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Originally Posted by Conan
El Paso, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin and Houston. Most of the living is in major cities or surrounding suburbs. The rural areas contain the backwards people but the population is relatively sparse.
The most annoying thing is the wealthy oil republicans, which represent the state politically. There are quite a few of those, but on average people are no more racist than your typical paranoid suburban mother. The kind you find in every state.
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Yeah those oil tycoon republicans are able to lobby and keep things more right winged.
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Originally Posted by Burning Down
I really don't see how Canada is any better than the US, aside from the health care system. Although that has it's flaws too - dental care not being covered is a huge one. I know people who haven't been to a dentist in years because they can't afford the private insurance or their work doesn't offer it.
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I know they are suffering from "grass is greener" syndrome and that's why I always have to debunk these fantasies that they have about Canada being far superior than the US.