Quoted: Thanks a lot guys - looking better with every passing day.
LordShogun - sent an IM with questions, hope it gets through - thanks for your offer, it is appreciated.
prambo |
I got your IM and thought I'd share here so others can see what sleepy lil Waco has to offer:
First, I recommend you visit this website because I may miss a few things:
Waco Tourism websiteHousing is very affordable in the Waco area. I purchased a 2500+ sq ft 36 year old brick home for $105,000 4 years ago. Typical newer homes in the Woodway, Hewitt, Lorena, McGregor and Speagleville areas average about $130,000 for approximately 1800 sqt foot.
I would check those areas on
Realtor.comPublic transportation is nearly non-existent except for inside Waco City limits. I've never used it but you can get more info from
City of WacoWaco is centrally located which means a 90 mile drive to either Dallas Fort Worth or Austin. That's just a trip to the corner grocery store for us Texans
Texas is VERY gun friendly. Recent legislation has loosened laws concerning where and when you can carry a gun to include allowing unlicensed possesion of a handgun in your vehicle, on your property or property under your control.
Once you establish residency, you can walk into Walmart or a local hardware store, fill out some papers and walk out with a gun in less then 20 minutes.
If you don't like fishing, swimming, boating, water skiing, camping, Skeet, target shooting....Don't come to Waco.
If you prefer the hustle and bustle of the city or urban sprawl...don't come to Waco.
If you don't like strangers striking up friendly conversation or people that wave hello even though they don't know you....don't come to Waco
If you thrive on frigid snowy winters....don't come to Waco
If you don't want your neighbors coming over to greet you with some home cooking and a welcoming smile after you move into your new neighborhood....don't come to Waco
Waco area has three great gun ranges:
Central Texas Rifle & Pistol club$50 a year membership plus NRA membership (You get the combo to the gate so you can come and go as you please.
Chandlers Lone Star Gun Range$200 a year initially, $150 renewal. Same deal, you get the combo to the gate to let yourself in and out.
And the cream of the crop and the best damned range I've ever had the please of shooting at:
Tiger Valleyshoot out to 1,000 yards, pit servoce, shooting bays, clearing house, on site training.
Private range with lots of regularly scheduled events.
If you are a Veteran, Waco has a VA hospital or you can make the 40 minute drive to Ft Hood in Killeen.
Please let me know if I've left anything out.
Just to let you know, I left the suger white sands of Fort Walton beach Florida in 1999 and moved to Waco and I have not regtretted it one bit since I've moved here.