I wasn't particularly offended, but thought you needed to know.  OF the
fifty states, the fact you chose Texas was quite ironic, I thought.  I
don't know other states  history, but presumably your analogy might have
worked with one of those. But, if you are going to make an argument, it
helps to have the facts right, :)
Anyway, every state has its quirks, ours just happens to be this pride of
being a nation first. What you say is true, generally, about being partial
to wherever you lived as a youth, but I have noticed an odd propensity
among Texans to still promote their citizenship, even if they moved away
years ago. (Me included.)  When we looked for houses in Ohio a few years
ago, we could tell the Texans' houses.  Same thing when we came to
Missouri.  People even put little Texas stickers on their cars or have
personalized plates with TX-something on them.  When people moved to Texas
from other states, they used to comment on this "hang-up of being a Texan".
One person I worked with told me nobody puts little Indianas everywhere.

Lori Allen
Graduate Student, History and Museum Studies
University of Missouri - St. Louis

"Well behaved women rarely make history."
                                  - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Historian

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