This issue makes it worth it for me to renew my subscription.
Texas Monthly's February issue not only has a series of articles on Texas' major cities, the website links you back to all past article about them.
This week's 2306 classes looked at political culture in the state - and to a lesser degree the cities, but we did touch on the differences between the state as a whole and its major urban areas - and the fact that they keep growing. At some point - maybe very soon - this will start to have an impact on state politics.
I'd browse through it if I were you.