Lol @ xvag putting down the great state of NC. One of the original 13 colonies, ranked in the top 5 in job growth. Some of the fastest growing cities in the U.S..
Essentially a purple state, notable people include , David Brinkley, Charles Kurault, Michael Jordan, Sugar Ray Leonard, Maya Angelou.
Has some of the top universities in the country with 4 of 5 categories having a university from North Carolina in the top 5, including my alma mater UNC who by the way had Mack Brown as our coach before Texas did or they probably wouldn't have won a championship in the past 50 years without him.
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Texas schools aren't in the top 10.
Now ,I don't have anything in particular against Texas, been to Richardson many times as my uncle was a pilot for both the old Braniff airlines and Delta and he lives there but between gulf oysters that taste like diesel fuel and 5 pm thunderstorms with hail stones the size if soft balls you can have it.
I wouldn't switch locales with you for all the manure in Lubbock.