Moved from Minnesota to Texas 15+ years ago. The people are like a different species. Rather than passively hating every living being you come across, people reach out to those around them and sincerely wish them the best, and help them if they can. Yankees visiting often read it incorrectly as sarcasm. Southerners truly love thy neighbor. And I think you or anyone considering a similar move, would look back upon the decision as a divine gift, secession or not.
I spent about 5 hours today taking care of a couple strays so they wouldn’t be picked up by animal control. Took them to the vet to see if they were chipped, drove around town asking if anyone recognized them. Finally found someone that did and they called the owners. Told my wife I made a couple friends and she immediately knew I had picked up strays and laughed about it with her coworkers when I facetimed her.
I don’t tell this story to toot any horns, it’s just what people do around here. We caravan to the other side of the state to watch a football game, even if we don’t have kids playing. We feed friends livestock when they are unable to. When we had bad fires a couple years back I tried to buy a couple large round bales for some of the ranchers in the area, and they were all sold out, back ordered for a couple weeks, through donations from strangers. We take care of each other and my biggest fear is that the city mentality/leftist dogma gets its hands on the people here.
I lived for 30 years on 10 acres to the west of Fort Worth. It was like that and all the people on the road knew each ither at least a little bit. After my husband died, I had to move to the far outskirts of FW. People here are that way, too, without the knowing everyone part. If dogs or cats are loose, it immediately gets posted online and someone tries to corral the strays.
Moved from Minnesota to Texas 15+ years ago. The people are like a different species. Rather than passively hating every living being you come across, people reach out to those around them and sincerely wish them the best, and help them if they can. Yankees visiting often read it incorrectly as sarcasm. Southerners truly love thy neighbor. And I think you or anyone considering a similar move, would look back upon the decision as a divine gift, secession or not.
I spent about 5 hours today taking care of a couple strays so they wouldn’t be picked up by animal control. Took them to the vet to see if they were chipped, drove around town asking if anyone recognized them. Finally found someone that did and they called the owners. Told my wife I made a couple friends and she immediately knew I had picked up strays and laughed about it with her coworkers when I facetimed her.
I don’t tell this story to toot any horns, it’s just what people do around here. We caravan to the other side of the state to watch a football game, even if we don’t have kids playing. We feed friends livestock when they are unable to. When we had bad fires a couple years back I tried to buy a couple large round bales for some of the ranchers in the area, and they were all sold out, back ordered for a couple weeks, through donations from strangers. We take care of each other and my biggest fear is that the city mentality/leftist dogma gets its hands on the people here.
I lived for 30 years on 10 acres to the west of Fort Worth. It was like that and all the people on the road knew each ither at least a little bit. After my husband died, I had to move to the far outskirts of FW. People here are that way, too, without the knowing everyone part. If dogs or cats are loose, it immediately gets posted online and someone tries to corral the strays.
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