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JPK

(840 posts) Mon Jul 7, 2025, 10:07 AM Jul 7

Living in Texas [View all]

Last edited Mon Jul 7, 2025, 11:23 AM - Edit history (1)

Can just living in Texas be a cause for more deaths than other states? Between flood deaths, electrical grid failure deaths, mass shooting deaths, explosions at chemical plants and fertilizer storage facilities, not to mention the extreme heat in the summer.
Everything is bigger in Texas, including the chance of your being dead.

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Living in Texas [View all] JPK Jul 7 OP

Not Possible for Me. MineralMan Jul 7 #1

Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the U.S. dalton99a Jul 7 #2

I have to take issue with the drivers DFW Jul 7 #12

US-75 and I-635 in Dallas are straight out of Mad Max JCMach1 Jul 8 #25

75, Central Expressway used to be far worse. markodochartaigh Jul 8 #27

At the wrong time of day DFW Jul 9 #30

So are the Mass Pike, I-93 and Mass. Rte. 3 DFW Jul 9 #29

Spent 75% of my life there. Never going back. Ilsa Jul 7 #3

Mississippi is #1 mgardener Jul 7 #4

Enjoy your stay. Paladin Jul 7 #5

I corrected it JPK Jul 7 #13

Bye-bye. (nt) Paladin Jul 7 #14

Seems to depend on what's happening, doesn't? mwmisses4289 Jul 7 #21

I grew up here in texas when dad got stationed mwmisses4289 Jul 7 #6

You nailed it - I was transferred to Texas in early 70s. Great place. It has been a downhill slide walkingman Jul 7 #9

I always liked Ann Richards Blue Full Moon Jul 7 #17

Texas wasn't always this bad. ananda Jul 7 #7

Same here in Ohio. Taft, DeWine, Kasich, Vionovich Blue Full Moon Jul 7 #18

It has it's merits as well as its bad points. Torchlight Jul 7 #8

5th Generation Texan MagickMuffin Jul 7 #10

People who spell like that don't mind trashing the five million Democrats in Texas DFW Jul 7 #20

Double ss JPK Jul 8 #22

"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things Ping Tung Jul 7 #11

Always a mistake, to equate the rest of Texas with Lubbock. Paladin Jul 7 #15

I see the OP took crap for adding a s to Texas FHRRK Jul 8 #23

Everything is subjective - in the eye of the beholder. Ping Tung Jul 8 #26

But the rich need more money. Blue Full Moon Jul 7 #16

The larger cities have good amenities and generally trend Democratic. harumph Jul 7 #19

I've known (non polititians) Good Liberal Texans before DU. electric_blue68 Jul 8 #24

Been here a while. Mollyann Jul 8 #28