9. Warm winters. One day in January we left Rockford, Illinois and it was zero degrees. By the time we arrived (by car) in Texas, it was warm. (I don’t remember exactly, but probably 60). There are colder days, as this photo attests, but they are rare. It may snow once a year and it may stick for a couple of hours. That’s a good thing.
Snow in our front yard, March 2008
10. Libraries here give you receipts for the books you check out. That is slick and helpful, especially when you have lots of kids who check out lots of books. Maybe they have this in other states, but I’ve never seen it. So this counts in Texas ‘ favor.
I have never been to a library where they did not do that.
They definitely give receipts in the 3 branch public libraries I’ve patronized here in the “stupid” state.
Nevada, the best state, has been giving out receits for library books for years!