I smiled when I saw "Texas" in the OP's post. It's a fascinating country to visit. We recently spent a week in an RV resort, on the gulf coast. There were lots of transient tradesmen staying at the place. A lot of younger guys with their wives, typically childless. The crazy part is that many these guys were making serious money and trying hard to piss away as much as possible. For many, the mandatory list to be in with the "cool kids" includes:
1. A $100K "Toy hauler" fifth wheel type camper. These have a huge door that drops down to the rear and a modest garage space in there. This space is usually occupied by a pair of Harleys, or a $15K off road UTV toy.
2. A bro-dozer truck. This is important. It has to be a $50+ one ton, four door diesel to start. Then it gets $10-20K of useless shit bolted on, including a huge lift kit and oversized wheels.
3. Well, we can't forget the little ladies, so she needs a new Tahoe. Nothing fancy, $45-50K should do it.
It was a trip. Guys in their twenties, making six figures a year, and paying thousands a month in toy payments. Now there was a bit of evidence of Mustache thinking to, as there was another group of, mostly older guys, who drove older rigs (still needs to be a pickup, because Texas) and living in modest, paid off RVs. Unfortunately, I got the impression that for more than a few of these guys, it wasn't their first rodeo, they had been through a bust or two before, and aren't frugal by choice.
So when it comes to a garage full of student owned bro-dozers and high dollar imports, when you add the word "Texas" it all makes sense. How could a patriotic Texan parent possibly think of sending young Hunter or Victoria off to school without adequate transportation? That would be down right un-American.