Having grown up near-ish Austin and now living in SF, I agree that SF is just ahead of the curve. There's nothing special about Texas that makes it immune to de

Having grown up near-ish Austin and now living in SF, I agree that SF is just ahead of the curve. There's nothing special about Texas that makes it immune to de facto segregation caused by history and NIMBYism. In fact, Texas government is significantly more dysfunctional than that of California. If Houston (or Chicago for that matter) had followed the same economic path as SF, it would have ended up with the same problems. The idea that rich people in Texas are somehow more virtuous is laughable; talk to people from Plano sometime.