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Hey all, I'm a 4th year who is thinking of ranking a residency program in Houston as my number one (great training and cool people!) and although there is no guarantee in the match, I feel that I interviewed well enough to be somewhat confident to have a decent chance of matching there if I rank them number one. With all this being said, I do have some reservation about Houston. On my interview trails, I talked with multiple Texas students who have either rotated or currently going to schools in or near the city and many of them shared pretty negative experiences about people attitude toward FM physicians and FM in general as a field in the city. One student told me that since Houston has so many specialized top notch medical centers, a lot of patient don't really care for FM and usually go directly to specialist for benign problems. In addition, some share stories about how lots of specialists in the area look down on FM more than other areas that they've rotated at. Most people stay close in the area where they do their residency and with all this info, I'm not sure if I want to be in that kind of environment after I'm done with residency. I'm lucky to be at a state where FM is well respected with lots of healthcare organizations focus on FM as an important part of healthcare delivery. Can any attending who work in Houston comment on these info? Are they accurate? Are you happy with where you work at currently? Thank you so much