[re_nortex]

Yankees moving to God's country because they've so fouled their own liberal nest states.

There are also those of us who were born in Yankee-land (Pennsylvania, in my case) who got so disgusted with Northern ways that we fled to the sane part of the country. The entrenched power of Democrat machine politics and the intransigence of corrupt big labor union bossism made me realize that I had no future in the Keystone State.

So, quite a few decades ago, I evaluated where I'd like to be and where I could prosper financially, culturally and politically. In fact, I wrote a Fortran-77 program to collate and analyze a number of metrics. Texas came out with the overall best numbers.

But before fleeing Pennsylvania, I was proud to leave my mark having busted a labor union. My actions led to a decertification election -- a rare thing in big labor stronghold.

I'll also add that I took measures to leave as many Yankee traits behind. I worked hard to lose lingering traces of my Western Pennsylvania accent and cut all ties with the state. I dropped my rooting for the Steelers in favor of the Cowboys (and was proud when Dallas beat Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XXX). And I always liked Country music and Southern Gospel (which we actually had not access to not far away in Wheeling, WV).

In short, I fully assimilated and consider myself a Texan -- having made a decision to move here and adopt Texas ways and spurning any Yankee-isms. Yes, I wish I could have been born here but I really had no control over that.

[ansel12]

In short, I fully assimilated and consider myself a Texan That is the way of Texas, it is about where your loyalties lie, remember the Alamo.

[Texan Tory]

“In short, I fully assimilated and consider myself a Texan — having made a decision to move here and adopt Texas ways and spurning any Yankee-isms. Yes, I wish I could have been born here but I really had no control over that.”

The fact that you weren’t born in Texas makes you no less of a Texan; this concept was irrefutably demonstrated by Davy Crockett.

[The Comedian]

You may not have been born in Texas, but you got here as fast as you could...

Welcome!

I do genuinely encourage all patriots trapped behind enemy lines in blue states to get to Texas ASAP.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.