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What is the story with Vidor Texas?
Posted on 6/6/23 at 10:57 am
Posted on 6/6/23 at 10:57 am
Spinoff from the outsiders thread--there seems to be quite a story with Vidor Texas. I have only been to Texas once, and my trip took me through there. I had lunch at the whataburger in Vidor and thought that it was a rather unremarkable and somewhat run-down place.
What am I missing? Can Texas baws bring me up to speed?
On a side note, I liked Beaumont. It has a cool downtown area, almost frozen in the early 20th century. Texas has never struck me as a vacation destination, I guess that's why I have never really been there despite living fairly close to it.
What am I missing? Can Texas baws bring me up to speed?
On a side note, I liked Beaumont. It has a cool downtown area, almost frozen in the early 20th century. Texas has never struck me as a vacation destination, I guess that's why I have never really been there despite living fairly close to it.
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 10:59 am to TIGERHOLD
Last I heard was that someone was murdered there and some Vidor higher ups refused to investigate/prosecute.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:00 am to TIGERHOLD
Supposedly Klan town.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:00 am to TIGERHOLD
quote:woah
I liked Beaumont
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:00 am to TIGERHOLD
It's known as the most openly racist city. They even conveniently cut the cable (AKA had a technical difficulty) when CNN was airing a story on how racist the city was years ago.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:01 am to TIGERHOLD
Not great for black people
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:01 am to TIGERHOLD
Vidor used to be a sundown town with KKK ties a long time ago. Couple that with the Jasper Texas dragging years ago and people are still scared of it based purely on reputation.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:01 am to TIGERHOLD
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It has a cool downtown area, almost frozen in the early 20th century.
Except without all the people and businesses....
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:02 am to TIGERHOLD
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Texas has never struck me as a vacation destination
I feel the same way at times
Country Texans are cool but not like a lot of those towns are tourist destinations.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:02 am to sidewalkside
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They even conveniently cut the cable (AKA had a technical difficulty) when CNN was airing a story on how racist the city was years ago.
This sounds like a myth.
But yeah, the town has a reputation and none seem to dispute it.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:04 am to TIGERHOLD
‘Raped while dying’ billboard
That’s literally what i think every time i drive through Vidor.
And i always will
That’s literally what i think every time i drive through Vidor.
And i always will
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:05 am to TIGERHOLD
quote:
Spinoff from the outsiders thread--there seems to be quite a story with Vidor Texas. I have only been to Texas once, and my trip took me through there. I had lunch at the whataburger in Vidor and thought that it was a rather unremarkable and somewhat run-down place.
What am I missing? Can Texas baws bring me up to speed?
Place known mainly for the KKK. Many years ago there was a guy in Lafayette named Darrell Flinn with a public access tv show on Acadiana Open Network where he'd dress in his outfit and burn crosses live on the air. I believe he moved to Vidor at some point to continue his "work" there.
This post was edited on 6/6/23 at 11:10 am
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:05 am to TIGERHOLD
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Texas has never struck me as a vacation destination, I guess that's why I have never really been there despite living fairly close to it.
You visited the part of Texas that is virtually part of SW Louisiana.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:05 am to SUB
Interesting, I didn't know any of this. I honestly thought I was getting off the interstate into the ghetto--maybe just a different kind of ghetto
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:05 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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‘Raped while dying’ billboard
That’s literally what i think every time i drive through Vidor.
And i always will
Same here. Glad you remembered that. It was up for years!
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:06 am to SUB
It's not a myth. It happened. Google it
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:06 am to TIGERHOLD
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On a side note, I liked Beaumont.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:07 am to SUB
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This sounds like a myth.
There are a lot of myths surrounding Vidor. The reputation is earned but exaggerated as it's not what it used to be. The KKK basically no longer exists and there are different races now living in Vidor including blacks, Indians/Asians, Mexicans, etc
Is there still racism there? Yes of course but probably no worse than the racism we see from Dems in CA or NY.
I do remember that when they built Government housing in Vidor and put a fence around it the locals allegedly called it their zoo.
This post was edited on 6/6/23 at 11:13 am
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:08 am to TIGERHOLD
Klan and bikers
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:10 am to stout
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Vidor used to be a sundown town
In my town (not Vidor) the whistle at the volunteer fire department used to blow every evening at 6 PM. My mother would tell me they were testing it, but I've since read that sundown towns had signals like that to tell black people they had better be off the street by then. So I wonder.
This post was edited on 6/6/23 at 12:02 pm
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