I have spent my entire life in Texas and could never imagine living anywhere else. Texas isn't really the Deep South or anything, because we have Midwest values, for the most part, and can hardly be considered backwards in the slightest, with our numerous large cities (6 in the top 20 of the US).
What we share with the South, though, is an obsession with football.
I feel that people get the wrong idea about the South most of the time, though. They tend to base their opinions on conjectures or stereotypes more than actual experience.