How long have you been Married?

I'm not overtly effeminate, but that's not the point. I don't want to feel like I have to blend in or worry about what will happen if someone finds out. I don't have to worry about that here. People simply don't care. It's just not an issue.

Gotcha.

 

32 years to my high school sweetheart.

 

Texas holds a reputaton as gun loving, 4 x 4 driving...good old boys from those outside of it, namely on the North Eastern corridor. There is a vibrant gay community there if your worry is, you'll be strung up on a fence post and left for dead merely for being openly gay.

There are rednecks in every walk of life...there are areas of Missouri with toothless, methamphetamine making trailer trash...but we also have a quality symphony, zoo and art museum. Texas is a really big, and diverse place. You won't find Winter festivals or that sort of thing if outdoor cold weather activities are your thing, however as you're a gay person, I seriously doubt you should be any more afraid there than other areas of our great nation.

 

*harumph*
I'll have your ghey Hiney know that there's a loverly ice rink in the galleria in Houston. Its prolly close to westheineymeir. LOLOLOLOLOL!
*SMOOOOOOCH*

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You forgot the Icebats! !

 

Haha! But there are probably ten rinks within 20 minutes of my place. I need lots.

 

I have quite a few gay male friends here in my town. Ill ask them what they think and report back!

 

Lots what? Ice rinks or "possibilities? " ahahaha! I crack myself up!

 

I can't believe this guy....ok there are areas of Chicago, Englewood and Washington Park are on the city's South Side these neigborhoods are well-known havens for drug dealing, prostitution, and violent crime They were that way 40 years ago....and I've no doubt they are still very bad.

So, Chicago's a gay friendly city compared to most of Texas..so he says.

Houston is home to more Fortune 500 companies than any other city in America.

Texas has a large Hispanic population and lots of transplants who moved there for the jobs...

You talk to any Texan living in a large metropolitan area, under the age of 35, and I'd venture to say more than 50% support gay marriage. The region is transforming.

Chicago can be a corrupt, and dangerous city, long bitterly cold Winters with Lake effect weather. Yet he's afraid of Texas.

I've hogged enough of the thread...sorry.

Back to marriage discussions.

 

Haha!

 

Texas has definately come along the right path towards their gays communities. One of my close friends is a gay guy from Georgia. He's lived here for about 18 yrs or so. He's was very comfortable about his preferences early on. In Georgia he still has to pretend to be straight even around family. He and his boyfriend have been together almost 15 years now. His boyfriend is an elementary school teacher and his fellow colleagues LOVE him. Another gay friend of mine is a very popular DJ here. He plays all the local clubs as well. None of them are flamboyant but are obviously gay.....if that makes sense.

Our economy is BOOMING so, yes, we have people flocking down here to absorb our awesomeness. Lol. Do we have hotspots of idiocy? Of course, who doesn't? Is it hot as all get out? Oh yah. Where else can you go to the beach on Christmas? Lol.

All in all....its a great place to be.

 

Tiny isolated areas that affect nothing but themselves. The rest of the city is pretty awesome. Much of the south side has come way up.

Nope, that's what people from Texas who visit tell me.

Anyway, who's married again?

 

It's hotter than heck, if a person likes Winter sports...Chicago is much more the place to live...however, I think he thinks, guys in cowboy hats and wrangler jeans are roaming the streets of Lubbock looking to attack any unsuspecting gay person.

You will find asshats in all walks of life, and believe me, certain neighborhoods in Chicago are hazardous to your health when the Sun goes down...the zombies come out. Doesn't matter if you're gay or straight, it's straight up owned by gangs. Chicago is not some utopian ideal of Democratic liberalism...

 

States losing populations

#2. People leaving....Illinois

Where are they going?

Texas is one of the top destinations for Illinoisans.

Why?

Jobs! Lower taxes!

Texas rocks!

I promise, my last comment on the thread.

 

I ain't making that promise!

We have new Caterpillar plant that's hiring boocuze people!

 

A team stolen from Minnesota, btw....

 

Actually it kind of is. You obviously have not been here in a very long time. The neighborhoods you're talking about are small and contained. You would never go there anyway. The vast majority of the city is really nice, and getting nicer.

I can guarantee you, it's not gay people leaving Illinois to go to Texas.

 

And our population is doing just fine.

 

Not the smart ones.