Houston, Texas born and raised! I'd have to say you pretty much got it right on all counts...even glad you mentioned Californians moving here and the Austin thing (that most Texans try not to bring up). Good video...Texan approved...
I was born in Houston but graduated high school near Austin. All my life people have bitched about "Austin liberals" and then I became one. It definitely doesn't fit with the rest of Texas.
@@paigeharrison3909 I'm a Texan AND a musician. I am still very proud to bragg about Texas musician, past and present, especially in and around Austin...
My brother went on a trip organized by Road Scholars to "try to understand Texas" - they ended up spending most of the time in Austin. I asked him if any of the things they did or visited involved learning about the oil and natural gas business and I just got a blank stare. So they learned almost nothing about Texas, and just sat around in Austin telling each other how they were much smarter than Texans.
@@dougmate2378 as you probably know, the agreement to make Texas a state has a provision that in the future the state could be split into up to five states. Perhaps Austin should have its own state
I'm a native Texan--born in Lake Jackson, TX and never lived in any other state in my almost 60 years. Most of what you say ugly tourists do that offends Texans doesn't offend us, actually, in all honesty. We just shrug and say "He/she just doesn't 'get it'." However, if you EVER disparage the Alamo, you're about to catch these hands. Every time I visit the Alamo, I walk with respect and reverence. It's a sacred spot to every native Texan, and for me to conceive that I'm actually walking along a path that Jim Bowie, Davey Crockett, and William Barrett Travis walked blows my mind. Bottom line: If you don't revere the Alamo and hold the souls of the heroes who died there as saints, you will never be a Texan in my book, for what it's worth.
Go TCU! The AC thing is so true. Ours went out last summer and we spent 4 nights in a motel 3 blocks from the house just so we didn't sleep in our own sweat pools! Spot on with your list sir!
I would say Texas is a large crossroads of of the US’s cultural regions. It’s totally own thing, but you also got more Deep South vibes (eastern Texas), Wild West vibes (NW like Odessa all the way up the panhandle), as well as the rio grande valley where you can speak Spanish with a lot of the locals! Then you got Austin and Dallas that are like their own little alien pockets
@@kathleenkirchoff9223 nah German pretty much got eradicated through the school system cerca WW2. My people are texasdeutch and the only people that still knew German are 3 generations past and mostly gone now. German is mostly just used for marketing nowadays
I had never had pork bbq until I escaped Texas at 19 years old. To me pork was for hot dogs, ham and bacon. Brisket is where it's at, and if you need sauce on your brisket then your brisket is wrong.
When I was a kid, I heard the word "tump" often, I don't hear it much today but it's a mash up of " turn over, and dump" ( could be a wheel barrow, a bucket, spoon,..anything) so if you happen to here "go tump it over there." Just means empty the contents.
For years, everything that I knew about Texas came from Sandy’s “Wish I was back in Texas” song in SpongeBob SquarePants. It’s just as well that I never visited as a kid.
I live next door to Texas, in New Mexico, and you pretty much got it spot on. However, as neighbors, we do like to needle them a bit. But I notice they like to return the favor. It's all in good fun though, we're not serious and we don't get ugly or mean.
Hey Mark, I live in Texas, and although in a satirical way, I think you nailed it, buddy! One thing you forgot to mention is what we think about our guns, which is a long-held tradition from the times of the "Vaqueros" (cowboys). We have the Rangers for a reason!
We now have at least 2 Bucees in our state, building a 3rd or 4th. I had my Texas A&M swag on one day, pumping gas, and a guy in a car next to me yelled out, "Gig 'em! Had to stop at the Texas Embassy?" I laughed and agreed!
Spot-on with the things he said. Only Buc-ee’s is NOT a Truck Stop as of today they don’t even allow 18 wheelers on their lots and the Alamo IS a Texas Mission.
I’m from Texas but lived in Chicago for 20 years. This stuff is pretty true. What-a-burger is the best, I missed it so much! I have lived in Austin and Dallas, my brother lived in Houston. I always recommend folks visit Austin or San Antonio first because I think most people will enjoy these cities. Dallas and Houston are a bit more polarizing, you love it or you hate it. If you don’t like Dallas or Houston, you might never come back and that would be a shame because Austin and San Antonio are very cool. (I live in Dallas btw). We do drive fast and are impatient, I’m actually nervous driving here. Drivers aren’t super safe. 😢
You've put SO many locations on Austin's streets that I know into this video: Allen's Boots, the UT and Frost Bank towers, the Stevie Ray statue at Town lake, the Capitol, and even my favorite pizza spot . . . Home Slice on South Congress!
I'm Texan, born and raised, and yeah, I drive the speed limit, at the very least! Drivers from ALL states, Texas especially, seriously need a refresher course in driving. The LEFT LANE IS A PASSING LANE. NOBODY SHOULD BE STAYING IN THE LEFT LANE. Also, nobody here (in Texas) knows what the signs mean. Nobody yields, for example, when merging onto a highway. Nobody here (still in Texas) knows that tailgating does NOT make the car you are following go faster!! And if they got out of the left lane they wouldn't be tailgated in the first place! Also, it's a rare sight to see any driver use their signals at an intersections, or before making any turn. Weird because this freakin' Hyundai I'm tailgating has had his left blinker on for the last ten miles! 🤣 Drive safe y'all.
"Nobody here (still in Texas) knows that tailgating does NOT make the car you are following go faster!" They're watching NASCAR. It's called drafting. 🤪
It's was scalding hot this year. Heat indexes in Houston of almost 115 degrees, and it stayed that way for somewhere around two months. It went about four months without rain and most of my lawn was as brown as dead pine needles.
If your AC goes out, it’s probably a worn out capacitor. If you’re able to find replacement capacitors it’s not hard to change them. There’s UA-cam tutorial videos on how to change them.
😆 as a Texan, yes, thank you so much! How did you get it so right?! Please come visit, have fun, come meet Nana! Brisket is #1! Yes manners! Please and thank you go such a long way, kick it up a notch by asking how the family is. Don't put your hazards on during a rain storm! Last, most of us really don't drive well in the snow/sleet so pardon if you visit in February.
@@mr.e0311 some places leave the cat cap on but I know my family always cut it off… and it was yummy Plus I do use my hazards in rain when I have to seriously slow down.
As a Texan who was born, raised, and still lives here (age 32), I take a lot of pride in the food. Breakfast tacos, BBQ, Whataburger, Braums, Buc-ee’s, Mexican, and Southern comfort foods are the best! Plus get yourself a margarita or a beer to have as a drink. Mmmm yum!
I've been subscribed to your channel for a long time but I haven't gotten a notification from you since I can't remember when, idk why, I enjoy your travel knowledge.
You’ll love Texas! I had never thought of even visiting before my sister moved to San Antonio. If not for the traffic & unbearable summer heat, I would love to move as well.
My sister moved to Texas from Ohio. She HATES Texas summers so much she’s rather have the freezing sub-zero temperatures we just had here in Ohio. If I visit her in the summer I may have to inform her about there being no air conditioning.
