Fat Texans and Skinny Californians

[Marxist]

What's up? I've been to Dallas and other Texas towns and can't figure out why Texas is home of 4 of the top 10 fattest cities in America according to MEN'S FITNESS. The food isn't THAT great and there seems to be other things to do than watching the Cowboys.

California is easy to explain. Laurel fucked up the average, taking in an astoundingly meager 39 calories a day.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/healthscience/health/diet/2002-01-03-usat-fatcities.htm

 

[Poverkhnost]

Marxist,

Part of the explanation could be that practically EVERYONE here in Texas has a car. If not, then we have more than a few options to get rides, if even just around the block. So, no one has to do even the most minimal of workout of they don't want to. Other than that, despite what you may think, most of us love things like Tex-Mex and barbeque, both of which are fattening.

 

[Marxist]

Austin was the only Texas town to make in on the fittest list.

NO California towns made it onto the FAT list. And you think Californians walk anywhere?

Please....

 

[Renegade]

NO California towns made it onto the FAT list. And you think Californians walk anywhere?

Please....

Fuckin' A. We're the kind of people that would have a Taxi pick us up from our house and drive over to the bus stop.

Of course, some of the malls around here can get to be pretty large and take forever to walk around inside. That probably explains it.

 

[JaymesBlond007]

PLEEAASE....

California? Can you even compare the two??

Lets see...Cali.- Home of the Fitness Guru and the fad-diet, the vegi f**king pizza and the "How many sprouts can I make a drink out of?" population!

Have you ever seen what a good ol' fashion burrito can do to your ass!?

Ever sat down and finished a half-pound of fajitas on your own??

You can't compare Chicken-shit and Chicken-salad! California doesn't hold a candle to Texas. And you couldn't find anything good to eat!? Texas has the best barbeque and Mexican food hands-down! Smoke some weed....always make everything taste better to me!

As for Dallas.....maybe they just suck. Come on down to San Antonio!

 

[JaymesBlond007]

What th' Hell?!

Leave a post about fat Texan's and then log off-line??

O.K.......let me know when you're ready.

 

[Marxist]

Re: What th' Hell?!

Leave a post about fat Texan's and then log off-line??

O.K.......let me know when you're ready.

Didn't log off. I was just waiting for you to make sense.

Austin is the only Texas town worth living in. They should sell the rest to Mexico for 30 cents an acre.

I like Mexican food but dollars to doughnuts (did I mention Dallas has 105 doughnut shops), I can get just as good and authentic Mexican food in Atlanta. Maybe that's why we made the list of fat cities as well......

 

[Poverkhnost]

Austin is a great city to live in, practically half of my family lives there. HOWEVER, there is a lot to do in Dallas, San Antonio, Houston and other places around the state. There are beaches to go to, camping or whatever you might want to do outside or inisde (mueseums, theatre, etc).

I think it's the great food we have and our generally laid back lifestyle. Though I like to stay fit, it's not necessarily the norm.

 

[JaymesBlond007]

Hardy-har-har

Austin is the transient capital of the Nation and (sorry Poverkhnost nothing personal...) not worth a squirt.
San Marcos is the place to be! You're a spitting distance from both Austin and San Antonio, so you get access to the city but don't have to live with all of the inconsiderate a**holes that reside there.

By the way....Taco Bell is NOT authentic Mexican food....

 

[SexyChele]

Re: PLEEAASE....

California? Can you even compare the two??

Lets see...Cali.- Home of the Fitness Guru and the fad-diet, the vegi f**king pizza and the "How many sprouts can I make a drink out of?" population!

Have you ever seen what a good ol' fashion burrito can do to your ass!?

Ever sat down and finished a half-pound of fajitas on your own??

You can't compare Chicken-shit and Chicken-salad! California doesn't hold a candle to Texas. And you couldn't find anything good to eat!? Texas has the best barbeque and Mexican food hands-down! Smoke some weed....always make everything taste better to me!

As for Dallas.....maybe they just suck. Come on down to San Antonio!

Whoa! Calm down, boy! Take it easy! Looks like Texans might overdo the caffeine as well!

Not everyone in California is thin, not all of us eat healthy, and yes - we do have some of the best Mexican food around! Texas isn't the only state that has a special handle on that.

But then, maybe you should just limit your caffeine intake.....stuff will kill you, you know!

