> major metro areas like ATX, DFW, Houston, and SA have grown much more progressive in the last quarter century While true, and while these places being by far

> major metro areas like ATX, DFW, Houston, and SA have grown much more progressive in the last quarter century While true, and while these places being by far the most population dense, they don't actually have any influence over the laws. Funny how that works. And those laws do matter.