Part of our rotation with jobs took us to ND. I'll take TX any time of the tear over ND winters. & since we can't afford home prices & property taxes we're stuck in CA, south of the Bay Area. Summers on the coast are cool & foggy. What we wouldn't give to be back home sitting outside in summer & drinking iced tea, or reminiscing about sitting out on granddad's porch in the evenings listening to the cicadas & crickets.
Very accurate. You’ve done your roadwork. I would consider East Texas, behind the “Pine Curtain”, as being part of “The South”. The rest of Texas is really something different. East Texas is still very much part of Texas though. Texas is like a country unto itself. We have many varied areas with varied landscapes, but the food is always AMAZING. The part you’re leaving out is the sausage. We are known for brisket, but non-natives don’t know about the sausage. I think hot links are prevalent in East Texas, though we have them sometimes elsewhere in Texas. (need an East Texan to chime in) I think these are also found in nearby Louisiana and even up to Chicago. Chorizo is also around all over the place as well, but I think it’s more of a breakfast thing. Sausage is also big in the Texas Hill Country and beyond. This is likely due to the Czech and German influence. You cannot have the brisket without the sausage. To me it’s like a given. I’m sure someone will come along to correct me, but I stand firm by my statement that sausage is just as important in Texas as brisket. Pulled pork? It’s not nearly as important as the various sausages. Don’t even get me started about that abomination known as “sweet tea”. Now that will cause many Texans to get upset.
Sausage is a big deal indeed. Along with central Texas German and Czech sausage you have Cajun Boudin. But all good Texan are weaned on sweet Tea the house wine of the South. For health reasons many learn to drink tea straight on the rocks.
@@kathleenkirchoff9223 Well, things have definitely changed. In Houston, back in the 80s, sweet tea was nowhere to be found. My brother in law came into town from Georgia and asked for sweet tea. The waitress told him she could bring him some sugar. There was a restaurant chain that came to Houston that had sweet tea. (I don't remember the name and don't know if they're still around.) That was the first time I had ever seen sweet tea in a restaurant. Of course we now have sweet tea all of the place, like from Chik-Fil-A. I've drank my share of sweet tea. The biggest problem I have with it is that it just makes me thirstier.
I was stationed in San Antonio for my last 4 years of military service, went to a Spur's game, USAA Roadrunner game, swam at Jacob's Well in Wimberly, camped at Calaveras Lake, went to the State Aquarium. I made some local friends that took me to see some off the tourist trap locations. I remember going to a McDonald's and getting a Chipotle Wrap. I pronounced it Chi Pot la, the laughter behind the speaker 🤣. I use to smoke a brisket religiously after meeting my kids mother, had to have Big Red or Big Blue, and Dr. Pepper around, Jim's Tea Buckets wowed me.
I rarely comment on UA-cam, but I have to say.... I was born/raised in Austin, now in San Antonio.... traveled a bunch but never LIVED outside of Texas. Your comments are absolutely SPOT ON. Austin is not representative of Texas in general, but it's the rich yet wildly weird cousin of all the other major cities. Good job with this one.
When I was growing up, the Texas Tourist slogan was, "Welcome to Texas! Now keep on going." Ok, that may have been the unofficial slogan most likely targeted at Californians, but I remember it well as a kid. It's a phrase that is to the point with no ambiguity. I think that is one bit about us you left out, we are (for the most part) pretty honest and straight forward folk. And, since you asked, Houstonians will always support the Texans....and not the Cowboys. We'll claim the Cowboy Cheerleaders for Texas, though.
Nailed it! This should be a prerequisite course before coming to Texas... Unless you are only going to Austin. Then come on out to the Hill Country; Kerrville, Bandera and Fredericksburg, the places where Texans come!
The AC thing is real. Our AC went out in the middle of July. It was awful. We couldn't even open the windows for a breeze during the day. While it was 85 inside, it was 105 outside. Freakin' miserable. Fans going in every room. Fans for everyone. We went to the movies for AC. Got home and sat in the car awhile, because the car had AC.
In Houston on the highways, the speed limit is typically 65 once you reach a certain part of town but most people are going 75-80 coming into town and you'll notice traffic doesn't really slow down until certain points on certain highways. There are always a couple of people going 90+. Keep up or STAY OUT OF THE LEFT LANE or you will have a line of vehicles behind you merging over and passing on the right. Dangerous for everyone. Traffic will strangely slow down to 65 or 45 or 0 is there is traffic or if there are police areas. Go with the flow of traffic please and watch out for those Fast and Furious drivers who think it is cool or fun or whatever changing lanes 100 times and weaving through traffic. So dangerous and irresponsible but they do it. There are always a couple of those. Trauma ICUs are filled with motor vehicle accident patients, unfortunately for everyone. Speed on the highway situation is not necessarily the same for other metro areas in Texas. Just speaking about the Greater Houston Area.
I’m a born and raised Texan is this is spot on. My favorite was “don’t say you’re moving to Texas, and especially don’t say you’re moving to Texas from California” I can confirm this is a valuable piece of advice to follow y’all 😂😂
Spot on..."Don't California my Texas"!!!
It really just depends on how they behave. If they mock the way we speak, our flag, our food, our teams, then they deserve whatever backlash they get. If they use their manners, then they should be welcomed. A big part of the reason we're doing as well as we are is because these people from other states or countries keep immigrating here
Go back to California...
@@lazygongfarmer2044 NOPE!
We're in CA but we're coming HOME to TX. Left to follow the jobs hubby took back when kids were little, but now we're retired. Coming back home to TX & family will complete our circle. It doesn't matter that we're in CA right now because TX has always been home. Family lives there, has died there, is buried there. Just want housing prices to come down out of the stratosphere. & only other thing we'd like to bring with us from CA is a Prop 13 rule on property taxes so TX property taxes wouldn't bankrupt people so they get their homes foreclosed on because the annual property taxes increase so ridiculously from year to year.
PS. Other reason to move back home is HEB😁
I live in Ohio, we had a teenage patient from Texas who broke his femur at a bull riding contest, despite his incredible pain (and later the narcotics we gave him.) His manners were still intact, he was nothing but please, thank you, and yes sir, no sir. The manners are real.
I can agree as I moved to Texas from Ohio. Best move ever!
The mark of a cowboy. He was taught right.
Lots of military here so for some people, including myself, that kind of thing is drilled into your head at a young age.
It’s no joke but that’s how we’re raised down here. :-)
Being polite and respectful was taught to us at a very early age. It is expected here and you will be called out if you go against this rule, and yes we really do say "Howdy".
I have to confess, as a native Texan of almost 50 years, I started watching this out of curiosity with a little bit of an attitude~ready to defend my beautiful state. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised by its accuracy and couldn’t help but laugh at how well we Texan’s were described. Nailed it! Take care and Happy New Year y’all!🐂⭐️🐴🐄🧲🤠👋🌵🌮🍻
Monica G You're a Texan alright! 😁👍
Shoutout to the Big Red shoutout!
