The most boring cities in Texas named

[TexasTowelie]

Everything's bigger in Texas, but for these 10 cities, that means the yawns and the amount of time spent twidling thumbs.

Real estate website Movoto has named the 10 most boring cities in Texas and 3 of the winners--err, losers--are in the Houston area. Houston, we have a problem.

While Pearland, La Porte and Rosenberg ended up on the list based on nightlife, live music venues, dining, and recreational options per capita, we think there's still some way to have fun in these seemingly lackluster towns.

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The other dull towns across the Lone Star State are Grand Prairie, Lancaster, Cleburne, Duncanville, Mesquite, Schertz, and the king of all the dullards: Rowlett, Texas.

More at http://www.chron.com/homes/article/The-most-boring-cities-in-Texas-named-5501524.php#photo-6347369 .

[font color=green]Ha, ha! One of my friends who is a teacher lives in Rowlett![/font]

[northoftheborder]

1. LOTS of boring towns in TX, especially out in the big sky country.

[TexasTowelie]

12. This could end up being a competition.

I tend to lean towards Tilden, Texas as far as the south Texas region is concerned. There were only 600 residents in the county and it is a drive to get anywhere with a population of 1,000 or more. At least we had the county fair and parade each year in Live Oak county.

[Rhymes With Orange]

13. I'll take "boring" any time.

It probably means there aren't any gang shootings.

[TexasTowelie]

15. You have a valid point. Usually the gangs stay away from the boring areas.

However, I have read that there is an upswing in gang activity in the rural counties of south Texas where I was raised.

Welcome to DU!

[ashling]

2. I used to live in Cleburne

[TexasTowelie]

4. So tell us about it.

Is it really that boring?

[ashling]

14. I was in a tornado

there once

[Manifestor_of_Light]

3. Don't forget East Texas.

Places that only recently started selling beer and wine and don't have any bars, for example. Dancing is also bad.

It's possible that the biggest public health problem in many areas is death by boredom.

We got cemeteries full of them, it seems.

But is the football team named the Schertz Sleeves??? (Stole that one from Texas Monthly years ago.)

[TexasTowelie]

5. A few weeks ago I saw a list of

about six towns in East Texas that approved the local alcohol option. I thought about posting that article, but didn't think it would generate any interest on DU. However, Canton voted to stay dry.

LOL regarding the Schertz Sleeves.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. I never thought our county would go damp.

I don't think they have liquor stores selling the hard stuff. You have to drive to the next county for that.

They're still fighting over Tyler going wet and surrounding communities, since it's pretty large and growing.

I've seen commercials for towns near Tyler saying "If this town goes wet there will be gambling and prostitution and illegal drug use, blah blah blah."

And I think there are a lot of closet alcoholics around here.

[dem in texas]

8. I live at the edge of Duncanville

hey the boring factor is great, that's what I like about it out here in Southwest Dallas county. I drive over to North Dallas, Plano or Frisco and the traffic is horrible, can't wait to get up the Illinois hill on Loop 12, the traffic drops off, it is peaceful again and I can drive in the Dallas Hill Country to my house with a huge yard on a hill, not the flat overcrowded areas of North Dallas County

[TexasTowelie]

10. That is one of the prettier areas of Dallas county.

I went through that area in the middle of April when the bluebonnets were at their peak when I was moving back into southeast Texas. I knew it was an easier route to take when towing a trailer and my brother gets very aggravated driving in the city.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

9. A sign for our local library sale said "Bargins" on it.

Yep. The library.
And the librarian ranted at me once about how much she HATES that they have a "Hispanic Food" aisle at Wal-Mart.

I guess she flies into a rage over a can of refried beans.

Guess she doesn't know that where we are was once called "Mexico". At the book club I told a woman about that rant and she said "Well, she's not from here." So I said, "Oh does that make it okay for her to be a bigot, if she's not from Texas?" ...crickets.....




I thought librarians were intelligent and wanted everybody to read. Guess that doesn't apply here.

