What are three reasons the Texas identified with the South?
1.) Geography (being near the South). 2.) Immigration of more Southerners to Texas than Northerners. 3.) A past history of anti government and state independence.
What are the best reasons to attend Texas Southern University?
1) The family atmosphere. It’s a mid-sized school which is perfect … it’s big enough to where you see and deal with many different types of people and small enough to where you’re not overwhelmed and have an opportunity to know most of your peers.2) The location is great. You’re less than 15 minutes away from Downtown and of Uptown which means lots of fun things to do and/or easily get a part-time job for side cash.3) Great academic programs. So many to select from, do your research.4) Great facilities … TSU has added several brand new state-of-the-art facilities on campus in the last 10 years.5) The culture is one of a kind. The culture at TSU is nothing like what you’ll find at any other university in Texas.
Why do Texans identify so strongly with their state as opposed to their country?
I'm a patriotic American, but I identify first as Texan, then American, and the reason for that is culture.Texas feels like a very unique place in the United States, and it has a very unique culture. It's not quite part of the South, the Midwest, or the Southwest. It has a different history, different food, a different ethnic background. If you grow up in Texas, Texan culture is everywhere. The biggest theme park franchise is called Six Flags, for the six flags that flew over Texas throughout history. As a grade schooler, we rode on a bus 3 hours for a field trip to the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum. We have history courses on Texas in middle and high school. Texas flags are everywhere. Cowboy garb is an acceptable fashion choice. Texas longhorn symbols are common, usually in reference to the University of Texas mascot. There's tex-mex food (Mexican + Ranchero), and kolaches, thanks to our Czech ancestors. You can travel to see beaches, mountains, plains, canyons, and mesas, all without crossing the Texas border. Everyone knows about the Alamo, and many Texans have gone to see it. The Texan revolution is still a great source of pride. The Texas star and state shape is emblazoned on clothes, buildings, highways, etc. Texas has a large GDP and has generally done quite well, even during the Great Recession. Texas also has 3 of the top 10 largest cities in the United States (Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas). When you travel abroad, you can tell people you are from Texas, and people generally know what you are talking about. Despite our shortcomings, Texas is a major destination state for non-Texans, and a comparatively small number of people move out."American" is a very broad term, and although the rest of the world sometimes sees Americans as all the same, we can vary pretty significantly in our backgrounds. If I think about who I am, the descriptor "Texan" nicely sums up quite a bit of my personality. I am friendly to strangers, love hot weather, I'm a huge fan of Texan food (and beer!), and I am neither liberal nor conservative. I'm independent, strong-willed, and Hispanic. As others have mentioned, this Texan pride does not come at the cost of an American identity, being a Texan is merely my particular "flavor" of American.
The reason the United States did not want to annex Texas was?
3 is your answer. Fear of war with Mexico. But there were several other reasons, including the fact that many Texans wanted to stay an independent republic. And it would have made an imbalance of power between North and South (free/slave states).
Why aren't Texas, Virginia, and Florida considered a part of the American South anymore?
The Wikipedia says that they are usually included not always. I have seen people here wonder if Florida would be considered part of the south, and I just answered a question where another answerer said that most Texans don't consider Texas to be part of the south. But, maybe I'm wrong.
What is the main reason winter is colder in Washington D.C.,than in southern Texas?
The Gulf of Mexico. Southern Texas gets warm and moist air from the Gulf. D.C is farther away and gets cold , dry air from the northern Atlantic.
The Medical Center in Houston, Texas, is bound by US-59 to the north, I-610 to the west (west loop), I-610 to the south (south loop),?
and Hwy 288 to the east. The highways create a region that is roughly a three-mile by four-mile rectangle. a.What are the correct units for the area of the region? There may be more than one correct answer. (i) Miles (ii) Square miles (iii) mi2 (iii) mi3 b.What is the area of the Medical Center? Enter number only, do not include units.
What are some drawbacks in moving from Texas or any Southern State to live in New York?
It depends a lot on where you’re moving to in New York (and, for that matter, where you’re moving from). Moving to Brooklyn is a lot different from moving to Rochester is a lot different from moving to Malone.The one universal is that the weather is going to be different. Unless you’re in the NYC area, we get snow and things don’t stop. Some places get a lot (lake effect areas), some get a moderate amount (Albany, for instance), but we prepare for it, have equipment to deal with it, and don’t freak out. Get good winter gear, find something you like to do in cold weather, and embrace it. Take up skiing, or ice skating.The sun isn’t as strong up here. I’m always surprised to remember that when I go back to North Carolina to visit family. You’re a bit less likely to sunburn, and it doesn’t warm you as much as down south. Also, days are longer in the summer up here, and shorter in the winter. In midwinter, it’s pretty dark by 4pm. That can be depressing to some folks. But in the summer, the sun is out *late*.Taxes are higher here than in a lot of the south, though that seems to be changing as the south is becoming more populous and people want government services. Compared to my parents in North Carolina, I pay more income tax. But I don’t pay personal property tax on my car, which they do. I’ve gotten the impression that southern states are finding other ways to tax to keep their income tax rates low because a lot of people look only at those.But if you’re coming from (say) a small town in Texas and moving to NYC, a lot of the “drawbacks” (cost, lots of people, traffic, etc.) aren’t going to be that different than if you were moving to Dallas or Houston.