Don't look now, the government is watching ... do you feel safer?

According to Men's Health magazine, four of the 15 American cities under the most government surveillance are in Texas:

• Houston (2)
• Dallas (6)
• Austin (7)
• Corpus Christi (13)
• El Paso (26)

You might expect more of El Paso would be under surveillance more than other cities because of military and border security installations and concern over feuding drug cartels in Juarez, but they're relatively far down the list. As per the question in the headline, to folks in Houston, Dallas, Austin and Corpus: Does so much surveillance make you feel a) more safe, b) less safe, or just c) like the government wasted your tax dollars on something pointless? Tell us in the comments, or feel free to suggest your own "d."

Here's the description of the methodology behind the rankings: "To figure out where it's always 1984, we gathered intelligence on the presence of all kinds of cameras: traffic, red light, and police surveillance (TrafficLand.com, Photo Enforced.com, and local police and state transportation departments). We then checked in with the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to calculate rates of authorized government wiretaps."

Via the Austin Post.