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[–] 8 points 4 months ago (6 children)

There is next to 0 public land in Texas too, people like to compare it to the western states and its just wrong. The state of small government (for corporations and civil protections)

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    And we're supposed to be fervent conservationists with respect for our parks and wildlife, but you can't eat a fish you catch here without getting poisoned by 20 kinds of chemicals

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    There is a great line in the book "The Right Stuff" that says basically that. Houston was a hellhole in the 50s and all that which made ot that way has gotten worse or not gone away since then. All the mercury and dioxins are still in the silt in the San Jascinto river or Galveston Bay, or in your fresh gulf shrimp (sponsored by BP and TransOcean)

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Near 0 federal public land. Texas has a lot of state land, and the Land Commissioner is a powerful statewide elected office.

    This situation is a result of the terms of the 1845 accession when the Republic of Texas entered the Union.

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