i got So. Much. ATTITUDE when i first announced we were moving to TX. i know part of it was the sheer cognitive dissonance of Cranky Black-clad Rothko entering the Land of Howdy Y'All, but there was a lot more to it than that, from many. "texas?! good god, WHY?!?!" my attempt to placate them with "dude, austin is sorta like cambridge, only friendly" were met with extreme cynicism. "but it's texas," was the standard reply. not everybody was like this, certainly, but i heard it enough that it really pissed me off. like *every single resident* of *every northern state* is that damn much more "enlightened." please.
tell me why massachusetts and minnesota, both historically democrat states, have continually elected republican governors and professional wrestlers for *years*, and then get back to me on the whole southern thing, k?
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Date: 2004-11-07 04:58 am (UTC)i got So. Much. ATTITUDE when i first announced we were moving to TX. i know part of it was the sheer cognitive dissonance of Cranky Black-clad Rothko entering the Land of Howdy Y'All, but there was a lot more to it than that, from many. "texas?! good god, WHY?!?!" my attempt to placate them with "dude, austin is sorta like cambridge, only friendly" were met with extreme cynicism. "but it's texas," was the standard reply. not everybody was like this, certainly, but i heard it enough that it really pissed me off. like *every single resident* of *every northern state* is that damn much more "enlightened." please.
tell me why massachusetts and minnesota, both historically democrat states, have continually elected republican governors and professional wrestlers for *years*, and then get back to me on the whole southern thing, k?