Abilene, Texas???
Last time you were there was 3 odd years ago. I say, seldom does anything remain the same... gets bigger or smaller, better or worse, etc/
I could be wrong but I bet Abilene is pretty conservative for a decent size city.
I suggest you learn as much as you can about today's Abilene but make the trip there and spend a week. Not that terribly far from Dallas/FW and it has plenty of car stuff. Good luck.