Texas can be divided into two sections, the cities and the rural areas.

THE CITIES:
In cities like Dallas and Houston, minorities far outnumber white people. The only people wearing cowboy hats are people from other states, and they generally don't go to the cities (for good reason). There is a Starbucks on every block, and during lunch hour, the line will extend out the door. Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio can be very ghetto, in fact. Dallas has the highest murder rate of any city over 1,000,000, and Houston isn't far behind. When on the subway in Dallas, confused tourists will be asking you for directions, while behind you a homeless man will be urinating on the platform, and the people next to you will be speaking spanish. It is indeed a very urban experience (as is everything in Dallas and Houston). People are NOT friendly in the city of Dallas, however, in Houston, people are much more hospitable. Dallasites tend to be very arrogant. 95% of the people in the cities do not have any detectable southern accent, and look down on the people who do.

RURAL AREAS:
Beyond the cities and their suburbs, however, lies a completely different Texas. "The Country" is where people in the cities go for recreation (such as camping or boating) and thats about it. People are far less educated than they are in the cities, and have heavy southern accents. Fireworks stands will be on every street, instead of Starbucks, and most people will have a gun. The people here are for the ...

A description of a weak hit in baseball that falls into the outfield just out of the reach of the infielder and just in front of the outfielder.
While the exact reason for the name is unknown, it originated in the Texas minor league.

the area of deep south texas sandwiched between the real world and mexico.

(1) (this is the basics of what happened, there are many more details I won't include...because I don't have time to sit on my computer all day...sorry, also, I live in Waco so I and my family were very close to this story, though I was very young when it actually happened)
A 53 day standoff that happened near Waco, Texas, involving doomsday cultists (Branch Davidians) led by David Koresh, and government agents. The Branch Davidians were alleged to have abused children, stockpiled weapons, and practiced polygamy at their compound at Mount Carmel, a rural area a few miles away from the city of Waco. These concerns increased to the point that the local paper, The Waco Tribune-Herald, backed by the community, began to pressure the authorities to take action against the Davidians. This is when the FBI and the BATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) decided to raid the compound. The Branch Davidians barricaded themselves inside a large building on the compound (after 4 agents and 5 Davidians were shot and killed), they were in there for 50 days, while the agents tried to negotiate with Koresh to release the children and other innocent people in the building. The building they were in caught fire on day 51, April 19, killing 76 Davidians (27 of them children) including Koresh. Most of them didn't even try to flee the building. No one knows for sure if the fire was set by the agents or the Davidians, and there is evidence supporting both sides.
While it is sad that this...

An un air conditioned car or truck. Want cool air, you open both or all four windows at highway speeds of 70 MPH or higher on a hot day in this here Lone Star State of Texas. Texas air conditioning could also be referred to as "250" or "470" air conditioning (two windows and 50 MPH or four windows and 70 MPH)

baseball term: a basehit that lands in the outfield between the infielders heading out and the outfielders heading in - probably from the old days when people believed texas minor league fields were large and had no home run fences (or very deep outfields) so the outfielders would play deeper to prevent long hits and give up singles in front of them

baseball term: a basehit that lands in the outfield between the infielders heading out and the outfielders heading in - probably from the old days when people believed texas minor league fields were large and had no home run fences (or very deep outfields) so the outfielders would play deeper to prevent long hits and give up singles in front of them