[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Texas (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 4/13/2010 2:48:02 PM EDT
| I'm considering moving to Texas from North Carolina and I really don't know much about Texas. So what's the job climate there? House prices both for buying and renting? Are the people nice? Where is the best place to move in Texas? |
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Texas is closed. I'll believe that when Texas has zero illegal immigrants Nutro is right. The northern border is closed, the southern is partially open. We gotta keep the yanks and canooks out 
If you like hot you will love Texas. That's about the only downside. Hot weather, hot women........... |
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Just guessing you'd probably be better off posting in the hometown forums on this one. I'm considering leaving North Carolina too when its viable. This state is becoming more and more like NY or Cali. Yeah and Bev Perdue is making that happen faster and faster. My mom got fired from her job as a correction officer and they are appealing her unemployment because the state doesn't have money. |
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It depends. What kind of work are you looking for? What kind of climate do you want? What are your hobbies? Texas is very diverse, and things vary greatly from area to area. Exactly...if you're a truck driver....jobs all over...if you're in IT, Austin/DFW/ Houston/ San Antonio...oil/gas...West Texas/Houston...welder...Houston...accountant...probably anywhere... Be mindful of Austin...screechin' libs all over the damned place..anywhere outside of the big cities...conservatives...West Texas liberals are more conservative than Reagan ( Rest his Soul) ever was. |
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It depends. What kind of work are you looking for? What kind of climate do you want? What are your hobbies? Texas is very diverse, and things vary greatly from area to area. Honestly just like everyone else I'll take anyjob that pays and is legal. Climate doesn't bother me a bit, hobbies I enjoy are mainly fishing, plinking and the like. |
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Houston is a big city with surprisingly less work than you might think, and the weather outright sucks - you thought you knew humid in NC, brother... also, it's crimey. Dallas always seems to have jobs. It's in the tornado area, and there's a good bit of crime. Get away from Dallas proper and there's all kinds of real Texas out there, though. Austin is LIB-RUL as all get out but there are usually more jobs there than in Houston, and you'll probably do like I did - enjoy it for a while, then want to get the hell out. San Antonio, to me, seems to be a reasonably well-kept secret. If I could I'd live in San Marcos. I don't know much about the rest of the state. |
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Austin is full of libs, but it's not all that bad. Stick with the south side or far north. Anywhere near downtown or central austin is a "big sloppy hippy lib mess".
Sheriff will sign off on SBRs and there are a few good ranges around town. Fishing i pretty good in damn near any direction from Austin. Lake is packed full of hot women in the summer. Lots of hiking and biking trails. 6th street is fairly well maintained and some good bars. Plenty of great food here and lots of homes. |
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Sorry, forgot to answer your questions thoroughly. So what's the job climate there? Crappier than usual but a ton better than NC. For reals. House prices both for buying and renting? Depends hugely on the area you're looking at. Houston has far cheaper houses to buy than Austin. Adjacent counties to where you want to live typically have much saner pricing too. Mind that property tax rate, that's how Texas makes up for the lack of income taxes. Honestly I'd rent for a while until you get a better handle on whether Texas is really for you. When you see that tax rate, being used to NC rates, you'll think a wall of dicks fell on you. Also look for your auto insurance rate to double. (Seriously.) Are the people nice? I think so, yeah. They'll be wary at first, some of 'em. Others will be super nice out of the gate. Tell them you're from the South. Emphasize that you're NOT from California. Where is the best place to move in Texas? Groene, Wimberly, Dripping Springs (mmmaybe,) San Marcos, Plano, Elgin*, San Antonio, hell it's a big place. Depends on what you want, honestly. Texas has massive changes in weather, jobs, political climate, crime, etc depending on which area you like. *I hope you like sausage. I feel you bro. PM me, I can tell you a LOT about transitioning to TX from NC; that's what I did. |
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It depends. What kind of work are you looking for? What kind of climate do you want? What are your hobbies? Texas is very diverse, and things vary greatly from area to area. Honestly just like everyone else I'll take anyjob that pays and is legal. Climate doesn't bother me a bit, hobbies I enjoy are mainly fishing, plinking and the like. Like was previously mentioned, Houston is the place to be for industrial type jobs (welding, machinist, metal fab, drilling, 99% of it for the oil industry) but the problem is that the turnover rate is extremely high and shops are constantly opening then capsizing. You have to be okay with a sort of nomadic lifestyle if you want to go that route unless you have experience and can get your foot in the door with a shop that owns all of their equipment and isn't going to go bankrupt. The biggest problem with Houston is that it's being overrun with belligerent minorities (sorry, but I call them like I see them) and tons of violent and disruptive dickhead muslim north Africans. I absolutely hate Houston with a passion. It's ugly, humid, and filled with people you'll hate. One of the most dangerous places in Texas. I hate Dallas too, very boring, terrible traffic, lots of crime. Lots of IT type jobs. Austin IS filled with tons of libs, but when I say tons I'm speaking in Texas terms and I mean 50/50 and a lot of the libs there are weird biker/hippy types that never give you shit. Living in and around Austin as a single young man was one of the best times in my life. Wake up on the weekend after a night of drinking, go swimming in Barton Springs or go hiking out in Leander and work off the hangover, grab some grub and drive out to Florence and do some shooting, come back and shower up, hit the bars downtown and party. Austin has more pussy than you can shake a stick at and while the town may be liberal in contrast to other towns in Texas it still has Class III dealers and shooting ranges all around. Most beautiful area in Texas too. Shit, come down and visit a few places and decide for yourself. |
