Poll: The Beaches of Texas

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Poll #20754 A very important poll about international geography

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 55

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Are you aware that Texas has a long coastline and many beaches?

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Yes, obviously
24 (43.6%)

I guess?
19 (34.5%)

I am now!
11 (20.0%)

What???
1 (1.8%)

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
2 (3.6%)

Other
1 (1.8%)

If you answered "yes" or "I guess", where do you live?

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Outside the United States
21 (50.0%)

The United States (but not Texas)
21 (50.0%)

Texas
0 (0.0%)

A Texan beach
0 (0.0%)

Other
0 (0.0%)

If you answered something else, where do you live?

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Outside the United States
11 (91.7%)

The United States (but not Texas)
1 (8.3%)

Texas
0 (0.0%)

A Texan beach (oops)
0 (0.0%)

Other
0 (0.0%)

Because it turned out I'm not the only person who thought of it as landlocked and was surprised to realise that it very much isn't. Including a friend who lived in Texas for many years.

So I was curious to see how wide spread the unexamined misconception is.

Comments

[gb]

It's true I never thought of Texas as having beaches, but it immediately made sense when I thought about it.

I actually go too far in the other direction: I keep thinking Texas is much larger than it is and takes up the space New Mexico and Arizona are in. International geography and scale: Not things I'm great at. ^^; (Maybe something to do with living in WA and traveling between remote country towns a lot?)

[bunny_m]

Texas is so small! It's like, only ~1/6 the size of WA!

;)

I used to hassle my Texan gaming friend about why he chose to live in such a small state.

[alias_sqbr]

Yes I was also very surprised the first time I realised how tiny Texas is, and how in general the US and it's states aren't as big compared to WA as it feels like they "should" be. I haven't travelled that much but still think of WA as "state sized" which has rather skewed my instincts.