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Posted: 2/5/2017 7:23:03 PM EDT
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Are you white?
Eta. If you come down with nothing, you will be ahead of the curve. |
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Posted: 2/5/2017 7:28:01 PM EDT
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Are you white?
Eta. If you come down with nothing, you will be ahead of the curve. Yes, I am white. So, you're saying, bad area, stay away? |
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Posted: 2/5/2017 7:31:02 PM EDT
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Yes, I am white. So, you're saying, bad area, stay away? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Are you white?
Eta. If you come down with nothing, you will be ahead of the curve. Yes, I am white. So, you're saying, bad area, stay away? Yes! Killeen proper is a no go. |
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Posted: 2/5/2017 7:38:09 PM EDT
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Yes! Killeen proper is a no go. The home I am (was) eyeballing was a stones throw to the east of Fort Hood airport. |
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Posted: 2/5/2017 8:36:03 PM EDT
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Anyone have the K-Town rap video handy?
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Posted: 2/5/2017 11:19:11 PM EDT
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Anyone have the K-Town rap video handy? Did a little googling... I'm guessing this is what you mean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjnP63TvKs Yeah, so much for moving there. How about Forney, TX? |
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Posted: 2/5/2017 11:21:12 PM EDT
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Sent you a IM
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Posted: 2/6/2017 12:36:38 AM EDT
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Killen n Copras Cove............both military towns. No woman will look a man by himself in the eye. Too many young horny desperate soldiers. Rough rough town.
Move to San Antonio or west of........and live a good life. |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 12:40:08 AM EDT
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The home I am (was) eyeballing was a stones throw to the east of Fort Hood airport. I work on the air feild, Its like the country b/c you can hear gun shots all day, but you are in a city. The farther away from base the better. read crime and traffic. Imagine 50K people trying to get to work and home @ the same time.. Harker Heights is nicer, Cove is ok. I live on the Other side of 190, which is still close but not danger close. I am pretty white, my old zip code did not list black people as their own catagory, just grouped them in with "other" That said I have been here 4 years and had zero problems. |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 12:51:36 AM EDT
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OP can you list your must have? I am assuming you have some flexibility with your business in where you can live.
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Posted: 2/6/2017 1:18:12 AM EDT
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OP can you list your must have? I am assuming you have some flexibility with your business in where you can live. My only must haves are: 1. High speed internet. 2. Drag strip within 60 miles. 3. $150k max budget My desires are: 1. 1/4 acre or more 2. Garage larger than 20x20 3. Property that will allow me to park my 28' enclosed trailer at my home. I lead a pretty simple life. Starting to think Missouri may be a better fit. How you guys get along without basements is baffling. |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 1:50:40 AM EDT
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Killeen? Here you go:
 Grip Boyz - K-Town Anthem |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 1:57:20 AM EDT
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My only must haves are: 1. High speed internet. 2. Drag strip within 60 miles. 3. $150k max budget My desires are: 1. 1/4 acre or more 2. Garage larger than 20x20 3. Property that will allow me to park my 28' enclosed trailer at my home. I lead a pretty simple life. Starting to think Missouri may be a better fit. How you guys get along without basements is baffling. Maybe look at Ennis, TX. Texas Motorplex drag strip is there. Might be a better fit for you than Killeen. |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 9:39:40 AM EDT
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Missouri is nice if you don't mind paying property taxes on everything that you own and a 6% state income tax. (trailers, cars, ATVs, boats, house)
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Posted: 2/6/2017 11:09:38 AM EDT
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Missouri is nice if you don't mind paying property taxes on everything that you own and a 6% state income tax. (trailers, cars, ATVs, boats, house) I don't cherry pick specific taxes. I look at overall cost of living. |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 11:22:41 AM EDT
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My only must haves are: 1. High speed internet. 2. Drag strip within 60 miles. 3. $150k max budget My desires are: 1. 1/4 acre or more 2. Garage larger than 20x20 3. Property that will allow me to park my 28' enclosed trailer at my home. I lead a pretty simple life. Starting to think Missouri may be a better fit. How you guys get along without basements is baffling. Go look at Abiline .... |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 12:34:23 PM EDT
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Killeen is a great place to get stabbed. If you are set on the area look towards Lampasas or Briggs.
