Haha nice jab at Texas tailboarder.
Still though. It's a great state. Maybe it wasn't before, some decades ago, but these days it really is one of the greatest states in the Union. In fact, the Economist predicts that it's the new California. (too lazy to link article, read it in print edition).
Houston is a great city, but has it's issues. It is diverse. Very diverse. I love that. I love that I grew up there. It has very bad public transit. That sucks. But otherwise quite nice. I like that it's flat, but that's just because I was raised in flatlands, and I like that it's hot for the same reason.
Also it's like the biggest port for imports, or the second biggest, in the nation. woot.
Also Austin, my new home, is really cool. Lots of cool things about Austin. I could go on about the others, Dallas is clean and has good weather, San Antonio has such a culture... and so on. I like Texas. But not enough to live here my whole life ;)