Posted on 02/08/2015 4:27:10 PM PST by smoothsailing
I made a promise to other Texans that I wouldn't be some lefty flag-burning limpwristed Progladyke...and I've kept that promise.
Now the Texas Winters......
Yes and yes.
I moved from Texas to Oklahoma ... :-) ...
Go to Dallas ... or the suburbs around it.
People of the 20th district of Florida are crazy.
Crazy? Listen Buster, I don’t suffer from insanity — I enjoy every minute of it! LOL!
Everywhere you go the people are almost all Republicans or conservatives OR TEA Party! They actually believe that smaller and smaller government is a good thing. It is difficult to find any correctly CSCOPE educated and enlightened people to talk about global warming, renewable green energy or diversity/inclusiveness!
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That’s a great paragraph!
Your entire write-up was a fantastic read and very enjoyable!
Go to Dallas ... or the suburbs around it.
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Better to go to the Mid-Cities area between Dallas and Fort Worth, than some of the Dallas suburbs. Only around 20 miles or so from either of the big cities on the East and West, where each offers many museums, zoos, great restaurants, stage shows, etc. The Mid-Cities communities also have great shopping areas and restaurants of diverse cuisine.
West of the DFW airport, you have Euless, Grapevine, Colleyville, Southlake, Westlake, etc., which provides a range of housing costs to fit one’s budget. Excellent schools and very good city services.
Just a few miles South of the Northern Mid-Cities is Arlington; home of the MLB Texas Rangers and the AT&T Stadium where the Dallas Cowboys play.
Dallas and its surrounds has the DART system of trains plus busses that provide public transportation, if that is a need, but most other cities in the Metroplex do not.
Wow. Didn’t realize I’d blathered so much. I was born and raised in Dallas. Moved to Mid-Cities in 1969 at age 27, after a divorce, so I’ve lived here 45 years.
Texas and Texans may be crazy; but they’re not stupid. And you can cure crazy; not so stupid.
Bryan/College Station area. Draw a triangle between Houston, Dallas, and Austin, and B/CS is in the center.
1.Major University (TX A&M) attracts jobs. B/CS has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Texas, and many of its jobs are high paying, tech type jobs chasing college grads. Everyone has a degree here (Class of ‘98 myself, spouse is Class of ‘08. Gig’em.)
2. Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Galveston (beaches) are all day trips. You can enjoy the culture of the big cities from afar, and live somewhere more rural.
3. Our area has one of the best COLA/Salary relationships in the nation. Sure I make less than I could in San Fran. My three bedroom 1700sq house on an acre of rural land with a built on deck and 3/4 acre privacy fencing built new in 2012 cost less than 200K.
4. Great weather: Snows about once every eight years (last time was when my 7yr old was 1: melted on same day.) Summers are a constant and lovely 76 degrees. (Full disclosure: summers are meant to be spent indoors under A/C: spend any significant amount of time outdoors and YMMV on summer temps). B/CS is nestled in the Brazos Valley and major weather patterns tend to pass north and south of us. Locals refer to the phenomenon as the ‘weather dome’.
5. Major sports franchises are day trips away and Aggieland brings SEC teams to your door. I’m splitting a football package this year with friends and have tix to Miss State and Auburn (lost Alabama in the draw).
6. Plenty of off-Broadway productions a day trip away. Enjoy the culture without living in zombie-land. Same for zoos, museums, etc.
7. Outstanding place to raise kids. Good public schools where most teachers are fairly conservative. Great place to home school and be left in peace to do so. Good private schools if that’s your thing.
8. Oil will recover and this area is top-heavy with liquid oil, and bottom-heavy with Eagle-Ford shale. The Eagle Ford frakked wells going in are changing the economic footprint here. (Not that anyone will sell royalties, but the influx of dollars will affect the area in years to come.)
I moved here to go to school in ‘95. The rest is history.
Texas and whether or not it was “a crazy state” or the “place that is still most like America.”>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Look and the economy of Texas and you will have your answer. Texas is not crazy, but every blue state has bats in its belfry.
Now that’s what I call breakfast!!!!
Your trees migrate? (Had to pick!)
Yes I am. Your work is good.
LOL!!
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