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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
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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[[Info Dump|Keeping all of the above in mind]], it is fair to say that Texas is no backwater. Unfortunately, Hollywood writers are about as concerned with reality as [[Family Guy|Glenn Quagmire]] is with getting to know a lady first.
As such, Texas will inevitably be represented as a backward state, a mashup of the [[Deep South]] and [[The Wild West]]. No Texan will be able to speak for five seconds without mentioning the oil industry, the beef industry or high school football. (See the Rich Texan from ''[[The Simpsons]]''.) In almost any depiction, they'll come off as well meaning but ultimately ignorant and/or jingoist; more recent media might portray Texas, somewhat justifiably, as an extremely strong right-wing enclave filled with religious fanatics. (Compare with [[Eagle Land]].) Though some Texans act the stereotype intentionally to mess with non-Texans, especially when out of state. It's practically a sport.
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