Posted on 02/09/2010 1:10:32 PM PST by erod
Hi everyone, I was wondering if you could give a fellow conservative some advice on moving to Texas. I am currently living in Chicago, and I am fed up with the taxes, cold weather, Democratic culture and bad economy here. I am seriously considering a move to Texas, I am fairly young, 26, and I am almost done with my degree in marketing, although I currently posses a B.A. in journalism. I think Texas sounds really cool and I just wanted to get advice from fellow FReepers who have either made the move from other states to Texas or FReepers who currently live there.
Some of my questions are: 1. Do you like Texas better than your former state or why do you think Texas is second to none? 2. Out of the two cities there: Dallas and Houston, which one is the better one to live in? (Basically I want the city that least resembles Chicago, but is fun to live in and doesn’t end up costing me an arm and a leg in rent and taxes) 3. How’s the economic climate in Texas? I know we’re in the midst of a recession but what’s the unemployment rate etc.
Those are just some sample questions feel free to tell me about your move or whatever other advice you can give if you can. Thanks for responding to my thread, God Bless. -Eric
I love Texas much more than my birth state. Once you get Texas on you you can’t get rid of it. It becomes part of your soul....DALLAS DALLAS DALLAS hands down, DALLAS. The weather in H-town is horrid, and the politics is much wose than Dallas. Our economy has be fairly stable with slight impact to housing prices, but more so to the job market. You can’t go wrong moving to Dallas, or the DFW area...
Can’t believe you fell for the Paultard amateur.
While I don’t quite fit your profile (I’m a native Texan), I urge you to consider Austin. Dallas and Houston are just too big and fast, while Austin enjoys a more convivial culture than either of those two.
Full disclosure, I was born and raised in Ft. Worth (possibly too podunk for you, but they have surprisingly good museums) and I did live in Plano, which you can hardly distinguish from N. Dallas anymore. Also, I lived in San Diego for 9 years and loved it; now reside outside of Austin.
All I know is that unemployment is presently less bad in Texas than most other places.
I can’t believe you think an amateur could do any worse than the two RINO idiots. I’d take the average drunk form the county jail over another flip flopping RINO
Don't tell him about the mosquitoes.
The three big cities in Texas are blue: Austin, Dallas, Houston. The suburbs are red, so Plano/Richardson for Dallas, Woodlands/Sugarland for Houston.
Austin needs to be nuked.
El Paso is a liberal dump in a New Mexico sort of way, as I should know, being a New Mexican.
San Antonio is liberal, but in a Hispanic sort of way with good surrounding towns.
For a city of any size that is conservative, it would be Ft. Worth, then Midland, then Abiliene (the last two being smallish, but rich).
The economy is fine (about 5% unemployment) in Midland.
You will get about 500% more house in Texas (anywhere but Austin or University Park/Highland Park in Dallas or River Oaks in Houston) than Chicago.
Coming from NY state thats a no brainer. Been here in DFW area since '83. Although hot here in summers I like it here. Was able to allocate a lot more toward retirement savings than if living back in NY where the taxes and overpriced cost of living would have taken more and left me with less.
You also have a lesbian mayor in Houston pushing a socialist agenda worthy of San Fransico.
But whatever you do, stay out of Garland. Nothing good can ever come from you entering that city.
I don’t live in Texas, but I travel to Texas a lot. I agree with GoCards about Frisco. It is a heck of a fast growing area, just about the perfect distance from DFW.
If you are a cyclist, one of the best velodromes in the country is in Frisco.
http://www.ci.frisco.tx.us/Pages/Default.aspx
I have been in Texas over 30 years, since moving here from Michigan, where I was born, grew up, and went to college. I would as soon stay in Texas the rest of my life.
As to Houston vs. Dallas, I now live in the Houston area, but spent abvout 8 years in the vicinity of the DFW Metroplex. My preference is Houston, but DFW is a fine place to live, too. It’s about six of one vs. half-a-dozen of the other. If you are into boating choose Houston.
Property values are generally a push, too. However, Houston *may* have an edge — if you have a steady job already lined up. Why? Because JSC, in SE Houston is set to lay off about 10,000 people — mostly engineers and professionals — thanks to the cancellation of the Shuttle and Constellation programs. That means houses in the Clear Lake area will be cheap, as many will relocate. OTOH, if you plan to come down and look around for a job, you will soon be competing with 10,000 rocket scientists. Hungry rocket scientists. YMMV.
10 years ago we moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Arlington, TX. Within 3 months I knew more people in my neighborhood than I did in 10 years in the Bay Area. I am retired, my wife retired last year and we set down and talked about, “ok, what now?” We decided to stay here because we couldn’t come up with someplace that we would rather live. The cost of living is such that we do pretty good on our retirement income plus it was easy to put down roots and make friends. All in all we really like it here.
Did I mention that the TX Constitution prohibits a state income tax and that we reserve the right to split into 5 states at the slightest provocation?
I would move to the San Antonio area.
Do you have to remind me!!!!!
If you have to move to Houston, look at The Woodlands.
If you have to move to Texas, check around Grapevine and Lewisville.
I’ve been told the people in Houston think they’re Southerners, while the folks in Dallas call themselves Westerners. Maybe that says something.
lol I’m 6’4, 220 and erod is short for my name Eric Rodriguez. ;)
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