Fix the vote so college kids can't vote where they live and where they go to school and that will eliminate a lot of lib voting - especially in Austin. Then flood the area with conservatives and vote the libs out. Then start changing the laws to get rid of all the gimmedat freebies that exist in the blue areas. When the benefits are gone, so are they. Probably a pipe dream but it is still possible.

I believe you for Houston. I hate going there. I have had several companies wanting me to move there and I refuse. I also used to live in Round Rock (north of Austin) and moved when my daughter was having speech problems thanks to all of the 1st-gen Spanish-speaking teachers. Ended up in Liberty Hill (still further north) until she graduated. Now (after a brief move to FL) I am in E Texas and am not going anywhere. Not E Texas like you - E Texas along I-20. Completely different.