I have very mixed impressions about Texas... as is to be expected with such a large state. My wife's sister lived in Austin and we had a nice visit there... and went to the Kerrville Festival where folks were very friendly.
I also visited the Dallas & Ft. Worth zoos with a zoo keeper I knew from Kansas... very different sorts of zoos.
In graduate school in Kansas, I met a guy who had transferred from Texas A&M and his stories of the cut-throat competition for positions made me shudder.

    My impression is that 'most' folks there are very friendly...IF your politics agrees with them. I really doubt I could live there without running afoul of my neighbors.......... I suppose it just depends on exactly where.
   In my 40+ years since moving east, stories about Texas that scare me are maybe 75% compared to good stuff.