what state looks nice based on movies and tv shows you've seen

[OWC Jamie]

I've been in a few different parts of Texas ( Texarkana, Dallas, Austin and Seguin /San Antonio and the pan handle and except for the pan handle and maybe Austin I'd go back for a while but I don't think I could live anywhere but in the Texarkana area.

[BernDog]

billb wrote:
I've been in a few different parts of Texas ( Texarkana, Dallas, Austin and Seguin /San Antonio and the pan handle and except for the pan handle and maybe Austin I'd go back for a while but I don't think I could live anywhere but in the Texarkana area.

"There's beer in Texarkana."

Good enough for me.

[DharmaDog]

Not all of Texas is flat, but if you've only been to Dallas, Houston or points east of there, then you'd be forgiven for believing that.

There is the Hill Country and Big Bend areas as well as the ~8300 ft Guadalupe Peak, for example.

[NewtonMP2100]

....the state of denial.....or maybe the state of grace.....??

[Spock]

NewtonMP2100 wrote:
l.....or maybe the state of grace.....??

Washington or is it Oregon?

[Mr Downtown]

Don't believe everything you hear in movies. The Texas side of Texarkana (my hometown) is dry. No beer. But liquor stores abound on the Arkansas side of State Line Avenue.

It's absurd to comment about the scenery and climate of "Texas."
Texas is 800 miles wide, with everything from dense rain forests to rolling hills to rugged mountains to plains where you can see the curvature of the earth.

The 1969 version of True Grit was filmed in southern Colorado.

[Grace62]

Spock wrote:
[quote=NewtonMP2100]
l.....or maybe the state of grace.....??

Washington or is it Oregon?

Washington.

[haikuman]

Mr Downtown wrote:
Don't believe everything you hear in movies. The Texas side of Texarkana (my hometown) is dry. No beer. But liquor stores abound on the Arkansas side of State Line Avenue.

It's absurd to comment about the scenery and climate of "Texas."
Texas is 800 miles wide, with everything from dense rain forests to rolling hills to rugged mountains to plains where you can see the curvature of the earth.

The 1969 version of True Grit was filmed in southern Colorado.

*(:>* Ok you have convinced me Texas is awesome, green, beautiful undulating topography. liberal and never was stolen from Mexico *(:>* :jest:

[Rick-o]

ztirffritz wrote:
[quote=Racer X]
[quote=lazydays]
Northern Exposure was filmed less than an hour from where I live. Spent an afternoon drinking there last year.

Taco Tuesdays at the Brick can't be beat.
I've had some really good times in Roslyn. I love that place. There's a pizza joint there that serves the best pizza that I've found west of Chicago in the 12 13 years that I've lived on the west side of the US. The Brick also has some really good music. The Farmer's Market is also pretty cool. There's a bike trail from CleElum to Roslyn that is fun too.
Heh! We're currently going through all the Northern Exposure seasons right now. What a great show! I looked it up the other day to see where they filmed it, since i was pretty sure it wasn't Alaska. Wikipedia said they fenced off the town of Roslyn and used a moose from a captive herd for the opening sequence. They just laid out bits of food to get him to move around town. :biggrin:

Just finished up the first season of Bonanza, which shows the 1000 sq. mile Ponderosa ranch having beautiful scenery. I thought it was too nice for Nevada, and with a little research, I found out it was filmed in California.

[Mr Downtown]

haikuman wrote: *(:>* Ok you have convinced me Texas is awesome, green, beautiful undulating topography. liberal and never was stolen from Mexico

Huh? I never said anything about the last two—even though Wednesday was Texas Independence Day. There's a reason I live in Chicago now.

I was just poking fun at the idea that states as big as California or Texas could be characterized as all one kind of scenery, the way you can (maybe) Vermont. If I say "Colorado," you have a picture in your mind that is probably not the prairie ranchlands of La Junta, the sand dunes of the San Luís Valley, or the badlands of the Yampa Plateau.