Texas Highways

We got a free subscription to Texas Highways when we gave one to a relative who asked for it for Christmas. We had been  subscribers  in the past, but we quit several years ago. We won’t be subscribing again unless it stays free. Texas Highways used to have a distinct voice and function. It was a homey, down home,  booster publication for travel in Texas focused on the interests and experiences of ordinary Texans, whose habits and lifestyles it treated with respect. In recent years it has changed its viewpoint and style to be closer to that of the superior, snarky urbanite who holds only the right opinions (especially the green ones) and appreciates only the approved things but finds occasional condescending amusement in the quaint behavior of the backward rustics – becoming sort of a special education version of Texas Monthly. It is sad. Texas Highways was good at what it once did and filled a real need. 

It still publishes schedules of events around the state, but those are available online at no cost. A this time I can think of no reason to be buying the magazine.