I wish I had a crew here in S.A.
The chip scene in Texas is pretty good. Low-Res is a new monthly chip/electronic/experimental night going on in Austin, Bible Belt Bitfest is a bi-annual/annual chip event, and with the success of Datapop 3.0 during South By South West I see great things for Texas...Austin perhaps being a new "hub" for chip fans.
But the big problem with Texas is the sheer size of it. PixyJunket in Plano, IAYD in Corpus Christi, Sievert in Houston, I, Cactus in Austin...we're all spread out.