 

[Marxist]

Re: Hardy-har-har

By the way....Taco Bell is NOT authentic Mexican food.... [/B]

Texas BBQ makes about as much sense as Russian pizza.

 

[lavender]

 

[JaymesBlond007]

later......

Well Sexy.....I speak passionately about the subjects feel passionate about!

As for the rest....I just can't figure out why on God's "green little ball" why someone from ATLANTA would sit there and talk s**t about OTHER people in OTHER states.

Maybe if people took a little more time looking at themselves and not worrying what the f**k other people were up to, we'd live in a little better place. Where planes don't f**king CRASH INTO F**KING BUILDINGS!!!!!

I apologise about all the controversy....I'm removing myself before I start a big "mokney shit-throwing fight."

Adios.....

 

[lavender]

 

[Marxist]

Re: later......

Well Sexy.....I speak passionately about the subjects feel passionate about!

As for the rest....I just can't figure out why on God's "green little ball" why someone from ATLANTA would sit there and talk s**t about OTHER people in OTHER states.

Maybe if people took a little more time looking at themselves and not worrying what the f**k other people were up to, we'd live in a little better place. Where planes don't f**king CRASH INTO F**KING BUILDINGS!!!!!

I apologise about all the controversy....I'm removing myself before I start a big "mokney shit-throwing fight."

Adios.....

Wow, and that guy was from El Paso. I can't imagine what a real Texan might say. Color me Colored.

 

[lavender]

 

[Marxist]

Marxy baby (I like the ring of this, it may be my permanent nickname for you) -

Either you or I need to adjust our critical reading skills. I thought Mr. Blond said he was from one of the "San" cities, San Antonio or San Marcos.

But you're right about El Paso.

San Marcos I think. El Paso is just funnier. They even have a Taco sauce.


You can call me Marxy if you like. I call you Lavy all the time.

 

[La Huesera]

Marxy baby -

I don't understand why you don't think that BBQ and Texas go hand in hand. They probably have the 2nd best BBQ in the nation, behind K.C.

You are so right.... KC has the BEST BBQ

 

[Poverkhnost]

KC barbeque may be good, but I've been all over and have never found the kind of barbeque like in Texas. Ofcourse, I'm biased.

Marxist,

You are right about Russian pizza...I've had better, but Russian Chinese food is worse.

 

[Texan]

Just a thought here folks

Whenever cities are compared for ANYTHING, there is a major problem that is hard to get around.

Where do you draw the city lines???? and what are the demographic differences "inside" the city when compared to "outside" in the 'burbs?

Cities like Houston and Dallas have downtown areas that have virtually no residential property. The downtowns are virtually business only areas. Also, most of the residential property inside city limits is fairly low income property with pockets of VERY affluent homes. In Dallas and Houston, masses of people commute into the city and out to the burbs in the evenings. This accounts for many of the things cited in the Men's Fitness article.

Cities like San Diego huge parks built along the waterfront. Most of the business and industry is located outside the city limits. However, I won't argue that southern California is very fitness conscious. I always felt I could become a very rich man if I could somehow acquire the "spandex" concession in San Diego.

Cities like Colorado Springs are, in my opinion, too small to be compared with Houston, Dallas, Chicago, Philly and New York.

When I read the article, it just seemed to me the criterion the magagine chose were slanted in such a way as to mean very little. I do know that if you want to find really good looking people, everyone who travels very much will tell you that there is no better place on this continent than Dallas.

I've got to go.... my wife wants to go to Los Cucos Mexican restaurant for dinner.

 

[Poverkhnost]

Texan is right about the beautiful women

Oh, and I love Los Cucos too...we have one here where I live, but thought it was a local thing

 

[Mischka]

As a Caifornia-born Texan, I just wanted to say that I'm doing my part to up our healthiness here in the Lone State State. Just got back from an hour and a half at the gym. Now where's my margarita?

 

[lavender]

Re: Just a thought here folks

 

[Poverkhnost]

Lavender,

Yes, I suppose there's nothing like those tall, European men...but Texas certainly has a few good ones

 

[Marxist]

Texas has quite a few beautiful women and good places to eat. That said, there's a lot of sillycone, big hair, and beef (?) BBQ going on.

Only foreigners and people that have never left the state wanna live there.

And don't tell me about how your favorite BBQ joint does pork too. BBQ is pork. Never, ever, never beef.