Ugh! I'll never live this down will I? Anyway, welcome to BLF! We have quite a few members around Dallas (apt323 for one). The Dallas area people could probably organize a meet up. (By the way, I stream a local Dallas radio station daily at work.)
-Garry
Sorry Garry, just bustin on ya…thats all.But really, over 700 responses and a nationwide search beacuase of a thread you started about a 3c flashlight that HD might have? 
-Rick
The local CPF people are organizing a meetup, probably June 8, the next new moon. I’ve been to a couple, and us dregs and vestiges are welcome…
I would say BLF has a huge presence in Texas, quite a few very active members into mod'ing and collecting, etc. rdrfronty, for example, has a huge collection with his brother of high and low end lights, many mod'ed or customized. Check out his latest thread here: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/18214#node-21112