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user-inactivated  ·  4078 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: [Galveston]: A Photo Essay and Quiz

It's actually a tad older than that and has sort of a cool pirate history, really just a cool history in general. Ever read Isaac's Storm? People forget that Galveston was the place to be in Texas in the 1890s, and probably still would be today if not for that.

Also, I definitely consider Galveston to be in the Corpus/Port A area and kind've thought it was implied in my guess because it's the biggest "port town" in the area but ah well. Such is life.





NotPhil  ·  4078 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I definitely consider Galveston to be in the Corpus/Port A area

Only in Texas would places 170 miles apart be thought of as the same area! Still, Port Aransas and North Padre were very good guesses.

    It ... has sort of a cool pirate history

The pirate Jean Lafitte's fortified mansion, Fort Maison Rouge.

user-inactivated  ·  4078 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Bah all the coastline is very similar anyway. The barrier island effect. And yeah, that was Lafitte that I was thinking about (and Texas' fledgling navy, and various profiteers). He was a fascinating guy with tons of power.

b_b  ·  4078 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I really don't know much about Galveston, other than the hurricane basically killed a shitload of people. I've never been, but I would like to make it to the Texas Gulf coast someday.

    Also, I definitely consider Galveston to be in the Corpus/Port A area and kind've thought it was implied in my guess because it's the biggest "port town" in the area but ah well. Such is life.

I think you'll get through this. Might will take some therapy, but time heals all wounds. FWIW I tried to give you the credit in my response.

user-inactivated  ·  4078 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah I appreciated that haha.

As far as traveling the Texas Gulf, skip Galveston unless you're really into Texas history/historical buildings (and even then there's better elsewhere); I find that's the main appeal now. It's pretty ugly and it's too close to Houston. North Padre is bleak and beautiful and natural and all good things, I recommend it. Port Aransas is wonderful. South Padre is tourists, but maybe not in, say, January.

And the rest of East Texas is beautiful as well if you can get past the trash.