[AnnaZ]

Tejas is fine, if you like hot weather in summer and snow in winter.

I don't. Not particularly. But I do love Austin, and I'd love to be "Texan, by choice". It's the only place that lures me beyond SoCal's west side.

 

*sigh*

[RKV]

You might like Colorado Springs. I have spent quite a bit of time there on business. A view of the front range makes up for the snowy winter IMHO. It won't have the nightlife of Austin, but then you might learn to like fishing and shooting.