Reviews & Comments
Midland, TX
re: Midland Texas - 3/1/2008 -
8/27/2009I am planning on moving to this area in the near future. I appreciate your post. It was very helpful. I come from a small town in Ohio. It is almost identical to your description of Midland. A lot of pretentious folks that like to act like they are the mayor when they are really more like the guy who digs the ditch. My mother was a school cook and my wife's father was a truck driver and we really could care less what you make or do for a living. I have recently met some extremely wealthy and influential people from Texas and they are the reason I am moving. I was very impressed by their kindness and down to earth approach to life. You would never have guessed they were worth a fortune. I interviewed with the one gentleman at his house on a lake and he showed up in T-shirt, shorts and flip flops. You would never have guessed this guy was worth millions. It just wasn't important to him, or me for that matter. Sadly, I feel that there is a little bit of what you described everywhere. I have entire school districts that look down on others from where I come from. This made the paper last year, A historically poorer school played an historically wealthier school in football one Friday night. The "Poor" school was beating the "Rich" school and in response the score the "Rich" school students began to chant, "That's alright, that's OK, your dad works for my dad anyway." So you see, I can't wait to leave that behind.
Lubbock, TX
re: If you like narrow-minded, racist hypocrites- -
8/27/2009Wow. I am moving to Lubbock in September. Everything was very nice when I was there. It was hot (mid August) but managable. There was a lot of opportunity. Something that was lacking in a big way from where I come from in Ohio. I find it hypocritical that you would complain about Texas in the manner you which you did. You just didn't like the people, OK I get that, but you're coming from Michigan. The only state that is worse of than Ohio is Michigan! Texas as a state kicks Michigan's butt in just about every statistical category. As far as racism goes, sadly that sort of thing can be found in all corners of this country. But I didn't the kind of representation which you described. Religion is big there. I saw a demographic of approx. 75% white and 20% hispanic/ Tehano and both are very religious. Folks from a Mexican heritage tend to have a strong Catholisism roots and it is reflected in there culture. I saw that as a common ground that drew them together. Perhaps the strong religious and moral beliefs are not a good fit for you. You may be better off in Michigan where unemployment is over 15%.