Another cool thing about TX is the Hazelwood Act. If you live in TX and join the military and when you get out you reside in TX, the state pays for 4 years of school. It can also be transferred to your spouse or children. This is in addition to the GI Bill benefit.
We older kids didn't get to take advantage of this, but my youngest brother has. He's a good bit younger (dad's 2nd marriage) and graduates this year.
Unfortunately Hazelwood is not transferable to spouses… but is awesome for children to use.
Mark, I'm a Texan and I think you nailed it! Very accurate tongue in cheek review.
I'm from Texas and I agree!
Nailed it!
I'm a born-and-bred Texan, and the H-E-B thing is REAL. Happy new year!
North Mexican here. We've had HEB for 30 years now, but been shopping there for a century.
We brag about HEB to the rest of Mexico. 😂
@@jaiboregio haha! I'm in Austin and would brag to North Texas folks about HEB, but now DFW has a couple of them, so they can now enjoy them as much as we do.
HEB and central market are the best! Ive lived all over the country including both coasts, Denver, and Chicago, and their grocery stores dont even compare.
@@georgehsu1085 all we need to get is HEB Central Markets to be built with each HEB out there 🙏🏻
How 'bout our HEB Plus!? Lol
I'm at South Austin for life!
I would add three things. Best tamales are bought in a parking lot (no car required) out of white foam cooler. If you go to a BBQ expect someone to want to take a plate to a loved one. Their mom, dad, or family member who could not make the event. Lastly if someone tells you, “bless your heart” you have just been called a dumbass.
LOL yeah that last one ties in with good manners because we're trying to be nice while being insulting.
Laugh out loud to the blessing of the idiot!
😂
Eh the tamales...depends how close you are to the border towns. Believe me. Oh and NOT ALL SALSA IS CREATED EQUAL. The further from the border, the more paste you'll find and less salsa.
Really the best tacos and such have to be from homegrown meats, no comparison once you learn the difference
I went to visit my son in Houston Texas about 2 years ago, and we went to HEB to get some groceries. And it was like an outer body experience for me. It was like I went to Disney World. I LOVED 🥰 that grocery store so much. I didn’t want to leave the store. I mean they have everything thing you could possibly want under one roof. I live on the east coast and I have never seen a grocery store like that before. It’s been about 2 years and I still talk about that store. How I wish we had this chain of stores where I live at. Sorry just my rant about HEB. 😁😁😁😁
Took my husband there too (HEB) and he loved it. Fresh tortillas, lower prices … amen
HEB is terrible. I’d prefer stew Leonard’s up in the New York City area or Publix in Florida. I live here btw
@@worldsgreatestdude1784 Stew Leonard’s is not a true grocery store. It’s more like a specialty store. Because they don’t carry all types of groceries, they have high end items. If I go shopping there I can’t do all of my shopping there. I would have to go to Shoprite or Stop and Shop to complete my grocery shopping. And Stew Leonard’s prices can be on the pricey side.
Not to mention buccee's
@@louisbilodeau8682 bucee’s went without say 😁
I’m from Texas but I’ve lived in Alaska for the past 20 years. A couple years ago I was in San Antonio and I got a beer at this beer garden, and the beer was way bigger than I imagined. The guy goes, “Hey everything’s biggerin Texas!”
When I said, “well I live in Alaska it’s a little bit bigger”, he was not amused. It was not my proudest moment.
Y’all should be very proud of Alaska 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I'm old enough to remember when Alaska became a state. On one TV show Rory Calhoun came out and told Red Skelton (I think), "Well, you know Texas is the biggest state in the Union." To which the comedian replied, "No, Alaska is now bigger." The cowboy said, "Listen, when you buy a drink at a bar you don't count the ice." Thought that was pretty good. Some friends of ours moved to Alaska a couple of years ago, and they seem to enjoy telling us about how cold it gets. As for me, no thanks.
As a Texan born and raised, I made friends with a native Alaskan, the stories he’s told me abt his life in Alaska, let’s just say I’ve long since yielded the crown to him for being an awesome state ;^;
I’ve learned to step away from my pride and recognize there are bigger and wilder things than Texas T^T
We can still tolerate the heat 1000x better tho XD
That funny as hell, it should be a proud moment I live in Texas and I’d laugh my ass off and say well yeah, true. Also the cold scares me
@cecginger-on5qg 👍🏻
Heb is real. They literally kept our state alive during Snowmageddon. I also got weird looks going up north and nodding and saying howdy to people while walking in the suburb where our airbnb was. I love how you can get real specifics right about places! Makes me trust your content even more
From Hawaiʻi here and I can attest to the friendliness, helpfulness, and kindness of Texans! Used to go to San Antonio 2-3 times a year back in the 90ʻs, and I was amazed at how nice the folks were (and me coming from the so-called Aloha state, that is saying something). One thing that scared me shitless was how large the trucks were and yes, the speed limit! I used to rent the largest sedan I could to feel less intimidated.
One of the reasons that so many of us Texans drive large trucks is that it's sort of an arms race. Everyone want's a truck big enough to see over most other traffic! You also don't tend to see many of the very tiny cars hear either (too easy for a truck to literally run over such a small vehicle)!
You've never lived (or been in such fear of dying) until you've ridden through Houston traffic on IH10 in a MiniCooper! It was really cute - but no taller than the wheels on 18-wheelers!
I love the sound of the people in Texas. As a tourist you should always be respectful of the local culture
Is that the west coast culture we’re now seeing lately?
On point! I’ll add that I hate when people disrespect the Alamo. I’ve heard comments like, “didn’t you lose that war?” Or “I thought it would be bigger”.
We did loose the Alamo and fun fact the war was about slavery and turns out Santa Ana was the good guy also see Juneteenth
@@bibospice2001 Santa Anna was far from the good guy. He was elected because he supported a federalist government (more power to the states rather than the central government), and then changed his mind after he was elected and became a dictator. Texas wasn’t the only state to try and secede. There were many revolutions in places like Yucatan and Zacatecas due to his policies.
The Alamo was the battle that we lost but because of it we definitely won the war in a record time of only 18 minutes. A lot of great people were lost to history that day. The Alamo must be respected. This other person in the comments here has their wars and history confused.
It's like mocking Leonidas and the 300 Spartans for losing at Thermopylae... Both battles bought time for a later, war-winning, victory!
The Alamo was our Thermopylae and San Jacinto was our Marathon!
Actually Ana called you bandits, and yes you lost it, but after winning you wrote the history
Cause the winner always writes the history.
No bad feelings. But I'd recommend to go to other missions too.
I’m a Texan and I have to say, I hate when people drive slow in the left lane of a highway. That is the most frustrating thing I deal with. I don’t even mind if people think Wataburber, Buckies, or HEB are overrated. One other thing Texans hate is seeing the Texas flag being flown upside down.
Glad You and your Family got to come out and enjoy! Also remember we have 3 seasons. 2 months of winter, 7 months of Hot, and 3 months of "The sun is trying to melt us all!"
Soooooo true; I remember meeting someone from Canada in Vegas and he laughed because I said we have an AC in our car and he thought AC is a luxury! 😮 in Texas it’s not 😂
The whole thing about people from Cali moving to Texas is my biggest one!
