My granddaughter is moving to Austin from Boston suburbs. As a 3rd generation Texan I have mixed [View all]

emotions. I was born/raised in Dallas but had an uncle and cousins who lived there. My uncle was once a state senator who reportedly was making a speech on the floor of the Senate when he got word that his son, my cousin Bill, was lost over France in WW2. So I have history and background with Texas.

I know Austin is a cool place but I have started a conversation with her about living in a red state which she has NO experience in. She has lived in the Boston area for all of her life. She has already started her paper work in register to vote.

Any Austin folk have some advice for her? I'd love to report to her from staunch liberal Dems living there.