I don’t live in Texas but have spent a lot of time there since about the mid ‘70s. Mostly in the Dallas area and to a lesser extent San Anton & Houston.
I love TX. If I were younger, I would pack my bags tomorrow and GTT. (like Travis, Bowie & Crockett).
TX is like most states in the country. The big cities, for the most part, have all turned dem/progressive/Marxist. I’m talking primarily about their elected officials.
Your example of Ft. Worth is a one-off. There are still enough of the cowboys left there to not go into the tank. But, sooner or later it will likely join the rest — especially with all the progressives showing up after they’ve totally destroyed their old homes.
I spend time in Tampa and have seen the same happen there. FL & TX is where they all want to go.
Just remember, “nothing stays the same.” :-).
My take is that once keeping warm in the winter requires a lot of money or a lot of labor, the freeloaders are gonna be heading south at a pretty good clip.
Ft. Worth is still conservative. It has been generally forgotten by the libs while they casted their eyes towards the even bigger Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio where the libs could more easily be voted into the city councils. The mayor in Ft. Worth is a conservative, which is rare in a big city.