The American South? Or, the West?

Published

Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I am asking this question out of sheer curiosity. How many of you consider Texas to be a Southern state? How many of you regard Texas as more of a Western state, or part of the Southwest? Thanks in advance!

I have noticed that many East Coast people think of this place as a Western state, whereas numerous West Coast people think of it as a Southern state...

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in RN, Cardiac Step Down/Tele Unit.

I am from deep south Louisiana and now live in Fort Worth. My hubby and I laugh when people call Texas the south. It is west to us. But then again, for us Cajuns, anything north of Shreveport is not considered "southern", states like TN and KY are "yankees" to us! :roll

Up Vote Up Vote ×

It's a Southern state to me.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Psychiatric.

I'm also from Louisiana and consider Texas to be the West. :)

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Cardiac.

Anything East of Dallas seems like the south. Anything West of Fort Worth seems like a western state.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Anything East of Dallas seems like the south. Anything West of Fort Worth seems like a western state.
And certain parts of South Texas (San Antonio, Brownsville, Harlingen) seem to have more of a Southwestern flavor due to the predominant Latino population. Also, El Paso has an extremely Southwestern feel. In my opinion, the Panhandle culturally has more in common with the Midwest than the South or West. I think that, since the state is so huge and expansive, it is hard to pigeonhole it into just 1 geographic region. After all, the folks in Texarkana definitely do not seem very 'Western' at all!
Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

i have lived in texas all my life and always considered it a southern state. however, i was watching the weather channel the other day and he said "now in our southwestern states ..texas ...." what??? i just cant figure that true texans could even begin to consider texas a southwestern state... for goodness sake's , i had biscuits this morning sopped them up with homemade gravy..you cant get more southin than that...

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
i just cant figure that true texans could even begin to consider texas a southwestern state... for goodness sake's , i had biscuits this morning sopped them up with homemade gravy..you cant get more southin than that...
and let us not forget the sweet tea that can be found in virtually every restaurant, buffet, and fast food joint around here. there's no beverage that is more southern than sweet tea! sweet tea did not exist in my home state of california...
Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Cardiac.

As The Commuter has said, Texas is so big, each section has it's own feel. I grew up in El Paso and I would not consider it anything but Southwestern. I lived in Amarillo and it certainly had a midwestern feel. Lubbock, by the way, feels more western. Dallas is nothing but eastern. I live in Tyler now, which is very much like Tennessee. My relatives in the Permian Basin would bristle being considered southern. I also have lived near Beaumont-very much Cajun. That's what makes Texas so great; variety.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Hmmmm - I think there's the south...There's the west.... And then there's Texas, a region unto itself. ;)

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in LTAC.
Hmmmm - I think there's the south...There's the west.... And then there's Texas, a region unto itself. ;)

:yeahthat:I have to agree with ya. There's a little bit of something for everyone in Texas.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion