> Texas says it wants less government. The people there keep joking about independence. As a fellow Texan, this mentality gets taken to an extreme by some peop

> Texas says it wants less government. The people there keep joking about independence. As a fellow Texan, this mentality gets taken to an extreme by some people in this state – usually rural – but I don't think it's reflective of an overwhelming majority. California wants to secede too, so maybe we're onto something. ;) Texans do tend to have a lot of personal pride and love for their state which was reflected in impressive volunteer-rescue effort that grew organically and spread like fire. My brother said every boat dealer was sold out of flat bottoms in Dallas. I do think it was unprecedented and hopefully set a positive precedence for social behavior in situations like this. For a gun-toting state, I'd say it was surprisingly civilized and non-violent for the 4th largest city in the United States (500k less people than Chicago)