{"id":6872,"date":"2016-02-04T07:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=6872"},"modified":"2016-02-01T13:04:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T19:04:54","slug":"houston-large-city-tight-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2016\/02\/04\/houston-large-city-tight-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston: Large City, Tight Community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When growing up, I never would have considered Houston a community. It has a population of over two million and contains several school districts. In fact, I just met someone my age who said she grew up in Houston and went to the same community center and recreational center that I went to almost every week. However, whenever I leave the city, more so when I leave the state, I bond more closely with people from Houston. We bond over our shared favorite local restaurants and sports teams, and an irrational, yet fairly strong, dislike for Dallas. Houston\u2019s culture may contribute to this. Houston has all the perks of the big city<\/a>, but with the charm of a Texan town. Yes, we have professional sports and big businesses and too much pollution, but many of our \u201ccity things\u201d are infused with a Texas flavor. Saltgrass Steakhouse<\/a> and Rudy\u2019s Barbecue<\/a> are perfect examples of Texas chains. They look like classic barbecue or steakhouses; there are just more than two of them. When I came to college, I met so many new people that I almost subconsciously gravitated towards people from Houston. Though I think this happened coincidentally, some of my closest friends at UT right now are from my hometown. Once we established ourselves as the \u201cHouston group\u201d, we bonded with other Texas cliques with our love for country music. Our love for country music does not separate us from other people; it brings us closer to the different groups of people on campus.<\/p>\n

Maybe the thing that differentiates us from the other groups is which kind of country music we enjoy. We regularly listen to Zac Brown, George Strait, Alan Jackson, and Dierks Bentley. We think of it as a nice blend of old and new, but not too new. I am not a fan of Florida Georgia Line or Sam Hunt. Hunt is talented, but his music just does not sound like the country music I fell in love with. He also talks too much in his songs. When we go somewhere and they claim to play country music but \u201cBreakup In a Small Town\u201d by Sam Hunt comes on, this makes me long for the days of Strait and Jackson. From what I have seen, the Dallas group listens to more old Kenny Rogers and Conway Twitty and the Austin group listens to the current music. This is a sweeping generalization and based only on a small sample size, but these are just my experiences.<\/p>\n