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[QUOTE="gamer, post: 2363478, member: 5967"]
Thanks for that great analysis on Texas' size.  You realize it's big when you look at a map, but when you add up the other states that would take to equal it, it really hits you.  That must be one of the explanations of why leaving the state may seem like a bigger deal than to kids from a lot of other states.  From many parts of Texas, you can drive for 8, 10, or 12 hours and you still aren't close to getting out.  Plus, also there's that Texas frame of mind, for better or worse.  Texans are brought up to identify with the state, sometimes it feels more even than with the country.  Believe it or not, kids in school say the pledge of allegiance to the country and then keep standing there and say the pledge of allegiance to Texas.  (I am very embarrassed by this.)  That didn't used to be the case, but was added in sometime in the last however many years, since a certain type of state leaders have gotten more of a stranglehold on the government.  To some kids, it may almost feel a little treasonous to consider going out of state to play basketball.  Hopefully that will all change some day (not for basketball!!) but for things in general.
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