Posted on 07/31/2011 6:21:45 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose
Howdy to the Texas FReepers. It hit me this morning that this country is really really screwed. Our Government takes in around 180 billion a month and borrows 120 billion to get up to it's 300 billion in expenditures. They are intentionally driving the country over a cliff and fast. Not sure if this will look like Argentina or Chile.
I'm thinking that Texas is a safe harbor to get my wife and kids through this once it all falls. I'm looking at being near a metro area like Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, or Austin (I know the libs congregate there tho). I don't really like living in big cities, my wife is a small-town gal, but I like to be close for the amenities, as well it gives me a better customer base to do business with. No more than 40 minutes to a hour out. If you would be so kind, any input, pros or cons on the mentioned area are greatly appreciated!
Have her check out Second Baptist Church....
Ahh, yes, the BaptiDome. Even if she is atheist, she will fit right in. Plenty of eligible singles, very few actually care about Christianity, and they do know how to have fun. Some of the best times I had on ski trips, Guadalupe river outings, C&W dancing etc.
Texas would LOVE to welcome you and your family!
In Houston, the best suburbs to live in are The Woodlands and Sugarland. Just south of The Woodlands, a division of ExxonMobil will open a major office building in 2014, which will boost an already vibrant economy. Check out http://www.thewoodlands.com for more information.
Dallas has some nice areas also — Plano and Richardson are two cities that come to mind.
So come on down, and get ready for some sweet living, pardner!
Also, you may want to check out the video about The Woodlands at http://www.thewoodlands.com/woodlands/story.html
Traffic is absolutely evil on I-35 through town, and MoPac and 360 are parking lots too. Fortunately, bicycling is fantastic and can be accomplished year-round. Central TX generally has the best overall climate whereas Houston's awful year-round humidity and heat will keep you in a/c 99% of the time, and north TX has too many ice days relative to the rest of the State.
I agree with those who are pushing San Antonio, particularly north San Antonio west of I-35 and closer to US 281. Motorcycling country at its TX best. I spent twenty years in the D/FW area and have had plenty of opportunities to come back to familiar friends and family but prefer central TX. Twenty minutes from wherever you are in Austin and you are no longer in an urban area. An hour from anywhere in Houston or D/FW and you are still surrounded by strip malls, fast food joints and high density housing developments.
Arlington, South Lake, Coppell, McKinney, Prosper or Keller are your best D/FW suburbs. The Woodlands, Katy, Champion or Sugar land are Houston's best offerings, north-west San Antonio and anything north or west of Austin is good too.
Though I want to build my TEOTWAWKI retreat in the Llano/Fredricksburg/Kerrville area. :)
San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth are within driving distance if you want more culture than Austin has to offer.
The heat is a little extreme right now but even then, taxes and unemployment are as low as you can get in the US.
And believe it or not, we conservative do live here in Austin and we are growing.
“Corpus Christi just sent to Congress a Tea Party candidate Brent Farenthold.”
Uh, I believe it is “Blake”. But your heart is right.
No scorpions? Sounds like OK is the place to be.
So, I’ve lived in the North Dallas area for the past 20+ years, and you couldn’t pay me to live in any of the other major metros, except maybe Ft. Worth, which is technically still part of the Dallas metroplex. Houston-—dirty, humid, Katrina evacuees abound! San Antonio—aside from the tourist trap of the Riverwalk, I have found the city to also be dirty, sprawling, poorly zoned and difficult to navigate. Austin—liberal. Enough said.
Dallas has excellent mass transit (DART), theater/music/live entertainment EVERYWHERE, great shopping, more restaurants per capita than any other Texas city (I believe), and new growth in virtually every area of the metroplex. Dallas/Ft. Worth has something for everyone. If you like urban life, then there’s countless areas around the city to buy a loft or townhome in an urban setting. Want some land? Virtually all corners of the metroplex have something available, all within 30 minutes of the cities’ central business districts. That being said, the central business districts are certainly not the only areas doing booming business in the DFW metroplex anymore—so many areas are thriving and growing.
Housing is cheap. I’d like to sell my house, if you need a big one (Richardson School district, 5 br, 3 1/2 bath, gameroom, 2 living/dining areas, pool, creek lot, 2 minutes to major highway (George Bush Tollway), 5 minutes to 75, 4,000 sf, $300,000)
Welcome to Texas!
Houston - too big, too much humidity, ridiculous traffic, Mexico City style drivers, sanctuary city, no zoning laws, high pollution
Austin - poor infrastructure, greenies, flamelib professors, liberal to the core, traffic nightmare; party animal heaven, but Hook’em
Dallas - uppity, too cold in winter, now taken over by libs in govt., you’re just an ant in the anthill.
San Antonio - traffic starting to rival Houston; too much turista, cosmopolitan wannabe city, getting too big, lost itself
El Paso - Welcome to Juarez
Corpus - hurricane alley; minority power increasing
Fort Worth - too far north, but otherwise okay.
Waco - right sized city, but has Demcrap history; Baptists in control which can be good or bad depending on your thoughts.
Beaumont - disclaimer (I live there); right sized city; one of top three best reps in state (Poe); no severe traffic problems; minority dictatorship in control of school district; hurricane alley (two big ones in last six years); most rain in state; highest humidity in state; good REAL country and cajun music; crawfish and best seafood around.
Abilene/Amarillo/Odessa/Midland/Lubbock - Plains, dustbowl, blue northers colder than a witches tit; good people though.
And now that I’ve given you Fedor’s Texas I recommend:
Texas Hill Country (Kerrville, Junction, Fredricksburg. Llano), Alpine, Big Bend Country or cities with population between 50k and 100k west and North of SA excluding border cities. This is a one time free advice only.
I’m just the mom who still worries sometimes.”
Little kids little worries, big kids big worries. Don’t ever apologize - you’re obviously a caring mom. It’s in your genes.
While we do have freezing winters, we also usually have warm spells during the winter months when stuff thaws. It's not like South Dakota where you get 21” in October, and it's so cold that nothing melts till June.
Plenty of rain in the spring. Lots of heat in the summer, and about 2 months of drought, then fall with shirt sleeve weather. Sometimes the weather is mild until Xmas. and sometimes not.
Yes, Im sure there are snakes. Just havent’ seen any. I moved here from Anaheim where I had a raccoon literally staring into my bedroom window (upstairs) one night. Very curious, and perhaps rabid. And Im reading wild boars are chasing people in New York. I suppose Australia is the scariest place though for critters, snakes, bugs, spiders, etc.
“Have her check out Second Baptist Church”
Yup. You beat me to it. Many, many singles in Second Baptist Church of Houston.
The singles Bible studies groups are extremely active. One of them went sky diving a few years ago, for instance.
The fastest way to make hundreds of friends in Texas is to join a Bible study group and hang out with them. It is a very old Texas tradition and you can end up with several hundred friends on the first Sunday.
My niece and her hubbie met at the Young Republicans club in Houston. When our daughter moved to Katy, they invited her to a meeting and she met her BF who proposed to her two weeks ago.
There is a lot of need for that in the areas in suburban Austin area, mostly in the Cedar Park / Leander area. Mostly conservative for now.
I am shocked that no one mentioned “hornytoads” and the ever popular Texas TittyTwisters.
Really, get in TX, you will not be sorry.
Scorpions as big as poodles....
How could you forget scorpions unless they aren’t very common in OK? :)
I hate scorpions....I don't get creeped out by much...but scorpions creep me out. Had one in my house once...that sucker was fast too. I screamed like a girl...before I killed it!! Ha!!
I'd be proud of a girl that liked TX more than CA...good parenting I'm sure ;)
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