Texans have a bit of reputation for being small-minded xenophobes that isn't truly merited. There were many decent people living in Texas and not as few Democrats as one would think. Unfortunately, there are enough small-minded xenophobes in position of power to suppress most of the Democratic votes. And among the general population, there were enough people of a similar mindset to make things inhospitable for those who don't fit in.
Racism has always been a problem in Texas, but right now, it was ramped up with a new intensity. Even after almost two years, there were still rumors and conspiracies that the coronavirus was the creation of Chinese scientists that leaked out of their labs and spread across the globe. And blame fell upon those Chinese immigrants or descendants of immigrants who lived in the States. And people weren't particularly discriminating against which kind of Asian they were targeting as they all looked alike to them. And it's not much of a surprise that homosexuals were constantly persecuted in Texas.
As such, there's been an influx of people moving into Dinosaur City. Not everyone who was coming chose to convert into a Dinotopian. But there was only so many that the Little Mammalia district of the city can house. Mayor Tarr was in discussion of setting up a Chinatown part of Dinosaur City, though the zoning limits of Dinosaur City were being pushed quite far. As such, the mayor was issuing a special discount for any resident in Little Mammalia to undergo conversion and move into one of Dino City's other residences. Until Dino City's zoning laws are amended, there is a limit to what can be built.
But not all the new residents remained human. Quite a few of them converted into different Dinotopians. One notable example was a gay couple who became a Utahraptor and an Ankylosaurus respectively. The raptor's prompt response to his partner's new form was "You're going to have to be on the bottom now." Another interesting pair was a lesbian couple who became a Protoceratops and an Oviraptor. While there wasn't quite a size difference between the two, Oviraptor was thought to feed on ceratopsian eggs. Though evidence now seemed to suggest it may have ate shellfish or nuts.
And there were also Asians/Asian-Americans who were choosing to convert. Quite a few of them were choosing to become pterosaurs and were slowly starting to fill up the apartments in Skybax Heights. Some might have speculated there's a reason so many were becoming pterosaurs, asides from the obvious benefit of flight. From a certain sociological viewpoint, it could be seen that they still feel wary over their neighbors' shortsighted aggression and want to be able to take flight in a moment's notice. Though others could point at their competitive nature and say they'll be wanting to take part in the 'Around the World in 80 Days' tour since it was proven that Quetzal didn't have the flight capacity to make the entire trip. In any case, expectations has certainly risen for what will happen next summer.