Reply #105: I can believe we're the 4th-largest quite easily.

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We got most of the oil/energy companies headquartered here, NASA-JSC, and the Texas Medical Center. I don't know if you've ever ridden the train during rush hour through the Med Center, but it's standing room only! ;)

We also have the second-largest Indian population in the country, not to mention the first lesbian mayor anywhere in the US. Take that, blue states! :P :hi:

And you're right about having to work with the "other side" as in work, not politics. I'm in the energy industry and they're rampant here. Thankfully, most of them know to keep their mouths shut because managers usually don't like the help fighting (and often loudly.) It's bad for business.

While I have never owned a gun (don't want one, either) I could have had an NRA card by now, too, had I stayed in the food industry (National Restaurant Association) :P