Started as and still is.

Same with "everything is bigger in Texas" I think that was a reference to the increased fines.

I remember when it started. I even remember Shamu singing about it.

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Oh you'll love this then

https://www.dontmesswithtexas.org/ad_archive/

Speaking of ad misfires, South Dakota had their own set of... ideas.

Lady Bird Johnson (first lady, wife of Lyndon Johnson) was the first to push for anti littering and anti billboards. She was also moved by the amount of trash she saw in Texas.

https://www.pbs.org/ladybird/shattereddreams/shattereddreams_report.html

Looks like the trash was still a problem into the 80s when the Texas DOT started their own anti littering campaign.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Mess_with_Texas

"Cuz Texas is already trash"

God these assholes never ever finish the fucking sentence.

This is badass. Wish my region made something like this!