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

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I had heard of Galveston, but until this post all I knew about it was (a) it's in Texas, (b) there's a Dolly Parton song of which the only words I know are "Galveston, oh Galveston".

If you'd asked me a couple of days ago, I'd have been pretty confident it was inland somewhere, because even if I was aware Texas had coastline I still default to assuming that everywhere interesting in Texas is inland somewhere.

...and I've just looked up the song, and learned a couple more things about it, namely, (a) that's not Dolly Parton, and (b) the very next line after "Galveston, oh Galveston" is "I still hear your sea winds blowing". Memory is a funny thing.

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Memory is a funny thing.

That does seem to be the takeaway here.