It literally sounds like he’d never seen Texas before. Especially around the big cities it’s a car centric hellscape unless you’re in some very specific neighborhoods.
He came from Phoenix, I don’t see how it was any different from where he came from. Also, he’s a surgeon, he was probably in a decently walkable area and decent by Texas standards is a 5 minute drive to an upscale strip mall.
It literally sounds like he’d never seen Texas before. Especially around the big cities it’s a car centric hellscape unless you’re in some very specific neighborhoods.
He came from Phoenix, I don’t see how it was any different from where he came from. Also, he’s a surgeon, he was probably in a decently walkable area and decent by Texas standards is a 5 minute drive to an upscale strip mall.