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* [[DFW Metroplex]]
* [[Greater Houston]]
* [[Mexico Called. They Want Texas Back.]]
* [[Other Cities in Texas]]
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** And at least a few Texans aren't going to find that sign much to comment on. I mean, it's ''only'' 857 miles.
* Until it [[What Might Have Been|lost its funding]] in 1993, Waxahachie, Texas was the planned home for the [[wikipedia:Superconducting supercollider|Superconducting Super Collider]]. If they'd finished it, it would have been the biggest particle accelerator in the world, dwarfing the modern Large Hadron Collider by a wide margin.
* 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 [http://www.thenation.com/article/texas-america?page=full "Is Texas America?"], an article for ''The Nation magazine.
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