This, 100% this. Austin is seen as some kind of burden to borne by the rest of G-d fearing, gun toting Texas. IE, not a real Texan. The writer actually discuss

This, 100% this. Austin is seen as some kind of burden to borne by the rest of G-d fearing, gun toting Texas. IE, not a real Texan. The writer actually discusses this, at some length, in the piece. "Do you smell that? Its freedom." Abbott, in the piece, on leaving Travis County.