Living in Texas would suck, unless I had a high paying energy industry job. Then, it would just suck less.
Yes, I have been to Texas. Houston, Dallas, and Austin and lots of other dorky dinky towns. I have even driven into Texas from Raton, New Mexico to Houston and driven into Texas through Oklahoma to Austin. Dated a girl that went to the University of Texas, too.
I have had fun there except for when I ran the Houston Marathon in a sleet storm in 1997. That was not fun because Texans cannot drive on ice.