I think you're just being a tad over-sensitive here (and I say that as someone who moved to Dallas in 1987). I've been on HN for 4-5 years and I've never heard

I think you're just being a tad over-sensitive here (and I say that as someone who moved to Dallas in 1987). I've been on HN for 4-5 years and I've never heard or seen "Texas bashing" here. Texas' population is almost 10% of the US. Texas is also the 2nd largest state, comprising almost 8% of the land mass of the US. Besides, I'd guess half of the HN crowd today are overseas - I doubt the average non-North American HN person could name more than 7 states. And of those 7, Texas, California, and New York are in every single person's list.