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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''.
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** Bones: "It looks like she carried a half-full canteen..."
** OK Ranger: "Definitely from Texas..."
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* ''[[The Good Guys]]'' was set in Dallas, and they portray it as pretty diverse culture- and accent-wise (both the good and bad guys).
* [[Friday Night Lights]] is set in the fictional town of Dillon, Texas. While the show focuses on high school football (and its all-important status in the small town), it also covers issues prevalent in Texas and the nation at large; race relations, extreme poverty, pregnancy, religion, alcoholism, parental abuse and other issues surface with regularity.
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