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Beaumont area

not southeast but youre right you need to get out of that area which Ive always considered to be the armpit of Texas

not southeast but youre right you need to get out of that area which Ive always considered to be the armpit of Texas

Janis Joplin had some choice things to say about Houston, and Beaumont, respectively.

What do you mean "not southeast?"

just my opinion but I consider south starts from the Austin or Houston area on down

but again its only my opinion

I think just saying east Texas covers it 

Janis Joplin had some choice things to say about Houston, and Beaumont, respectively.

on a personal note about that

The apartment where Janis Joplin once lived in Houston was made into an office building

My daughter's offiice at the law firm she works at was once part Janis Joplin's apartment

Even more interesting is we named her Janis which is spelled the same way as the late singer

isnt life interesting

 

I've never visited, but always heard from other Texans that east Texas was a shit hole.

Similar to Florida inside the coastlines and beaches

The topography in East Texas is rather nice, imo.  Similar to north Louisiana.  I much prefer it to the the landscapes of Southeast Texas.  There is a definite distinction if you're coming down 69, starting around Woodville.  North of there looks like East Texas and south of there looks like Southeast Texas.  East Texas is generally taken to be Tyler, Lufkin area, etc.  

South of Houston and Austin and you're not really "east" in the state anymore.  Beaumont is definitely the southeastern point of the state.  At any rate, it's the name of the area.  Our local news has "all your southeast Texas local news."  The radio station weather-break jingles are things like "south-east Texaaaas weeeaa-theeeeeeerrrrr."  My clinic routinely refers to Southeast Texas Gastroenterology Group or SETX Urology Associates, and 75% of every other business in the area is SETX this or SETX that.  If this isn't southeast Texas, you can't tell them that. 

Also, we're right next to SWLA, so it stands to reason we're SETX. 

And SETX is kinda ppffffft. 

I'm curious....how is a geographic center calculated with an irregular shape like Texas?  Is it the intersection of the longest east-west line and the longest north-south line, or is it more complicated than that?

In Oklahoma, Oklahoma City seems like an obvious center point, but then you've got that handle that stretches across the Texas panhandle that muddies it up.