Not to defend Texas, but Alaska has waaaaaay more crime. At least if we're talking about violent crimes. I wanted to move there once, but I decided against that based mostly on that factor. Approximately 8 in every 1000 people will commit a violent crime in Alaska. For reference, Texas is about 5.
Yep. One guy in my class had an exchange student from Texas. Absolute biggest asshole. A real advertisement for Texas: "Never go to a state where they breed idiots like that."