Is it true that Texans hate Californians?

Applying to College
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I applied to Petroleum Engineering at both Stanford and UTAustin. But I cant decide where to go.

  1. Stanford has a better name
  2. Austin has the better program
  3. My dad’s friends from Texas say Texans don’t like Californians. One guy even said “You want your son to catch the californian flu?”. And since most of the oil is in Texas not Californa…

Where should I go?

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<p>I don’t know if thats true but I moved from California to Texas and some people were kind of rough. I just tried to ignore it, however my Calculus teacher said on the first day of class “So you’re from California, you must either be queer or a nut”. Everybody laughed and it was pretty embarassing but whatever…I got used to it</p>

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<p>hmm sounds harsh</p>

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<p>I’m from Texas and I love Californians. I say that I represent the opinions of most. We have that Southern hospitality</p>

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<p>I don’t know if this factors in for you as an undergraduate, but my dad works at Chevron Texaco headquarters near Stanford (San Ramon), and he says that almost every new hire he comes into contact with is a Stanford Phd. Who knows tho, they have a major office down in Houston too.</p>

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<p>One side of my family is as Texan as it gets (great uncle was scout for Pershing and his nephew a dynamite man for Pancho Villa). Texans don’t hate Californians, but older folks in the oil industry tend to avoid them so as to avoid nagging by tree huggers. My dad was an petroleum engineer for Amoco and my wife a geologist for Shell. Each was advised by the companies back in the 1980’s to not mention what they did when they flew to California. Too many found themselves being verbally attacked by tree huggers. I think that is mostly past.</p>

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<p>Haha as somebody who moved from Texas to California, I’d say that the stereotyping and ‘dislike’ runs both ways. I know a lot of people here who look down on Texans and believe that they are “hicks.” </p>

<p>Not to generalize, but I’ve noticed that people who make comments like that base it off what they read/see instead of what they have experienced themselves. Both states are very different, and it’s easier to make assumptions than to try to understand. Still, it’s not that bad. Most people know that the stereotypes are shallow, and don’t mean it. It only gets rough during election years :)</p>

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<p>only two things come from texas, steers and queers.</p>