Why Texans Dress Like Cowboys

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15. I lived east of Bakersfield in the lower Sierra Nevada mountains,

It was open range territory. You had to fence cattle off your land rather than fence them in. All my neighbors and I had horses. We wore western style clothes. The boots had heels to keep your feet in the stirrups. We wore western style hats rather than baseball caps. Our shirts had a pocket on each side rather than one on the left breast,
We wore Wranglers or Levi's and thick leather belts. That's because we worked on mending fences and cleaning stalls ect.
But most importantly it was important to fit in. It was a small community and outsiders were not as accepted as everyone else. We drove pickup trucks to haul feed and to haul our trash to the dump. We assisted in rounding up cattle and driving them to the loading pens.
So we could have not dressed in western clothes but they were practical and for me fun to wear.
They are just a style like anything else.
To be put off because people chose to dress different than you is petty I think.