People who get in the left lane and stay there are my biggest pet peeve while driving. It is a passing lane, not a cruising below the speed limit lane. Particularly when you finally work your way around one person by passing them on the right, which I would rather not do, and then a mile later another person is doing the same thing.
I show no respect to those type of drivers on the road
I'm in San Antonio (now). I sometimes hear visitors complain about Texans passing you on the right. Well? Think about what you just said. The general left lane flow is 80+ and you're going 75 (or pick another number). You're in the wrong lane amigo.
The left lane is the cruising lane on I 45 for those of us who drive like real Texan.
@@kathleenkirchoff9223 🤣🤣 That's what I was thinking. It's the cruising lane if you're cruising by the rest of the traffic
As a Texan, I can say this is highly accurate and a great video! The one thing I would add is that because the state is so huge and includes so many different regions and large metro areas, each of those cities and areas has its own brand of Texas culture. Austin and San Antonio are close to each other, but different culturally. Dallas and Fort Worth have a big rivalry. El Paso is the forgotten stepchild. Houston feels a lot like Atlanta whereas Dallas feels like Minneapolis.
From Fort Worth: Life is too short to live in Dallas!
So true! I was born and raised in Houston, but have lived in Austin since the 90’s.
Texas transplant. Yeah, I used to think, so what’s the big deal about H-E-B. Well let me tell you, I recently went back to my native North Carolina for a few months. First thing I noticed was people aren’t quite as friendly as they are in Texas. Second, the “nice” grocery store doesn’t quite measure up to H-E-B: less selection, narrower aisles, higher prices. As for Texas being the South: well, once you get to the I-35 corridor it’s more West than South…hence it’s the Southwest. But one thing common with every southern state: don’t move here with the intent to change things. We don’t care how you did it back in California or Illinois or New York. There’s a reason you left there to come here. As my friend’s bumper sticker says, “Don’t California My Texas!”
I tell people this all the time about it being the gateway from the South to the West. It's literally a mishmash of both cultures. However, one point for it being considered the South is all the rebel flags, haha. Idk about in 2024, but when I was growing up in the 90s and early 2000s, it was not uncommon to see a rebel flag in West Texas. And nobody really cared.
Moved from Texas (Fort Worth) to Florida (Tampa) a few years ago for family health reasons. While Florida is very much Texas' little sister and I have no complaints, God do I miss Texas. There is just a vibe there. It's a certain level of pride of being a Texan. I'm a military man who has lived all over but, no matter where I go, my heart will always be in Texas. Oh...and yes, Austin is in Texas but most real Texans think of her as our special cousin. We don't like to talk about her.
Austin is the San Francisco of Texas. And, we all know how Texan feel about California!
As a Fort Worthian, Florida is like a second home to me. I feel so wonderfully comfortable there.
You should visit Boston at least once in your life. I'm from West Texas and felt really at home in Boston. The people aren't as openly friendly, but they are surprisingly easy to strike up a conversation with. But people in Boston are genuine, a little impatient, and nice but have a low threshold for bs. It really reminded me of home.
On the other hand, I'm currently in Missouri, and these people are... not that way at all. After living in Texas and Boston, I literally thought everyone was like us. Welp, they aren't haha.
Native Texan here - I love Florida! I wanted to move there one day when we retire but my husband didn’t want to!
Lived in Texas most of my life. Married to a 7th generation Texan. This is funny with some strains of truth in it. We do have a lot of state pride so if you don’t like things down here…well that highway runs both ways. In truth we aren’t so overly sensitive and won’t call a stranger out on a little thing. Most of us are too busy in our lives to really notice any faux paus. Just remove your hat in the Alamo chapel because The Daughters of The Republic of Texas will come at you.😉
Above all, come enjoy our food, music and varieties of culture. Then go home😄
Oh, and the stuff about Austin…it’s true. Austin isn’t Texas, it’s a suburb of Portland, OR. Ten minutes outside of Austin, it’s all Texas.
Isn't Austin an actual sister-city to San Francisco? They certainly *act* like it over there!
@@randlebrowne2048
Sure,Frisco Seattle, Portland, all the liberal bastions. One of many reasons we live I the more centrist northern burbs.
This is spot on. The only thing I'll add is that not only are most of us too busy to notice any faux paus, but we usually don't care when we do see one. It just isn't that kind of place. Most of the wealthy business men in my home town wear jeans and boots with a sport coat when they dress up. Hell, when the Spurs won their last championship in 2014, the owner was on the court in that 'Texas suit.' It's not that we aren't classy, we're just genuine and not concerned with social bs. Unless you are in Dallas (actual Dallas, not DFW) and parts of Austin or Houston.
Also, I know you know this OP, just laying it out there for anyone who doesn't know about our culture.
I agree the scariest thing in Texas is no air conditioning in the summer. The fall is nice, but summer top hot.
I grew up and was raised in Texas. And oh my god Mark those were so spot on.
My husband is originally from Massachusetts and he had no idea what a breakfast taco was … when he had it now he wants to become a Texan and eat em all the time 💙💙💙
Same I live by San Antonio and my uncle from Maine came to visit and he didn’t know about breakfast tacos,bill millers etc… lol it was funny to see his face when he ate something for the first time that we eat all the time.. lol
Every year now we send him a Texas care box full of food on dry ice so he gets a taste of food..
Breakfast tacos are food group all to itself! Add a little HEB spicy hot sauce and it can not be beat!
@@TexasTater yes!!!
Be sure to respect the Alamo as a memorial to all the people who died there. No loud voices, music, going in the roped off areas. It is so much more than a tourist site.
Absolutely true, Texans treat it as Mausoleum not a Mission. There 4 other Missions you can go visit, but the Alamo is “The sacred Alamo”
I'll add that there's no photography allowed inside the Alamo itself.
The Alamo is the spiritual home of all true Texans. It is sacred.
@@lifewithjosef everybody takes photos there, at least outside.
❤ As a 40+ year San Antonio resident, I can confirm this is spot on! And everyone here (and I mean everyone) loves some kind of breakfast taco!
I love this guy as a Texan this guy hit every single hit. I love him because he gets out he does his homework and he delivers the points perfectly. Thank you
I am a 73 year old born Texan, who lives in the Hill Country, in Bandera, Tx/I loved this video,/in the Hill Country, I was amaze how when you are use to seeing dogs or cats walking up some sidewalks, in the Hill Country, you see sometimes a whole deer family walking up the sidewalks & sometimes they cross in front of your car, & being a friendly mannered Texan, you just wait until the whole deer family crosses the street & then you continue your driving (instead of honking your horn & scaring them off, or getting mad)/it’s always a beautiful sight of seeing deer even in people’s backyards/There is No place like Texas/and H‑E‑B/Proud to be a Texan!🙏❤️😍
Nailed it! FYI Howdy is a greeting Aggies use to say hi. No a/c in the summer is a catastrophe.
