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In case I haven't said it lately, fuck Texas. (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago by corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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After leaving my first fiance, I vowed id never go back to this state.

Lol im back, and its just as I remembered it! Aside from all the obvious sociopolitical issues, last night's venue had NO fucking idea how to run our show.

Staff had confusion over door and set time, and they had a major touring package playing out back. They asked us to "merge the shows" somehow cause rain was due, and the outdoor show got shut down. It would have been fine with us, but we had to say no because the locals we booked could not be playing late for whatever reasons. That lead to them just cutting the outdoor show, eventually, and having us start our gig on a whim.

Like, alright, this CANNOT BE A SPECIAL SITUATION! WHAT IS YOUR USUAL PROCEDURE? Don't look to us to be the decision makers, this is your venue.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk. This has been "corgis tour updstes: volume 3"

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[–] xiaohongshu@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

OP you were in Houston, which often gets a bad rep for being a suburban hellscape (unless you live inside the loop), but let me defend it a bit. It is genuinely the most diverse city in all of America (used to live there and in NYC for a few years in a previous life), major problems notwithstanding. Houston feels even less segregating than NYC, and has a more working class vibe than the finance ghouls populated NYC, or the techbros in SF (and I heard increasingly in Austin as well). It is also one of the most culturally important cities for the black community.

I find that white people often don’t like that chaotic vibe brought by the large immigrant communities (the sort of vibe you find in major cities in the developing countries lol) and especially if they have grown up in well-segregated planned neighborhoods with strict zoning laws, but if you’re not white, the diversity makes it nothing like anywhere else in America. I genuinely liked it more than NYC because the people were way more friendly if anything.

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Huh, interesting! Thanks for sharing, didnt know that!

[–] AF_R@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Also every minority and left-of-Republican I know that’s been to both places says Dallas easily clears Houston lol.

Only worked in Dallas myself, it’s still Texas so it’s still shit, but less shit than the worst Texas shit if that makes sense