What is the general consensus?

Never been to any south Texas city. But a word of advice... Be sure you've got properly adjusted mirrors, with fish-eye spots on both sides, and have adequate practice using them. I tend to pick a lane one in from the right and stick to it in heavy traffic. If the lane to the right is about to end, I move one to the left.

Jim, "Murphy's Law of Contamination: In order for something to get clean, something else has to get dirty."