If you are not from the US, I cannot express the desolation, wind, dust, and smells of West Texas. Hell even if you are from the US. Imagine a windier drier more right wing Mongolia, with feed lots and oil wells everywhere.
West Texas holds a certain primitive charm to me as a native Texan. But if I ever moved back to Texas, I'd want to live near Austin. It's the only part of Texas that has urban amenities, educated people, and relatively tolerable weather.