We lived in Abilene, a couple hours SE of you. It was a dirty, crime ridden stinkhole. The only thing it had going for it was the gorgeous country once you got outside of town. South TX is beautiful. On a lighter note, it was too dang hot! I'm a cold weather person and perfectly content wearing shorts and a tshirt at 20 degrees. Anything above 50's is just downright painful to me. But I grew up in a colder climate.