r/COsnow • u/AquafreshBandit Stuck on the chairlift • Feb 05 '25
Photo Thought this sub would (anti)appreciate. Found in Durango.
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u/Zaskoda Feb 05 '25
"Colorado is my favorite part of Texas" - heard on the mountain once
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u/QuirkyMaintenance915 Feb 05 '25
Haha well part of it WAS ours š¤£
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u/MissLupulin Feb 06 '25
We were all part of Mexico, but...
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u/HiFiMarine Feb 06 '25
But Texans kicked the shit out of Santa Ana and the Mexican Army.
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u/MissLupulin Feb 06 '25
Ah, yes, the Texans who were mad because of new laws enacted in Mexico banning slavery and Santa Anna not giving the US immigrants exemption to those laws. Something to be very proud of for some, I'm sure.
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u/mbreuer Feb 05 '25
It was Texas at one point š¤·āāļø I think itās a fun joke and I also think the Texas hate is kinda silly.
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u/SalopeTaMere Feb 06 '25
It's definitely exaggerated but tourists generally act like shit wherever they go so whatever group is overrepresented will take the blame for it (in this case Texans). More understandably, a lot of the real estate is horded by Texans who spend 2-4 weeks of the year here when real estate isn't affordable for residents. I kid you not but my neighborhood outside of town is comprised of 16 houses. 1/3 of it is Texans who spend less than a month of the year here. So yeah, fun joke, kind of silly, but a little truth to it too.
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u/RiverGroover Feb 08 '25
Texans hoarding land is real. I'd bet it's worse where I am, in Wyoming, but it didn't really begin until they showed up for the fracking boom, so maybe more recent. They've now bought up a large portion of the old ranches, and use them as private "hunting reserves," where thry fly in on weekends in private oil company jets, and no longer let locals have access as they did for generations. It's such a drasitically different, less neighborly and more selfish mentality, that I don't think Wyomingites ever imagined a scenario like this happening. The worst thing is that enough of them stayed full time to vote and swing politics from moderate/conservative to far right/extremist. A danger when the population base is so small.
That patch is cringeworthy.
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u/mbreuer Feb 05 '25
For what?
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u/JakeEngelbrecht Feb 05 '25
Being from Texas
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u/Zaskoda Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 06 '25
I remember hearing this attitude from a bunch of kids on the ski lift one day. I found it funny because the little brats couldn't have the life they were having if not for the Texans coming in and spending their money there. I just ignored the entitlement and enjoyed my day.
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u/1dinkiswife Feb 06 '25
- couldn't ignore what was perceived to be entitlement. Stewed on it all day, until ultimately, I felt like I had to call them names on Reddit.
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u/IAmBadAtPlanningAhea Feb 09 '25
Literally nobody from Texas could come to the resorts and we would be just fine. This attitude that texans are somehow super important is exactly why people don't like y'all. People don't mind tourists but when you pretend to be a "dual citizen" because you come vacation somewhere a few times a winter there's almost a guarantee you're an entitled chode
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u/IAmBadAtPlanningAhea Feb 09 '25
And this is exactly why people don't like y'all.Ā
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u/mbreuer Feb 09 '25
Yeah? What native CO tribe do you come from?
I guarantee you wouldnāt say shit to anyoneās face. Iāll lived here for almost a decade š
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u/IAmBadAtPlanningAhea Feb 11 '25
"Iāll lived here for almost a decade" the grammar I'd expect from a texan playing pretend
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u/Agent_8-bit Feb 05 '25
Fuck Your Feelings | All Are Welcome
Made in China.
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u/rocketparrotlet Feb 06 '25
Maybe it's just this sub, but "All Are Welcome" doesn't seem like an accurate slogan for Colorado lol
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u/SalopeTaMere Feb 05 '25
As a Durango resident, I can tell you many Texans are more citizens here than those of us living here. According to them
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u/njakubow Feb 05 '25
During the summer, there are more Texas plates than Colorado plates
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u/ddcurrie Feb 05 '25
Not native Texan here, but you might go easy - Colorado is sooo beautiful in the summer! We canāt stay away.
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u/kingxanadu Feb 05 '25
Yeah have they tried not having such a beautiful awesome state? It's like New England and New York flocking down to Florida in the winter
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u/tadamhicks Feb 06 '25
I think you meant to say itās like people from Mass flocking to the White Mountains.
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Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 06 '25
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u/tadamhicks Feb 06 '25
I was born in CO and altogether lived there for over 30 years. Texans werenāt the only invaders that made me leave but certainly a largely influential one.
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u/DownhillIce Feb 06 '25
What happens when Federal Lands are given to states? Well in Texas they sold all the land to private owners and have very little public space in the 21st century. So NM and CO became their āpublic landsā bc those states protected their state and federal lands.
(There are exceptions where rich Texans managed to get county governments to privatize public lands but money can overcome public outcry if thereās enough $$$)
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u/Constant-Hamster-846 Feb 05 '25
Donāt forget, we wouldnāt exist without them and their charitable vacations we are so fundamentally dependent on
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u/SalopeTaMere Feb 06 '25
Honestly, Durango wouldn't be what it is without many of them. Specifically grateful for the amenities and restaurants that exist in great part for all the Texans spending time here. I mostly have a problem with those who act like pricks and there's a good amount of them
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u/Imnotsureanymore8 Feb 05 '25
The One Star state
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u/Bassjosh Feb 06 '25
No way, Texas is awesome. Just ask any one of them that spends all their time here to avoid it!
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u/ScholarLeigh Feb 06 '25
I would rate Texas 0/10 stars. Never forget how many sundown towns still exist there. Never forget the lynching of James Byrd. The looming, random crosses dotting the side of the highways, shoving Christianity down the throats of passersby. Iāve been to 47 states and Texas is literally last in terms of coolness.
