I lived in the south for six years and forgot how unique it is as a distinctive area of our nation. Just recently we drove back down south not having been there for some time. As we drove along I knew I was entering the south when I saw this:
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My memories of my two road trips through Texas from El Paso to Austin....
Roll into a little town, and every one of them...
Church... Sonic... Church... 76...Church... Dollar General... Church... City Hall... Church... Gun shop...Church... Chevron...Church... Feed & Tack... Church.
for me it was always Sonic drive in. Never had them in the north until recently. but every trip down there it was a PB cup Sonic Blast!
WhatAburger restaurants start popping up on the radar. Hardee's restaurants become Carl's Jr. Dairy Queen is known as the Texas stop sign.
You know you are really there when you start seeing the south of the border signs for "Pedro's"
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WhatAburger restaurants start popping up on the radar. Hardee's restaurants become Carl's Jr. Dairy Queen is known as the Texas stop sign.
Religion and politics seem to come up too often in conversation and I'm deathly afraid to expose myself as a moderate with left leaning tendencies, or even worse - Catholic. You guys need more pro sports teams down there to talk about or something.