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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''', ''[[The Areas of My Expertise]]''}}
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 [http://www.k5rcd.org/TEXAS%20EUROPE20SIZE%20COMPARISON%20MAP.jpg 268,820 sq. miles]{{Dead link}} with a population of about 24.3 million. This makes it roughly half the size of Alaska with sixty times the population - and several times larger than many entire countries. For example, it is approximately three times as large as the ''entire United Kingdom put together''.
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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== Web Comics ==
* The comic ''Torio'' had [http://torio.comicgenesis.com/d/20070205.html Jimmy Benson]{{Dead link}}, a perpetually-grinning, belt-buckle-flaunting Texan who even spoke in bigger letters than the rest of the cast (compared to [[Shrinking Violet|Crispin]], who had trouble maintaining capital letters). He was based on a couple of Texan roommates the author had, neither of whom would ever shut up about how awesome Texas was.
* Subverted in ''[[Freefall]]'' in the figure of Tex, the Texan. [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00600.htm Though he speaks of their big stuff, he himself is... shall we say, height-challenged, a full head shorter than Sam's] [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff700/fv00603.htm artificial skeleton presents him as.]
* Although [[Something*Positive|Davan, Peejee and Aubrey]] live in Boston they all hail from Texas and the strip makes frequent sidetrips there.
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