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Quoted: Austin is full of libs, but it's not all that bad. Stick with the south side or far north. Anywhere near downtown or central austin is a "big sloppy hippy lib mess". Sheriff will sign off on SBRs and there are a few good ranges around town. Fishing i pretty good in damn near any direction from Austin. Lake is packed full of hot women in the summer. Lots of hiking and biking trails. 6th street is fairly well maintained and some good bars. Plenty of great food here and lots of homes. Seriously you want to send him to Williamson County? Not... the best choice. Plus any commute that involves I-35 is guaranteed to make you want to rip out your veins with a claw hammer. If you get a job in Austin, get an apartment in Austin. Don't get clever and live in freakin' Cedar Park if you work in Austin, you will regret the shit out of it. |
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Shit, come down and visit a few places and decide for yourself. This... because there's a huge difference in the regions. Think of it like this... if I said "I want to move to NC, where would I go?" Would you say Asheville, or Charlotte, or Boone, or Banner Elk, or Statesville, or Winston-Salem, or Greensboro (ugh) or Chapel Hill, or Durham (bleah) or Raleigh or Fayetteville or New Bern or Rocky Mount (yiee!) or Wilmington? Are they any different from each other? heh heh heh. |
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Austin is full of libs, but it's not all that bad. Stick with the south side or far north. Anywhere near downtown or central austin is a "big sloppy hippy lib mess". Sheriff will sign off on SBRs and there are a few good ranges around town. Fishing i pretty good in damn near any direction from Austin. Lake is packed full of hot women in the summer. Lots of hiking and biking trails. 6th street is fairly well maintained and some good bars. Plenty of great food here and lots of homes. Seriously you want to send him to Williamson County? Not... the best choice. Plus any commute that involves I-35 is guaranteed to make you want to rip out your veins with a claw hammer. If you get a job in Austin, get an apartment in Austin. Don't get clever and live in freakin' Cedar Park if you work in Austin, you will regret the shit out of it. I'd recommend South Austin and Hays county before Williamson. South austin is full of rednecks and that's a good thing. |
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Quoted: East Texas might be a good choice then. Lots of lakes and trees. Land isn't too expensive. The climate is hot and humid. Cost of living is low. Downsides are fewer jobs and other infrastructure like stores and hospitals. Depending on where you live, you can be within a couple of hours of Dallas.Quoted: It depends. What kind of work are you looking for? What kind of climate do you want? What are your hobbies? Texas is very diverse, and things vary greatly from area to area. Honestly just like everyone else I'll take anyjob that pays and is legal. Climate doesn't bother me a bit, hobbies I enjoy are mainly fishing, plinking and the like. |
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Real estate is going to vary a LOT and people don't realise how big it is. El Paso is closer to California than it is to Dallas. For instance my parents are selling an 1800 sq. foot home on 4 wooded and fenced acres in a "subdivision" where people own between 4 and 20 acres. They are 3 miles from "town" of 30k with a college of 15k people. They are asking $157k. That wouldn't even get you the land in some other places in TX. |
| I was born and raised in the woods northeast of Houston. Texas is a great place to live, but the scenery may lack to some. I love the trees and small hills where I grew up, but some mountains would be nice. But, we do have a low cost of living and housing is very affordable. I believe we have the best road system of any state, especially in Houston. If we could get our property taxes and insurance rates to lower and get rid of all the illigals and the few libtards, then it would almost be perfect. PS, the beaches suck until you get to Corpus Christi. Corpus, I believe, is one of the best kept secrets of coastal living in the US, IMHO. |
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I was born and raised in the woods northeast of Houston. Texas is a great place to live, but the scenery may lack to some. I love the trees and small hills where I grew up, but some mountains would be nice. But, we do have a low cost of living and housing is very affordable. I believe we have the best road system of any state, especially in Houston. If we could get our property taxes and insurance rates to lower and get rid of all the illigals and the few libtards, then it would almost be perfect. PS, the beaches suck until you get to Corpus Christi. Corpus, I believe, is one of the best kept secrets of coastal living in the US, IMHO. Around where my in-laws live, just North of San Antonio: 
One of my favorite places to ride my motorcycle through. Texas has a LOT to offer if you know where to look. |
