That's true. The only cowboy hat I saw was at the airport, haha! I did notice I would need a car, which I don't think would be too hard to manage considering a grad student showed me a very spacious apt for $700/mo, a few minutes from campus . . . that paired with a $29,000 salary I don't think it would be hard to afford payments on a pre-owned. I have a car now, but it desperately needs to be traded in (if I go to Houston) or sold (if I go to NYC).