TikToker Uses Sounds To Describe East Texas Towns

Whether you grew up in East Texas or you got here as fast as you could like I did, you've probably picked up on the fact that each small town that calls the Piney Woods home truly has its own special thing going on. Either drive-thru or spend some time in a small East Texas town and you'll quickly pick up on what I'm referring to.

Tyler and Longview typically take home the big W because of traffic, whereas smaller and rural towns, like Gladewater and Carthage, wouldn't take that title. Some of our other towns are simply known for being 'world famous' - here's lookin' at you, Kilgore.

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TikTok user @DeerStandCowboy took it upon himself to let the TikTok world know exactly what he's discovered as an Arkansan living in East Texas via a TikTok video that's pretty easy to understand - what sound best represents each of our East Texas towns?

Before you check out the video below, here are the towns DeerStandCowboy decided to highlight.

Gilmer
Longview
Lake Fork
Tyler
Mt. Pleasant
Jacksonville

See if you can come up with a sound you'd use to represent them and see if you match Deer Stand Cowboy.

@deerstandcowboy ##greenscreen ##903 ##EastTexasCheck ##EastTexas ##FYP ♬ sound effects - Jake

We'll admit, when he highlighted Tyler, we laughed out loud because it's exactly what we pictured. Loop 323 and Broadway are both full-blown race tracks in parts of the city. As for Longview and Gilmer, please let us know if you think he represented y'all well enough!

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