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East #Texas: what do you know about the region? 🌳

As the official data partner for the @TexasLyceum, we are helping to set the stage with some key facts on #etx for its #texaslyceum conference.

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Did you know: #ETX includes 38 counties and is divided by the Upper East region (23 counties) and Southeast region (15 counties). #texaslyceum

Metro areas in #easttexas you know: Beaumont, Port Arthur, Longview, Texarkana and Tyler.

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The #easttexas area covers over 28,000-square miles!

Its geography ranges from the Piney Woods bordering LA and AR to the prairies on the eastern edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and from OK south to the lakes, wetlands and beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. #texaslyceum Image
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A story in honor of the #TexasSenateDebate:

My parents live in #EastTexas, in a district represented by one of the most conservative members of #Congress. However, my mom is one of the most liberal I know.
After 39 years of marriage, my dad finally let my mom put a bumper sticker on the back of his pickup truck (b/c #Texas) that said "I vote for Democrats." @TexasYDs @scyd_texas @texasdemocrats @BGTX @SmithDems
A few months ago, my dad had to take his truck into the shop. While it was there, one of the workers scratched D-E-M-O-C off the sticker so it read "I vote for rats." Understandably, my mom (who is 71 & under 5 ft, but raised 6 daughters & terrifying when need be) was angry.
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