[TexasTowelie]

11. I've had a couple of 'interesting' times at the library this year.

In January I was at Atlanta, Texas and needed to waste a couple of hours so I went to the library to get on the Internet. I asked what fun things there were to do while was in town and the librarian was cordial, gave me a temporary Internet pass and lead me to the genealogical section.

When I applied for a library card in Wharton I struck up a conversation card with the librarian and asked her about things to do in this great city. She rolled her eyes like I was insane for asking...

[mbperrin]

16. Hey now, there's a good sized Church's Fried Chicken in Wharton and a movie theater

in El Campo just a few miles away. I got a lecture from an engineer there on how monkeys were married into Cain's line, and black people are the mark of Cain! This guy had an actual UT diploma on the wall from long ago, and he lives in a house on the national registry.

Also a strange floating face in the Colorado River there!

And for a delightful return to yesteryear, visit Glen Flora just a few miles away, never has had a church of any kind, all the black folk live north of the highway, all the whites live south - two bars in town - one white, one black, small grocery store, post office, an antique store with ghost of the town's founder, Mr. Hood.

AND just a few more miles up, Egypt plantation, still an actual place, but now with the company store instead of actual slavery!

Now stop complaining about Wharton County, ya big bully, and visit Wickett! NOW there's boring!!

[TexasTowelie]

18. I've read a little bit about the Egypt plantation, but haven't been over there to check it out.

I hadn't heard of Glen Flora before.

I don't know much about El Campo, but when I was young and living in George West my family traveled up US 59 to Houston to visit my grandparents. I know that there is a shuttle bus running between Wharton and El Campo so maybe I'll plan a side excursion over the next couple of weeks if it doesn't get too hot. Last week was very busy with an interview with an employment recruiter, filling out job applications for my brother who is computer illiterate and one application for myself, removing malware from my brother's laptop computer, and completing a lot of paperwork for the SSDI filings. I also need to get to the DPS office between the El Campo and Wharton since my ID is about to expire in about two weeks so I might as well switch my voter registration at the same time.

Due to my previous sedentary occupation and the fact that I'm still somewhat mobile I am expecting the evaluating doctor give me a stress test to check on my heart and respiration rates. While I can still walk at a leisurely pace it has been about seven years since I ran any distance. It will be an interesting experience running on a treadmill considering that my feet are tender due to cracked callouses and swelling. I only expect to last 5-7 minutes on the treadmill since I'm breathing between 25-30 breathes a minute while seated or lying down and I am oxygen-deprived.

[mbperrin]

19. If you can do 5 minutes on the treadmill for your stress test, you'll beat me!

Back in March, I did nearly 4 minutes, and I was toast. So only good thoughts for all that medical and for the SSDI.

Glen Flora is on 102 on the way to Egypt from Wharton. Dub and Patsy's store (if they're still alive - this was more than 20 years ago) has a little deli type seating area for about 6 people and delicious hot sandwiches cooked by Gwen to your order. John Northington has the store at Egypt, and the plantation as well. They were just beginning the conversion to a tourist destination when we were there, but there was a wonderful player piano unlike any I've seen before.

Heck, I may have talked myself out of how boring it is!

[TexasTowelie]

20. The five minutes is most likely pushing it. It could easily be only 2 or 3 instead.

I found this article about Egypt online that you might fight interesting.

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hne08

Egypt is about 11 miles away so I doubt that I'll make it out there since my only mode of transportation is bicycle. It looks like Glen Flora is only about 5 miles away, but I'm reluctant to ride towards that part of Wharton since there are no shoulders on the highway in town and people drive like maniacs on that stretch of road. When I've gone out to that area (where the hospital and Walmart are located), I've taken the Colorado Transit Authority bus.

I'm on the southeast corner of Wharton so it is about a two mile ride to get to the US 59/TX 102 intersection. It's over a mile to ride to the HEB, the post office or the fast food restaurants in town.

[WolverineDG]

17. They listed Schertz

but forgot to add that it's really a suburb of San Antonio & close to Austin. Hardly a "boring" place at all.