COMMENTARY BLOG 6

Las Vegas isn’t named the “City of Sin,” because the lights go out at 2am and the majority of people are in bed asleep by midnight. The city that never sleeps, houses some of the best and worst people Americans loath, yet still accommodate, but what makes the city unlike any other is not its virginal characteristics. Las Vegas is a place to escape when the normality of life is so mundane that innate impulsivity takes over. Unfortunately, Texas is not Nevada. What sets us apart is the cultural aspect. Texas has been a melting pot to many ethnic groups. Although there are pockets of metropolitan areas the majority of the state is rural. Because of our proximity with Mexico, Texans have integrated a lot of the Hispanic culture into everyday living. Hispanics also tend to put more emphasis in the importance of family, which could be one of the reasons that our laws our not as lose as other states. Texans are still very conservative, as opposed to states such as California and Nevada. While Austin itself is a very liberal city, the rest of our neighboring cities are not as quick to adapt to liberal ideology. So for right now, because of the demographics of the state and a ridiculously high number of fatalities due to drunk driving, I don’t think that Texans will see the drinking hour being extended.