Quality of life

With its beautiful landscapes, warm weather, excellent schools and southern hospitality, Texas remains a popular choice for people looking to relocate. Texas' beaches, rugged mountains, endless prairies and piney woods provide a spectacular diversity of geography and wildlife. That same diversity extends to the people who call Texas home, creating a rich cultural heritage that makes Texas great.

• Texas has two cities, Austin and Dallas, on Forbes's top 10 list of the Best Places for Business and Careers.
• Texas has more than 900 golf courses, 600 miles of sparkling coastline, 19 wildlife refuges, 13 national parks, and 123 state parks, historic sites and natural areas - not to mention an abundance of world-class theme parks, water parks, zoos and campgrounds.
• Texas' largest cities have a rich and diverse arts tradition, including the Menil Collection in Houston, Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth, the Dallas Museum of Modern Art, and the Umlauf Sculpture Garden in Austin are just a few examples of our art offerings.
• In the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, sports fans can root for the Cowboys, Rangers, Mavericks, Stars and the Burn. In Houston, you have the Texans, Astros, Rockets, and Comets. San Antonio has the 2003 World Champion Spurs. And that doesn't even include the numerous minor league franchises in urban and mid-sized cities all across Texas, as well as nationally ranked collegiate and high school teams.