If you think it should vote in the poll.
Yes -or- No

Definitely

Nice to see somone agrees with me

I have been saying this since May.

No. There are not enough texans (well there are technically) on the forum. HAIF, D.M., etc. drain this site.

I voted yes but at the least they should change the name of this forum. West Texas/RGV/South Texas is not south eastern at all (culture/geography/demographics/religion etc) El Paso, Lubbock, Amarillo, Del Rio etc....

Ya I agree we are not on the east

Exactly what HoustonTexas said. Get some people off of DallasMetropolis and HAIF and maybe. But as of now, no.

Yes, I think Texas does deserve its own sub forum. There seems to be a lot of things going on in the Lone Star State these days. Besides, the state of Florida and the city of Miami(respectively) have their own sub forums!!!

Yes then I think texas should also get its own subforrum

Texas isn't eastern. It has little in common with Georgia or Alabama or Mississippi or Louisiana. Texas isn't western. It is a different world from Arizona, California, or New Mexico. It isn't a mountain state like Colorado or Wymoing, and it isn't Midwestern like Minnesota or Illinois. It isn't northeastern like Pennsylvania or New York and it has little, if anything, in common with New England. So please. If Florida has its own forum, shouldn't Texas? Texas is like its own world. Dallas and San Antonio are as different as Atlanta and Los Angeles. I vote yes.

Maybe.
I have said on here that this forum should be renamed the "South" because it includes much more than the true Southeastern states. And a big part of that is because of Texas.
I have said over and over on here that Texas is not Southeast. Texas is way too far west to be Southeast and the topography/greenery/weather, people, culture and even accents are quite a bit different from the Atlantic Southeastern states of VA, NC, SC, GA and FL.
If FL has it's own forum; TX probably should as well because TX is a southern/western mix.

it makes sense, but i'd miss y'all.

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Definitely - it never made sense to me that Texas was in with the SE. :)

Texas isn't eastern. It has little in common with Georgia or Alabama or Mississippi or Louisiana. Texas isn't western. It is a different world from Arizona, California, or New Mexico. It isn't a mountain state like Colorado or Wymoing, and it isn't Midwestern like Minnesota or Illinois. It isn't northeastern like Pennsylvania or New York and it has little, if anything, in common with New England. So please. If Florida has its own forum, shouldn't Texas? Texas is like its own world. Dallas and San Antonio are as different as Atlanta and Los Angeles. I vote yes.


i would expect this comment from someone from west texas. have you ever been to houston or dallas, or east texas. dallas feels no different than north louisiana, and houston and lake charles/lafayette feel no different.

that would be idiotic to put them in a different forum, because

A. not enough texas threads are started to create enough of a buzz. if anything i would say seperate the carolinas, or start a midatlantic thread.

B. both of the large texas cities have forums that are much more active than this one for thier cities, so why would they post here when they can go to either their own forum or ssp.

C. why try to be like other forums. this forum is unique in that all of the south is together, and projects can be compared and contrasted. cities can be compared and contrasted. if i wanted to see separate forums i would go to ssp.

this site should not become the followup of other internet skyscraper sites, because it would only become second fiddle.

if anything get a midatlantic forum for va, nc, sc, dc, and md. this would be a much more active forum than a texas forum.

trust me this would be horrible for this forum and only decrease the usage

Yeah, I seen that part too. To say Texas has very little in common with Louisiana is 100% false. Now the entire state doesn't. But East Texas does. Unless you see a sign to say you are entering Texas coming from Louisiana, you wouldn't know the difference between the immediate area.

Yes we should have our own section...

I vote no. I enjoy the input from other southern forumers, who otherwise might not click on a "Texas sub-forum" link.

Sorry. I just thought it'd be a good idea. Maybe not. What do I know?

Nope.

Most def! We should have our own subforum.

What will a modd say

there just isn't that much texas activity in the SE section as it is.

No I am from Tx, and I and all the people I know from Tx, has southern qualities like the rest of the south IMO people who are not originally from the south would disagree. Keep it as it is

i dont see why not! :righton:

Leave it as is. Otherwise we'll have to go to two different sections to get the southern news and updates.

