My 12 years in Texas I never encountered a “crooked cop”, but I remember some cops who let us slide for pulling over to take a piss, and having some beer in the truck. They could tell we weren’t drunk, we told them where were headed, and they let us go.

I used to be a traveling consultant, and living in Dallas was extremely convenient. 3-4 hours tops to anywhere and always direct flights (unless you got stuck going to Wal-mart in Ark.)

I know Dallas gets a bad rap, but realistically, time spent dorking around in airports is as bad as traffic, and living in Dallas cuts way down on connector flights. Houston is similarly well situated as the Continental Hub.

Someone mentioned Denver, and that is a United hub, so it might also cut down wasted time, although I seem to recall the airport itself, is WAYYYY outside of town.