Reasons to move to Dallas area or Texas in general? (Plano: appointed, hotel)

[hoffmtl2]

Me and my husband are looking to move to somewhere warmer, and right now anything above 10 degrees would be classified as that. We currently are in Wisconsin, barely over the IL borer. We want a better life for our 2 small boys so that we can actually go outside and enjoy life. We are trying to figure out which state to move to and we are thinking of North carolina, South Carolina or maybe Texas. I have never been there but my husband likes it. Can anyone tell me a little more about why it is nice there?

[FarNorthDallas]

Well, the summer's here can be so hot that you can't go outside unless you are in a swimming pool. Last summer was pretty nice, not too hot and quite a bit of rain. But many many summers are so hot and the mosquitos so bad, you can't go outside. They will even cancel youth baseball games for swarming mosquitos. So you may just be switching staying inside in the winter for staying inside in the summer.

[BstYet2Be]

Wow... we've never stayed inside in the summer... even in August. We've sat through softball games every weekend throughout... guess you have to be a dedicated fan, 'though plenty of ice water to drink as well as to fill squirt bottles to cool you off... and umbrellas did come in handy!

[nirvina787]

We are also in the same boat...!! To the extent that as I am writing this response, I am sitting in one of the hotel room in Plano, TX. Me and my wife and our daughter has come to Dallas this weekend to see how cold it is over here and we are from Chicago..!! So, today it was 40F and I was little disappointed. I thought it is warmer then 40F in Dallas. I bet as mentioned above, it must be getting very hot and dry in summer here. Dallas is the 4th larget metropolitan area after NY, LA and Chicago. Dallas has steady economy for past 6 years and it is growing at the pace of approx. 3-4% every year. It has good number of 'white color jobs also and it boasts one of the highest number of corporate office in US. I have read and today evening I experience that traffic is very bad on most of the highways. I just experienced 635 and 75. I would say every city has some plus and minus. Me and my wife have been thinking about Jacksonville, FL also, which is much smaller than Dallas but if you are good in what ever you are doing, then I suppose one can find job anywhere. Thoughts or suggestions..???

[CMDallas]

Originally Posted by hoffmtl2

Me and my husband are looking to move to somewhere warmer, and right now anything above 10 degrees would be classified as that. We currently are in Wisconsin, barely over the IL borer. We want a better life for our 2 small boys so that we can actually go outside and enjoy life. We are trying to figure out which state to move to and we are thinking of North carolina, South Carolina or maybe Texas. I have never been there but my husband likes it. Can anyone tell me a little more about why it is nice there?

Well Wisconsin has a better summer, I know this one person from Rhode Island that complains you can't do anything outside because of the heat.
We have nicer winters... uhh, out summers are hot but you boy will get used to it and maybe even come to like it...as odd as it is... It feels alot better to be in the water when its 100 degree as opposed to 80...it feel more refreshing IMO...
Climate of Dallas, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From wisconsin you'll find October-April or may comfortable.
Texas is a lot more diverse, and Dallas as some pretty good schools... best to come down here...you'll see your self..first hand...
ITs snows here...every 1-3 years, but we have freezing precipitation 2-4 times a year.
come and see our state

[CurrentlyinSanAntonio]

Originally Posted by FarNorthDallas

Well, the summer's here can be so hot that you can't go outside unless you are in a swimming pool. Last summer was pretty nice, not too hot and quite a bit of rain. But many many summers are so hot and the mosquitos so bad, you can't go outside. They will even cancel youth baseball games for swarming mosquitos. So you may just be switching staying inside in the winter for staying inside in the summer.

Can't go outside unless you are in a swimming pool? heh, I have never had that problem. Yeah it gets hot, but just get in the shade, crack open an ice cold beer and problem solved You say it gets so hot you can't even go outside? What about the hundreds of thousands of laborers that are in construction, etc.?, They seem to be doing ok outside, even when they are not in a pool.

Sure in the middle of August if you can avoid being outside at 3pm standing in the sun it's probably best. But you can enjoy the entire summer, even outside. I have lived in Texas, then MN for a few years, and now back in Texas and I can say with out any doubt that I will take hot August days here over the multiple sub zero days(actual high temp, not wind chill) there any time.

[KantLockeMeIn]

We moved here from Virginia, so NC/SC wasn't too far, so I'll try to compare.

If you like trees, lots and lots of tall trees, then NC/SC is a great place. That's not to say there aren't trees here in the Dallas area, but it's not quite like the east coast as far as height or density. My wife visited VA after being here for a year and felt claustrophobic driving down the roads in VA because of the trees

Heat and humidity. It's downright miserable in NC/SC for humidity. The temperature will get up around 98-100 for a week or so, mostly in the low 90s for the summer.... but with the humidity, it's gross. You walk outside and a minute later you start pouring with sweat, it's like a sauna.

