What's your hometown famous for?

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I was in Lamesa today and I can now confirm that those panties are a gold.

https://imgur.com/gallery/t4dUsbE
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Zebra as a mascot
Burning Down
Speed Traps
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That harlot!
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Grandview?
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Spindletop

Gateway to the Big Thicket

Oldest surviving community in Hardin County

Birthplace of Texaco

Home to one of the biggest sinkholes in Texas
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Huntsville

Home of the Electric Chair -- where lighting would dim at dinner when they sent a thug to meet his maker.

Burial place for Sam Houston -- President of the Republic of TX, General of the Texas Army, US Senator from Texas, Governor of Texas, Texas House of Representatives from San Augustine District, Governor of Tennessee, US Representative from Tennessee.
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I forgot, the now defunct and federally raided The Scooter Store. It seemingly employed half the town in a cult like manner.
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Ragoo said:

I forgot, the now defunct and federally raided The Scooter Store. It seemingly employed half the town in a cult like manner.
My company got to move their uglier data-entry people to old Scooter Store facilities. Everybody wins!
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Yep
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Randy Rogers

That one hot chick that posted a picture of her with a kill on safari that got all the SJW riled up
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ac04 said:

high school football stadium
Here. Overpriced stadium. Underachieving team.
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A city owned greeting sign with a curse word on it. Also Doves.
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metrag06 said:



Having one of the largest populations of Tongans outside of Tonga itself
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Darlie Routier and Lee Trevino
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1939 said:

A city owned greeting sign with a curse word on it. Also Doves.
Hondo rules! Hondo, right?
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Yessir
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Buddy Holly
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Manhattan Project
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Ragoo said:

I forgot, the now defunct and federally raided The Scooter Store. It seemingly employed half the town in a cult like manner.


I remember when they built their main office at 46/Walnut and 337. It was strange how they occupied so much space in town.
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Matthew Mcconaughey went to my high school here, Forest Whitacker is from here, 6A Football State Champs 2018, lots of oil/gas, pineywoods
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Gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson described my home town like this:

cruel, crazy town on a filthy river in East Texas with no zoning laws and a culture of sex, money and violence. It's a shabby, sprawling metropolis ruled by brazen women, crooked cops and super-rich pansexual cowboys who live by the code of the West -- which can mean just about anything you need it to mean, in a pinch.

A J Foyt was also born and grew up there.

I also went back to my old High School. They asked me if I had a knife or a gun. I said no. They asked which one would I like.
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IrishTxAggie said:

http://gonzalesinquirer.com/stories/former-ghs-employee-under-investigation-for-alleged-sexting-scandal,26566#.XQuplQi05Ik.facebook

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A former Gonzales High School employee is under police investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate messages to at least one minor, a rising high school sophomore. As of Wednesday, Gonzales police have verified the existence of a video and pictures. They have also spoken with one alleged victim.


Keep it woke Gonzales.

This is why I went to school in Shiner.


I was in Honduras and missed this story... um, that's not good.

Because Gonzales is an under-performing district, my kids go to Seguin instead. Used to go to Shiner CS when younger.

And the average age of any school employee at GHS in the mid 90's was 45+.
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I went to Shiner Catholic K-12. More to the story came out. It was the school nurse.
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SWCBonfire said:

IrishTxAggie said:

http://gonzalesinquirer.com/stories/former-ghs-employee-under-investigation-for-alleged-sexting-scandal,26566#.XQuplQi05Ik.facebook

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A former Gonzales High School employee is under police investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate messages to at least one minor, a rising high school sophomore. As of Wednesday, Gonzales police have verified the existence of a video and pictures. They have also spoken with one alleged victim.


Keep it woke Gonzales.

This is why I went to school in Shiner.


I was in Honduras and missed this story... um, that's not good.

Because Gonzales is an under-performing district, my kids go to Seguin instead. Used to go to Shiner CS when younger.

And the average age of any school employee at GHS in the mid 90's was 45+.


How bad is Gonzales that Seguin is a better option? Or has Seguin greatly improved lately?
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Gonzales is pretty freaking bad
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Gonzales ISD was given an F accountability rating by TEA for 2018. Even Luling got a "D".

Gonzales is not in a great place right now. Schools, public spending, lack of a future for kids with any other opportunity, rising cost of housing and real estate not keeping track with incomes, etc. The rest of small-town Texas outside of bedroom community commuting distance is going through various similar problems.
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pepe the dog said:


Gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson described my home town like this:

cruel, crazy town on a filthy river in East Texas with no zoning laws and a culture of sex, money and violence. It's a shabby, sprawling metropolis ruled by brazen women, crooked cops and super-rich pansexual cowboys who live by the code of the West -- which can mean just about anything you need it to mean, in a pinch.

A J Foyt was also born and grew up there.

I also went back to my old High School. They asked me if I had a knife or a gun. I said no. They asked which one would I like.


The best description ever is that it's a "Whiskey and Trombone town"
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Nothing.
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Forgot about Titty City:

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MouthBQ98 said:

Having a HUGE school district and stadium, apparently.


CyFair?
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Murder of Amber Hagerman, namesake of the Amber alert.

Other notables
Myles Garrett
Luke Joeckel
Hunter Pence
The founder of TOMS
Pantera
Todd Van Poppel
Toddrick Hall
Maren Morris
Pentatonix

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aggieforester05 said:

Matthew Mcconaughey went to my high school here, Forest Whitacker is from here, 6A Football State Champs 2018, lots of oil/gas, pineywoods
Username checks out...
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nai06 said:

Murder of Amber Hagerman, namesake of the Amber alert.

Other notables
Myles Garrett
Luke Joeckel
Hunter Pence
The founder of TOMS
Pantera
Todd Van Poppel
Toddrick Hall
Maren Morris
Pentatonix




I'll admit I always thought it was amber as in the color(red alert, code blue, etc), but naming it after someone makes sense too.
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Cstrickland05 said:

nai06 said:

Murder of Amber Hagerman, namesake of the Amber alert.

Other notables
Myles Garrett
Luke Joeckel
Hunter Pence
The founder of TOMS
Pantera
Todd Van Poppel
Toddrick Hall
Maren Morris
Pentatonix




I'll admit I always thought it was amber as in the color(red alert, code blue, etc), but naming it after someone makes sense too.
it was an awful case. Girl was abducted from a parking lot while riding her bike. They found her dead in a creek several days later. She was stripped of clothes and her throat had been cut. By all accounts a totally random snatch and grab that's never been solved.
 
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