I'd love to know how to do that-if he'll share the secret. My kidnapped yankee husband (met and nabbed him when he was stationed at Ft. Sam Houston) has come to love most of our Tex-Mex food-especially homemade chili. I was terrified that when he retired from the Army, he'd take a job offer from his home town (Seattle), and we'd have to move there but fortunately, he liked one he got here instead. I had heard that there are no tortillas, chorizo, or any of the other staples in Seattle. Between that lack, the constant rain and the liberals, I'd have hated living there.
Dunno about Seattle, but in Oregon we can get the chorizo and all the other stuff & I imagine you could get it in Seattle too. In Eugene we have a barely tolerable level of rain and liberals, but Seattle has all that & more, plus terrible traffic and it's a frighteningly expensive place to live. I think I'm as far north as I'd ever want to go.
As for Texas, I could probably deal. I have actually never been there, but you Texans are the coolest bunch on FR bar none, and you can't ask for more than good neighbors who can cook up good food, wherever you are. If I had real good reasons to get out of Dodge I'd give the place a look, and maybe at least try snowbirding there when I retire.