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When I was a kid, we went to TX (I'm from Germany) and everyone recommended going to New Braunfels because it's so German. We were quite shocked to see how ger
by linohh 8y ago
When I was a kid, we went to TX (I'm from Germany) and everyone recommended going to New Braunfels because it's so German.
We were quite shocked to see how german it was. It seemed like a hideout for traditional german values (as in conquering Poland) - no pleasant memory.
- wyldfire 8y agoWow, what in particular do you mean?
- HillaryBriss 8y agomy guess is that New Braunfels, Texas is planning to invade Warsaw, Indiana in the second half of 1939.
- matt4077 8y agoThe name alone sounds like a made-up name from an uninspired nazi comedy. Haven’t been there, but it’s probably a bit like Namibia, which had the unfortunate experience of briefly being entangled in German dreams of colonization: they have radio stations continuously playing German folk music from the 1920’s. It’s not explicitly fascist music (as far as I can tell) but the association was strong with everyone who heard it.
- esaym 8y agoUp until about 50 years ago, the population was mostly German, and German was still being spoken. Not so much now though.
- ryanmerket 8y agoI grew up there in the 80s. We had our own Wurstfest and the school’s mascot was the Unicorns. So there’s that.
- patrickg_zill 8y ago.
- monktastic1 8y agoParent comment says that s/he is from Germany.
- jamiek88 8y agoHe is German.
- linohh 8y agoJust a personal memory about the weirdness of having expat communities serving as a time capsule. They took the then German culture and forked it. From today’s perspective it would be similar to playing bioshock where a similar cultural fork happened.
- tacon 8y agoGerman with a Texas accent? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_German