I just moved to Texas from California where there is: horrific levels of crime, homelessness, and drug use in my area, outrageous cost-of-living, bad public schools, bad housing, and people are generally just incredibly unfriendly to each other. I also worry the lack of water and annual fires will tank the biggest industry in the state (agriculture), and who is going to pick up the tab?

Texas has problems, but they're not as bad for me. Personally it's the lack of nature that's been the worst drawback so far. Most of them can be mitigated by purchasing a nice house with good A/C and a standby generator—which is affordable.