Not really, I don't live far from Abilene and I have had the same experiences. They are generally easy to work with, if you aren't an ass to them and I have never had them inspect the inside of my home in more than 17 year of owning it. Heck, even the code guys have only been in my house once when I had a gas line replaced. They were easy to work with too. Gas company found a leak at my side of the meter, locked it out. I got a plumber in to fix it and the code guys inspected it, waited around for the plumber to fix the minor issues he wanted address (house built in 52 so you know it had some issues) and sign off on it then the gas company cam and unlocked it all in ONE day.

But I live in a fairly small town.