Where is he moving from?
Avoid the Branch Davidian complex.
Before I respond I need to know how many dimensions he believes there are? 10, 11 or 12?
So he’s 22 or 23 or maybe even older? Time to cut the apron strings, wish him well, and let him find his own way.
I don’t know the area, but I just have to comment on how refreshing it is to see a family sticking together and helping one another. I hope you continue to be a strong influence in your son’s life. Especially while he’s faced with diverse and often negative influences at college.
Stay away from fertilizer factories.
/johnny
Tell him to become best friends with Janet Reno.
Wow! Best of luck to him. What wonders will the laser and related applications bring us in the future?
as a thought — http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/index.php?id=42521
Well, the short, flippant replies received to the lengthy question will make something more serious stand out, well, maybe just a little bit.
Read a Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child, do a “boots on the ground” reconnoiter of Waco on a budget (a Jack Reacher budget is good enough). Be sure to visit and talk to a local barber. Buy an off duty cop a friendly drink. Get a real estate agent to drive through good neighborhoods, etc.
After the internet, one has to get out of a chair and make a visit. There is, as in the brief line in the movie “John Carter of Mars”...”no other way”.
>Areas to avoid?<
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Austin and UT campus.
Moving to anyplace in TX from CA will be an adustment,no matter how conservative he thinks he is. Moving to Waco will take it up a notch. My daughter moved to Waco to attend music school in 1978. She loved Baylor, but would not choose it for her own children. Part of the problem is religion. We are Catholic. Waco is conservative Baptist. Although they claim to be open minded about Catholics (”our favorite minority” in the words of the Dean of Women) in actual practice, many of the other students did not know that Catholics were Christians, just that you shouldn’t date them!
Despite that, my daughter enjoyed her years at Baylor and retains many friends to this day. We found that rent was relatively cheap in Waco, compared to other college towns. That could have changed over the years.
Good luck.
” PhD in Physics(quantum optics)”
Hell, you can train a dog to do that. :)
Do some google and youtube searches. Staying close to campus usually helps but not always. http://www.zillow.com will show you property values.
Could come in handy if you ever need quantum glasses ...
Stay away from any neighboring fertilizer plants.
First, Sic’m Bears.
Baylor is a great school and yes it is a Baptist school.
But, as in all schools you can find what you are looking for.
Waco does not lie North/South or East/West. It was built along the Brazos river and therefore lies NW/SE. Baylor is SE. While there are multiple apartments in the campus area, Baylor is not in the best area of town. The newer parts are NW and West. It doesn’t take long to get across Waco, so you are never too far away.
Important: Uncle Dan’s Barbeque.
IIRC, the grasslands will be blanketed with gorgeous blue bonnets right about now surrounding Waco and they are particularly abundant all around the Koresh site.
Get up to speed on tornado precautions!
Take in the Dr. Pepper Museum.
Take in the Texas Ranger Museum on the banks of the Brazos.
I have a buddy who lives in Waco. I’ll email him to get some info for you. Lots of good looking honeys for him to choose as a sweetie too.
MEG ....aren’t you in the Waco area?