Sounds like a conservation of people thing -- I moved up here at the start of '95 after having spent 9 years, 9 days, and 6 hours living in Houston....
Amazing. I like Colorado Springs, but as an avid motorcyclist, I much prefer Texas and it's 12 month riding season. My only mistake was moving to a tiny town in East Texas when I moved here. It was 9 years of pure hell living in the sticks.