Well, there are ten more votes for yes.

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that would be idiotic to put them in a different forum, because

A. not enough texas threads are started to create enough of a buzz. if anything i would say seperate the carolinas, or start a midatlantic thread.

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if anything get a midatlantic forum for va, nc, sc, dc, and md. this would be a much more active forum than a texas forum.


Horrible idea!! I wish you'd stop saying that. It would be an outrage to remove SC, NC and VA from the South's subforum! You just don't remove the South from the South.:bash: Do you really think SC and NC have much in common with MD and DC? Geez!

I am also from Texas which I consider south. Keep it here.

I am also from Texas which I consider south. Keep it here.

Well of course it's the south. But it's not the southEAST in which this forum is.

When will the voting stop? I think Texas having its own section has won. How could Florida or Seattle have one, but not Texas?

Texas should be put in South not Southeast. The way it is now, it's like the webmaster's here don't know their geography to well.

The numbers may not be there right now for Texas to have it's own subforum, but with all the new stuff going up in Dallas, Austin, and Houston and ever increasing interest in Texas construction. Texas deserves to have it's own area.

I voted Yes.

yes. there's a lot going on in dallas, houston, austin. and when I think of the southeast, you know what I don't think of? Texas.

I can see where Houston and Galveston would fit into Southeast; maybe even Dallas and Austin.

But once you get to San Antonio, Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland/Odessa, and El Paso, I have a hard time relating.

Not that I dislike Texas, or the Texas forumers here , just that those places are a long way from Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, etc.

i've said this earlier. i hate how they have texas, louisianna, arkansas, oklahoma, and new mexico (i think) all in the southeastern forum. if we cant get a texas one at least a southwest forum for the states listed above.

Yes, in my opinion Texas should have a sub forum because it has many big and importants cities. In fact, Dallas - Fort Worth and Houston are two most principal cities in USA.

Also, there are cities with interesting things to show more than buildings or skylines, we have another places like San Antonio, Austin, Corpus C. etc... Texas is a big state and it should have its own space.

^ i'm confused on your location; isn't monterrey in nuevo leon and not zacatecas?

anyway, as i said over and over, texas just does not have the activity as far as quantity and participation of forumers go to warrant its own forum. florida has tons of forumers who actively post while texas has very little.

Can this be re-named the "South" forum then?

Please, lets not go thur this again. Leave it as is.

I suggested a Texas subforum to the other North American moderators, but as jmancuso said, a city or state gets their own subforum once they show that they have countless projects going on, and that traffic from people discussing those projects is heavy. Until there are a few more Texas members (you guys are the 3rd most-populated state, and so should be at or near the top in number of American members), and "Development News" threads get a lot of traffic (look to the "Baltimore Development News" threads of the past as an example), then Texas really isn't ready for a subforum just yet.

um, im pretty sure texas is the 2nd most populated after california. and ok, i understand that texas may not have enough for a forum by itself but make one for the southwest instead.

I say just rename the thread "South" since Texas is a southern state, but not southeastern. It does not have enough people to have its own forum.

It does not have enough people to have its own forum.

24 million Texans and 3 of the 10 largest cities in the country isn't enough people? Huh?

Let Texas have their own forum. It would take away from alot of the clutter it causes on the main forum. If we want to read about Texas then we can go to that forum. It makes sense to me...who cares how many live there..there are too many Texas threads on this forum.

um, im pretty sure texas is the 2nd most populated after california. and ok, i understand that texas may not have enough for a forum by itself but make one for the southwest instead.

You're right, I was thinking of the pre-2005 estimates or whatever that had New York still at #2.

24 million Texans and 3 of the 10 largest cities in the country isn't enough people? Huh?

NewOrleansRush isn't talking in terms of the actual number of Texas residents, which we all know is significant, but rather the number of Texas forumers on this website.

i've said this earlier. i hate how they have texas, louisianna, arkansas, oklahoma, and new mexico (i think) all in the southeastern forum. if we cant get a texas one at least a southwest forum for the states listed above.
I totally agree with you on this one pm91. I think there is enough activity as a whole, in all of the states you mentioned to have a Southwest forum.

