I found Houston to be quite cosmopolitan. I&#x27;d call it &quot;working-person&#x27;s cosmopolitan.&quot; There is a tolerance there borne of abundance and tradition, which has become its own common-culture sort of thing. People in Houston almost never get high and mighty or self-righteous on you for anything. On the downsides: Get mistaken for a teenager on a prom date, and you can be refused service in a fancy restaurant. Wait staff will &quot;sir&quot; and &quot;ma&#x27;am&quot; you. You can encounter some testosterone. Sometimes, this will even come from the cops.<p>At the very least, there is an expectation you will be polite, if you stay away from the rougher spots. The ethos there is live and let live, for the most part. Here in the Bay Area? It&#x27;s definitely not &quot;Live and Let Live.&quot; Many here feel free to splat you in the face with their judgement.<p>EDIT: Also, to debunk a stereotype, I know from a friend who worked with the DA and also as a private defense attorney, that Houston juries are not blindly Pro-Gun. There are certain things you do not do, certain things you do not have, or a Houston jury will put you away because you are a &quot;gun nut.&quot; From another source, I know of a retired military DOD contractor who lost his job and his house because a Houston jury looked askance at his shooting a burglar in the butt as the burglar was climbing through the window of his house. Why? Because the burglar at the moment of the shooting, was leaving. Even in Houston, property isn&#x27;t more important than human life.