Texas

Texas stirs up a lot of furor among Americans. People that leave the state generally leave because they&#39;ve had enough. People that stay love the Lonestar state. While people from the North see it as Ted Cruz country.<h2>On a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/108o05u/americans_that_dont_like_texas_why/" target="_blank">popular Reddit thread</a> in the Ask Reddit Subreddit, Americans share why they don&#39;t like Texas.</h2>1. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/108o05u/comment/j3tqfzw/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank">popfrazz</a> says:<blockquote> I&#39;m from Alaska, and everyone from Texas swears TX is the biggest state, and because of that, I&#39;m out. </blockquote>2. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/wolfey200/">wolfey200</a> says:<blockquote> Texas is the guy who stares at himself in the mirror during sex. </blockquote>3. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PistachioBrian/">PistachioBrian</a> says:<blockquote> Texas likes itself enough for all of us. </blockquote>4. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/108o05u/comment/j3th3n1/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank">jdyerjdyer</a> says:<div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> All my ex&#39;s... For those that don&#39;t know this is a song reference to &quot;All My Ex&#39;s Live In Texas&quot; and is using the artistic license or abbreviation as commonly seen in songs and poems. </blockquote>5. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ratsmusicandcorgis/">ratsmusicandcorgis</a> says:<blockquote> You can work up to 15 hours without having a legally required break. </blockquote>6. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ForeverUnfinished/">ForeverUnfinished</a> says:<blockquote> Because being from Texas is not a personality trait. </blockquote>7. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/108o05u/comment/j3thhrw/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank">KeegTheGeek</a> says:<blockquote> Texans are Texans first, Americans second. Their pride over their state can be annoying at times. But the worst thing... At some hotels in Texas, the waffle maker machine is in the shape of Texas. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>8. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/iAmNotHereThatsNotme/">iAmNotHereThatsNotme</a> says:<blockquote> The cities are not walkable. They are giant highways and four lane streets. </blockquote>9. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/d3athsdoor1/">d3athsdoor1</a> says:<blockquote> You ever drive across the state before ? That&rsquo;s why. </blockquote>10. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/fermata13/">fermata13</a> says:<blockquote> I live in Texas. I have never met a place that&rsquo;s so vehemently Christian and yet so hateful. </blockquote>11. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/seymourputts/">seymourputts</a> says:<blockquote> Well, they keep saying how much they hate the federal government and then ask for billions in aid when it snows. </blockquote>12. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/NinjaDad1/">NinjaDad1</a> says:<blockquote> I moved to Texas from Connecticut. Two years in, a parent involved in Boy Scouts asked where I was from. When did I tell him, he just looked at me and said, &#39;you know what we do to Yankees here, dontcha?&#39; Spit in the ground and walked away. About ten years later, now married to a native Texan, I was waiting for her to get done speaking at a conference in Dallas, and a state trooper started chatting with me. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> He eventually asked me where I was from. I told him where I lived, just outside of Dallas, and he said not with that accent. He asked me again, told him I was originally from Connecticut. He told me to go back, I&rsquo;m not wanted here, and walked away. I hate Texas and can&rsquo;t wait to get out of here. </blockquote>13. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CustosEcheveria/">CustosEcheveria</a> says:<blockquote> Because they talk a lot of sh*t for a state that can&#39;t keep the lights on. </blockquote>14. <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/108o05u/comment/j3tldis/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3" target="_blank">rbwduece</a> says:<blockquote> Because I&rsquo;m a musician and, according to Alabama, if you&rsquo;re gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band. I&rsquo;m anti-fiddle and against the whole Big Fiddle movement. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

14 Americans share why they think Texas is the worst.

Texas stirs up a lot of furor among Americans. People that leave the state generally leave because they&#39;ve had enough. People that stay love the Lonestar state. While people from the North see it as Ted Cruz country.On a popular Reddit thread in the Ask Reddit Subreddit, Americans share why they don&#39;t like Texas.1. popfrazz says: I&#39;m from Alaska, and everyone from Texas swears TX is the biggest state, and because of that, I&#39;m out. 2. wolfey200 says: Texas is the guy who stares at himself in the mirror during sex. 3. PistachioBrian says: Texas likes itself enough for all of us. 4. jdyerjdyer says: All my ex&#39;s... For those that don&#39;t know this is a song reference to &quot;All My Ex&#39;s Live In Texas&quot; and is using the artistic license or abbreviation as commonly seen in songs and poems. 5. ratsmusicandcorgis says: You can work up to 15 hours without having a legally required break. 6. ForeverUnfinished says: Because being from Texas is not a personality trait. 7. KeegTheGeek says: Texans are Texans first, Americans second. Their pride over their state can be annoying at times. But the worst thing... At some hotels in Texas, the waffle maker machine is in the shape of Texas. 8. iAmNotHereThatsNotme says: The cities are not walkable. They are giant highways and four lane streets. 9. d3athsdoor1 says: You ever drive across the state before ? That&rsquo;s why. 10. fermata13 says: I live in Texas. I have never met a place that&rsquo;s so vehemently Christian and yet so hateful. 11. seymourputts says: Well, they keep saying how much they hate the federal government and then ask for billions in aid when it snows. 12. NinjaDad1 says: I moved to Texas from Connecticut. Two years in, a parent involved in Boy Scouts asked where I was from. When did I tell him, he just looked at me and said, &#39;you know what we do to Yankees here, dontcha?&#39; Spit in the ground and walked away. About ten years later, now married to a native Texan, I was waiting for her to get done speaking at a conference in Dallas, and a state trooper started chatting with me.  He eventually asked me where I was from. I told him where I lived, just outside of Dallas, and he said not with that accent. He asked me again, told him I was originally from Connecticut. He told me to go back, I&rsquo;m not wanted here, and walked away. I hate Texas and can&rsquo;t wait to get out of here. 13. CustosEcheveria says: Because they talk a lot of sh*t for a state that can&#39;t keep the lights on. 14. rbwduece says: Because I&rsquo;m a musician and, according to Alabama, if you&rsquo;re gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band. I&rsquo;m anti-fiddle and against the whole Big Fiddle movement. 

Texas stirs up a lot of furor among Americans. People that leave the state generally leave because they&#39;ve had enough. People that stay love the Lonestar state. While people from the North see it as Ted Cruz country.  On a popular...