[csmoak]

I just drove across the US (down the east coast, across the south, up the Rockies) and found I had to do this only after driving across Texas.

[inter_netuser]

meaning bugs are doing well in Texas, but not nowhere else?

Really weird

[karlkatzke]

People aren't as densely packed in most parts of Texas, so it might be explainable that way. A lot of the state is also hay fields instead of food crops that are more intensively controlled for pests.

But I've noticed a big change in Texas in recent years. The last two years I haven't had to use pesticide in my residential vegetable garden. I've had to control for mold/fungal infections, but not for insects. And I live up against a nature preserve and try to keep most of my property as natural as possible.

[eddiecalzone]

Meaning Texas has the highest speed limits in the country

[csmoak]

The speed limit went up to 85 in Texas. It seemed to max out at 75 or 80 in other places. I'm not sure if an extra 5-10mph made the difference, but it could have.