I've lived in Texas for 21 years. I'm here in the Houston are but lived in San Antonio for 15 years and you're right about everything! The first time our AC broke in the middle of the summer we tried to wing it the first night, by the 2nd night I asked my husband if we should stay in a hotel or buy a window unit? We have that window unit as a back up. Even let the neighbors borrow it too. 😂
I was corrected, by a out of stater , that "I'm fixing too" ain't how you tell someone that you are getting ready to do something. So I kinda schooled him how to talk proper Texan. He has not quite fit in yet but he is fixing too!
Dear Mark, all the best for you and your family in the bew year. And many more fun travels .
Happy New Year Y'all from south Texas!!
Prospero Año Nuevo!!
You really need to be careful of your speed driving on our highways and freeways no matter whether you're in the city or not.
The best advice I can give you to avoid a speeding ticket is to simply not go faster than traffic.
No matter how much of a hurry you might be in if you see everyone hitting their brakes and slowing from 95 to 75 there's a reason.
If you find yourself on a lonely stretch of Texas highway then keep it less than 5 to 10 mph over.
If you have to slow down to go through a small town:
WHATEVER you do
DO NOT SPEED!!
I'd bet that in 50% of these small towns you're going to see a State Trooper, a County Mounty, or a local cop with their radar pointed at you.
And they'll pull you over.
I lived here all my life and only got one speeding ticket. Kind a hard to get a ticket when the legal speed limit is
so high. You sound like one of those guys that hates to see me in your rearview mirror....cause I'm coming.
Those little towns'll get you every time. I'm always abt 3-5 mph under every time. & don't forget to cram on your brakes when the speed limit suddenly drops 5 or 10 mph. When we used to go from Austin to hubby's parents in Killeen, always knew to creep through Florence on 195. At least now 195 bypasses Florence.
Very true! Speeding tickets are a great source of revenue for those small towns and mostly rural counties. We got our tickets in West Texas when traveling to visit family in the Southwestern U.S.
We lived in Texas for 8 years, first outside of Austin while stationed at Bergstrom, then Fort Worth. I loved Fort Worth, great family oriented city. I just never could get used to the humidity in either location.
@@mssixty3426 I grew up in the DFW Metroplex, went to UT Austin and now live in Corpus Christi.
Some days the humidity can be unbearable but hey it's in the low 80s and sunny here today!!
@@christianoliver3572 yes, this time of year can be enjoyable in between tornadoes 😄
I can vouch for the AC going out in the middle of summer. Your house turns into a massive oven when it's 100+ degrees outside and all of the AC repair companies are booked for days.
It is wild to hear that showing respect and manners is such a ‘Texas’ thing. Sad that people don’t have respect for each other in other states.
I love being a Texan.
Yep, as time goes on you will see less of that Texas hospitality. Lots of people moving in from all over the country are changing the Texas atmosphere
@@xcompa77x Out of state transplants will water it down but Texas hospitality will always be in the heart of us Texans.
Been watching for years and you’re finally in my stomping grounds. Great job..yes yes and yes, nailed it! Thank you sir for your accurate representation. I would just reiterate for any potential travelers that a smile and courtesy go a long way here, we’ll likely know you’re not from around here regardless either by your shoes or your manners but please do come see our beautiful state, just don’t stay too long, lol. Safe travels!
You must not watch often, he's been to Texas several times. He even came down during Christmas in 2020 or 2021.
He had videos about Texas even before then.
Hey y'all!!! Love this video! Born and raised here and I can tell you there's no place better. You hit it out of the park. Love that you got the Blue Bell Ice Cream in there.
As a native born Houstonian, we get ABSOLUTELY PISSED when people say they're moving from California or other leftist states. We love the way we live here with our beautiful cities, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to bear arms, friendly business environment, and protections for the right to life of the unborn. California's government has taken harsh stances against ALL of these things. If you are moving from California to Texas, make sure that you start voting republican. The biggest thing all Texans fear is democrat voters flooding their state and turning their cities into slums, taking away their freedom of speech under "hate speech" or "misinformation" laws, persecuting their churches for being anti-lgbt, seizing their guns to give the government more power over their lives, raising taxes so that small and large businesses alike struggle to make it, and enforceing murder of the unborn as a nonexistent right...
I am a 66 year old native. I was born at Ft Sam and have never left. I enjoyed this video. Hope there are more to come!
You've done your homework, excellent facts. I would recommend this video to anyone that wants to come to Texas for the first time. I grew up here, moved here at 11, and to my thinking I got here as quick as I could. And traveled (retired now), to many counties for my Job. When in other countries, people who ask me where I am from, I would say, "Texas"; People seem to get excited about Texas. I get asked if everyone has ,or rides horses. I do get a lot of questions about life in Texas. Most people outside of the United States have a positive attitude towards Texas.......Your Travels stories are well researched, and enjoyable to watch . Thanks for the uplifting Video! 🤠
Texan native here! Was born at Ft Sam Houston and I love my San Antonio but it really makes me mad that there are signs that clearly state PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE WALLS at the Alamo and people still do it! That is a 400 year old mission, trying to keep it from deteriorating from people's hands is quiet a hassle! Also Yes most native Texans has a cowboy hat and a pair of boots.
I hate that too … why be so disrespectful
The Alamo is the Texan equivalent to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Disrespect either at your own peril!
Your advice is spot on! One more thing; if you move to Texas from another state, DON'T tell Texans how much better you did things back where you came from. Remember, Texas is a state of mind... not just a place on a map.
In the 80’s, we got way more than our share of people from Michigan. They were always complaining. We did this and we did that for old quick.
If where they’re from was so great, why did they move here?
One of the reasons people speed it that if you drive anywhere in the state the speed limit goes to 80 as soon as you leave the last big city. The toll road from Seguin is 85. The only thing that Texans will agree with you on is if you say that you don’t like is how big and boring driving the interstate is. Also something that will surprise West Coasters is that for the most part Texas Rest Areas are quite nice. This is especially true in areas that get severe weather.
Texas girl , You nail us ,make sure y’all get you some sweet tea to, Rodeo season in February & you don’t want to miss it , we have a trail riders, rodeo, rodeo ball & much more ,come and take a look see , food to eat BBQ & Mexican food
I have family that are Trail Riders and one nice perk was they are able to use their Hall for big events for a low price from Wedding receptions to Graduation Parties. BBQ is always present lol. The men make an event out of it when cooking brisket up since someone always has to attend to the fire so one person is exempt from the wedding ceremony. So blessed to come from an amazing family.
I lived in Eastern Oklahoma for a year, and that's where I learned that normal residential air conditioning cannot lower the temperature more than 20° lower than the outside temperature. So if it's 105° outside, the interior will get up to 85° in the afternoon. That's why smart people have adobe homes where the thick walls absorb the heat during the day to keep you warm after the sun goes down, and keeps you cool during the day when it's hot outside.
But in SE Texas, the Adobe walls would MELT in our 5 FEET of rain per most years. I love the Central Texans fussing about the humidity there. When we moved there, my hair stayed ELECTRIC for almost a year due to the low humidity. Here, it's often 95%+. And it can occasionally be 100% & not be raining!!!
