[xTekno]

20 Reasons Why You Should Never Visit Arizona

[renia58]

Originally Posted by xTekno

20 Reasons Why You Should Never Visit Arizona

irony, AZ is beautiful
the same thing about poland;

http://www.buzzfeed.com/annaneyman/2...nd#.pqek1nGEgE

[xTekno]

Originally Posted by renia58

irony, AZ is beautiful
the same thing about poland;

http://www.buzzfeed.com/annaneyman/2...nd#.pqek1nGEgE

the food looks absolutely horrible!

[RDNKJ]

Great pics! Makes me want to visit Arizona (I've never been) and visit Poland again.

I'll jump in...here're 25 reasons why you should never visit Texas.

[PHOTOS] Here Are 25 Reasons Why You Should Never Visit Texas

[renia58]

Originally Posted by xTekno

the food looks absolutely horrible!

made me laugh, the food is awfully good!

[xTekno]

Originally Posted by RDNKJ

Great pics! Makes me want to visit Arizona (I've never been) and visit Poland again.

I'll jump in...here're 25 reasons why you should never visit Texas.

[PHOTOS] Here Are 25 Reasons Why You Should Never Visit Texas

@RDNKJ, you're right ... absolutely nothing to see and the roads are a total drag. the land is pretty much flat and completely featureless.

[Spiritflight]

Some other reasons concerning Germany visits

German Missions in the United States - BuzzFeed Travel

[OLChemist]

Originally Posted by RDNKJ

I'll jump in...here're 25 reasons why you should never visit Texas.

Actually, they omitted are most common denizen. In New Zealand sheep outnumber people 6:1. On a planetary basis, chickens may outnumber us 3 : 1. But here in Texas we are no longer outnumbered by cows, but by orange barrels.

Yes, the humble orange construction barrel is now more numerous than ex-wives on a Dallas rerun. In Dallas every major interstate, US highway, surface street or heavily traveled footpath is home to these brightly colored Texans. Houston has been expanding its suburbs and the I-45 construction zone toward Huntsville for 15 years. Fort Worth is making Toll Roads faster than armadillos can get run over on the interstate. And Austin... Well, has anyone driven then entire way up I-35 to Waco without a detour or delay in the last five years?

Please, come to Texas. Spend money; TxDot needs your vacation dollars. And when you're done, please leave. Don't move here without bringing your roads from home. Oh, and take a nice souvenir. Nothing will remind you of your road trip in Texas like a pothole.

Sheep to people reference

[RDNKJ]

Originally Posted by OLChemist

Yes, the humble orange construction barrel is now more numerous than ex-wives on a Dallas rerun.
Please, come to Texas...And when you're done, please leave. Don't move here without bringing your roads from home. Oh, and take a nice souvenir. Nothing will remind you of your road trip in Texas like a pothole.

I know that's right!

Just here in Austin, I don't think there's been a time in the last almost 30 years that we haven't had to deal with some kind of major road construction in town.

Sad thing is, Texas roads used to be known for its excellent roads. Now you can't even tell the difference when you cross the state line into Oklahoma. And Oklahoma roads are bad. In Tulsa, there's a pothole right around 31st and Lewis that's been there since I was a teenager. No lie! That's what happens when ya never actually repair the road; ya just pave over what's already there.

Yes, tourists are more than welcome in Austin. But then they need to go home. Way too many people moving here.

[xTekno]

Originally Posted by RDNKJ

I know that's right!

Just here in Austin, I don't think there's been a time in the last almost 30 years that we haven't had to deal with some kind of major road construction in town.

Sad thing is, Texas roads used to be known for its excellent roads. Now you can't even tell the difference when you cross the state line into Oklahoma. And Oklahoma roads are bad. In Tulsa, there's a pothole right around 31st and Lewis that's been there since I was a teenager. No lie! That's what happens when ya never actually repair the road; ya just pave over what's already there.

Yes, tourists are more than welcome in Austin. But then they need to go home. Way too many people moving here.

Originally Posted by OLChemist

Actually, they omitted are most common denizen. In New Zealand sheep outnumber people 6:1. On a planetary basis, chickens may outnumber us 3 : 1. But here in Texas we are no longer outnumbered by cows, but by orange barrels.

Yes, the humble orange construction barrel is now more numerous than ex-wives on a Dallas rerun. In Dallas every major interstate, US highway, surface street or heavily traveled footpath is home to these brightly colored Texans. Houston has been expanding its suburbs and the I-45 construction zone toward Huntsville for 15 years. Fort Worth is making Toll Roads faster than armadillos can get run over on the interstate. And Austin... Well, has anyone driven then entire way up I-35 to Waco without a detour or delay in the last five years?

