Living in Texas?
I think if you stick to the suburbs of Dallas or Houston you will like it. Plenty of things to do year round with a nice car scene.
I lived in PA for a year over a bad winter and could not wait to get back to Texas! I will take the summer heat any day over snow up to my ***.
I lived in PA for a year over a bad winter and could not wait to get back to Texas! I will take the summer heat any day over snow up to my ***.
I have been here my whole life, and don't ever want to move to another state. The summers can be pretty hot, but overall the weather is great the rest of the year. The car scene is pretty good, but is best around Houston from what I hear. Where are you looking at living in Texas?
Traffic in all cities will be bad at some point (austin so far for me has been the worst) and every place has it's less than courteous people so we all get a knock for that. Summer time will be by far the hottest you probably will ever experience due to the humidity, at least in Houston anyway. But like noted above, Ill chose triple digit summers with humidity over freezing weather anyday.
Couple more points, Houston has the highest car insurance rates of anywhere in the country, the fattest people, and the dirtiest air, statistically speaking. No place like home though, I don't care what anyone says
I lived in PA for a year over a bad winter and could not wait to get back to Texas! I will take the summer heat any day over snow up to my ***.
Housing is cheap,
Couldnt agree more with these guys. Born and raised in Houston and I'll never leave.
I moved here with good intentions but just didnt turn out the way I wanted it. Just dont like here as much. I come from the rolling hills and mountains of the north....hard to take the hillbilly out Houston We (wife and I) moved to Houston 2 years ago from the state of WI. I do like it here. Moving to Houston was a great experience for me. I have never lived in a big city before, I lived in Milwaukee but that isn't even as big as Austin. There is always something to do and there is a reason for the disproportionate "overweight" statistics... The food here is awesome!!! There are so many great restaurants in Houston (Austin and DFW as well). I get to travel around Texas for work so I do see a lot and all in all I am glad that we picked Houston.
One gripe I have is the drivers and this goes for all of Texas. It just seems that they can't wait to plow into you. Though I have been told otherwise, I don't belive that there is a drivers education program here. You should not use your turn signal unless your intention is to get cut off. It is like they drive towards the blinking light.
Summers get hot and I am not built for the heat though after last summer I am getting used to it.
One additional advantage is the lack of state income tax. In WI you pay federal along with state income taxes. TX (along with FL and a few other states) have no state income taxes. That is like getting a raise. Sales taxes are higher and property taxes are about the same as WI. Overall though it works out better living in TX.
Unfortunately we will be leaving, probably soon, on to the next one.
Jason
One gripe I have is the drivers and this goes for all of Texas. It just seems that they can't wait to plow into you. Though I have been told otherwise, I don't belive that there is a drivers education program here. You should not use your turn signal unless your intention is to get cut off. It is like they drive towards the blinking light.
Summers get hot and I am not built for the heat though after last summer I am getting used to it.
One additional advantage is the lack of state income tax. In WI you pay federal along with state income taxes. TX (along with FL and a few other states) have no state income taxes. That is like getting a raise. Sales taxes are higher and property taxes are about the same as WI. Overall though it works out better living in TX.
Unfortunately we will be leaving, probably soon, on to the next one.
Jason
One gripe I have is the drivers and this goes for all of Texas. It just seems that they can't wait to plow into you. Though I have been told otherwise, I don't belive that there is a drivers education program here. You should not use your turn signal unless your intention is to get cut off. It is like they drive towards the blinking light.
It doesn't help that most drivers nowadays are more interested in checking their fb status than driving when behind the wheel.
how's gas there right now? its 4 here in new york. and housing prices? Plan on buying soon, curious to what the market is like in some of these areas you live in for certain sizes/acreage
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I have lived in PA, NY, VA and spent a lot of time in OH.
TX hands down. People are friendly, work is plentiful and the food is great. I live in Houston and love it. You will have to work around traffic but that is any big town.
Cost of living is very cheap especially when you factor in no state sales tax. Apartments are average but houses are much cheaper than the majority of the country.
TX hands down. People are friendly, work is plentiful and the food is great. I live in Houston and love it. You will have to work around traffic but that is any big town.
Cost of living is very cheap especially when you factor in no state sales tax. Apartments are average but houses are much cheaper than the majority of the country.
One gripe I have is the drivers and this goes for all of Texas. It just seems that they can't wait to plow into you. Though I have been told otherwise, I don't belive that there is a drivers education program here. You should not use your turn signal unless your intention is to get cut off. It is like they drive towards the blinking light.
The epitome of "If you aint first youre last!!!!"
Yep, thats the way I feel. I HATE going to Houston on count of how people drive. DFW is not as bad IMO
I will be frank OP, I moved to Texas last year a couple of days before New Years of 2011. I hate it. Hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it, with all my heart and soul. The only good thing about Texas that still keeps me here is my job. If not for that, I would likely either have committed suicide by now or ended up stranded and delusional in a desert somewhere. The traffic is the worst I have ever seen, EVER. These are seriously the worst designed freeways I've ever been on, I have never gone a single day without being stuck in traffic. Where I live at least, it's pretty boring and there is little to do. The few interesting things that you can do get old pretty quickly. Be prepared for some serious culture shock. I've also never seen such awful drivers on the road in general, and I moved from California where it's full of old asian ladies on the street! :lol (no hate) Gas prices are nicer than most places, and job opportunity is pretty good. The car scene and market here is about 100 times better than anywhere else. That's about it.
