Man once you come to the south you will not go back. The winters are nice and very little snow. The cost of living is low. The best thing is the women. Even a fred flinstone look a like like me can marry a hot girl! People are nice and friendly and there is usually a beach with in 3 hours!

 

Dallas and Houston traffic are HELL. If you're downtown you'll spend up to 2 hours sitting in traffic.

Austin is getting bad but isn't nearly as bad as those two

San Antonio isn't bad but it is a town filled by idiots, illegals and it doesn't help that the people who designed the road system there much have been half retarded.

If you want to live downtown I would say Austin is one of the coolest downtowns I've ever visited. The night life is amazing, low crime, and everything is pretty laid back.

Between Houston and Dallas I would rather live in Houston just because it's close to the water. However, Houston is humid is ****(obviously).

Stay away from west Texas. I lived there for a year and it's filled with white trash, bible thumpers, and idiots. It's quiet and the hunting is good, but other than that it's a **** hole.

North Texas is nothing special. Not big not small and pretty quiet.

Never really lived in north east Texas so I can't tell you much about it.

 

Chris Im sending you my number give me a call. I have lived pretty much everywhere in Texas or have had family who lived there.

 

Sounds pretty good. I like the thought of being close to a bigger city but not actually in it. Traffic drives me nuts, but I don't mind it too much if I can get away from it when I want to. PM me your email address and I'll touch up my resume and send it to you. What does your company do exactly?

Sounds pretty nice, kinda like Phoenix winters. Low cost of living would be very nice. I want a newer house (mine was built in 1985) but I don't want to spend a lot more.


Thanks for the info everyone, keep it coming if you got more to add

 

Texas is the baddest (as in good) country in America!

 

I've been there quite a few times and have alot of friends out there and if you find the right areas you'll forget your even in the south. Dallas is nice to live in and you can get alot for your money. Stay away from the center of Houston and especially the refineries, other than that houston's good. Chorpus Christie has some nice beaches and nice living areas, but you do kinda feel removed from the big picture (if that makes sense). Stay away from Beaumont whatever you do! New Orleans isn't a nice place to live as much as it is a nice place to visit. Alabama is fun if you don't like busy cities with all the latest greatest and newest in fashion, etc...

 

for the industry, houston has alot more to offer, handsdown, houston has grown a whole lot in the last 6yrs, that its unbelievable, and the house market is decent.... plus it has one of the best tracks around!!! but yes it is hot and humid in the summer but what the hell.... dallas is good, but they have too many cold days not to mention rainy cold days!!! alot of ice with a hilly city dont go to well, so your goat will be in the garage and you be using the z71 more in the winter... I hear good things about Austin, but I believe the housing market and way expensive there?

 

well, not much in the area over here for Nuclear, but Exxon has a huge Refinery and Chemical plant next door to each other. We have some nice state parks and such for camping. Humidity is a way of life, but I haven't seen snow accumulation since the third grade (late 80's).

 

You like shooting stuff???

 

I have lived in Houston, Dallas, Memphis, Atlanta, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and some small towns in between. Lafayette, Louisiana is by far my favorits place to live. Im 2-1/2 hrs from New Orleans, 3 Hrs from Houston just a couple of hours from the gulf (Great fishing) I can leave my house and be in the woods (or swamp) in 20 mins.

Cost of living is cheap compared to most places.

People are great

Traffic isnt bad

Its a college town with big city ammenities (Yes that means lots of hot cajun women)

Lots of Oilfield work

Real Estate is dropping fast right now.