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College Station...
Home of the Fightin' Texas Aggies!
I cannot remember the issue date but Texas A&M was voted the most conservative of the "major" universities in the US.
Do yourself a favor and visit the campus. The Corps of Cadets, list of Medal of Honor recipients at the Memorial Student Center, old Parade Field lined with oak trees, each with the name of a member of the Class of 1917 who left their senior year to volunteer to fight WWI.
Statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross, "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman..."
That is the campus and town that I knew when I went to school there.

Many of the folks in Texas still hold those attributes. Of course we have our share of losers but, for the most part, the men are gentlemen and we teach our boys to be likewise.

However, the northern side of Dallas, where we live now, is very nice. Lots of lakes, universities, rural area where cattle still graze. You can also find folks riding horses every now and then.
I, myself, welcome you to Texas. Just please don't expect it to be New York, and we will all get along just fine.