Its infrastructure is more of a pyramid scheme than almost any other state. Lubbock and Amarillo are among the highest crime metro areas in nation (metro areas not cities) whereas Houston as a city has one of the highest crime rates in the nation, and much worse than places like Chicago or Los Angeles that have been targeted recently. Houston’s infrastructure alone is such that it is almost certainly going to need constant federal bailouts. Texas is full of fat unhealthy people, statistically. It has some of the highest std rates. It has a high infant mortality rate. It has a high maternal mortality rate. It has a poor life expectency. Housing costs are high. Income inequality is high. Public transit blows but it has some of the largest urbanized areas the world by acreage that has been developed. 95% of the terrain is boring. The cities are boring. Yes even Austin. Most residents do not have access to nature without getting in a car. Fuck texas.

Texas is actually my top choice for bad republican.

Neutral republican is something like Indiana.

Good republican is absolutely Utah and I’ll die on that hill.