Houston native here. I still guffaw when I see a massively lifted truck (but with a pristine bed, no scratches - so not even a work truck).
Everything's bigger in Texas, including egos.
Everything's bigger in Texas, including egos.
Crucially, Texans are highly aware of "everything is bigger in Texas" trope and take pride in it. My favorite example is that everyone knows that Texas State Capitol is taller than United States Capitol (92.24m vs 88m)... But nobody will ever tell you that Texas State Capitol is only 6th tallest state capitol.
Source: lived in Austin for 2 years.
I guessed Nebraska, but was wrong. It’s Louisiana. Both finished in 1932, oddly.
The Texas State Capitol wasn’t the tallest state capitol finished in 1888 - that would have been Illinois - but it certainly was the largest. Indiana also finished their capitol in 1888, but was the shortest of the three. Weird how they seem to bunch up, as if there is some sort of “let’s build a capitol!” movement that takes hold from time to time.
i believe around the same time the empire state building was constructed as well.
I lived in Austin for 7 years and I had no idea about this fact.
Whenever the whole "everything is bigger in Texas" comes up, everyone smiles and rolls their eyes. I now live in Houston and its the same. People here think its kind of a joke. Though Texans definitely do take pride in Texas. I just don't think they take themselves as seriously as your comment suggests.
“You might give some serious thought to thanking your lucky stars you’re in Texas.”
And Kinky Friedman.
https://www.kxan.com/news/motorcyclist-killed-after-falling-...
She was nice. Worked at a local Taco Deli.
Reversing some of the substrings in that string would also result in a very good analogy.
Texans view Americans the same way Americans view the rest of the world - derisively, but it is those viewers who should be derided, and often are, by the groups that they deride.
Somehow I forgot to mention truck nuts. Car culture is something else entirely in Texas.
Something really didn't mesh with me.Too much focus on fakery and "big" I guess. (Especially all that "Roman" and "greek" flair after having just toured the real deal a few weeks earlier)
So we took advantage of the cheap accomodation and visited the stunning places around it.
That's just my own take.
The monorail from Mandalay Bay to Bellagio is free, but it isn’t public transit.