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Posted: 2/6/2017 12:39:03 PM EDT
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Go look at Abiline .... Doesn't appear to be any safer than Killeen. https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/tx/abilene/crime/ Scores 6 of 100 (100 being safest)... |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 12:39:33 PM EDT
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Killeen is a great place to get stabbed. If you are set on the area look towards Lampasas or Briggs. I'm not set on any area, or even on TX... |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 12:41:29 PM EDT
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Doesn't appear to be any safer than Killeen. https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/tx/abilene/crime/ Scores 6 of 100 (100 being safest)... Only if your in a oil camp... but having to be a near a drag strip is going to cause you to live in not a nice area. |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 1:38:19 PM EDT
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I would say that you need to check out Ennis, TX.
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Posted: 2/6/2017 1:58:28 PM EDT
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I would say that you need to check out Ennis, TX. Nothing there for sale in my range... |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 2:21:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryJust as a fyi... zillow sucks for trying to determine a price in Texas if you use their estimate function. You need to look at what a home is on the market for. |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 2:25:19 PM EDT
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The best thing about Kileen is it's next to Harker Heights (booze and strip clubs)
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Posted: 2/6/2017 2:26:13 PM EDT
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Just as a fyi... zillow sucks for trying to determine a price in Texas if you use their estimate function. You need to look at what a home is on the market for. I don't use the zestimate function, I look at the listing price, and prior sale price. |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 4:26:19 PM EDT
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I would not recommend Killeen... it is a little ghetto. You can find something nicer probably in Temple or Belton and they are closer timewise to Little River Dragway which is a pretty decent track. There are a lot of other small towns in the area I'd consider before Killeen, Harker Heights or Copperas Cove (the three larger towns near Ft. Hood). There is also a lot of nice country land you could get.
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Posted: 2/6/2017 4:34:16 PM EDT
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I would not recommend Killeen... it is a little ghetto. You can find something nicer probably in Temple or Belton and they are closer timewise to Little River Dragway which is a pretty decent track. There are a lot of other small towns in the area I'd consider before Killeen, Harker Heights or Copperas Cove (the three larger towns near Ft. Hood). There is also a lot of nice country land you could get. What he said. |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 4:38:19 PM EDT
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I would not recommend Killeen... it is a little ghetto. You can find something nicer probably in Temple or Belton and they are closer timewise to Little River Dragway which is a pretty decent track. There are a lot of other small towns in the area I'd consider before Killeen, Harker Heights or Copperas Cove (the three larger towns near Ft. Hood). There is also a lot of nice country land you could get. What he said. Country land is not usually conducive to high speed internet, but I will keep an eye out. |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 4:58:37 PM EDT
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Did a little googling... I'm guessing this is what you mean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjnP63TvKs Yeah, so much for moving there. How about Forney, TX? Forney isn't too bad |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 9:52:33 PM EDT
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Do you love your family? If so do not expose them to Killeen and Cove is not much better. It is the bastard child and armpit of Texas. Just imagine waking up to the stench of urine, dirty tampons, and stale menthol cigarettes while a cockroach is crawling out of your nose and having rat shit in your cereal for breakfast. That's a good day.
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Posted: 2/6/2017 10:18:49 PM EDT
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Check out 195 area for homes. I live on the outskirts of Killeen near 195. Stay the Fuck away from anywhere north of 190 and business 190. We have been here in the area for over 15 years.
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Posted: 2/6/2017 10:23:47 PM EDT
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Back in '59, Dad was transferred from the Nancy (France) Ordnance Depot to Fort Hood. Dad was a vet of WWII and also the Korean era. This was before anyone heard of VN. Momma, all <5 feet of her looked at Dad and told him, more or less, that there was no way in hell she was moving her family to a town that consisted of nothing but whore houses, beer joints, and used car lots.
We ended up living in Temple. Temple hated the mil but never turned down the impact funds for educating us Army Brats. |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 10:55:43 PM EDT
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OK, got it... So Killeen is a lot like all of Illinois. Roger.
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Posted: 2/6/2017 11:32:18 PM EDT
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I like Garland. Come on out and school me on how best to abuse my 2016 Mustang!
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Posted: 2/7/2017 9:40:02 AM EDT
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Back in '59, Dad was transferred from the Nancy (France) Ordnance Depot to Fort Hood. Dad was a vet of WWII and also the Korean era. This was before anyone heard of VN. Momma, all <5 feet of her looked at Dad and told him, more or less, that there was no way in hell she was moving her family to a town that consisted of nothing but whore houses, beer joints, and used car lots. We ended up living in Temple. Temple hated the mil but never turned down the impact funds for educating us Army Brats. Most of Bell County doesn't associate with Killeen. There has historically been a massive divide between Temple/Belton and the Ft Hood ghetto. There is plenty of rural area to live East of LRA that would most likely fall into your price range but I'm not sure how reliable internet would be for you. |
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Posted: 2/9/2017 12:02:18 AM EDT
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There's a drag strip called Little River Dragway in the town of Holland between Belton and Salado. That would be a nice area.
