I moved to Washington State from Texas and then to So Cal. I like Texas especially San Antonio and Austin. Dallas is a little too pseudo snobby for me and Houston a little too Good Ole Boy Ool (oil) country for me. People wise I guess you could say Texas is the west coast of the south. They don’t seem to have the social regimentation that you find east of there. It’s a little wilder. I love the outdoors and once you make the move west it is very difficult to go back. You do pay a quality of life premium out here (within reason).