...because it is Texas.....duh......

 

It would not matter, we would not let you stay more than a couple of days anyhow.

 

weird you started this thread, i just got news that i am most likely relocating to texas.

 

Bill cracks me up. Other then the summer heat...it's a great place to live.

 

Dang, another James Smith to be confused with.

Where will you be?

 

Smeezy....Where you gonna be relocating to in Texas? Do you know?

 

pretty much any of the major cities, its my pick, with work i will be opening up a new office somewhere out there. we are just entering into that market and i get my choice of which one to manage. I was just going to start a thread to poll which city i should move to.

 

My choice........TYLER, TX.

 

I will vote for Fort Worth. You will have a laid back city for living with the whole Metroplex near you.

 

I vote for Richmond, VA........oh, wait........wrong forum.....

 

no.....right "forum".....wrong "thread"......sheesh.....freaking Virginians.....

 

Tyler is not a bad choice if it is big enough for what you are cranking up. Austin and san Antonio are great places to visit, not sure I would want to live at either place. Austin is interesting, just a little strange and too much traffic grid lock. Just avoid Houston if possible.

 

As someone who relocated to Texas from the Midwest in 1996, and has traveled the state extensively over the past ten years, I would recommend in order:

* San Antonio: Easily the best combination of size, leisure activities, cost, climate, etc.
* DFW Area: I'd lean toward the north side of Dallas if your job requires a lot of air travel. Otherwise, you really can't go wrong with most of the up-and-coming suburbs in the DFW area. And don't overlook Fort Worth -- a little more removed from the activity "hubs" of the region, but still some nice areas to call home.
* Austin: A nice area, but the traffic congestion knocks this city down the list a little bit in my book. Kind of the "Affluent-Liberal-Latte" center of Texas, but you can overlook that. I really like the northern 'burbs -- Round Rock, Georgetown, etc.

If air travel will be a big factor in your job, DFW is probably your best bet, since it is a "hub" city for American and (I believe) Delta airlines.

PS -- You might wonder why I didn't recommend Houston, even though that is where I live. I Live in Houston only because it is where my job requires me to live. I'd move to any of the cities listed above in a heartbeat if it weren't for work considerations. Houston is a filthy, humid, he11-hole that's covered with endless rows of run-down strip malls.

 

I'm going for my first time visiting Grahm TX in a couple of weeks.
I'll let you know what I think after I've been there....

So far according to reports and hear say; heat, tons of fire ants, heat, snakes, heat, more freaking armored opossums, heat, ground so dry you have to water your house, did I mention the heat?

 

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The heat isn't THAT bad, but it is a pain in the ****.