Hey, I'm not ragging on the city, but you folks are so close to the Gulf that the humidity during summer is utterly insane! Having done both and if it was just about the weather, I'd rather spend summer in El Paso than in Houston. City-wise? Houston > El Paso. Heat+Humidity? Even El Paso (which is brutal) is easier to tolerate than a Houston summer. Plus, El Paso doesn't have the hurricane risk of Houston.