And the bugs (it being the deep south)...Yuck.
Texas is big and has some variable climates. Up north here it can be either dry or humid depending on wind patterns. East Tx is piney woods, more humid and even more further south in Houston, Beaumont, Corpus and Rio Grande Valley.
West Texas more drier and scraggly. Austin is liberal mostly and hill country (small ones) just to its west very nice.
People are generally nice and less uptight. Traffic is becoming so packed in the bigger cities. No state tax but property taxes aren’t real low (depending on location) but compared to NY or any northeast state a whole lot better.
A/C is a must..