Skygirl...you are a close-mided, arrogant, liberal
You meet a couple racists in a bar in TX...so everyone from TX is a racist. You are as ignorant as someone having a negative experience w/ a single African American and then blasting them all...I think you are not only a close-minded freak but also a complete liar!!! I bet the event never happened...or if it happened, you are mad the guy made out with the other girl and left you w/ the 68 year old janitor--so you are now mad at all Texans because they think you are unattractive. News flash: you are!! You are a sterotyping, arrogant, closeminded liberal. OK, I'll admit I'm a TX bragger...I still win.
I'm not ignorant enough to blast all of California because of a bleeding heart liberal freak like you lives there...California has many great people and awesome places...you are just not one of them! As you can read...your opinion is in the minority...Again...one last time...I am not from TX...my dad flew in the Navy and I grew up in CA, FL, AK, TX, Hawaii, Misawa Japan and a few others...I have experienced many states and TX offers some things California can't.
As far as my priorities being a big house...yes it is! But my first priority is my family. Being able to swim, ride motorcycles, and hit baseballs in my batting cage without leaving my yard has provided me and my sons some pretty awesome experiences...you can do that in SF, California only if you are a rich liberal like Robin Williams or you can do it on an XBOX in your 100 sq foot living room!
There are other states besides TX that still allow an awesome quality of life in a big home and yet still close to a major city: Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, etc...
Quit being jealous...it is unattractive!