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Oh, I should also have said my House is 3400 sq feet (I have the second smallest on the street and that one is one story). 9000 sq ft lot.

We're in a gated community about 20 miles outside of downtown Houston, towards the Northwest. I might not live here if I had to commute to downtown, but I do also know how to navigate the surface streets to get downtown during rush hour in under 50 minutes. The "fine" resturants are "inside the loop" (about 15 miles away). On Fridays, it might take 20 minutes to get to our favorite place, mostly because we are going against traffic.

It gets very hot and very humid here in the Summer. But then it feels like summer! Winter is short and mild. And Hurricanes are about every 10 years. 4th largest city in the US. 2nd largest state (Population and Land area!). I like the people we meet here.

This is the reason we should reduce the Federal gov't. If Oregon or Washington state want's to provide health care for everyone, that is the choice of the people. And if Texas would prefer a different approach, that is also the people's choice.