We did a year in Sugarland, Houston, but it was about 20 years ago with a toddler. Had a great time, but it is expensive - even on a good company scheme we were paying somewhere around $800 per month on health insurance for the 3 of us. Electricity bills hit $200 per month in the summer. Rent was high compared to the UK because it was a good school area, but we had lovely Baptist neighbours who wangled us a place at their preschool (it was Baptist but not of the brainwashing type of thing that some posters seem to think).
We were very aware of the gun culture - DH had safety training through work, so things like be super polite on the roads as so many people carry. As DS was only a toddler it wasn’t an issue re schools, but it was something you bore in mind on play dates (ie checking that anything was locked away).
Although to add a bit of balance, a boy was stabbed to death in the lunch queue at DS’s very middle class UK school a few years back.
You do get used to the climate (hot and humid) and you need to be aware of the wildlife - huge mosquitoes, black widows, brown recluses, various venomous snakes and alligators. Flooding can be an issue too, as the whole city is low lying, and there are occasional tornadoes.
We travelled a fair bit when we could too - Austin, San Antonio, Galveston, Corpus - and I did a lot with DS whilst DH was at work (Brazos Bend was a favourite).
Won’t comment on the current US politics given the ongoing Brexit shitshow as people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.