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Used to work for a company with a marketing office in Houston, spent a fair bit of time down there in the 90's. All I can say is I had nothing but positive experiences with the people down there. Very friendly and seemingly happy to meet your acquaintance.
Climate in Houston is terrible though, unless you like 100% humidity and 100degrees+ in the summer months. Seems nice in the edge seasons though.
As for politics, well word on the street is Texas is on the verge of turning Blue anyway... 
Quoted from Frax:Well, since I CAN now... and someone else just mentioned it.. I had a lot of fun in Galveston when my wife and I spent a few days there year before last. It's *really* different than the 4 big cities, and the food was great, if a bit pricey (tourist town..gotta expect that a bit..). Walking around on the beach looking at shells in the middle of a thunderstorm coming in was great. Beach patrol rolled by telling people not to go in the water, and that they were leaving and if you needed help after that...tough shit. We stayed well until the rain started, and it was pouring down. Really, really enjoyed that trip.
Spent the day before Katrina hit on the beach in Galveston. Place is so hot and sticky that the minute you get out of the water you want to jump right back in. A/C or bust.
Quoted from fiberdude120:I live in NY so where ever I travel it seems like the people are much more friendly than back home. NY sucks.
You know, the wife and I and some friends went to NY this past summer for a week and it was fantastic. We ran into many friendly people, someone paid for our subway one day when our card wouldn't read, etc. I was surprised after hearing about how unfriendly NYers are. Efficient, for sure, but you have to be in that throng!
We were lucky enough to be there during the big mid-town blackout where half of Times Sq. went dark for a few hours. Even then, other than one extremely irate traffic cop people were very chill.
Quoted from fiberdude120:I have been here for 60 years and I am just tired of this state. In general people are friendly just not as friendly as other states that I have visited. It is just one big rat race it seems.
I get it. The pace of life must be a real grind.
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