I will be frank OP, I moved to Texas last year a couple of days before New Years of 2011. I hate it. Hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it, with all my heart and soul. The only good thing about Texas that still keeps me here is my job. If not for that, I would likely either have committed suicide by now or ended up stranded and delusional in a desert somewhere. The traffic is the worst I have ever seen, EVER. These are seriously the worst designed freeways I've ever been on, I have never gone a single day without being stuck in traffic. Where I live at least, it's pretty boring and there is little to do. The few interesting things that you can do get old pretty quickly. Be prepared for some serious culture shock. I've also never seen such awful drivers on the road in general, and I moved from California where it's full of old asian ladies on the street! :lol (no hate) Gas prices are nicer than most places, and job opportunity is pretty good. The car scene and market here is about 100 times better than anywhere else. That's about it.
My dad has traveled all over the US for work over the last 40 years and he ended up buying a house right outside of San Antonio. Ive worked out of a state a little and cant imagine living anywhere else. Traffic sucks everywhere, but you learn to move around when its not bad and take ways around. I grew up in Houston and like Austin much better. Houston just isnt the same after Katrina relocated some of NOLAs finest
I like Austin because its basically in the middle and I can be anywhere within a couple hours pretty much. The beack is 2.5 hours away, DFW is 3 hours away, San Antonio is an hour away and Houston 3 hours. If youre an outdoors type person Austin definitely has the best to offer. We've also got the lakes and rivers close by except that theyre pretty much mpty right now with the drought. If youre in the oil and gas industry is pretty hard to beat Houston and the car scene is stronger.
DFW has harsher winters than we do further south, for some reason they seem to get a lot more ice and hail. It is nice up there though, if I lived anywhere else it would probably be outside of FtWorth. DFW does have a pretty damn good car scene and the people seem to be a little more laid back.
If you can deal with the really hot summers I think you will find it is very nice down here.
I will be frank OP, I moved to Texas last year a couple of days before New Years of 2011. I hate it. Hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it, with all my heart and soul. The only good thing about Texas that still keeps me here is my job. If not for that, I would likely either have committed suicide by now or ended up stranded and delusional in a desert somewhere. The traffic is the worst I have ever seen, EVER. These are seriously the worst designed freeways I've ever been on, I have never gone a single day without being stuck in traffic. Where I live at least, it's pretty boring and there is little to do. The few interesting things that you can do get old pretty quickly. Be prepared for some serious culture shock. I've also never seen such awful drivers on the road in general, and I moved from California where it's full of old asian ladies on the street! :lol (no hate) Gas prices are nicer than most places, and job opportunity is pretty good. The car scene and market here is about 100 times better than anywhere else. That's about it.
Also, if it takes you 3 hours to get from Austin to Houston you drive like old people screw
Originally Posted by eLiT3SnIpEz
I will be frank OP, I moved to Texas last year a couple of days before New Years of 2011. I hate it. Hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it, with all my heart and soul. The only good thing about Texas that still keeps me here is my job. If not for that, I would likely either have committed suicide by now or ended up stranded and delusional in a desert somewhere. The traffic is the worst I have ever seen, EVER. These are seriously the worst designed freeways I've ever been on, I have never gone a single day without being stuck in traffic. Where I live at least, it's pretty boring and there is little to do. The few interesting things that you can do get old pretty quickly. Be prepared for some serious culture shock. I've also never seen such awful drivers on the road in general, and I moved from California where it's full of old asian ladies on the street! :lol (no hate) Gas prices are nicer than most places, and job opportunity is pretty good. The car scene and market here is about 100 times better than anywhere else. That's about it.
I didnt like Dallas that much myself and I do think that drivers there are the worst out of the 4 major big cities (havent driven much thru San Antonio thou). I love watching the news when it snows up there... If you want an awesome freeway system, Houston is your best bet. If you like an active lifestyle with lots of outdoor stuff near by (within 1.5 hours) you have literally unlimited choices in Austin. Im an outdoors guy so I chose Austin.
The apartments I looked at here last few years are much more expensive than where I came from. I wouldnt say its "cheap" here. Plus the tollways are ridiculous. I have 150 bucks a month in tolls just getting to work and back. Its really the only way to get to where I'm at. If you could avoid the sam houston parkway and the other tollways, it wouldnt be so bad.
. You need to make a trip down and just check them all out, its hard for anyone to paint a vivid enough picture for you.
I'm probably a bit jaded since I grew up in Texas but it really is a great place to live. Decent jobs, cost of living is low, non-oppressive laws, tons of outdoor stuff, if you can deal with heat we have pretty good weather and the best car scene in the nation.
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He doesn't live in Dallas. He lives in Haltom City, which lays claim to the worst stretch of highway I have ever seen in any state (820N). I wouldn't base my opinion of living in Texas on that. I will have to agree that Austin would be my choice if I could pick any city and make a living there.
He doesn't live in Dallas. He lives in Haltom City, which lays claim to the worst stretch of highway I have ever seen in any state (820N). I wouldn't base my opinion of living in Texas on that. I will have to agree that Austin would be my choice if I could pick any city and make a living there.