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“I only know of 2 places to charge an EV in town. The Walmart lot and one of the car dealers.”

Many may have a home charger.

I’d be reticent to use an EV in Houston due to the flooding issue in hurricane season every year. But for around town in a more inland place a Tesla might work well.

IMHO, as an EV owner who has one mainly for financial purposes, having an EV for "around town" is feasible if you drive a lot of home charged miles. When I had to replace my wife's gas crossover anyway, the decision of higher EV crossover price vs lower gas crossover price (plus other expenses that come with an EV like adding to your power bill), but compared to the EV saving on gas and oil changes ... it came out to 12K miles of home charged miles per year.

Anything below that and it's cheaper to get a gas car. Drive more than 12K miles per year (we drive ours 18K on home charged miles, not counting charging on road trips) and an EV is worth it. But even with that, I wouldn't get one unless you have a gas car (like if you need 2 cars anyway in a marriage) for the road trips that don't have good fast charging options (or if you drive up north during the winter).

To be honest, the truly main reason I got an EV is because I charge it with home solar. I can't produce my own gasoline and do most of my driving in a gas car with homemade energy like I can with an EV. I just did the math as though the solar wouldn't be enough (and I'd have to pull power from the grid for charging).

Southern CA is Ok for an EV. That is where my sister lives. It would probably be Ok in southeast Idaho from April to October. I wouldn't want one in the Winter months. I already had first hand experience with a Mercury Mariner Hybrid. It only delivered 21 MPG during Winter months. Summer managed 26 MPG. Spring/Fall managed 28 to 30 MPG, but only for about 4 weeks per year in southeast Idaho.