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Posted: 2/9/2017 6:03:49 AM EDT
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Found a house there I like. Looking to escape the state of Illinois. Just me, no wife, no kids, no dag. Would be bringing my business and drag truck with me. See there's a local drag strip, which is good. How is the weather, the people, the crime, etc??? Most importantly, do you like living there? I about 90% finished on a 93 coupe single turbo car....love LSX stuff too 
I'm in the Terrell/Forney area and commute to Garland every day. Pro's - traffic isn't too bad until I get within 10 miles of Garland High speed internet everywhere. Big lots and really cool people/neighbors From where I live it's 5 miles to the nearest /grocery/beer/liquor store 
multiple 1/8 mile tracks within your 60 mile radius Con's - Schools reviews are a mixed bag...my kids are too little for me to see first hand Watch where you go...some areas tend to have flood/drainage issues only one 1/4 mile track within your 60 mile radius. Some of those who live north of Dallas will think they are better than you (they have lots of time to think about it while stuck in the worst traffic in DFW) 
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Posted: 2/9/2017 2:47:51 PM EDT
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What kind of business?
I live in Waco, steadly growing. The suburbs of Hewitt, Lornea and Robinson (actually that's where I live) are nice but may be out of your price range. Little River Dragway (40 miles south) has a new owner ( but that's a good thing), Prairie Hill Dragway(30 miles east of Waco) has some new management and are fixing the problems with the track surface (2 guys who both have fast cars, one runs 4.0's no prep, the other slightly slower). So that makes 4 drag strips with in 100 miles of Waco. I have a back haft 65 El Camino that I am in the process of doing the front haft (2×3 a-arm) 540 ci with 2 foggers. And since you are on this site 4 gun ranges with in 25 miles. |
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Posted: 2/9/2017 7:52:27 PM EDT
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Drag Truck;
With a "small" blower on it. 
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Posted: 2/9/2017 7:53:07 PM EDT
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What kind of business? Firearms industry. That's all I can say. |
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Posted: 2/9/2017 8:06:59 PM EDT
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Drag Truck; http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb199/onebadgmc/Racing%20Photos/08-02-08049.jpg With a "small" blower on it. http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb199/onebadgmc/Engine%20Photos/IMG_0736.jpg Now I know why you are single... nice truck... do you also have a blower on the 5.7 in the background? |
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Posted: 2/9/2017 8:56:07 PM EDT
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Now I know why you are single... nice truck... do you also have a blower on the 5.7 in the background? No, the 2008 Tundra was stock... I now have a 2012 Sierra 2500HD diesel that's been turned up to 500HP and I can turn it up to 550HP total without changing turbo/injectors. The 14-71 came off of Chuck Etchell's Rug Doctor Funny Car. It's a mag case blower that I had black powder coated. |
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Posted: 2/11/2017 7:39:06 AM EDT
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Look on the west side too, South Ft Worth is nice, I live in Burleson, 5 minutes south and I'm in nowhere and 10 minutes north I'm downtown Ft Worth.
Ennis isn't far, nice track. Kennedale isn't far at all and they run some fast shit on that little 660' stretch of pavement. I've been 5.90 down it before myself. The areas south of Ft worth aren't bad with traffic once you learn the area and stay the hell of 35W. Plenty of land to be bought as well around Alvarado/Joshua/Burleson and they still "feel" like small towns even though they touch the city limits of a 6.8 million people metro area. |
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Posted: 2/14/2017 12:05:35 AM EDT
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Do a 60 mile search around San Antonio Raceway.
https://saraceway.com/ Pretty good living in and around San Antonio. You can find what you are looking for. San Antonio is the 7th largest city in the country and about the 25th largest metro. It has everything. There are plenty of smaller towns around the race track with a lot to offer as well. For 150ish you would be able to live in the city in a good enough area or in a more rural area with a little land and maybe even a shop. If you can up your budget to 200K, things really open up. |
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Posted: 2/14/2017 4:02:32 PM EDT
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The best thing about Kileen is it's next to Harker Heights (booze and strip clubs) Killeen now has liquor stores!!!!! Also, there are 2 or 3 strip clubs in Killcity (totally nude is now closed) and only one in Harker Heights. Belton or Salado is what you might want. The area is still being settled and everyone is moving north from Austin. You said firearms related. With in 30 ish minutes you can be at STI or Dawson Precision or Larue. Thank you KalihiJack for posting the Anthem. yes it is real |
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