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 Texans will tell you and show you how proud they are to be Texans and you don’t even have to ask them. They are a culture that has preserved important values through the centuries that remain a part of their beliefs today. Song writers write about Texas, people from other states want to come to Texas, and those who are in Texas love living in a place they refer to as the “Great State of Texas”. Songs like Texas, When I Die and God Blessed Texas compare Texas to heaven. Lines like “When I Die, I may not go to Heaven….If they don’t just let me go to Texas, ‘cause Texas is as close as I’ve been” and “God Blessed Texas with his own hand, brought down angels from the promised land, he gave ‘em a place where they could dance, If you want to see Heaven, brother here’s your chance, I’ve been sent to spread the message, God Blessed Texas.” These are only two songs that reflect how Texas is a place of its own, with countless others I haven’t even mentioned. 

Texas is just different from other parts of the country. The people in Texas are more genuine, honest and real. The beliefs and values that made Texas what it is today are still held in high regard and preserved for future generations. Most Texans feel that being a Texan makes them a Southerner, not vice-versa. They have a huge “Southern Pride” that the “Yankee’s” don’t seem to understand. Texans compare living in Texas to the North and especially the North East in a variety of ways. After all, you can see the stars in Texas, other places in the country it’s just too bright from light pollution. Texas just doesn’t have that ever present smog that the Northerners have to deal with. There’s a major weather difference in Texas compared to the North. There’s usually no major ice storms, snow to shovel, shivering in your shoes waiting for the bus or months of freezing weather. Besides a major difference in terrain and weather from most parts of the country, Texas just has it all. 

Other people joke about Texas but I’ve come to the conclusion that they are all just jealous of what they don’t have. That’s usually what happens when someone wants something that they don’t have, they make it seem less important by creating jokes or making fun of it. Certainly, Texas has its share of that. After all, you might be a red-neck if your town has a car wash, a Dollar General and a Sonic all within walking distance of one another (that’s an original from my observations of living in Texas). But truly, where can you find shrimp, crabs, catfish, oysters, azaleas, camellias, gardenias, palm trees, festivals and moon pies all in the same state, anywhere else? How many other places in the United States can you wear a cowboy hat (if you’re a boy or a girl) and feel right at home? How many other states can you instantly identify by looking only at the outline, without even having to think about it? How many other places can you ride a horse downtown, tie it up to a tree and go inside to buy a Coke and no one thinks that’s strange? How many other states have mountains, forests, prairies, lakes, rivers, fishing, stockyards, ocean beaches, deserts small towns and modern cities all within their boundry lines? How many other places have huge herds of cattle and right next to that have sections of crops with a variety of prod本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。