Today it's been one month since my arrival in Dallas. I can say I'm used to this city now. One month is enough to see if the Texan stereotypes are myth or fact. Here's my list:
-Everything is big in Texas.
TRUE! Streets, highways, cars, houses -and boobs!- are huge here. I saw thousands of trucks but just one Smart car.
-All the Americans are obese.
FALSE! At least here in Dallas, people are so fit! I'm so surprised to see everyone running in the street.
-In Texas you can't live without a car.
So TRUE! No public transportation... For the first month as we were living in Uptown, it was not such a problem but now we moved 8 km (I'm still not used to mile and feet) out of Downtown, I definitely need my own car.
-It's always warm in Texas.
FALSE. Even in November sometimes it's pretty cold outside. The thunderstorms, rain and heavy wind are as usuan as the sunny and warm weathers as long as I've seen it.
-Junk food is everywhere.
TRUE. Deep fried food, hamburgers, cupcakes, pancakes, bacon, donuts, cakes... Wow! Does really everybody eat all these? In the market it's so hard to find products that does not contain corn syrup or high fructose corn syrup. Yesterday I bought a pint of Ben/Jerry's ice cream which I adore normally. I didn't need to check the ingredients while buying but when I took a closer look at home I found out that it contains corn syrup! I trusted and loved Ben&Jerry's, not anymore!
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