Here in the Dallas area we think it's quite nice and dry. Not like Vegas or Phoenix where your skin dries out, but nothing like the mid-atlantic. There are a few days here and there where it gets more humid, but still nothing like back east! But it does get hotter. Once it gets to about 105, it doesn't matter if there's no humidity, it's just downright hot. It's not uncommon to have a few weeks of 100+ days here. But when it's just 90 it still feels like 75 to us because it's drier.

Outdoors. NC/SC have nice beaches, and NC has the smokey mountains. Up by Asheville it is gorgeous if you're into a quiet place to retire in the mountains. I haven't been to any beaches in TX yet, but I hear you have to go down to South Padre Island to get a real nice beach here, and that's a bit of a hike. There are plenty of parks and walking trails, but no mountains nearby.

Cities. DFW metro area is huge... 6+ million people... with lots of culture and activities to go along with it. But it is spread out, so it's definitely a car culture. In NC you have the Raleigh-Durham area, which is also very spread out, less population, and one of the most educated cities given all of the universities in the area. Then there's Charlotte, which is bigger, but it's a ghosttown after 5pm there... it's like they roll up the sidewalks at the end of the business day. I didn't care for the suburbs there when I visited, but maybe I missed the nice areas. The cities in SC aren't very big either.

That's about all I can think of for now. If you have any more specific questions I can try to answer them. I haven't lived in NC/SC, but I visited quite a few times.

[KantLockeMeIn]

Originally Posted by nirvina787

We are also in the same boat...!! To the extent that as I am writing this response, I am sitting in one of the hotel room in Plano, TX. Me and my wife and our daughter has come to Dallas this weekend to see how cold it is over here and we are from Chicago..!! So, today it was 40F and I was little disappointed. I thought it is warmer then 40F in Dallas. I bet as mentioned above, it must be getting very hot and dry in summer here. Dallas is the 4th larget metropolitan area after NY, LA and Chicago. Dallas has steady economy for past 6 years and it is growing at the pace of approx. 3-4% every year. It has good number of 'white color jobs also and it boasts one of the highest number of corporate office in US. I have read and today evening I experience that traffic is very bad on most of the highways. I just experienced 635 and 75. I would say every city has some plus and minus. Me and my wife have been thinking about Jacksonville, FL also, which is much smaller than Dallas but if you are good in what ever you are doing, then I suppose one can find job anywhere. Thoughts or suggestions..???

It gets cold here, but it doesn't last that long. But when it gets a bit cold and windy, it can get wicked!

Since you said you do SAP, the two places I hear my wife always talk about is Naperville IL and here in Dallas. Some in Northern VA too, but we can't stand the DC area having lived 2 hours away for most of our lives

Jacksonville doesn't stay warm all year long either, and prepare for the humidity in the summer. You have to get down by Ft Lauderdale and Miami to enjoy warm weather all year long.

[ladysrodgers]

Originally Posted by nirvina787

We are also in the same boat...!! To the extent that as I am writing this response, I am sitting in one of the hotel room in Plano, TX. Me and my wife and our daughter has come to Dallas this weekend to see how cold it is over here and we are from Chicago..!! So, today it was 40F and I was little disappointed. I thought it is warmer then 40F in Dallas. I bet as mentioned above, it must be getting very hot and dry in summer here. Dallas is the 4th larget metropolitan area after NY, LA and Chicago. Dallas has steady economy for past 6 years and it is growing at the pace of approx. 3-4% every year. It has good number of 'white color jobs also and it boasts one of the highest number of corporate office in US. I have read and today evening I experience that traffic is very bad on most of the highways. I just experienced 635 and 75. I would say every city has some plus and minus. Me and my wife have been thinking about Jacksonville, FL also, which is much smaller than Dallas but if you are good in what ever you are doing, then I suppose one can find job anywhere. Thoughts or suggestions..???

Just an FYI, it's not dry during the summer here, it's humid. Not as much as farther south in the state, but humid none-the-less.

[ladysrodgers]

Originally Posted by twojciac

We moved here from Virginia, so NC/SC wasn't too far, so I'll try to compare.


Heat and humidity. It's downright miserable in NC/SC for humidity. The temperature will get up around 98-100 for a week or so, mostly in the low 90s for the summer.... but with the humidity, it's gross. You walk outside and a minute later you start pouring with sweat, it's like a sauna.

Here in the Dallas area we think it's quite nice and dry. Not like Vegas or Phoenix where your skin dries out, but nothing like the mid-atlantic. There are a few days here and there where it gets more humid, but still nothing like back east! But it does get hotter. Once it gets to about 105, it doesn't matter if there's no humidity, it's just downright hot. It's not uncommon to have a few weeks of 100+ days here. But when it's just 90 it still feels like 75 to us because it's drier.

I realize last summer was exceptional with all of the rain, but I thought it was quite humid, even "after" the rain stopped. I'm talking weeks after the rain stopped. For me, it was like a sauna and I had perspiration popping out nearly the second I stepped outside. With the humidity index, the temps were rated nearly 5 degrees higher than the actual temperature.

Is that the norm, or do you think it was just due to all the rain?

I know people who are acclimated to this climate might not consider it as humid, but for someone like me who isn't acclimated, it seemed quite humid.