However, once you hit Austin, Texas, a remarkable transformation occurs. Euro-Americans are everywhere. You have arrived at the border of the Euro-American nation. When you say that you are from California, the Texas real estate agents explain that there are thousands like you who move there every year in a mass exodus. Neighborhoods in Texas aren't like California.
People go to church here.
You won't find drugs all over the schools. But if you aren't comfortable with the overt religiosity of the people, you will not be comfortable living there. We took the northern route back, along interstate 40 from Amarillo in the Panhandle, through Northern New Mexico and Arizona. We stopped for a bite to eat in Gallup, New Mexico, just off the Interstate, on old Route 66. There were 60 restaurants, and most looked like mom and pop operations, so just to be safe we picked a Pizza Hut franchise and went in.