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Cowboy Country or Suburbia?

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Real Estate Agent with Sweetheart Realty

Yesterday i eavesdropped on a conversation that got me to thinking about my town, Bandera Texas. We are known as the "Cowboy Capital of the World" and I asked myself what that entails.  Should we be rough and rowdy as they were in the early west, or should we be refined and genteel suburbanites? We could be considered a suburb of San Antonio.  Our Chamber of Commerce and Visitor and Convention Bureau markets our city as cowboy. What do you think of when cowboy is mentioned? Should we stay scruffy and unkempt, or clean and polished? 

 

Alan Kirkpatrick
Austin Texas Homes - Round Rock, TX
Alan in Austin

Mary:

Cowboy, reminds me of open ranges, beautiful countryside, independence. I think of gentlemen who know how to work hard but also know how to have fun. Good post.

Jan 23, 2008 05:05 AM
Mary Jo Schaffer
Sweetheart Realty - Bandera, TX
Bandera Texas Real Estate
Alan,    Thanks for the comment and compliment. I agree wholeheartedly that cowboys can be gentlemen.
Jan 23, 2008 01:50 PM
Donna Phillips
Colorado Western Group - Pueblo, CO
Mary Jo,  from a Colorado Cowgirl....you can be "Classy Cowboy"  country.  The old west is past and the new West emerges, grow with the times.  Don't loose the heritage or accents.....I didn't.      Signed:  Colorado Cowgirl Donna Jo Phillips; 27 years in Colorado as ranch day worker, horse ranch manager for T+ Ranches; cutting horses competitor since 1984 and NCHA trainer since 2000, now COLORADO WESTERN REAL ESTATE Owner/Broker..........born TEXAN
Jan 23, 2008 01:53 PM
Mary Jo Schaffer
Sweetheart Realty - Bandera, TX
Bandera Texas Real Estate
Donna Jo,   Thanks for your insight-Texas' loss is Colorado's gain- we could use a Classy Cowgirl like you here in Bandera.  
Jan 23, 2008 02:26 PM