I’ll take issue with the one on Southern gas stations close to the Interstate. Stopped at a small one off of IH-10 in south Louisiana and they had some local folks making fantastic Cajun food / snacks in the attached convenience store. Mmmm...boudin.

Well, since corporations are people, I suppose 2nd Amend “rights” apply to them, too - amirite ?

But, but...I like Disney World 😅 and St. Pete Beach, and Destin, and lots of other places there. 

Well, as a Texan, I’d appreciate everyone else not throwing the baby out with the bathwater ;)  Most big cities in Texas are Blue and don’t hate decent, modern energy policy...

Native Texan here. Can confirm. Anyone in an EV, hybrid, a bicycle,...hell, even a small, fuel-efficient car is “woke” and thus fair game to these MAGA asshats.

$65,000. For a mid-sized pickup. And not even a reliable one like a Tacoma...

It has NOTHING to do with them being “White Boys”, it has to do with the fact that they are terminally brainless.

Got our CR-V Hybrid on sale at Honda Cars of McKinney (a small city just north of Dallas). They don’t always have stuff on sale, but they don’t add those odious dealer price adjustments. The RAV4 was nice, too...but they wanted thousands more than the CR-V, and the Honda dealership had them in stock.

Stopped at dozens of truck stops over the last few years and it’s plain that they don’t like non-truck drivers either. I’ll leave the Love’s and Flying J to the truckers, just gimme my Buc-ee’s on a road trip...

Hey! I’m “Generation Jones” (right between Boomers and GenX) and I like Taylor. Esp. because she seems like a genuinely good person. 

As a native Texan, don’t let Bible-thumping lady sour you on the temple of the beaver. The only thing worse than a Karen is a Bible-thumping Karen...

Does this include Kei vans as well ?

...two-wheel drive (with an automatic limited-slip differential)

Maybe. But I really liked the McDLT back in the day...

As an Austin native, I can confirm that P.Terry’s > Whataburger. 

Price’s Pimento Cheese (a very good brand) is avail at all the grocery stores I’ve shopped at in Texas. Or if you’re at Costco, they carry Palmetto brand which is also good.

Porsche “Guards Red” is always the answer.

Elizabeth, I’m usually a huge fan of your posts, but this one hits a bit...snobbish. I’m from Texas and that Tamale Pie is perfectly acceptable (though I’d leave out the bell pepper & olives, and add some diced, roasted New Mexico green chiles instead). The Newman’s Own is also a great marinade. Decades ago, when…

Republicans will never allow this through the House. They’re more afraid of passing anything that’ll make Biden look good vs. doing something that will help the country.

Bought our daughter a Corolla Cross and it’s a fine car. She’s up a bit higher than in a Corolla which she likes, and you can fold the back seats and get plenty of cargo room to haul your stuff from one college dorm / apt. to the next.