Oh jeezus, this list is ridiculous. This commenter has never been to Texas, they're just reading the headlines about Texas's F'd up governor. Texas is MASSIVE. It takes a full day of non-stop driving to get across it. Do you really think the entire thing is unsafe, ding-dong? Same for Florida. Stop looking at the headlines. Go to Disney, go to the beach in Tampa, have fun. Live your life.

I lived in West Texas for five years on the border of Mexico and New Mexico. Best Mexican food and BBQ and scenery. Everyone knows that Texas is huge. It's a six hour drive to Dallas and a whole different world. Same for Huston. When people say an area is too far to go to to shop, they ain't been to Texas. It's current governor is not suitable to lead.

Actually Austin is fun.

I dunno I moved to Texas a few years ago for work. I've lived all over the US. I'm brown if it matters and have truly never met a larger concentration of really kind and helpful people. I was truly worried about moving here because of the stereotypes but people are much, much nicer here and a lot more welcoming than a lot of the states I've lived in. Just my opinion

*don't forget to add rural Florida and North Florida to that list. Trust me on this one.

I LOVE TEXAS! what they heck you talking about.. It's awesome. People are very friendly. Yes. there are areas you want to avoid. Those are in all states. Ever been to Gary, Indiana?

Texas, like the USA, is vast and diverse. I don’t much care for some areas and absolutely love other areas. I mean, how can you visit the USA and not try (in my opinion) the best BBQ in the world. Waiting for downvotes from NC and KC.

Austin and San Antonio are the safe bets there.

Texas, is massive. It represents an area as large as most of western Europe, and like every other single place on the planet, there's good area's and terrible ones, and even the ones that are largely terrible still have things that make it worthwhile. The heat is terrible, the people are extremely diverse, the food is fantastic, and trying to paint any place with that broad a brush is the biggest contributing factor in the US being viewed as a backwater laughing stock to most of the rest of the world.

Ask Thelma and Louise

That is unfair. Since the media is way to the left of Texas politics, all repeat ALL stories are slanted to denigrate Texas and Texans at this time in history. There's lots to see and do in a state that is 800 miles wide.

I don't live in Texas. I live in San Antonio. Two very different places... (For those outside the US who may not know, San Antonio is an amazing city that unfortunately happens to be in Texas.)

I am from Texas and there are some good parts of our state. You can't avoid one state because of a group of morons. A lot of us don't agree with the way our governor and his cohorts behave.

definitely avoid texas and any part of florida that is not a theme park... and even then. Disneyworld is very insidious

And Florida

I went to several parts of Texas and never had an issue.

I was a Texan. This is true. I have moved and while I miss the food I will not be going back anytime soon due to the still growing ignorance and hate. But at least it's still not Florida.

And Florida.

AND FLORIDA

I would also avoid Florida, mostly because nobody wants to live in a soup, with giant reptiles!

And any big city in the country.

What an utterly ridiculous statement. Texas is a wonderful diverse exciting state that is now the second largest in the USA. It's filled with wonderful things foreign tourists would be interested in. Boy people here are saying a lot of stupid things.

Please, stop going to Florida as well! It's just a d**k-shaped open sewer: Disney is overpriced and overrated, you can go to Universal Studios in California instead, and nothing else is worth the hassle, crowds, retirees, heat, humidity, bugs, bad weather, and gun-toting crazies. And I speak as a Florida native (unfortunately) who would never set foot back across the state line, even if a 500 million dollar check was waiting for me in Tallahassee.

Not all of Texas should be avoided. I mean come on. - This is just a slam by someone from a different state. That said, if you’re driving, expect getting across Texas to take 2-3 days of all day driving. And avoid I-10. The road is horrible.

Wow, y’all don’t know s**t from shinola. Texas is the second-most diverse state in the nation according to a new report from WalletHub. The study compared the 50 states across six key dimensions: socio-economic diversity, cultural diversity, economic diversity, household diversity, religious diversity and political diversity. Overall, Texas came in at number 2 on the list. When broken down, the Lone Star State ranked number one for industry diversity, third with linguistic diversity, 4th in racial and ethnic diversity, and 6th in religious diversity. California ranked as the most diverse state in America, with Hawaii, New Jersey and New York joining Texas in the top five. The least-diverse state was West Virginia.

Texas isn’t so bad away from Houston. I’d stay the eff outta California

Texas and Florida are on my wishlist to see and I'm not going to take them off because of things I read online 😊

Texas is enormous. You can fit a huge portion of Europe into an area the size of Texas. There are good and bad areas. Avoiding such a large state is nonsense.

I despise Texas for its s****y politics but I still wouldn't say to avoid it. No state is a monolith. The rural areas in California are more like Texas with their ideologies even though we're a liberal state. Just stick to the major cities and enjoy what they have to offer if you're interested. If you're white, you're probably good in any part of the state.

unfortunately "common sense" is becoming an increasingly rare commodity and often intuition (although a great instinct) can be self misleading if only used on its own without reason and healthy objectivity.... again be safe Pandas