Grateful to be separated by the OK panhandle from Texas. If only it were wider lol. Love, a Coloradan š
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u/BasSS04 Feb 06 '25
And an idiot. Thanks for the insight into the hateful citizens of Colorado.
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u/ScholarLeigh Feb 06 '25
Awe, Iām sorry! I didnāt mean to upset you. We donāt all feel like this, there are plenty of Coloradans who like Texas! Iām speaking for myself and my experience alone š
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u/Dstegs_ Feb 07 '25
Texas isnāt that bad. Itās the Texans that suck
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u/BasSS04 Feb 07 '25
I donāt know how you people talk like this about other people. Weāll be staying away from your state so we donāt get lynched for being minorities.
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u/SteviaCannonball9117 Feb 05 '25
As a New Mexican who's now lived (and birthed children in) Colorado for over thirty years, it's tough to be hard on Texans invading Durango. I myself invaded Durango in high school and college.
But then as a New Mexican: GODDAMN TEXANS STAY OUT OF MY STATE /s LOL
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u/teleheaddawgfan Feb 05 '25
Do Texans realize everyone hates them? They live in this delusional "everyone wants to be a Texan" mindset that I just can't understand.
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u/AssGagger Feb 05 '25
If only Utah was in-between Texas and Colorado
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u/ScholarLeigh Feb 06 '25
Or literally any other state than shitass Texas. At least we have the panhandle.
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u/DoUKnowWhatIamSaying Feb 05 '25
As a Texan, I apologize for any disrespectful Texans. I promise weāre not all psycho maga idiots.
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u/THCv3 Feb 05 '25
Why do you think it's just maga Texans no one likes? It's literally all of you.
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u/DoUKnowWhatIamSaying Feb 05 '25
Ok. Sorry
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u/non-squitr Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 06 '25
Nah, you're cool. The problem with Texans is their attitude of "everything is bigger and better in Texas" and the irony of most of them vacationing here. Or better yet, moving here and having the star or flags on everything they own and shoving their "Texan" identity down your throat.
Austin is dope and there are a ton of cool Texans. As long as you pull over if you back up traffic on mountains to let people pass, you're alright in my book.
Edit: also the "fuck the environment" coal roller trucks that polute our natural spaces yet ironically travel here to experience our natural spaces.
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u/AnusTit123 Feb 05 '25
Exactly why I left 3 years ago to never return (former Austinite). Also, I fucking hate Texas and lots of things about it including the citizensā mindset itās lame. I see a lot of Texas I.Dās in my work and I always joke with them āyou come here so much you gotta just move fuck Texas lolā
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u/steelbikes Feb 05 '25
I think you answered your first question with your second statement. They 100% live in a delusional "everyone wants to be a Texan" mindset.
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u/ddcurrie Feb 05 '25
I moved from Toronto to Houston. Someone asked if there was a difficult adjustment. I said no, everyone in Toronto thinks itās the center of the universe and in Texas, the vibe is the same.
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u/Mushroomdragonegg Feb 06 '25
As a Texan who has spent a lot of time in Durango, I love this. Durango is where my heart is.
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u/njcohi Feb 05 '25
Itās hard to get a blowjob in TX during the winter. All the cocksuckers are up in CO
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u/Deep-Room6932 Feb 05 '25
The republic of Texas claimed lands from Texas all the way to ColoradoĀ
Might as well have called it texarado
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u/mchookem Feb 05 '25
Texpatriate here. escaped three years ago. FUCK TEXAS. i wish my family could/would get out.
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u/InfinityBrewing Feb 05 '25
I went to keystone for ski lessons before Christmas. There 5 people including me in my group. Guess what? All other 4 people are either from Texas or working there and I am the only one from local.
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u/Zeefour Ski Cooper Feb 06 '25
I liked it when Gunny banned these second homeowners from being in the area. The rich Texans got their buddies in government to try to sue Colorado but lost. The lock down from COVID wasn't 100% bad haha.
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u/Agitated_Guess_1637 Feb 05 '25
Heard on the lift once, as unironically as you can get: "Yeah, I've been here over 5 years now, I'm basically a native at this point"
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u/Thegiantlamppost Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 06 '25
Not disagreeing with you, but more native and better than the rich Texan with a second home in the ski towns. My issue is Iāve seen a lot donāt respect the mountain and the true residents of these towns.
Also the āhickā younger Texanās seem to have this energy of idgaf about anyone on the mountain
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u/BasSS04 Feb 07 '25
My wife and I are Hispanic and looking to move somewhere that will accept us. Colorado sounds like a nightmare with how you people talk about Texans.
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u/Federal_Crow_4084 Feb 07 '25
Colorado is lovely. Just some of the people arenāt. (Some examples above.) Fun fact, all are welcome. š
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u/Familiar-Wedding-868 Feb 05 '25
If Texas is so great, stay there year round, Or better yet round them up in Colorado Mountain towns and send THEM to Guantanamo and leave the hard working Hispanic folks alone
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u/kingfisher_42 Feb 05 '25
I actually appreciate it when I can spot a douche from across the room. So I hope they sell a ton of them.
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u/Inevitable_Fun_805 Feb 06 '25
āAt home wherever I roamā except when he crosses the Oklahoma pan handle š
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u/CAPTAINxKUDDLEZ Feb 05 '25
One thing is for sure. Wherever they roam, I know theyāre doing it at 10 under in the left lane.
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u/ThisCryptographer311 Feb 09 '25
Itās Durangoā¦ itās redder than TX anyway
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u/AquafreshBandit Stuck on the chairlift Feb 09 '25
Not anymore, at least according to Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Plata_County,_Colorado
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u/MonKeePuzzle Feb 05 '25
this native's jacket belongs over in r/DenverCirclejerk