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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Both.  Definitely Western, and for obvious 19th century reasons have the 
right to call themselves Southern.    Texas is so big, though.  I spent most 
of the time, that I have spent there, many years ago.  If the Mexican 
population has increased the same way, in areas, as have AZ & NM, then part 
of the Southern part of the state could be considered a 'third' category?

I consiuder parts of South Louisiana a kind of 'third" category.  Their 
sympathies are certainly Southern, but the Cajun cutlure ceratinly sets it 
apart from the rest of the State, region, & country.  I loved the time I 
spent in S.  LA., 'could do anything; and the best food I've ever 
eaten...................................


--- On Thu, 12/4/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:

> From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] Geography was: Tell me again why Republicans are good 
> for people
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 7:22 AM
> I'd be curious to know where all of you think Texas
> falls. 
> It falls in two time zones mountain and (mostly) central. 
> We have the most geographical southern land in the U.S., 
> the state is full of Republicans, Confederate sympathy, 
> people say y'all, and grits are widely available on
> menus. 
> Although some people consider the Mississippi River the 
> division, technically the west begins at the 100th 
> meridian and I live at 99.97 so then I am in the 
> westernmost part of the east. The only thing I am 
> absolutely sure of is I don't live in the north!
> 
> --Sage
> Way Out in Texas
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:00:31 -0700
>   Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Dec 4, 2008, at 6:44 AM, sjc wrote:
> > 
> >> I learned as a line of demarcation to use the 
> >>Mason-Dixon Line to
> >> identify North-South lines....and as to Arkansas,
> why 
> >>wouldn't it be
> >> south?  It's surely not not north, and we
> don't 
> >>recognize a "mid"....
> > 
> > Indeed. There are many natives in southern Missouri
> who 
> >consider  
> > themselves Southern.
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