Battle Of The States: Round One (which is better)

[THUNDER HANDS]

First Round matchup:

Texas vs. New York

Which is the better state and why?

I say (gee, this is shocking) New York.

It's the center of the universe, it's got tourist stuff, nightlife stuff and just plain old weird folks (and in a good way).

[VelmaD]

1. Texas of course...

because I'm here. What more reason could you want? :)

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. i wish you lived in any other state...and GOPisEvil too

I feel really bad trashing Texas when I know cool people who live there.

[VelmaD]

6. Easy solution...don't trash Texas

It isn't just me and GOPisEvil. Molly Ivins, Jim Hightower, Ann Richards, Barbara Jordan, Jake Pickle, Henry B. Gonzalez, Ralph Yarborough. Texas has had some great liberal politicians over the years and you can't argue that Ivins and Hightower aren't two of the best liberal voices out there right now.

[GOPisEvil]

7. Then don't trash it.

Trashing some of the idiots that live here is fine by me. But this is a great state. It has everything - mountains, desert, hills, ocean, forest, flatlands. It also has some of the nicest people I've ever met, regardless of political affiliation.

I've only been to New York once, and I was young, so I can't comment intelligently on New York, but I will say there's no way I could like it any more than I like Texas.

[BurtWorm]

19. You didn't mention cities...

:evilfrown:

NY has some of those, too. But I'll grant you, it doesn't have scrubland. ;)

(Actually, I liked Laredo.)

[GOPisEvil]

20. Texas has the best city in the world.

Austin. :-)

OK, so it isn't New York, New York, but does NYC have a chili parlor?

[BurtWorm]

21. NYC probably does not have an authentic chili parlor.

I don't really want to trash Texas--least of all Austin, which I know makes some great music. I'll just say I've been to Texas, and most of it wasn't my cup of coffee. ;) (But as I say, I loved Laredo!)

[GOPisEvil]

22. One of these days I've got to get to New York City.

Niagara Falls was nice, but I was 8 and easily impressed.

Laredo, huh? I like the smaller border towns better. Easier to get across and back. Eagle Pass/Piedras Negras and Del Rio/Acuna are two faves.

[BurtWorm]

23. I was in Laredo for about a week, trying to connect with a friend

in Monterrey, Mexico. I could have been bored out of my skull, but I found the whole town rather lovely and tropical. It was my first real taste of tropics--orange trees and parrots in the park in December. I was 19 or 20.

[phillybri]

2. NY by a mile...

That's not even a question...

[LynneSin]

Where is Delaware?

:shrug:

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. these are one-on-one matchups

Delaware will be facing off with a state to be named later.

[LynneSin]

11. Why bother? We're the best state out there

Seriously, the rest of the states would be battling for the #2 slot

[felonious thunk]

14. But what about that smell in Wilmington?

You know what I mean. It's kind of a mix of rotting fish and gasoline. Like old eggs and car exhaust. Like chickens and the restrooms at Kahunaville.

That said, Delaware has wildly underrated beaches. I'd much rather visit the Delaware beaches than Maryland, Virginia or Jersey.

[LynneSin]

15. HEY!! I live in Wilmington

And my delicious smell has overwhelmed any horrors of odor there before me

:crazy:

[felonious thunk]

18. I had some great times in Wilmington in my younger years

Had friends going to West Chester and UDel. I've had some real good times in Wilmington. But it smells nevertheless.

[terrya]

4. I lived in Dallas and I've visited New York

And New York IS a nice place to visit...and I WOULD want to live there (hideously expensive, of course. But still...)

Terry

[jus_the_facts]

8. THE YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

:o :o :o :o :o

[AntiCoup2K4]

9. They both suck

Yankees and Cowpies. What else need be said?

[camero]

10. New York State

It has everything that Texas has except desert. And it's cleaner and more liberal.

[VelmaD]

12. oh really

Then explain Guiliani and Pataki.

And if you think Texas isn't clean I'm wondering if you've ever visited. The big cities may be a little dirty - but then again the big cities are in NY too. Rural Texas is gorgeous.

[camero]

13. I have been through both states

The biggest fundies are in Texas and Houston in the summer is atrocious. Guiliani and Pataki could not go as far as they want to go because the population as a whole is more liberal.

Rural Texas is nice but not anywhere near as clean as Upstate NY and with more poverty.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. NY, just because Ann Thrax says it's not "Real America"

Which of course it is, more than anywhere else.

[adriennel]

17. NY!

'cause Brooklyn is my birth place, nuff said!