The 5 states of Texas was spot on.
He broke down the cultures on the map perfectly. I knew right away the screenwriter had to be from Texas.
shareAgree. I especially loved the Panhandle analysis, having lived in Lubbock for 7 years. ? indeed. :)
"Well!!! Since when did you become the physical type?"
There are more oil and gas wells than people in the panhandle.
The coast around Port Arthur, etc is certainly toxic with the oil refineries and chemical manufacturing.
There was a proviso when Texas entered the Union that it could be divided into five states. At that time Texas took in half of New Mexico, the Oklahoma Panhandle and ran north into Colorado from New Mexico. Texas relinquished that land for several million dollars and used it to pay off the public debt of the Republic of Texas which existed for 10 years.
Despite right wing Texas politicians saying Texas should be divided to get more votes in Congress, the US governemt takes the tact that they lost that right by seceding from the Union in 1861 when they sided with the Confederacy and were readmitted after military occupation.
The northernmost boundary of the Texas Republic went about a quarter of the way up into Wyoming.
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