Please, come to Texas. Spend money; TxDot needs your vacation dollars. And when you're done, please leave. Don't move here without bringing your roads from home. Oh, and take a nice souvenir. Nothing will remind you of your road trip in Texas like a pothole.

Sheep to people reference

What a wonderful state!

People say it takes more than 18 hours to cross the state, but I've done it in less than 3 hours without traffic.

[OLChemist]

Originally Posted by xTekno

People say it takes more than 18 hours to cross the state, but I've done it in less than 3 hours without traffic.

Panhandle doesn't count :)

Originally Posted by RDNKJ

Texas roads used to be known for its excellent roads. Now you can't even tell the difference when you cross the state line into Oklahoma.

You know, when the woman who spent her teenage years in Pittsburgh, during the Carter administration and the death of the steel industry, tells you your potholes are world class... She knows what she is talking about. In that era Pittsburgh had a few pothole on bridges that had the Monongahela River at the bottom. I'd dodged free-range, Volkswagon eating pits in the pavement while learning to drive. I know what a bad pothole looks like.

TxDOT, let me help you out. Before the last ice storm, when5 miles of the right lane of I-35W north of I-30 dissolved into a chain of Martian craters holding hands, you had a pothole problem. Now, I'm not even sure what you would call it. But it could be the next SYFY channel movie -- Potholepocolypse!

[RDNKJ]

Originally Posted by xTekno

@RDNKJ, you're right ... absolutely nothing to see and the roads are a total drag. the land is pretty much flat and completely featureless.

I know, right? And all those horrible bluebonnets....just as ugly as homemade sin!

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But that's right, awhile back you took your bike cross-country, somewhere up east if I remember right. Did you end up going through Texas? How was the trip?

[RDNKJ]

Originally Posted by OLChemist

Panhandle doesn't count :)

Ach, you beat me to it!!!

[RDNKJ]

Growing up, we had relatives in St. Louis so we went to Missouri quite a bit. When we were young it was a game to shut our eyes and see if we could tell when we crossed the OK/MO border. In hindsight, it really wasn't much of a game, 'cause it was pretty obvious.

But, hittin' that smooth Missouri road also meant we were going to stop at the first store we came to so we could get Squirt. I loved Squirt, and back then you couldn't get it in Oklahoma.

[OLChemist]

Originally Posted by RDNKJ

....just as ugly as homemade sin!

You have store bought sin down there in Austin. Do I want to know what sort of stores you're frequenting?

[OLChemist]

And just keep clear of the entire South:

Why you should never visit the South

[Toolbox]

Originally Posted by OLChemist

Panhandle doesn't count :)



You know, when the woman who spent her teenage years in Pittsburgh, during the Carter administration and the death of the steel industry, tells you your potholes are world class... She knows what she is talking about. In that era Pittsburgh had a few pothole on bridges that had the Monongahela River at the bottom. I'd dodged free-range, Volkswagon eating pits in the pavement while learning to drive. I know what a bad pothole looks like.

I don't live in or near Pittsburgh, nor would I want to , but PA roads are horrendous everywhere. I remember growing up and every summer the city and state would tar cracks and fill small holes to prevent such a thing and pot holes were not a big deal but they stopped doing that sometime ago and the pot hole problem is out of hand. The winter of 2013-2014 all but destroyed portions of a major expressway near me and is probably the reason we blew out tie rods and ball joints on our vehicles. In fact I hit a pot hole not too long ago that cause the hood of the van be released from the lock but not bad enough to cause it to be fully released.

[wardancer]

Originally Posted by RDNKJ

Way too many people moving here.

I moved to Austin in '82 , to Round Rock in '86. When I moved to Round Rock the population was around 5000 . When I moved away from there in '92 the population was 47000 ! Big change !

[wardancer]

Oh yeah , there used to be country between Austin and Cedar Park and Leander !!! But no more ! Same thing going north , country between Austin , Pflugerville , and Round Rock.......now it's solid to Georgetown !

[RDNKJ]

Originally Posted by OLChemist

You have store bought sin down there in Austin. Do I want to know what sort of stores you're frequenting?

But, of course! We have all kinds of sin down here in Austin. That's why they call us (among other things) Sodom on the Colorado!

Plus, the Lege is in session. With all those politicians in town, our sin quotient is way up these days!