Growing up in Texas makes all Texans hate everywhere else in the world. It's completely natural, or I'd like to think my intense love for everything Texas is normal. Reaching my senior year I have compiled a short list of thoughts I have had since moving to Louisiana for college and why I still believe that Texas is the greatest place on Earth.

1. Whataburger is King!

I have been fortunate enough to have a Whataburger in Baton Rouge, however, it is not the same by any means. Whataburger remains to be the best burger joint known to man.

2. You can step on the grass?

In Texas, you would be stupid to place a bare foot on any grass. There is no way you could make it across any amount of green without getting a mini thorn in your foot. The first time I stepped on the grass in Louisiana I stopped and looked around like I was in the middle of a minefield but there weren't any pickers.

3.Drive-thru Daiquiri Shacks are a thing in Louisiana...

In Louisiana, you can have a drink in your front seat with a piece of tape over the lid and it's considered a closed container. My first trip back to Texas I tried to order a to-go margarita and the bartender looked at me like I had grown another head.

4. Driving is like going to war with every other person on the road in Texas.

In Louisiana driving is performed in a more leisurely fashion while in Texas shoulders are roads, you must at least be going 15 over the speed limit, and every time you drive your sole purpose is to shove everyone else out of the way.

5. Tex-Mex is like Heaven.

Louisiana seems to mess up every single Texas chain especially Tex- Mex and all seem to close within a year. The Mexican food, which is a Texas staple, is non-existent in this state. That hurts a Texas girl to her core.

6. There are no beaches in Louisiana.

Unless you count the beach in Lake Charles, which you shouldn't, there is not a speck of sand in this state. I'm not one for going to the beach, but water that isn't infested with alligators and yucky stuff would be nice. Texas has Galveston Island, Corpus Christie, and South Padre Island that everyone has been to at least once.

7. Torchy's Tacos.

Louisiana's taco game is severely lacking. The number one thing I miss is ordering a Trailer Park trashy which is the glorious creation of a fried chicken taco smothered in queso.

8. Margaritas.

Done.

9. It takes forever to drive across Texas!

Drive four hours in any direction and you've left Louisiana. Drive 15+ hours in Texas and you're still in Texas.

10. Sports are a religion.

This is the one thing that did remain the same. The love of LSU football is intense and the loyalty to the New Orleans Saints doesn't waiver. There is one thing I can agree upon regarding sports and that is that Texas A&M bought their way into the SEC and they should be kicked out.