"J.C." wrote:

why you'd be gone

Because it is hotter than two hells, flatter than a steamrolled pancake,
dustier than any desert, treeless as any shopping center parking lot and
expensive as any big city in the nation now. Other than that, it's really a
great place. And, I'm a born and raised Texan but the difference is that
I've been around the world a couple of times and been able to see what the
other places have to offer.

I see now

You live in Houston, correct?

And you feel the Rio Grande valley is even better place
climate wise to live than Houston, correct?