Texas - All Texans chime in. Its time to secede.

Inspired by our CA bretheren (who have not 1 but TWO regional forums for their state), I think Tx is big enough to have its own regional forum.

I think Texas actually owns quite a few of the regional subforums, thanks to the quick thinking of a certain unnamed someone.

hell yeah.
I've been trying to get this forum renamed "Texas and the rest of the southwest"
but no one in the mods forum seems to listen to me.

I'll bring this'un up agin .

marty

As an honorary Texan, I cast a token vote for secession. :)

Thanks for your votes guys. JSChen - I owe you some BBQ. :)

TEXAS INDEPENDENCE !!!! We did it once, we'll do it again !!!

I'm all for it!!!!

Is Austin really part of Texas? It's looking a whole lot like California around here to me. Bad drivers, self centered egomaniacs, brunettes trying to pass themselves off as blonde's.
Oh wait...........we always had those. But I'm sure Cali is screwing us up, I just cant prove it.

Who voted against us? Get a rope.....

I'm in!

Im a sailor in a past life. I got rope! Try to keep it blood free as possible.

can I vote for a short drop?

marty

Lol.

Up to 23 votes for. I thought it might be more by now - then again it hasn't even been 24 hrs yet.

So...just out of curiosity, I took a quick look at census info and found that there are approximately the same number of people in the 6 LA-area counties as there are in Texas...about 21M. I still don't understand why that area doesn't just sink into the ocean! Without a doubt though, TX is under-represented on this board (or at least in this regional forum)!

bump - c'mon guys, don't think 27 votes is going to do it. If you know any Tx members on the forums I'd suggest PM'ing them a link to this thread. I've done a few. :)

I thought this already was the Texas forum...

Ravenmore, keep an eye on things.

As that great texan Bob Dylan said "coz the times they are a changin"

EP, they are ALL texas forums if truth be told, seriously just check
Jsharr's posts in all the others forums.

Marty

Ravenmore, keep an eye on things.

As that great texan Bob Dylan said "coz the times they are a changin"

EP, they are ALL texas forums if truth be told, seriously just check
Jsharr's posts in all the others forums.

Marty
EP is an Okie!!! But I vote to give him honorary Texan status as he grew up in my hood.

We texans are cool:D

I thought this was a poll about Texas seceding from the US of A. As a Californian, I'd've voted for that. :D But it's only about whether Texas should be it's own region in BF - how disappointing. But what the heck, if they want it . . .

we need mas votes! :)

ravemore... as a lifer,(Born in Kent county,TEXAS) we should!!! My vote is in.Since I live only 7 miles from the okie panhandle, can I vote for them too? It would take them a day or two to figure it out.

I don't frequent the regional section too often, but if Texas had its own forum I might. ;)

Just voted!

Cool - we're getting there - almost 40 votes. I think a Texan forum would generate more traffic once it was created and the locals start yacking with each other... :)

It just needed to be done.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e289/SpydaMike13/TEXASRegion.jpg

Heck yeah. To me the southwest starts around El Paso anyway.:D ,,,,BD

It just needed to be done.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e289/SpydaMike13/TEXASRegion.jpg

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http://www.garmentdistrict.com/store/popculture/southpark/collectibles/sweet_stick.jpg

Another reason why Texas needs its own forum ...

I just clicked the Southeast forum and couldn't find a blessed thing on this great state and then I wondered if I was in the wrong area and sure enough, a few clicks later I realized Texas was grouped with the Southwest. Its really Southcentral or just South but I think it is better to just call it Texas. :)

Who are the two ******* who voted 'No'. We must deal with dissenters harshly. Especially since we have overwhelming majority. This is a fine case where mob rule will work to perfection.


ooops...I should read the whole thread first. Looks like the naysayers were strung up.

I vote to rename the Southwest to "Texas, etc."

I'm not always IN Texas, but I'm near enough to pretend.

"Remember the Alamo...Remember Goliad!" Oh...wait a minute..."The South shall rise again!"....well, y'all get the point. :D

Well now we have three no voters?? They must be Californians, who want to be grouped with such a great state as ours. :p,,,,BD

Damn! And I just ordered my BikeForums.net jersey! ohwell..I always need another jersey. :rolleyes:

I'm late (as usual) but I'm in....

B'Dog

Since I've just stumbled across this thread & there seems to be a lot of interest (relatively speaking), go ahead and advocate for one

Would this mean that riding info, sharing experience about the peculiarly Texan cycling adventures would be more easily found? Would anyone care what cycling opportunities there were in Bryan-College Station?

On the other hand, you folks seem to have reasonably dominant presence in the Southwest BF forum which is better for keeping our neighbors under control...:D

I live in East Texas, Bossier City, so I voted YES!~

Yeah - I just think it would be better to organize rides and TX social events in a TX specific forum - esp. after seeing the S. California forum in action. Heck - even a TX forum might be too generalized as events in N. Texas are probably too far to be of concern for folks in S. Texas or E. Texas, ect.....

Do it...!

53 yes votes....how many would we need???

53 yes votes....how many would we need???


whats the population of Texas? I think we need 2/3rds of the population...oh..wait...I was thinking politics again! :mad:

I would say there needs to be more activity before we deserve our own forum...one to two posts a day I don't think cuts it.

I'm a-gin-it.I an't for givin up Airezona and New Mexico to them Hippies out in Calaforina.I know we could cut Texas up into several sections--piney woods--coastal plans--hill country--tran pacos--etc and each one would be a great site---each has it's own idenity---but so does the rest of the areas in the SW forum---guess living all my life in Tx just taught me to think big--Calaforinia just needed to cut it's self down to the size they think in,that's why they needed two fourms.So I vote for BIG --the hole enchilada---sam

Just voted. "Yes" for Texas.

Lotek and I are leaning on Joe a bit more. Hopefully we'll have some action on this soon. To be fair Joe's had his hands full recently with the server move. But never fear, we've got 2 Lone Star Mods. :)

whoo hoo - thanks Cuda. I think there will be more activity once one is created and folks start talking to one another.

I for one need to plan another trip up to Big D. And Cuda - you still need to come down here for some fun on the hills. :)

Houston_Biker - You, Waterrockets and I need to go for a ride also sometime. My fitness level is at a yearly low right now so I think you guys would ride me into the ground. ;)

"Remember the Alamo...Remember Goliad!" Oh...wait a minute..."The South shall rise again!"....well, y'all get the point. :D

D@mn skippy - my great great great (maybe a couple more greats in there) grandfather died at the Alamo. It's how my family got to Texas. Our bloods in the soil. ;) Least I can do to honor them is fight for our own forum!!!!!

(k-that was overly dramatic)

Ravenmore - come on up any time (though this weekend doesn't look to good for riding. :() and I certainly plan on heading down that direction some time soon.

Dear Forum Master,
please give Texas it's own regional forum. Texas is not in the southwest. It is also not in the south. It is more like a big armpit between the two.
-NM resident

I have been to multiple places in NM, and it has a few spots that are nice. But, that is pretty funny, that someone in NM would call TX an armpit. If you ever even get to TX in Summer, go sit by the Guadalupe river near Gruene until you change your mind. And yes, you will:p,,,,BD