AND THIS WAS BEFORE THE TED CRUZ VICTORY ADDED GLAMOR TO TEXAS: Houston Tops List of America’s Coolest Cities.

Oh, wait, the glamor comes from the fact that people have jobs: “The Bayou City may not be the first place you associate with being hip or trendy. But Houston has something many other major cities don’t: jobs. With the local economy humming through the recession, Houston enjoyed 2.6% job growth last year and nearly 50,000 Americans flocked there in response — particularly young professionals. In fact, the median age of a Houston resident is a youthful 33.”

Hmm. Well, bourgeois values are the new sexy. . . .