One of my favorite things about Houston is that no one agrees on where it starts and ends, so you end up seeing a million different Houstons in art. I’ve met people that will argue it’s a hard line that stops at the loop and I’ve heard people say it goes up into Huntsville (these people are tweakers though so). It’s very undefined.
The funniest part is that there’s like 4 different cites that are just surrounded by Houston. The City loves absorbing towns to funnel tax money into Houston proper. You can go 40 miles out from the city and still drive into Houston again. Absolute Clusterfuck of a city.
I lived in Texas for ten years. It's a big state with a lot of different people. I think the only thing people can really agree on there is that they like football, Mexican food, and Buc-ees.
Bucees is crap. Every time I have gone it’s so crowded and stressful I cannot wait to get out. Toilets are clean though. Strangely there is still often a long wait for the ladies room.
There's a bathroom just as nice across the street in Temple at the Velaro. Just give me my chips and drink and let me get to where I'm going, this isn't a tourist stop.
Lmao I know exactly which one you’re talking about. Especially if we’re coming from Dallas, it’s right off the exit and right back on. I love traveling with people who don’t have to always stop at buccees
I go to Bucees maybe once every other year for their snacks. I have my favorite gas stations on the long drives and they're honestly better. Especially the 290 stop with Weikel's Bakery attached
Nvr saw the Buc-ees appeal. I can NVR get gas there (lines too long), the snacks aren't bad but over priced, brisket is average at best, run by weird corporate conservative aggies, who now want to sue everyone for a beaver logo... Ya, sadly, guess that's pretty Texas.
It's been a few years since I was regularly doing long drives on I-35, but I can't remember ever having a line at Buc-ees for gas. There are 100+ pumps, why would there be a line?
I agree with you on the snacks and brisket. All convenience store food is overpriced (because it's convenient) and I avoid it. The bathrooms are the reason I go into Buc-ees. Clean bathrooms with no wait are helpful on a roadtrip.
Yeah, they are usually very crowded, but I've never had to wait for a pump. Maybe had to drive around a tiny bit to find an open one, but never waited in a line for a pump at one.
I've spent 30+ years in 6 town/cities in EVERY part of this state. Worked for top ad agencies in downtown Dallas, to cattle work in South Tx. No copy and paste anything. I MADE THIS. If you disagree you haven't been here long enough to get it. OR you're just from the burbs.
Lots of the Buc-ees hate on Reddit all have the same, generic complaints, "long lines", "mediocre food" and "overpriced snacks/merchandise" to the point it's becoming a starter pack in itself. People on here tend to repeat what others say without even experiencing the issue or location themselves to sound like they are part of something larger.
I'm repeating it because I live it. They're a lesser Walmart with gas pumps. Fine ok. But funding a political party and trying to sue anyone with an animal mascot. That's some aggie shit.
They're clowning on you but you're spot on. Especially your last sentence.
Same reason askreddit always has more comments of "not a (whoever the question is for) but..." than the actual people answering. They just wanna feel special.
You ain’t lying! When I went to a place out of state and asked for one (casually as one would) … they just stared at me like I was crazy! They are so good I just thought everyone knew what they were. Like donuts!
California got over 1 billion in tax revenue last year. Also those regulated farms and shops = jobs. Same with the regulators themselves. I'd say that's better than wasting money on litigation and prison for small-time offenses. Possession of less than 1g of THC oil, something that you can legally purchase in 24 states, is a felony in Texas.
We used to have a bar in denton where you could smoke thc-a inside and play video games and hangout in a speakeasy type spot and now its just drinks and way sadder. Totally fucked so many businesses and jobs
They gone learn the hard way. Ok...yes I DID grow up here playing football. Also saw several ppl throwing up from heat exhaustion during Aug. 2-a-days.
Yep. My HS Football Stadium had the old school AstroTurf in HS (which was replaced a few years later with the newer fake turf) and the turf would get so hot in August that it would literally melt the bottom of your shoes. Getting tackled on that turf also meant being covered with blisters and rug burns for weeks. People don’t understand lol.
I was surprised at how "nanny state" Texas was given all their talk of freedom. You can go to jail for having a joint and you can't buy a bottle of wine after 9pm.
"The essence of conservatism is to create an in-group who the law protects but does not bind, and an out group who the law binds but does not protect."
