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Testing your knowledge of Texas cities. Are there any on this list that do not immediately tell you they are in Texas?

Posted by GregW (aka not2fast) Jun 25 '12, 09:34

There are a few I consider borderline, but I need some out-of-state input.

Abilene
Alamo
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston
Laredo
Lubbock
Mesquite
Midland
Odessa
San Antonio
Sugar Land
Waco
Wichita Falls

Responses:

The only one I wouldn't be certain was in TX is Wichita Falls. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 10:18
Mesquite and Wichita Falls. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 10:10
I lived in Texas so I'm not a fair sample, but all of those are very easy-to-recognize as Texas cities for me. - ty97 Jun 25, 10:05 2
- Yes, but according to their website, they have no direct connection to the Alamo that is in San Antonio. -- (link) - GregW Jun 25, 10:10
- you...don't remember the Alamo? -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 10:06
Pippyville -- nm - Bacon Jun 25, 10:00 1
- heh -- nm - Epiphany Jun 25, 10:04
didn't know about Midland, Sugar Land, or Wichita Falls, but I pay attention to TX stuff more than some having Texan citizenship. -- nm - zork Jun 25, 09:59
I know Wichita Falls becase I drove through it once. The ones I didn't know were Sugar Land and Beaumont. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 09:58
Brownsville. Every other one immediately makes me think of Texas. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 09:50
Ok, from those left I was most concerned about Midland and Odessa. Are those well known? -- nm - GregW Jun 25, 09:41 6
- Isn't FNL set in Midland-Odessa? -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 10:08
- I know Odessa from Heroes. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 09:57
- I only knew of Midland because I used to follow Minor League Baseball closely. -- nm - nubby Jun 25, 09:43 1
  - That is where Woody Harrelson is from. - Spawn Jun 25, 09:45
- I wouldn't say either are well known, but I knew Midland from its connection to the Bush family, and Odessa from an Encyclopedia Brown story. - Roger More Jun 25, 09:42
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Mesquite - for those of us more familiar with Nevada. Maybe Wichita Falls (think Kansas) Beaumont seems a little...generic? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 25, 09:39 3
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  - Oh, I know it is, but if I didn't see it in context I might not be sure. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 25, 09:41 1
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the ones I don't recognize are - Strongbad Jun 25, 09:39
I've never heard of Beaumont, and if I didn't know they were in TX I'd have guessed Kansas for Wichita Falls and Florida for Sugar Land. Also, a town - Roger More Jun 25, 09:37 1
- Yep, an eastern Dallas suburb. -- nm - GregW Jun 25, 09:39
These are all obvious to me, but then I'm Texan. I don't know what an out-of-stater would think. -- nm - miffed67 Jun 25, 09:37
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What do I look like, Powers Booth? - Mel Profit Jun 25, 09:35

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