You’re spot on …
Having visited all 50 states, and lived in every corner of the U.S. from California, to Maine, to Florida, to Wyoming, and North Dakota, to Alabama, finally settling in Texas in 1990 (San Antonio), your observation that Texans are the most polite with the best of manners anywhere … on a scale of 1 to 10, Texas is an 11 … New York City being a minus 1 …
As an old white, retired military guy, no hesitation I can say it is the Hispanic population and culture that makes Texas what we all love …
As far as Austin is concerned, most of us wish President Trump had extended the border wall around it! … yes it is our Capitol … Austin is the music capitol of Texas … but think of San Francisco … invaded by low-lifes and Socialist Democrats …
God bless Texas!
Very factual! Thank you for helping the tourists.
On point. Especially the first 2. I tell friends and family visiting that if they are going less than 75 stay out of the fast lane and that native Texans and even the adopted ones are incredibly proud of their state.
Y'all nailed it, Bubba.
Couple things: 1) y'all is as natural here as youins is in Pennsylvania. Go with the flow. Also, y'all is either singular or plural; however, all y'all is always plural. You hear that less but you do hear it. 2) Other grocery stores would like to be like HEB, but they are usually publicly owned and have stock holders. HEB is owned by operated by one man. Granted his family helps, but he doesn't take direction from Wall Street. 3) Don't Mess With Texas is taken waaaay out of context elsewhere. DMWT is strictly an anti-littering highway slogan, and nothing more. The last campaign slogan was Littering is unLawful. That was back in the 80s, before DMWT took over. 4) breakfast burritos. HILARIOUS!! Also not every gas station has them. But they do have them, mostly north of San Antonio and even in Austin, which is, as you said, different. Their slogan used to be Keep Austin Weird. No problem there. 5) something you missed is that every minimart, Circle K, Stop-n-Go, mom and pop, corner store, etc., is called an ice house. If someone says they are going to the ice house, it could be any of the above mentioned stores. 6) if you order a taco at a family restaurant, EXPECT it to come on a soft tortilla. The only question you might be asked is corn or flour for the tortilla. If you want a crispy shelled taco at a locally owned restaurant, don't be too disappointed if it is not available. Puffy tacos are also a thing served in a deep fried corn shell. They are messy. You can try to take a few bites like a taco, but before you get to the end, it's falling apart, and you need a fork. 7) if you venture out into rural Texas, every person you walk by will talk to you. I moved back to SA a year ago and have been disappointed to see my own neighbors walking past without making eye contact, waving, or saying hi/howdy. They must not be from here. 8) also if you are in rural Texas and driving through a town or neighborhood, oncoming drivers WILL wave to you. It's a finger lift off the steering wheel up to 4 fingers - it's not a royal wave or a big deal. They don't know you; they are just being friendly. Howdy. 9) if you see purple paint on a fence post, don't drive beyond the purple paint. It's a subtle but permanent way to say "NO TRESPASSING." 10) if you ask someone if they have a gun in their car, don't be alarmed by the answer. 12) refried beans are made with lard - get over it. The good ones taste like bacon. Also good are "borracho" beans, which are not fried but often cooked with beer. Borracho is Spanish for drunken, so hence the beer. 13) if you are in a locally owned Mexican restaurant, and they make their own lemonade, order the lemonade, and thank me later. 14) first time visitors come to San Antonio to see the Alamo. They will return to visit The River Walk. It is that cool. Ride the river taxi to get a pretty good orientation to San Antonio from the driver. 15) the San Antonio Zoo is one of the better zoos and fairly close to downtown. The Witte (witty) Museum is nearby and not much farther is the McNay Art Gallery with genuine masterpieces. 16) San Antonio is the birthplace of military aviation if you are so inclined. Ft Sam Houston was the first training grounds. Brooks City Base also has historical military aviation ties/displays. The US Air Force basic military training is at Lackland AFB. 17) hats and boots. Yes, people really wear them as daily dress. 18) if you visit Bandera, Texas, do not be surprised to see horses tied up at the local bars. 19) many restaurants serve corn or flour tortilla as an accompanying side dish with your meal. Nice for eating your refried beans and/or rice. There's no wrong way to eat them (that I know of). If you want to look local, roll the tortilla up and use it as a scoop through the beans. 20) if the restaurant serves salsa with a spoon, it is more polite to use the spoon to drop some salsa on a chip than it is to dip the chip into the salsa. This fashion seems to be more important to the elders.
Spot on,.but im pretty sure an ice house is a bar, not a gas station
@@dansheffield4021 Any more I believe you are correct for those named ice house establishments. In the 80s, they were a generic place to buy, but not, consume, beer (and ice). Today the establishments literally named 'ice house' have evolved into a bar which might not even allow carry out.
Odd question, but you seem like you'd know the answer with all your knowledge on Texas! I'm a candian dating a Texan. And I am going for the fist time to meet his family. I'm scared for obvious reasons. The first initial "meet the parent's" is always scary. My question is, if you know. How can I impress them? 😂 they are big Texans and always have been. Big family at that, 7 of them! Any advice would be amazing because all my boyfriend says is "you'll do fine!"🥲
@@Ellie-lo5xr depends on many factors, texans are diverse. But you will likely be treated warmly ❤
@@Ellie-lo5xr Agree with Dan, IF you stay away from the topics of politics, religion, and accents. Expect the topics to come up, so beware of anything you say. Impress them by being humble and listening to their opinions without rebuttal. If they ask about Trump, and they might, you could pretend to be overwhelmed by Canadian politics, and turn it back into a question for them. If they want to take you shooting or riding (horses), go along with it, and show them you are a good sport. If you already know how to ride English, let them teach you to ride Western. Also it is rodeo season around the state, so you might get to see cowboys at work. Let them take you shopping for boots, belt, and a hat.
I'm originally from Newfoundland, but got whisked away to America before I could walk, so it's hard to claim any Canadian background/knowledge. I'm naturalized here, so about all that could happen is getting deported for some heinous crime.
Houston, Texas born and raised! I'd have to say you pretty much got it right on all counts...even glad you mentioned Californians moving here and the Austin thing (that most Texans try not to bring up). Good video...Texan approved...
I was born in Houston but graduated high school near Austin. All my life people have bitched about "Austin liberals" and then I became one. It definitely doesn't fit with the rest of Texas.
@@paigeharrison3909 I'm a Texan AND a musician. I am still very proud to bragg about Texas musician, past and present, especially in and around Austin...
This is very useful for anyone visiting or moving to Texas! I love Texas and the people in it 😊
My brother went on a trip organized by Road Scholars to "try to understand Texas" - they ended up spending most of the time in Austin. I asked him if any of the things they did or visited involved learning about the oil and natural gas business and I just got a blank stare. So they learned almost nothing about Texas, and just sat around in Austin telling each other how they were much smarter than Texans.
Austin is not Texas......
@@dougmate2378 as you probably know, the agreement to make Texas a state has a provision that in the future the state could be split into up to five states. Perhaps Austin should have its own state
@@ArtStoneUS just like everyone that wants tx to secede.... that'll never happen.
