BTW, Midland is what it is - a town of 100,000 people (20 Miles from Odessa with another 100,00 people) in the middle of nowhere, but a lot better place to live than many "somewheres".
Also in Houston or Dallas you equate 10 miles with one hour, in Midland you equate 10 miles with 10 minutes.
And finally if I lived any farther SE of Midland, Texas and I would have CHRONIC Bronchitis, where in Midland I may have a bronchitis bout few days per year.