No sir, I am not from Texas.
I grew up in a trashy trailer park in a small town in Kansas dealing with cockroaches and having to dodge holes in the floor from leaking pipes rotting them out. If there was ever a case of a family needing government assistance it would have been ours... but it didn't happen... we sucked it up and made due with what we had. Because that's what Americans do.
Even through all of that I learned to appreciate all of the opportunities that a kid like me (who was ACTUALLY poor and had two parents who were high school dropouts with substance abuse problems) has in this beautiful country to become something and succeed in life if you just ruck the fuck up and keep on moving.
I am not rich, but I'm far from broke and I've got a gorgeous, successful wife who also loves her country.
When I got out of the service we could have moved anywhere we wanted to, or we could have stayed in beautiful Coronado, CA... and we chose Texas for a reason and that reason was surely not to be surrounded by thin-skinned idiots like yourself.
If you are in any way suggesting that we meet in person so that you can hear this directly from my mouth I would be more than happy to oblige... but I feel like it's my responsibility to let you know up front that when you have not only endured but thrived in the environments and situations that I have seen in my short 30 years on this planet, you could not in your wildest imagination put me in a position that I was uncomfortable in. If you must attempt to test your manhood though, I would be more than happy to oblige.