Why are Texans so sensitive? I would never make fun of a Texan in Texas. I only do that when they're seen skiing in jeans in New Mexico.
So culturally and demographically the state has changed tremendously over the last two censuses. The urban sprawl and traffic is starting to remind people of California. And the people from California remind people constantly they are from California. And the neighborhoods could be from California. (Sans the climate since we have earthquakes here now, too...)
Plus the growth is fueled by short-sighted policies of the modern slick version of the good-ole-boy, fake Christian, supposedly conservative state government. (Don't blame me, I didn't vote for them...) In the long run, lack of water resources, too many damn people and a stupid government will crash the state hard. The area around Austin is as flammable as SoCal, the traffic is DFW is becoming a monster and the social net is non-existent except for federal money.
But hey, my house would be worth 9 times as much if it were in San Francisco. :)
Granted this was about 10 years ago. I much preferred Austin and even Houston.
My wife and I were victims of malpractice in 2006. The result of it was our son was born 3 months early when otherwise he could have been born full term. We lucked out. He appears to have no complications from being so premature. But the emotional hell that dumb bitch doctor caused us I will never forget. (yeah, dumb bitch is a nasty term, but we were in a Christian hospital due to proximity, and she judged us for our hippy-like appearance and failed to do the most basic diagnostic activities before sending us on our way)
But why should Texas be upset people are settling there form elsewhere? After all that's the story of Texas for the last few hundred years. Maybe it slowed down a bit in the 20th century, but it was quite a hotly contested area preceding that.