Texas stereotypes
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Texas stereotypes are traits people think or believe about inhabitants of Texas. Some examples are:
- Loud, boisterous, and boastful
- Wear boots, ten-gallon hats, belts with huge buckles, and bolo ties
- Show no feelings and sometimes condescending
- Do not care about the environment
- Own firearms, especially six-shooters, and fire them at inappropriate times
- Rich, but make foolish purchases (one joke has a Texan involved in a 14-car pileup, but didn't report it since it took place in his garage)
- Get into eating contests in Amarillo
- Heavy drinkers
- Quick to anger and violence
- Have oil wells in their backyards
- Ride horses everywhere, as the invention of the car has not yet reached Texas (alternatively, ride pickups everywhere)
These sterotypical traits have been exemplified by:
- The character of the Rich Texan in The Simpsons
- King of the Hill, where a visiting Bostonian demands Hank Hill act like the sterotypical Texan he expects
- Oil tycoon J.R. Ewing on the soap opera Dallas
- Big Enos Burdette in Smokey and the Bandit
Texas stereotypes about the state itself:
- Texas is all desert, cactus and tumbleweeds - there are no forests in Texas (true actually only of West Texas; East Texas is heavily forested and timber production is a large part of the regional economy).
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