24 million Texans and 3 of the 10 largest cities in the country isn't enough people? Huh?

I was talking about the number of people on this forum.

i've said this earlier. i hate how they have texas, louisianna, arkansas, oklahoma, and new mexico (i think) all in the southeastern forum. if we cant get a texas one at least a southwest forum for the states listed above.

Louisiana is not a southwestern state. Our two largest metros (BR/NOLA)are east of the Mississippi river and we have more in common with southeastern states (GA, AL, and MS) than Oklahoma and New Mexico.

I was talking about the number of people on this forum.

Gotcha.

NewOrleansRush isn't talking in terms of the actual number of Texas residents, which we all know is significant, but rather the number of Texas forumers on this website.

You're right. However, if half of the development threads posted on Dallasmetropolis.com were, though, it would overload this subforum.

I say just rename the thread "South" since Texas is a southern state, but not southeastern. It does not have enough people to have its own forum.


That's what I have said over and over on here countless times.....
Guess the mods don't care..or don't read the responses on here.....

Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and maybe Mississippi are Southcentral states. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee are Southeastern states......

I suggested a Texas subforum to the other North American moderators, but as jmancuso said, a city or state gets their own subforum once they show that they have countless projects going on, and that traffic from people discussing those projects is heavy. Until there are a few more Texas members (you guys are the 3rd most-populated state, and so should be at or near the top in number of American members), and "Development News" threads get a lot of traffic (look to the "Baltimore Development News" threads of the past as an example), then Texas really isn't ready for a subforum just yet.

You have to remember that Houston and Dallas have their own forum. HAIF (Houston) has over 192,000 posts, and DallasMetropolis has over 172,000 posts. Also, Texas is the second most populous state.

That's what I have said over and over on here countless times.....
Guess the mods don't care..or don't read the responses on here.....

Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and maybe Mississippi are Southcentral states. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee are Southeastern states......

What about Florida??? :dunno:

What about it?

^^ Shouldn't Florida be included also, in the Southeastern states mentioned earlier by triadcat??? I know some folks don't consider the :)-shine state as being in the Southeast.

I thought Florida had its own forum though?

^^ You are absolutely right, I was only speaking in geographic terms. Sorry, about the confusion. :bash:

Yeah.....I did not include FL cuz FL already has it's own forum. And FL is not really culturally Southern.....

I also did not include KY and WV, because those states are very debatable as they overlap at least two regions.......

FL is not really culturally Southern.....


Have you ever been to the pan handle, northern, or central Florida? It is the epitome of southern culture. (Pensacola, Destin, Panama City, Jacksonville, Ocala, Gainesville, Tallahassee, and Daytona Beach) These cities could be located in Alabama and fit right in. It shocks me how southern this state is when I leave south Florida. Most of Florida's culture is not like Miami.

Have you ever been to the pan handle, northern, or central Florida? It is the epitome of southern culture. (Pensacola, Destin, Panama City, Jacksonville, Ocala, Gainesville, Tallahassee, and Daytona Beach) These cities could be located in Alabama and fit right in. It shocks me how southern this state is when I leave south Florida. Most of Florida's culture is not like Miami.

Exactly. Let me add that to say ALL of South Florida isn't southern in culture bothers me as well. Try telling the people in Belle Glade, Immokalee, Clewiston, and Ft. Meyers they aren't southern. I think people just hear that Florida isn't southern in culture over and over and then they believe it. But the state is southern, period.

if the tampa bay area (what?!!) can have it's own subforum as well as the miami area, in addition to the florida subforum, i see absolutely no reason why texas couldn't or shouldn't have it's own.

(i lived in central florida [dade city to be exact] for the first 14 years of my life - but i don't understand why tampa has it's own forum... there are 3 other cities in the southeast that are both bigger and booming more.)

I like the fact that the poll closes on January 28, 2034! :nuts: :lol:

If North Dakota can't get a subforum then Texas shouldn't either.

Absolutely.

If North Dakota can't get a subforum then Texas shouldn't either.

Is this supposed to be a joke?

^^Wait. There's a North Dakota? Since when? :poke:

Still a legit topic, so why not lift it?

it's been settled long ago, texas is to stay where it is.