| +1 for the Austin Area. Just don't let the libtards get to you. Read the online version of the Austin Chronicle and you will see what I mean. fwiw even central Austin is not that bad, but you keep your hobby concealed there. Funny but one day I realized that my central Austin friends were all gun owners and carrying - just not something anyone talks about openly. Likewise when I was north, I was at a bible study - one day we separated the men and woman for separate prayers - and we discussed the best rounds for concealed carry - once again I think the whole group had licenses (but never mentioned anything before). |
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I'm considering moving to Texas from North Carolina and I really don't know much about Texas. So what's the job climate there? House prices both for buying and renting? Are the people nice? Where is the best place to move in Texas? What do you do for a living? |
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Got this several years ago from my cousins in West Texas. When you visit Texas... 1) Don't order filet mignon or pasta primavera at Waffle House. It's just a diner. They serve breakfast 24 hours a day. Let them cook something they know. If you confuse them, they'll kick your ass. 2) Don't laugh at our Southern names (Merleen, Bodie, Bubby, Bobby Ray, Tammy Lynn, Billy Joe, Sissy, Clovis, etc.). Or we will just HAVE to kick your ass. 3) Don't order a bottle of pop or a can of soda down here. Down here it's called Coke. Nobody gives a damn whether it's Pepsi, RC, Dr. Pepper, 7-Up or whatever - it's still a Coke. Accept it. Doing otherwise can lead to an ass kicking. 4) We know our heritage. Most of us are more literate than you( e.g.,Welty, Williams, Faulkner). We are also better educated and generally a lot nicer. Don't refer to us as a bunch of hillbillies, or we'll kick your ass. 5) We have plenty of business sense (e.g., Fred Smith of Fed Ex, Turner Broadcasting, MCI WorldCom, MTV, Netscape, Dell computers). Naturally, we do sometimes, have small lapses in judgment (e.g., Carter, Duke, Barnes, Clinton). We don't care if you think we are dumb. We are not dumb enough to let someone move to our state in order to run for the Senate. If someone tried to do that, we would kick their ass. 6) Don't laugh at our Civil War monuments. If Lee had listened to Longstreet and flanked Meade at Gettysburg instead of sending Pickett up the middle, you'd be paying taxes to Richmond instead of Washington. If you visit Stone Mountain and complain about the carving, we'll kick your ass. 7) We are fully aware of how high the humidity is, so shut the hell up. Just spend your money and get the hell out of here, or we'll kick your ass. 8) Don't order wheat toast at Cracker Barrel. Everyone will instantly know that you're a Yankee. Eat your biscuits like God intended –– with gravy. And don't put sugar on your grits, or we'll kick your ass. 9) Don't talk about how much better things are at home because we know better. Many of us have visited Northern hell-holes like Detroit, Chicago, and DC, and we have the scars to prove it. If you don't like it here, Delta is ready when you are. Move your ass on home before it gets kicked. 10) Yes, we know how to speak proper English. We talk this way because we don't want to sound like you. We don't care if you don't understand what we are saying. All other Southerners understand what we are saying, and that's all that matters. Now, go away and leave us alone, or we'll kick your ass. 11) Don't complain that the South is dirty and polluted. None of OUR lakes or rivers have caught fire recently. If you whine about OUR scenic beauty, we'll kick your ass all the way back to Boston Harbor. 12) Don't ridicule our Southern manners. We say sir and ma'am. We hold doors open for others. We offer our seats to old folks because such things are expected of civilized people. Behave yourselves around our sweet little grey-haired grandmothers or they'll kick some manners into your ass just like they did ours. 13) So you think we're quaint or losers because most of us live in the countryside? That's because we have enough sense to not live in filthy, smelly, crime-infested cesspools like New York or Baltimore. Make fun of our fresh air, and we'll kick your sorry ass. 14) Nothing in California is Southern, so if you come down here, don't think you're one of us just because you say you're from Southern California. Your Mexicans didn't invent low riders, ours did. And the food is Tex Mex. It isn't Cali Mex. You haven't contributed anything to South so don't take credit or we'll kick your ass. 15) Last, but not least, DO NOT DARE to come down here and tell us how to barbecue. This will get your ass shot (right after it is kicked). You're lucky we let you come down here at all! Criticize our barbeque, and you will go home in a pine box. Minus your ass. |
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Sorry, forgot to answer your questions thoroughly. So what's the job climate there? Crappier than usual but a ton better than NC. For reals. House prices both for buying and renting? Depends hugely on the area you're looking at. Houston has far cheaper houses to buy than Austin. Adjacent counties to where you want to live typically have much saner pricing too. Mind that property tax rate, that's how Texas makes up for the lack of income taxes. Honestly I'd rent for a while until you get a better handle on whether Texas is really for you. When you see that tax rate, being used to NC rates, you'll think a wall of dicks fell on you. Also look for your auto insurance rate to double. (Seriously.) Are the people nice? I think so, yeah. They'll be wary at first, some of 'em. Others will be super nice out of the gate. Tell them you're from the South. Emphasize that you're NOT from California. Where is the best place to move in Texas? Groene, Wimberly, Dripping Springs (mmmaybe,) San Marcos, Plano, Elgin*, San Antonio, hell it's a big place. Depends on what you want, honestly. Texas has massive changes in weather, jobs, political climate, crime, etc depending on which area you like. *I hope you like sausage. I feel you bro. PM me, I can tell you a LOT about transitioning to TX from NC; that's what I did. WHERE IN THE HELL IS GROENE???? |