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{{quote|''"You have heard the saying that everything is bigger in the Lone Star state, and it is true that the cats are the size of dogs and the dogs are the size of European cars. But Texans themselves are of normal proportions, with normal-sized dreams and loves, who just happen to own cars that are the size of twenty-five European cars."''
|'''John Hodgman'''
In real life, Texas is a diverse state in terms of geography and culture. It can easily be divided into five different regions culturally, with climates ranging from the near desert like conditions of the panhandle to the humid coastal subtropics along the shoreline. [[DFW Metroplex|Dallas]], [[Greater Houston|Houston]] and San Antonio count as three of the US's top ten most populous cities, with the state capital of Austin and the cities of Fort Worth and El Paso rounding off the list of cities that can be described as ''big.'' The state itself is ''huge'', being [
In terms of culture Texas plays host to some of the largest Hispanic and Asian American communities in the South Eastern United States. The state's ranks of professionals, business leaders and politicians draw from all racial and religious groups who can produce people with the ability, which basically means each and every one of them. Many government institutions retain their form from the days of the Republic of Texas and Reconstruction Era. Politics is personality based as much as anything else from the state's history of being in the Solid South, leading to such politicians as [[Kinky Friedman]], a self described Jewish Cowboy and entertainer whose campaign slogan was "Why the hell not?", popping up from time to time.
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* Rick Perry, former 2012 Republican candidate for President, takes this trope to [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] levels. Another example is another former President, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].
* The Texas State Capitol building is 11 feet taller than the US Capitol building. Don't tell me size doesn't matter!
* Molly Ivins talks about her state in [https://web.archive.org/web/20141016093833/http://www.thenation.com/article/texas-america?page=full "Is Texas America?"], an article for ''The Nation magazine.
** Ivins practically built her career on talking smack about Texas, and made no secret of her belief that she was one of the only intelligent people from there.
* Inverted with [[Audie Murphy]], at only 5'5".
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[[Category:Bigger Is Better]]
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[[Category:Indexed States of America]]
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