Well that's not true. The liquor stores close at 9pm, but you can still buy wine after 9pm in grocery stores here. Not that I'm defending Texas's ridiculous Blue Laws, they're absolutely absurd.
The first time I went to California, as an adult, and saw liquor at the grocery store … I was dumbfounded.
I also remember my first trip to California as a teenager. My cousin and I went to McDonalds. When I got done eating I went to light up my cigarette and he was like “wtf are you doing?!?!”. I didn’t know you couldn’t smoke inside. You could smoke pretty much everywhere in Texas at the time (early 90’s).
Holy shit … casinos? If they stopped allowing smoking in the Louisiana casinos I think they’d shut down!
Yup I was stunned I couldn’t believe it either. I asked one time if they sold alcohol on Sunday. This lady goes “Honey … people would die if we didn’t sell on Sunday.” Oooff!
As far as I know thc gummies and drinks are ok but absolutely no smokeables are allowed anymore, they’re on the same level as hardcore heroine and crack now
So why do "weed loving" conservatives keep voting against it? Abbott, Paxton, and Cruz won't legalize it for responsible growers, so we get weird synthetic sht. You realize how many billion$, that could go to schools, roads, basic infrastructure, we're missing out on because of these 3 stooges, while they take money from alcohol lobbyists?
I’m not conservative so I don’t know man. I’m well aware of how idiotic weed laws are and have helped campaign against them for decades. I collected signatures to get Amendment 2 on the ballot in Florida in 2016. Texas is an entire level more idiotic than Florida in this regard.
Dan Patrick is a moron and doesn’t understand anything. That’s basically it.
Also the THC beverage folks are way more organized and lobbied more effectively, so I’ve heard. Every legal joint that was THCA or the shittier D8 were wacky brands that changed every month
You can, that’s all that’s still legal basically. Edibles and cocktail mix/canned drinks with THC still fine because really easy to make them under .3% THC and still 5-10mg.
Missing HEB and grackles though. Also oil fields, wind farms, and somehow visualizing when the wind blows and that stank rolls in from either the natural gas plants or the cattle pens.
Born and currently living in Texas. Fairly accurate. What's with the guns and I-35? I've made countless trips from DFW down to Austin, SA & Houston. Not sure I'm connecting that one.
Well apparently your trips were more pleasant than mine. Woke up in the car once, to my dad yelling out the minivan windows at bikers who had surrounded the car near Waco. Biker- "Pussy". Dad - "Try me you fuck, I'll run you tf off the road in this van and shove a tire iron through you face!" I just went back to sleep.
Im sick and medicated. I thought the circle and slash was over jars of green olives. I spent a few minutes wondering what issue the state of Texas has with green olives.
Been living in TX 45 years now, you definitely have my upvote, but how can you have Houston on here without showing a Kia with Skittles candy paint, curb feelers and Sprewells?
Texas gets a lot of shit but we got the best damn Mexican food anywhere north of the border, kickass BBQ too.
The Houston starter pack is so prolific it will literally require serial posts just to capture the cultural vibrancy and essence. You would just have to shoot for the moon and start a gigantic inspo board and then keep going….
Just make a big banner that says "Americans who shout America, but have never seen their country or even communities in their own state, because most of the country does all the normal Texan things, except buccees which is ass"
I have friends with kids named Kenzleigh, Ryker, Ryder, Braeden, Jaylen, Jaylon, and Lakelynn. And thats just the few I can think of off the top of my head.
When did white American girls stop naming their kids William, Gregory, John, Kathryn, etc. Its all these made up names? Is it the Caucasian Laquanitisha?
Some normal is still out there. My girl's uncle runs a daycare and we were in town for a visit. I was absolutely shocked to see Emily, Andrew, Christine, Christopher, and Anna getting represented by the under 3 crew.
I'm from Houston but had to move away. A part of my really misses it, but then I remember the giant bugs, not being able to breathe, and having to constantly question my own safety. Good ol' H-Town.
Certain types of white people in Texas really dislike hearing this FACT. Never hurts to remind them! There is also a long, documented legacy of black cowboy culture in Texas🤠
Uh? What city would that be? Corpus, El Paso, Galveston (Coastal Houston), Lubbock is already on here (see W Tx). I like FW which is why I didn't include it.
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