[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Yorkiedaze

Have only driven thru the upper panhandle of TX. a few times but I'm sure there must be prettier parts than that dry flat land. Were I come from we sit on porches, say "yall" call a sack a poke, pick our own dandelion leaves to make salads, learn to drive on mountains and hair-pin curves, have kin that are real mountain folks and some still make moonshine, other kin working in coal mines all week and get together on someones porch on Sat. for fiddle playing and dancing, and church on Sunday then home to cook fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy & corn on the cob, all raised in the back yard.

Now I live in CA. where I don't know many who even cook, we all invite people to "do" lunch with us in our favorite restaurant, we love shopping, festivals, plays, the beach, back yard BBQ's, visiting fantastic San Francisco, Sequoia mountains, and all the wonderful quaint towns up and down the coast line, riding bikes, rollerblading. We also have the best weather in the US right here on the central coast. Wouldn't trade places with anyone.

I've lived in both states, born and raised Southern Californian and I'll grant you, you can find prettier scenery anywhere. But, you can't compare with the people of Texas....there are no stangers, everybody is greated with howdy, they wave at everyone, the grocery clerk knows you and your family by their first names and asks about them....and the first question posed to a stranger is not how much the cost of your car or where you bought your clothes....but, what church you attend.....Oh! And those Blubonnets up and down the highways are a sight to behold.....