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Re:America’s Future Is Texas by coredog64 on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @12:44PM (#14696867)
> The eleventh largest is Austin, the capital, where I live.

I think I see the problem...

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Re:America’s Future Is Texas by CalChris on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @01:26PM (#14697123)
Do you? Austin is 4th in Texas. It is 11th in the US, as the paragraph makes clear.
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Re:America’s Future Is Texas by Pxtl on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @03:35PM (#14697825)
I think you're missing the point. He's saying "lol, it's an Austin writer, not a real Texan".
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Re:America’s Future Is Texas by dtornabene on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:30PM (#14698417)
This, 100% this. Austin is seen as some kind of burden to borne by the rest of G-d fearing, gun toting Texas. IE, not a real Texan. The writer actually discusses this, at some length, in the piece. "Do you smell that? Its freedom." Abbott, in the piece, on leaving Travis County.
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Re:America’s Future Is Texas by coredog64 on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @01:50PM (#14697247)
Austin is known for being different, not just in Texas but nationwide. (e.g. "Keep Austin Weird")
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