I've lived in Texas my whole life, and while I am a proud Texan who loves Texas History, for the most part, I don't notice anything different about Texans then what I noticed about people in other parts of this great country. Please don't ever allow some of the more eccentric ones speak for the whole state. And please don't let the hicks speak for us either. lol. Although in all honesty, if I wasn't a Texan, I'd very likely make fun of us too. But I live in Austin and I'm happy and proud to type we're a pretty diverse city with a lot of different people living here. Anytime I leave Austin however, I'm quickly reminded that this is still Texas, and still the South, and a lot of those little towns are a hundred years behind the times.
I admit, my whole life there has always been apart of me that wished I wasn't a Texan just because I hate the stereotype we have and the rednecks, the cowboys, the small-town football worship nonsense, the narrow-minded way of thinking about Black people, gays, and just about anyone who isn't White. And then there's the hunting, the fishing, and the other stuff that involves killing animals. And not just that - The way some people refuse to change with the times, the deep accents, the Christians, and all the other stuff I named honestly embarrass the hell out of me, and I always have to try my best to convince people that we're not all like that, but honestly, too many of us are. The remake of "Straw Dogs" had the South down perfectly.
I sometimes wish I was from somewhere like L.A., or NYC, or Chicago. I love the U.S.A. and just wish I could be apart of a state that has no shame to it, and has been loyal to the Union since it was formed. No C.S.A. No Republic of Texas. Just the good ol' U.S.A. (Of course, the grass is always greener on the other side.) Really, the South/Texas is interesting as a novelty, and if I was a Yankee, I'd love to visit here, and patronize the hell out of the locals, then go back home to NYC and make fun of em'.