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As a native, I can definitely say that Texas is a mixed bag - the politics here are abysmal and nauseating, but if you can ignore them, then everyone is just about as friendly as can be.
That's not my thing, so I would venture to stay in the urban areas - although I have no idea what the mixup is like with 45 supporters and don't much care to find out; a great deal
has changed in the past 20 years since the halcyon days of youth, from which the bulk of my experiences are drawn. But on the pro side of Texas life?- one word: Austin. I grew up going to
more spending more nights out at live music shows than I can count (like seriously, my senior year of high school involved 2-3 nights of local bands playing and a couple of raves EVERY week
- it was busy, but it was a blast!), and days were spent at any of the amazing places that we've developed along the Colorado River (think Zilker Park, the Greenbelt, Lake Travis (yeah,
it's actually just the river dammed up; all lakes are in Texas, except lake Victoria lol)* and that's all IN the city limits. If you're willing to travel, you can expand that
to include tubing on the Guadalupe, rock climbing and hiking trails out at Enchanted Rock, and there's unbelievable camping pretty much all over the state, because probably 1/5 of the
landmass is national parks. And then there are the other major metro areas - Houston, DFW, and San Antonio, each with their own totally unique and special interests. *shrugs* I dunno, it
probably depends a lot on where you are and who you have to deal with, but don't write Texas off just yet - we're nicer than we seem lol ♡ *don't quote me on this; I am sure
that we have only one naturally occurring lake, but I'm not 100% that it's Victoria