Are you looking for natives, transplants, or escapees?
My wife and I are transplants who escaped.
Lived there from mid 80's to mid 90's.
It's hot. Don't even think the term dry heat fits. It's a wet heat! 20 seconds after stepping outside you are wet from head to toe.
It does snow, or anyhow it used to. Once or twice a year. Only lasts a day or 2.
The city itself is very nice. The people are great. Downtown used to shut down by 6, but from the loop out things would pick up in it's place.
Some of the best food I ever had was in Houston!
I learned how to homebrew there. Bay Area Mastroughnauts. There are also the Foam Rangers on the north side. My first introduction to mead was with the mastroughnauts.
Of course there are also killer bees and fire ants. Arizona likely has them too. Maybe not as many fire ants, but you should be familiar with them. They devoured my dog after it died from a snake bite before I got back home that night to bury it! You couldn't use the yard because it either had ant poison on it, or a dozen fire ant colonies!
Lot's of fond memories of Houston. We lived in a few different parts. Settled northeast on lake houston after kids happened. Still have a piece of land up in Livingston, about an hour north. May spend some time back there some day.
Other than the moist heat and the fire ants, it was a very nice place to live!
