I think GP is using "place in Texas" as a proxy for "climate-change deniers". When, of course, most cities -- even in Texas -- are liberal-leaning, or at least politically diverse. So it's just a vindictive thing to say that also happens to be uninformed and lazy.

Regardless, it's pretty shitty to wish community and economic destruction on people (not to mention high probability of injuries and deaths), even if they've bought into the conservative propaganda machine wrt climate change.

Houston is an industrial city, primarily for oil refining.