Might be hard for you to believe, but Texas major cities are very close to or in some cases actually exceed per capita major crime rates as opposed to Chicago.
Houston has a problem, yes. Exacerbated by the influx of Katrina refugees. However, considering that guns are banned in Chicago and are not in Texas cities, this sort of headline is quite shocking.
At any rate, I don’t live in Houston or Dallas. My suburb has a very low murder rate.