Top 10 Lone Star State Redneck Towns Summarized in Humorous Video

By measuring items claimed to be true passions of rednecks (i.e. guns, chew, and liquor), Nick compiled a list of the top 10 places where a Texas redneck would most likely be found. Although the standard stereotype for such nomenclature is the uneducated southern person who hunts, fishes, likes dive bars and lives in a trailer park, in truth, the term “redneck” originally characterized farmers in the late 19^th and early 20^th century – having a red neck as a result of a sunburn, after many hours working in the fields. In the early 1900’s, the term was being commonly used to describe political factions within the Democratic Party, which was comprised of poor, Southern, white farmers. And within the decade, they began to proudly self-identify with the label, to the point of wearing red neckerchiefs to political picnics and rallies. It was also occasionally used in reference to coal miners, who wore red bandannas to show work solidarity.