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

[Mac1337]

Bill, any historical explanation that makes America look bad, mean and a bully is much easier to sell to you know who.

[decocritter]

It really depends on what part of a State. After seeing California on TV and in Movies for years, part of it was a big let down. But parts of it is fabulous.

I love Austin, would not care to live in Dallas. But I do like the people in Texas, there is a spirit about them.

I love things about Louisiana, the culture of South Louisiana, the food, music, and friendly people, but the weather is horrible. South Louisiana from Lafayette to New Orleans is completely different animal than North Louisiana. North Louisiana does not have much to offer, to me. (I went to school there and drove 4 hours home every weekend)

Connecticut was pretty but so crowded, and too cold in winter.

Some places are too expensive to live, no matter how great. Seattle looks pretty, but too rainy.

[Grace62]

Dakota wrote:
Bill, any historical explanation that makes America look bad, mean and a bully is much easier to sell to you know who.

Oh good grief! We're talking about something that happened between Mexico and Texas, before Texas was part of the US. These events do not make the US look bad, or good.

Are there Texans who want to pretend that they were never under Mexican control, and that they never won independence from Mexico? If so, why do they still celebrate Texas Independence Day as an official holiday in the state of Texas?

[ztirffritz]

Easy solution. Let's give Texas back to Mexico and call it good.

[Grace62]

Well, if these guys get their way...

AUSTIN — The Texas Nationalist Movement marked Texas Independence Day with a rally on Saturday at the Capitol urging Texans to save the state by seceding from the United States.

A small but enthusiastic group of Texas patriots gathered on the steps of the Capitol, as an assortment of massive Texas flags blew above them in the chilly afternoon breeze.

Outrage was spread evenly toward Democrats and Republicans as leaders of the movement expressed their disgust for the growing national debt and the federal government's treatment of Texas.

"Texas can take better care of itself than Washington," said Lauren Savage, vice president of the movement. "We are here to raise interest in the Legislature of the possibility of secession to cure the ills of America."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/poli...58701.html

[Black]

dmann wrote:
Colorado. I live in Illinois where it is flat, flat, flat. Colorado looks beautiful.

DM

I've been to various parts of Colorado. It's got basically every kind of landscape except oceanfront.
That said, I don't know if living there would be that great. I imagine it being like being a student in DeKalb on a weekend, but all the time.

[RgrF]

Black wrote:
[quote=dmann]
Colorado. I live in Illinois where it is flat, flat, flat. Colorado looks beautiful.

DM

I've been to various parts of Colorado. It's got basically every kind of landscape except oceanfront.
That said, I don't know if living there would be that great. I imagine it being like being a student in DeKalb on a weekend, but all the time.
Illinois has an oceanfront? Live and learn.