Being in the or close to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, big cities speak volumes on their worldly deterioration...I don't rate Texas by it's big cities, they are infested with a mix of weirdos, Austin being the capital of Weird.
The heart of Texas is still strong, IMO. If we were to get invaded, the big cities would be bombed by the enemy, leaving all the small gun-toten folk that would defend this state with their life, like when we became a state, Remember the Alamo...
Florida is no different as well as any other Red State, big cities attract all kinds...even California has alot of Red outside of their big cities...