As a Texan, it’s Rhodes Scholar. Most of us are highly educated.
Austin is where Texans store their Democrats.
I'm a native Texan--born in Lake Jackson, TX and never lived in any other state in my almost 60 years. Most of what you say ugly tourists do that offends Texans doesn't offend us, actually, in all honesty. We just shrug and say "He/she just doesn't 'get it'."
However, if you EVER disparage the Alamo, you're about to catch these hands. Every time I visit the Alamo, I walk with respect and reverence. It's a sacred spot to every native Texan, and for me to conceive that I'm actually walking along a path that Jim Bowie, Davey Crockett, and William Barrett Travis walked blows my mind.
Bottom line: If you don't revere the Alamo and hold the souls of the heroes who died there as saints, you will never be a Texan in my book, for what it's worth.
Go TCU! The AC thing is so true. Ours went out last summer and we spent 4 nights in a motel 3 blocks from the house just so we didn't sleep in our own sweat pools! Spot on with your list sir!
I would say Texas is a large crossroads of of the US’s cultural regions. It’s totally own thing, but you also got more Deep South vibes (eastern Texas), Wild West vibes (NW like Odessa all the way up the panhandle), as well as the rio grande valley where you can speak Spanish with a lot of the locals! Then you got Austin and Dallas that are like their own little alien pockets
@@AA123TD Never been to Houston personally, but by looking at the mess of freeways on Google Maps it would make sense
It’s a cross roads alright. One, like all other border states have become. Everyone from around the world now passes through.
@@marksauck8481 a cursory look at immigration patterns from outside states will quickly prove you dead wrong
You can speak Spanish anywhere in Texas and German in the Hill country and even Cajun French near the Louisiana border.
@@kathleenkirchoff9223 nah German pretty much got eradicated through the school system cerca WW2. My people are texasdeutch and the only people that still knew German are 3 generations past and mostly gone now. German is mostly just used for marketing nowadays
Y'all did a good job with the visuals/video clips from the cities.
I had never had pork bbq until I escaped Texas at 19 years old. To me pork was for hot dogs, ham and bacon. Brisket is where it's at, and if you need sauce on your brisket then your brisket is wrong.
Great depiction of Texas culture! Brisket is King when it comes to BBQ in the Lone Star State. Don't forget to accompany that meal with a Texas Brew
When I was a kid, I heard the word "tump" often, I don't hear it much today but it's a mash up of " turn over, and dump" ( could be a wheel barrow, a bucket, spoon,..anything) so if you happen to here "go tump it over there." Just means empty the contents.
For years, everything that I knew about Texas came from Sandy’s “Wish I was back in Texas” song in SpongeBob SquarePants. It’s just as well that I never visited as a kid.
I live next door to Texas, in New Mexico, and you pretty much got it spot on. However, as neighbors, we do like to needle them a bit. But I notice they like to return the favor. It's all in good fun though, we're not serious and we don't get ugly or mean.
Hey Mark, I live in Texas, and although in a satirical way, I think you nailed it, buddy! One thing you forgot to mention is what we think about our guns, which is a long-held tradition from the times of the "Vaqueros" (cowboys). We have the Rangers for a reason!
The rangers have a sordid history themselves, friend
@@dansheffield4021 I agree.
We now have at least 2 Bucees in our state, building a 3rd or 4th. I had my Texas A&M swag on one day, pumping gas, and a guy in a car next to me yelled out, "Gig 'em! Had to stop at the Texas Embassy?" I laughed and agreed!
Spot-on with the things he said. Only Buc-ee’s is NOT a Truck Stop as of today they don’t even allow 18 wheelers on their lots and the Alamo IS a Texas Mission.
Love all your videos and as a life long Texas I can 100% certify this video. Great job.
Awesome! Thank you!
Born and raised Texan and every single one of these is accurate. Looking forward to you visiting Houston someday if you get the chance.
All of these are so spot on. For the cities I haven't been to yet, I'll definitely be taking your word for it.
I love your videos! Love your awesome energy and enthusiasm! Please keep this amazing personality!
I agree with most. My favorite part of Texas is area around Bonham north of Dallas where my friends live. This summer we had a nice Texsn BBQ
I’m from Texas but lived in Chicago for 20 years. This stuff is pretty true. What-a-burger is the best, I missed it so much! I have lived in Austin and Dallas, my brother lived in Houston. I always recommend folks visit Austin or San Antonio first because I think most people will enjoy these cities. Dallas and Houston are a bit more polarizing, you love it or you hate it. If you don’t like Dallas or Houston, you might never come back and that would be a shame because Austin and San Antonio are very cool. (I live in Dallas btw). We do drive fast and are impatient, I’m actually nervous driving here. Drivers aren’t super safe. 😢
You've put SO many locations on Austin's streets that I know into this video: Allen's Boots, the UT and Frost Bank towers, the Stevie Ray statue at Town lake, the Capitol, and even my favorite pizza spot . . . Home Slice on South Congress!
I've lived in San Antonio since 79 and you are spot on.
Loved it! Yep yep yep!
Thank you for not bringing up those two topics!
Happy New Year!🎉
Good tips. I visited Texas a while back, but all I remember is the Alamo.
I'm Texan, born and raised, and yeah, I drive the speed limit, at the very least! Drivers from ALL states, Texas especially, seriously need a refresher course in driving. The LEFT LANE IS A PASSING LANE. NOBODY SHOULD BE STAYING IN THE LEFT LANE. Also, nobody here (in Texas) knows what the signs mean. Nobody yields, for example, when merging onto a highway. Nobody here (still in Texas) knows that tailgating does NOT make the car you are following go faster!! And if they got out of the left lane they wouldn't be tailgated in the first place! Also, it's a rare sight to see any driver use their signals at an intersections, or before making any turn.
Weird because this freakin' Hyundai I'm tailgating has had his left blinker on for the last ten miles! 🤣 Drive safe y'all.
"Nobody here (still in Texas) knows that tailgating does NOT make the car you are following go faster!"
They're watching NASCAR. It's called drafting. 🤪
It's was scalding hot this year. Heat indexes in Houston of almost 115 degrees, and it stayed that way for somewhere around two months. It went about four months without rain and most of my lawn was as brown as dead pine needles.
Cool! I’m in San Antonio right now as well. Hasn’t the weather been lovely?
I'm a Texan and my AC went out in the summer and I indeed stayed in hotel 😆
If your AC goes out, it’s probably a worn out capacitor. If you’re able to find replacement capacitors it’s not hard to change them. There’s UA-cam tutorial videos on how to change them.
😆 as a Texan, yes, thank you so much! How did you get it so right?! Please come visit, have fun, come meet Nana! Brisket is #1! Yes manners! Please and thank you go such a long way, kick it up a notch by asking how the family is. Don't put your hazards on during a rain storm! Last, most of us really don't drive well in the snow/sleet so pardon if you visit in February.
yes! as a Texan that moved to Chicago I can attest to this!!!! hahaha
I had brisket in Austin and wanted to remove the huge disgusting slab of fat on it...
