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I'm a New Yorker who just spent a day alone at the State Fair of Texas. Here's what I saw walking around birthing barns and butter sculptures.
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The State Fair of Texas is the biggest state fair in the US. I visited on opening day.
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I did not last long at the pig races.
The siren blared; the stadium erupted; perhaps 20 tiny pink creatures tumbled out of cages and onto a dirt arena, where they toddled forward in packs like so many porcine commuters at rush hour.
It was at this point that I stood up and began shuffling my way toward the exit, taking care not to step on any stuffed cowboys or knock the cotton candy out of unsuspecting children's hands.
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Watching the races had left me feeling some vague combination of nausea and outrage. I worried that if I stayed any longer, I'd be tempted to scoop up the pigs myself and set them free, a course of action that would almost assuredly lead to an encounter with the authorities.
Outside the stadium, I struggled to breathe deeply had I been the racing pig, after all? and squinted at a paper map of the State Fair of Texas .
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