>>2844424Really bad weather 8 months out of the year. Temp’s are still in the 90’s there, and it’s not like you can run off into the mountains for a weekend where lapse effect causes a 10° drop. It’s just hot all the time.
There’s a lack of public land considering the enormous population (and even more so considering the size of the state). Way, WAY too many people. Urban sprawl is insane.
The beaches are mostly terrible and the water is nasty. This is objectively true. Sediment and contamination from the Mississippi River flows west. Florida panhandle beaches are closer to the mouth of the river yet remain pristine. You’ve got to go pretty far south for nice Texas beaches.
The east and southeast part of the state (behind the Pine Curtain) are more like what you’d picture Louisiana to look like. There are cypress swamps, marshes, and calm rivers. Really great fiahing and kayaking… but it’s Texas so everyone has a bass boat with a 300hp motor and a matching trailer, which justifies the purchase of their all-new GMC Sierra Texas Edition 2500 HD McDouble.
A lot of the state is some kind of flat scrub brush prairie wasteland. It’s an interesting ecosystem, but driving across it you just look around and don’t see anything. No buildings, no vehicles, no cattle, no farms. Just empty land. Pretty comfy at night but hard to enjoy because it’s all privately held.
The off-shore fishing is phenomenally great, like top-tier. Fish congregate near oil rigs, and it’s very common to fish near them. Texas probably has the highest population of white tail in the country. The number of feral hogs is insane.
