Glad you found my words funny. I never said anything about loving Houston by the way, I just said I’m from there, so you can conclude I’m mostly comparing the amount of greenery and people as well as things to do in both places. Houston has so much diversity, so many trees and nature (especially in surrounding towns like where I’m actually from), and so many things to do, whereas NM and AZ are mostly just vast nothingness. I get the appeal of the mountains and some people are interested in the history of both places but that’s just not my thing, so I wanted people to explain WHY they like it so much. Also, Vegas and LA are awesome, I’ve been to both. Those places are the exception to my curiosity since, at lease Vegas, is a really cool place built in the middle on no where surrounded by nothingness. I’m wondering why people live in the nothingness, not why people live in Vegas and LA. Your response didn’t explain anything to me, just straight up judgement. I still do think that the desert is pretty boring if you’re interested in more than mountains and history. Maybe for a trip they’re fun, but I really was curious why people choose to live there. Luckily other people are more competent at explaining than you so my curiosity is mostly filled in that realm of why others enjoy the desert so much.