> But all of this sounds lovely! Why does publicity for
> the place only go on about the bad bits?
East Texas is actually quite beautiful if you like pine forests. Don't tell anyone. It is part of the plan to keep Yankees and Furriners out. We try to keep our airports in really ugly places like Houston, so that no one suspects. Unfortunately, the Mexicans figured it out and are arriving in droves.
> > Tyler, home of the Tyler rose, is at the northern
> > end of this area.
>
> Would that be the Yellow Rose of the song?
I believe so. Earl Campbell, the (American) football running back is also known as the Tyler rose (not because he smells nice, though his barbeque sauce does).
> Yes, that's what we get told about. Rather like Prax.
More like the wastes, with oil.
> You only go there if you've been driven out of
> anywhere anyone in their right mind would actually
> choose to live.
Hey, now. George Bush grew up there.
> > So, there it is. Did I mention that it is
> > pleasantly warm most of the year?
>
> No. You've mentioned a few temperatures, I think, all
> of which translated as "unbearably hot" to me.
To each her own. The warm weather grows on you. (Kinda like a fungus.) My wife is from Northern Ireland, but she wouldn't survive the first winter if she went back now.
Chris
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