When I was in DFW back in March, I noticed exactly the same thing. I also think that it's important to note that for coffee mom drove us to the starbucks *in* the gas station. It always feels really good to get back to PDX when I have to go there.

That's where EVERYTHING is back in Texas...

In Baytown there's a Radio Shack inside a Gas Station. It's fucking AWESOME.

Oh yeah... it's worth noting that when I say "IN" the gas station... I mean... It's actually IN the gas station...

Like.. you walk up to the counter, and you're like, "Yeah... I'll take some Sour Patch Kids, I was on pump number 4, and I need an extension cord for my mini jack"

OH YEAH.

And there's a fucking BAKERY in there, TOO!!!

Fresh pastries baked everyday.

All under one roof.

Radio Shack, a bakery, a Stop N Go, and a Gas Station... AND there's showers in the back. But that's weird. BUT ITS ALL UNDER ONE ROOF.

None of this shit like : oh neat! There's a McDonalds at that Gas station, but really it's in the same building but with a wall, so it's like a strip mall, but NO THIS SHIT IS ACTUALLY ALL UNDER ONE ROOF ITS FUCKING AMAZING.

Ok. I think I've made myself clear.

Welcome back, Chas.

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thanks for the report, chas, now update my daily awesome.

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thanks, chas

My only experience in Dallas was in the airport, but all I remember thinking was, woah, the women here ALL wear a ton of makeup. Weird.

You didn't mention popped collars, but I'm sure Dallas had those as well?

Sorry to see you left your sense of irony in Texas. Must have gone to the W fountain of obviousness.

Man, Mike Williams has me totally psyched up to go to Dallas now.

"W" isn't from TEXAS!

He's from Connecticut. Dammit... Most Texans our ages don't like his ass either.

And yeah. Dallas is RAD. All visitors MUST eat at La Calla Doce.

W may be from CT but it's you Texans who gave him a springboard to, um... "success", and just as we Oregonians must share in assuming responsibilty for the horrors that are Nike and Tonya Harding, every one who claims to be a Texan must shoulder the load of being part of the W road to world domination.

You guys coulda nipped it in the bud.

Shame on you.

Of course, we Oregonians aren't much better. We let him leave here alive, though I burned an image of a man flipping him the double-bird into his pea-sized (that's a Texas-sized pea) brain as he drove away.

Every President from Texas has led us into a war. Thanks, Longhorns!

-MG

Well duh there are no hipsters in Dallas, they all moved here.

Christ. Blaming someone else does make it easier, eh?

No more boring political foofoo talk. Save that for Matt Davis' posts!

Yeah, Portland would surely turn to shit if the hipsters left town. Everything good about Portland is due to hipsters. Proof of this is the appearance of a crap town that amazingly had no hipsters. The messenger bag and undersized t-shirt industries would be devastated. It all laid out for eny reasonable person to see. Who could refute that logic?

Thanks for the reminder. Portland really does rock, and there's no sense digging on each other when we are the reason it is so great.

I will be scanning my blog for mention of hipsters and see how badly I've contributed to the hype.

Daaaaave, have a cookie and chill.

Thanks.

The stink of self-congratulation in this blog is as thick as it's been since the Rose Parade.

And yet you keep reading.

Guess I haven't subscribed to the superior Portland hipster ethos of only reading materials I agree with. Good thing I have transplants to tell me what Portland's all about. Lived here all my life and still behind the times.

Served!

Effin' A right, Daaaaave.
Testify!

If Daaaave tries reaaaaally hard, maybe he can hate life just a little bit more. C'mon Daaaave! You can do it!

Way to go Daaaaaaaaaave. My thoughts exactly.
Transplants seem to know so much more than your average local. They are far more sophisticated, too.

They may be just angry for defending themselves from the locals who really don't care for them moving here in such great quantity.

They should really try Seattle. It's WAY more hip

I don't think Daaaaave hates life. I think he just hates hipsters.

Unless your life is inextricably tied to hipsters. In which case, yeah, I'd hate life too.

(btw, I think the original post is based on a false analogy. because my hometown ROCKS, and has no hipsters.)