Texas

My family came to Texas in 1850 and I am not leaving.

Have some folks lost their minds here? Yup.

Do some little weasels like to dress up like Cheeto and use state funds to travel to NY for a job interview? Yes.

There are sooo many good things here:

Sunrise in the Big Bend;
Sunset in the Panhandle;
Dogwoods blooming in the Piney Woods of East Texas;
Bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrush, Buttercups blooming in the Spring;
Trail riders arriving in Houston for the Rodeo;
Heart in your throat when an 8 lb black bass breaks the surface of a still lake;
Waving a folks on the back roads;
People who willingly roll up their sleeves to help;
The Cajun Navy arriving after a Hurricane;
The food - Mexican, Vietnamese, African, Carribean, SE Asian, Indian, Filipino, Southern comfort, fresh seafood, steak, and, of course, barbecue.
Watching Asleep at the Wheel live at Greune Hall;
Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Buddy Holly, Beyoncé, Selena, Janis Joplin, George Strait, etc.
Floating the Comal, Guadalupe, and Frio rivers;
The Alamo, Goliad, and San Jacinto;
And more.

Do we have some crazies here? Yeppers we do.

Do we have folks in Austin who ignore the will of the people? Yep.

Do we have hot weather, hail, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, ice storms, blue Northers, and drought? Yeah boy!

As Jerry Jeff Walker said