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I know, that’s scary that Californians are leaving the mess they allowed, to probably go make it again.
It is a pretty good area. More varied weather, terrain, etc. than say, Houston. To far from a beach for me...
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I know, that’s scary that Californians are leaving the mess they allowed, to probably go make it again.
It is a pretty good area. More varied weather, terrain, etc. than say, Houston. To far from a beach for me...
I lived in Tampa, FL. for 25 years and loved it! Low taxes, gun friendly, beaches less than 10 minutes away, and great roads.
When I moved back to La. it was like taking a step back in time. Where I live, watching the grass grow and seeing all of the farm tractors is a way of everyday life.
But, there is always plenty of crawfish!
When I moved back to La. it was like taking a step back in time. Where I live, watching the grass grow and seeing all of the farm tractors is a way of everyday life.
But, there is always plenty of crawfish!
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Houston and Dallas/Ft Worth are my favorite Texas areas. Houston is beautiful, feels like a huge beach town, just very humid. Dallas/Ft Worth probably has the best cost of living and it's not as humid as Houston.
timely thread on moving to texas. a dear friend recently moved to the greater austin area from santa barbara ca. conservative, he only rents now and finds that austin city proper is a bit too much california.
at what geographic line in texas does the climate become mainly dry year round? i am leaning to permanently move away from humidity on east coast, prefer sunny hot dry but sunny cold dry winters are welcome. any thoughts on el paso, is it overly mono culture? e.p. is high desert, has mountains, enjoys attractive housing prices, is smaller. thanks.
at what geographic line in texas does the climate become mainly dry year round? i am leaning to permanently move away from humidity on east coast, prefer sunny hot dry but sunny cold dry winters are welcome. any thoughts on el paso, is it overly mono culture? e.p. is high desert, has mountains, enjoys attractive housing prices, is smaller. thanks.
I've never lived in Texas, but have visited quite a bit of it, and loved every part, with the possible exception of El Paso. To be fair, I've only been in El Paso overnight and stayed in a gritty neighborhood motel. It is one of only two places in the world where I slept with a loaded .45 at hand.
When I was in the Air Force, spent some time in Lubbock, Austin, and Navy Dallas. Good memories all. People in Texas loved the military and treated me exceptionally well. Invited to homes for dinner, practically adopted. I swear if I hadn't already been married I would never have been able to leave the state without having been hitched to a lovely Texas bride.
More recently spent time in Denton (outer North Dallas suburb) and Austin. Loved both places. Best BBQ in the nation, bar none. I've heard Austin described politically as a "blueberry floating in a bowl of tomato soup", but the people there seem pretty tolerant of diverse viewpoints.
When I was in the Air Force, spent some time in Lubbock, Austin, and Navy Dallas. Good memories all. People in Texas loved the military and treated me exceptionally well. Invited to homes for dinner, practically adopted. I swear if I hadn't already been married I would never have been able to leave the state without having been hitched to a lovely Texas bride.
More recently spent time in Denton (outer North Dallas suburb) and Austin. Loved both places. Best BBQ in the nation, bar none. I've heard Austin described politically as a "blueberry floating in a bowl of tomato soup", but the people there seem pretty tolerant of diverse viewpoints.
Pretty much divide Texas right down the middle with a line from North to South. East of the line is wetter, west is drier.
http://www.commandsupply.com/texas-average-rainfall-map.html
Do your research on El Paso. Its heavily influenced by everything south of the border in every way.
I'm always amazed that people bail out of an area (in my case NYC) and then vote for the same type people that caused them to leave....
Nope. Georgia fell but Texas did not. We are still standing strong.
Plano is a tech hub (slightly older than Allen), it is a good part of Dallas. High income, mostly South Asian engineers (instead of a diversity of East Asian, South Asian, White, in Allen according to my bro in law). Home price into the 400k. I'd say you would feel like it is the South Bay Area.
They don't hate Californian like the rest of Texas (except Austin). It might be a plus for you.
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My Brother in law said about 1-200 a month if you drive a lot (Frisco / Allen area).
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It is not just about smart or not, safety and peer pressure / influence are also important.
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Yeah, if you ran the 407 daily, you'd spend that in a week. When I was doing a big IT job at a hospital that was near the end of the 407 my bill was ~$800.00 and the job was less than 30 days.
From the people I know who move there, they left not because of the politics but the land / home price. There is not much you can do about a peninsula with a huge mountain range in the middle, no matter the politics. They don't all go to TX either, many move to Oregon and Washington, those who move to wherever tends to have relatives or jobs there instead of "I love that state" or "I agree with their politics".
Thats not a lot if you traveling for a good job and making $$$$.
That's the same argument people make when they complain about CA's $4 a gallon gas !!!!
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HaHa … this is where we hung out when I was young
https://www.google.com/search?clien...M2LjGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6sAEK&sclient=psy-ab
Do you plan on moving to Texas ?
Could happen at some point, yes.
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And Louisiana has five seasons I am told. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and...... Crawfish season.....Louisiana has plenty of crawfish. That's a plus. And, there are BOO KOO education job opportunities here.
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