In 1931 the Highland Park Village first opened its doors in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to become the first shopping center in the United States. It is now an upmarket shopping plaza that is still in operation and Texas is home to some of the largest shopping malls in the world. The largest mall in…
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The state of Texas is so large that just traveling around the region can be a great task that requires extensive organization. Just the sheer size of the area means that there are some places where the infrastructure is sparse, so different methods of transport are needed in order to reach certain places. The state…
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Texas has played a major part in many television series. The State attracts large characters and their personalities are tailor made for television, and the industries of ranching and oil are also perfect for story lines. Maybe one of the most popular television series ever was Dallas. Set around the heart of the oil industry…
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The state of Texas has been the home to many a blockbuster movie and has been home to over 400 films. The vast cattle ranching region has been the home of many cowboy movies and the emergence of the oil industry in the State has also inspired many movies that have been located in the…
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Texas is one of the wealthiest States in the United States and is home to many people who have made their fortunes from oil, agriculture and other businesses, they all have been attracted into some of the most opulent cities in the world. Slot machines in operation at Eagle Pass Yet with all of the…
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Texas has a vast and beautiful natural environment. As a result of the early Hollywood cowboy movies some people got the impression that Texas was dominated by desert. This is not the case as less than 10% of the land can be classified as desert. The state does possess a wide variety on many different…
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The music scene in Texas has always been popular and well supported. Whatever the genre artists from the state have sold many records and have hailed from a number of different areas within the state. As early as the middle of the 19th century religious music was proving popular with sacred music setting the scene…
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Texan cuisine has been influenced by a variety of different cultures that have been migrated into the state over the years. This has resulted in the great range of foods that are available in the many outlets around the state. In 1977 the Texas Legislature announced that the State’s official dish would be chili con…
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As Texas developed its industrial base through the 20th century, it no longer depended as reliantly as it had done previously, on the success of the primary industries. They were still lucrative but now other types of businesses were making an economic impact in the region. Many of the heavy industries have been established as…
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The economy in Texas is massive and its GDP in 2016 amounted to 1,599 trillion US dollars which makes it the second biggest State in the country after California. If it were a country its GDP would be the 10th highest in the world. In 2012 it exported more than 264 billion dollars of goods,…
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