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Old Posted Oct 24, 2012, 8:46 PM
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Originally Posted by HooverDam View Post
I understand. I'm just saying Austin is by no definition in the Southwestern United States, so I always thought it an odd name for a festival.

El Paso/the Texas panhandle you could maybe make the case for being in the Southwest, but otherwise Texas isn't really in any region of the country. Its just a big monster all its own thing.
I think that is why the name of the festival works so well. It isn't just Southwest, but South by Southwest. And that is what TX is, a mix of the south and southwest.
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