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I lived in Houston in 81.

It was a boomtown then and a third the population and not yet overrun by the illegal brown wave and blacks weren't as hostile then either.

traffic was still a bitch even then

the heat is no worse than anywhere on the coast from Wilmington to Jaxville o Mobile and New Orleans etc

typical SE coastal plain summer

the weather improves markedly if you travel in to Austin or Hill Country...a bit drier

Lotsa a girls...that was what I liked and back then it was not yet overrun by Northerners...so it was just another big southen town

I lived Dairy Ashford and Westheimer...when Katy was outta town

I still have kin all over suburban NW Houston near woodlands and further out

I lived in Dallas as a boy...I prefer Dallas myself...still have kin their including a Cowboy cheerleader

I love Yexas and most its folks...I feel at home there

the indigenous culture i Dallas and Houston is the warmest you will find in any big city...Atlanta too to be fair

I lived in Beaumont working pipeline river crossing job for my dad then...we subbed from Brown...lol...didn't everyone back then in Texas?

the people in that SE triangle were a lot more clannish and kinda hostile to outsiders...especially over women

and hell I'm Mississippian...not exactly foreign or Yankee

I had an affair with a separated older gal who had been terrified of her ex

one night i opened his closet to get her something and there hanged a Klan robe....swear by all things sacred...this was north Beaumont....not Vidor

anyhow....she was like a scared little dove

the old Palace cow barn north of town towards Lumberton was a get your ass whipped sort of bar...wonderful..lol

I ended up Godfather to a child there and still contact them all to this day...shes a teacher in Lakeways near Austin

anyhow...I love Texas and their women...really really

but SE Texas...aside from a job...not my cup of tea but God love em...

I fear they have lost their town to outsiders with no culture commonality

I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS IT! I LOVE TEXAS...MY FAVORITE STATE.....MY AUNT AND UNCLE AR STILL IN PRITCHETT WE GO THERE AND DALLAS TO SHOP EVERY YEAR IN FALL BREAK