A lot of cities tend to be more liberal or at least in the middle. They have to deal with people on a human level - police have to be able to patrol areas with people not being in fear of them, etc.
The problem is that places like Texas are huge and even though Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas are liberalish, all the suburbs and rural areas are hardcore conservative.
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Late 40's Dreamer (Holy Fucking shit I'm almost 50 and still dealing with this), aged out of original DACA and didn't have a chance to apply for extended DACA after Republicans killed it on the vine.