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No, Texas Cannot Leave the US — Here’s Why
In Texas, we’re told that the state constitution gives us the power to leave the US and become our own country. Is it true?
I never said it. Not once…
Born and raised in Dallas, I spent twenty years in the Lone Star State before joining the military. Not ever did I say the phrase “Yeehaw”.
I did, however, say the phrase “Damn, it’s hot today…” on numerous occasions.
In fact, I don’t even have a Texas accent. This is unsurprising since 90% of Texans live in a metropolitan area.
Don’t get me wrong; if you drive in any direction away from Dallas for 20 minutes, people start to sound a little, ahem, twangy.
But Texas does have an irresistible charm. Dallas sits, in all its majestic glory, on a prairie. To the north and south of Dallas stretches hundreds of miles of gently rolling plains and grasslands.
To the east there are thick woodland forests that reach into Louisiana and Arkansas; to the west, arid deserts and breathtaking rock formations.
In fact, a desert Texas is what most Americans think of when they picture Texas, thanks largely to 20th-century film.
I just realized that Texas is just the Zelda: Breathe of the Wild map.