And put it on a piece of toast and stuff my face with it!!!
@@mr.e0311 some places leave the cat cap on but I know my family always cut it off… and it was yummy
Plus I do use my hazards in rain when I have to seriously slow down.
As a Texan who was born, raised, and still lives here (age 32), I take a lot of pride in the food. Breakfast tacos, BBQ, Whataburger, Braums, Buc-ee’s, Mexican, and Southern comfort foods are the best! Plus get yourself a margarita or a beer to have as a drink. Mmmm yum!
I've been subscribed to your channel for a long time but I haven't gotten a notification from you since I can't remember when, idk why, I enjoy your travel knowledge.
I miss Texas!! Moved to Indy some years ago, but every time I go back....whew!! I fall in love again 💕 😍
Solid video I'm planning to go to Texas in 2023 so this is some good insight
You’ll love Texas! I had never thought of even visiting before my sister moved to San Antonio. If not for the traffic & unbearable summer heat, I would love to move as well.
Born and raised in SETX and I felt that first one in my soul lol 💯 we approve this message 😁👍🏾
My sister moved to Texas from Ohio. She HATES Texas summers so much she’s rather have the freezing sub-zero temperatures we just had here in Ohio. If I visit her in the summer I may have to inform her about there being no air conditioning.
Part of our rotation with jobs took us to ND. I'll take TX any time of the tear over ND winters. & since we can't afford home prices & property taxes we're stuck in CA, south of the Bay Area. Summers on the coast are cool & foggy. What we wouldn't give to be back home sitting outside in summer & drinking iced tea, or reminiscing about sitting out on granddad's porch in the evenings listening to the cicadas & crickets.
Very accurate. You’ve done your roadwork. I would consider East Texas, behind the “Pine Curtain”, as being part of “The South”. The rest of Texas is really something different. East Texas is still very much part of Texas though. Texas is like a country unto itself. We have many varied areas with varied landscapes, but the food is always AMAZING. The part you’re leaving out is the sausage. We are known for brisket, but non-natives don’t know about the sausage. I think hot links are prevalent in East Texas, though we have them sometimes elsewhere in Texas. (need an East Texan to chime in) I think these are also found in nearby Louisiana and even up to Chicago. Chorizo is also around all over the place as well, but I think it’s more of a breakfast thing. Sausage is also big in the Texas Hill Country and beyond. This is likely due to the Czech and German influence. You cannot have the brisket without the sausage. To me it’s like a given. I’m sure someone will come along to correct me, but I stand firm by my statement that sausage is just as important in Texas as brisket. Pulled pork? It’s not nearly as important as the various sausages. Don’t even get me started about that abomination known as “sweet tea”. Now that will cause many Texans to get upset.
Sausage is a big deal indeed. Along with central Texas German and Czech sausage you have Cajun Boudin. But all good Texan are weaned on sweet Tea the house wine of the South. For health reasons many learn to drink tea straight on the rocks.
@@kathleenkirchoff9223 Well, things have definitely changed. In Houston, back in the 80s, sweet tea was nowhere to be found. My brother in law came into town from Georgia and asked for sweet tea. The waitress told him she could bring him some sugar. There was a restaurant chain that came to Houston that had sweet tea. (I don't remember the name and don't know if they're still around.) That was the first time I had ever seen sweet tea in a restaurant. Of course we now have sweet tea all of the place, like from Chik-Fil-A. I've drank my share of sweet tea. The biggest problem I have with it is that it just makes me thirstier.
I was stationed in San Antonio for my last 4 years of military service, went to a Spur's game, USAA Roadrunner game, swam at Jacob's Well in Wimberly, camped at Calaveras Lake, went to the State Aquarium. I made some local friends that took me to see some off the tourist trap locations. I remember going to a McDonald's and getting a Chipotle Wrap. I pronounced it Chi Pot la, the laughter behind the speaker 🤣.
I use to smoke a brisket religiously after meeting my kids mother, had to have Big Red or Big Blue, and Dr. Pepper around, Jim's Tea Buckets wowed me.
I rarely comment on UA-cam, but I have to say.... I was born/raised in Austin, now in San Antonio.... traveled a bunch but never LIVED outside of Texas. Your comments are absolutely SPOT ON. Austin is not representative of Texas in general, but it's the rich yet wildly weird cousin of all the other major cities. Good job with this one.
Thank you for commenting. I appreciate it!
Also, the best parking space is the one with shade, doesn't matter that it's a hundred yards to the door. 😁
When I was growing up, the Texas Tourist slogan was, "Welcome to Texas! Now keep on going." Ok, that may have been the unofficial slogan most likely targeted at Californians, but I remember it well as a kid. It's a phrase that is to the point with no ambiguity. I think that is one bit about us you left out, we are (for the most part) pretty honest and straight forward folk. And, since you asked, Houstonians will always support the Texans....and not the Cowboys. We'll claim the Cowboy Cheerleaders for Texas, though.
California's slogan was "Welcome to California, now go home."
Great video! Great list, great b-roll, made me laugh and mod through the whole thing
Nailed it! This should be a prerequisite course before coming to Texas... Unless you are only going to Austin. Then come on out to the Hill Country; Kerrville, Bandera and Fredericksburg, the places where Texans come!
Fredericksburg is lovely!
Happy New Year! Enjoy your videos! Looking forward to your videos in 2023!
As a San Antonian, we cringe every time we hear someone refer to the city as "San Antone". Similar to San Franciscans to calling the city "Frisco".
The AC thing is real. Our AC went out in the middle of July. It was awful. We couldn't even open the windows for a breeze during the day. While it was 85 inside, it was 105 outside. Freakin' miserable. Fans going in every room. Fans for everyone. We went to the movies for AC. Got home and sat in the car awhile, because the car had AC.
I can’t believe how spot on you are. Love my TEXAS!
I’m born and raised in south Texas and I can agree that if you’re gonna say no to breakfast taquitos, I’m gonna SCREAM. 😂
I love this video series, keep it up! Also happy new year
You are an excellent reviewer!! 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😊
We just moved to Texas from California and everyone’s we’ve met has welcomed us and has been extremely nice
In Houston on the highways, the speed limit is typically 65 once you reach a certain part of town but most people are going 75-80 coming into town and you'll notice traffic doesn't really slow down until certain points on certain highways. There are always a couple of people going 90+. Keep up or STAY OUT OF THE LEFT LANE or you will have a line of vehicles behind you merging over and passing on the right. Dangerous for everyone. Traffic will strangely slow down to 65 or 45 or 0 is there is traffic or if there are police areas. Go with the flow of traffic please and watch out for those Fast and Furious drivers who think it is cool or fun or whatever changing lanes 100 times and weaving through traffic. So dangerous and irresponsible but they do it. There are always a couple of those. Trauma ICUs are filled with motor vehicle accident patients, unfortunately for everyone. Speed on the highway situation is not necessarily the same for other metro areas in Texas. Just speaking about the Greater Houston Area.