Where I live, I literally see at least one usually 2 snakes every time I mow. Rat Snakes are wicked fast, but have ever seen a Speckled King in action?
Perhaps that’s the unconscious reason Votaw and Saratoga somehow never make it on my vacation-destination list.
Though there are some rattlers in Southern Alberta, the largest concentration of snakes may be located at 111 Wellington St., Ottawa, Ontario.
Likewise, I would suspect that there are more snakes per acre near the intersection of E Capitol St NE & 1st St NE Washington, DC 20001 than in your part of SE Texas.
OK, maybe not snakes, but snake oil salesmen, both on Duh!Ottawa and Washington.