As far as beaches, there's a lot of good lakefront property in Texas, and Corpus Christi is developing. I'd have to say somewhere lik Galveston, but they get a lot of hurricanes. From there, South Padre is great in spring and summer, but dries up in fall and winter. In south Texas, like Padre, it doesn't get much below 50 in the winter, at least till night time.
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