> Your last statement is false. Texas has many large 'liberal' metropolitan cities. I agree with this. I've lived in Dallas for 10 years and I've seen a lot of

> Your last statement is false. Texas has many large 'liberal' metropolitan cities. I agree with this. I've lived in Dallas for 10 years and I've seen a lot of change since I moved here in 2004. The later waves of Asian immigration and other folks fleeing the freezing Northeast winters is starting to make Texas a bit more blue these days. On the flip side, housing is no longer cheap in many areas. If I were to buy a new home the same size as my current, 6 year old home, I would likely have to spend twice as much as I spent in 2008.