Meh, I wasn’t really that interested. It’s a rather liberal area, and gets cold in the winter. More so than Texas. I looked at Missouri-Rolla (now MO S&T), where my dad went and one of the top engineering schools, but their male-female ratio wasn’t so great, better as an advanced degree school. :p Ended up just going to SMU here in town for a bit.
It sounds like you made the right decision. There are plenty of good colleges out there. :-)