I’m from West Texas ranch country, near the border, lived in a far NW burb of SA for some years-hubby was in the military and later his civilian job was there, too-but we simply could not stand living in the city itself, and escaped to here some years ago-I don’t go to SA unless my guy insists it is my turn to spend time at his place-and work is my reason to only stay 24hrs-I hate the traffic, the noise, smell of exhaust fumes and the light pollution-in my humble opinion, it is a dangerous and totally unhealthy place to live...
My best friend and employer is from a ranch in the mountains of Oregon, near the Calii border, but he has been an adopted Texan for nearly 45 years-he visits his family in Oregon every year, but he avoids any cities there-it makes him sad to see what a liberal s***hole his home state has become...