Living in the Lone Star State has its pluses and minuses just like everywhere else.

I got thinking about what I like and don’t like about Texas. I’ve lived here for over fifty years so I think I am allowed to give my opinion,

What I Like

• Plano, Texas (my home) was voted the second happiest city in the U.S. by SmartAsset
• University of Texas Cheerleading – my granddaughter was a Texas cheerleader.
• Big Bend National Park
• Austin
• San Antonio
• Tex-Mex Food and Restaurants
• Texas Bar-b-que especially Dickeys Barbecue Pit
• The Alamo
• Bluebonnets
• Mod Pizza
• Johnson Space Center NASA
• Padre Island
• Corpus Christi
• Blue Sky
• Long Summers
• Mammoth National Monument in Waco
• Dinosaur Tracks at Glen Rose
• No State Income Taxes
• Local Creamery
• El Norte Grill
• First Watch in McKinney
• Alex – My Lawncare Guy
• My Family and Friends Who Live in Texas
• Pancakes at First Watch
• Verde Sauce
• Stuffed Potatoes from Dickeys Barbecue Pit
• Fish Shack in Plano
• Cherry Limeade from Braums
• Collin College
• UTD
• Texas Forts Trail
• It’s Not Oklahoma

What I Don’t Like

• Ice Storms
• 100 F. + Days
• 30 F. – Days
• Mass Shootings
• Jerry Jones
• North Texas Traffic
• High Property Taxes
• Robin Hood Plan
• Low Teacher Pay and Retirement Benefits
• Texas politics
• Open Carry
• Book Bans
• Crowds at HEB
• Cockroaches
• Plano Advisory Panels Which Are Not Allowed to Advise
• Attacks on LGBTQ+ Community
• Attacks on Women’s Reproductive Rights
• Voting Restrictions
• Dallas Cowboys aka Manilla Folders