Need advice: Boston or DFW (Houston, Dallas: ski resorts, live in, cost)

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by numbersguy100

Is it psychological? Some of us pursue outdoor recreation A LOT. Having better recreation close by would provide a meaningful quality of life improvement. Our family can make it work with what we've got, but this isn't something people have manufactured in their heads.

Note my claim covers "some" people.

[Tyryztoll]

I'm not sure all these evolving pi**ing matches are doing much to help OP make an informed decision.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by Tyryztoll

I'm not sure all these evolving pi**ing matches are doing much to help OP make an informed decision.

Trying to paint an honest picture of the area should help the OP.

[edwinpa7]

Dallas is just okc with more buildings. There.

[Tyryztoll]

Originally Posted by edwinpa7

Dallas is just okc with more buildings. There.

And Houston is just New Orleans with more buildings. There.

[GigiTer]

This thread was very enlightening, wanted to follow up on a few statements as we are also considering a move to DFW but we are coming from south of Philly. I was surprised to see statements about not much outdoor rec and the weather keeps people in 6 to 7 months of the year!! One of the perks I thought about moving to DFW area is that we'd be able to be outside MORE because of milder winters. My husband is an avid golfer and ice hockey player so summer is golf and ice hockey is winter. My son also plays hockey, soccer, lacrosse, golfs. Both trail ride and i love hiking around. (no mountains here so flat land is fine). My daughter plays tennis but will be in college so won't be here much anyway. I've only been keeping track of weather a few weeks as that is when possible job move came on the horizon. The biggest difference I see is the night time temp does not dip much but your day temps is just a few degrees hotter and today we are keeping in the 90's while Plano is coudy at 76. And looking at the coming week our temps are very similiar high 80's, low 90's. So now I'm wondering what DFW temps actually FEEL like? I'm sure you go into triple digits many more days than us but wondering how much hotter/humid it feels?? Also I was surprised at the references to high humidity??? I thought Texas was dry heat??? Am I wrong??? Guess you would have to know how mid-atlantic humdity feels like, it's very sticky feeling all over.

Sorry to hijack your thread OP! Good luck with your decision, it's a hard one!!

[Treasurevalley92]

Originally Posted by Tyryztoll

And Houston is just New Orleans with more buildings. There.

Naw, the age of the cities and the way they are structured is totally different.

Dallas is alot like a much bigger, more diverse OKC in a lot of ways, much more so than Houston and NOLA being similar.

[Tyryztoll]

Originally Posted by Treasurevalley92

Naw, the age of the cities and the way they are structured is totally different.

Dallas is alot like a much bigger, more diverse OKC in a lot of ways, much more so than Houston and NOLA being similar.

Ok, I was just being silly. Not looking to send everyone off in another direction here.

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by GigiTer

This thread was very enlightening, wanted to follow up on a few statements as we are also considering a move to DFW but we are coming from south of Philly. I was surprised to see statements about not much outdoor rec and the weather keeps people in 6 to 7 months of the year!! One of the perks I thought about moving to DFW area is that we'd be able to be outside MORE because of milder winters. My husband is an avid golfer and ice hockey player so summer is golf and ice hockey is winter. My son also plays hockey, soccer, lacrosse, golfs. Both trail ride and i love hiking around. (no mountains here so flat land is fine). My daughter plays tennis but will be in college so won't be here much anyway. I've only been keeping track of weather a few weeks as that is when possible job move came on the horizon. The biggest difference I see is the night time temp does not dip much but your day temps is just a few degrees hotter and today we are keeping in the 90's while Plano is coudy at 76. And looking at the coming week our temps are very similiar high 80's, low 90's. So now I'm wondering what DFW temps actually FEEL like? I'm sure you go into triple digits many more days than us but wondering how much hotter/humid it feels?? Also I was surprised at the references to high humidity??? I thought Texas was dry heat??? Am I wrong??? Guess you would have to know how mid-atlantic humdity feels like, it's very sticky feeling all over.

Sorry to hijack your thread OP! Good luck with your decision, it's a hard one!!

Good questions!

Texas summers in the DFW area are very long and very hot and humid - not as humid as some parts of the east coast but still, plenty humid. It's not a "dry heat" in north Texas in other words.

The milder winters are GREAT - to me, winters are one of the things I LOVE about north Texas. And spring in Texas is fabulous.

If your husband is a golfer, then he will probably be happy with the golfing throughout the year - except for the heat of summer. It's just hard to explain how hot it gets here - just absolutely oppressively hot and still and humid. But while it CAN get really, really hot anytime from May through October, generally that oppressive sort of heat tends to come around in July, August and sometimes September. Unless your husband and son are suckers for punishment, I doubt they will be playing much golf in July and August, but the tradeoff is that they WILL be probably enjoying golf in December, maybe January, and February!

Don't judge Plano/Dallas/Fort Worth by this next week's temps - this is hurricane season and we can get heavy rain associated with gulf storms this time of year, or at the least cloud cover, which lowers the temps pretty dramatically. But short of a tropical storm coming into the gulf, usually temps in early September are still hotter than Hades.

Very generally speaking, if it's 94 in Dallas, it feels like at least 98. Factor in all the pavement, concrete, buildings, etc. and the still heaviness of the air and the perpetually, perpetually huge Texas summer sky - filled with blue and that blazing sun - and you can see why we complain about the long hot summers!

I lived up and down the east coast till I was in my late twenties, so I am familiar with east coast humidity. Yes, Dallas is still really humid. Maybe not QUITE as humid, but still much more humid than dry. And hotter. Honestly, I love me some Texas but Texas summers are just incredibly hot - hotter than any other place I've lived.

[GigiTer]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

Good questions!

Texas summers in the DFW area are very long and very hot and humid - not as humid as some parts of the east coast but still, plenty humid. It's not a "dry heat" in north Texas in other words.

The milder winters are GREAT - to me, winters are one of the things I LOVE about north Texas. And spring in Texas is fabulous.

If your husband is a golfer, then he will probably be happy with the golfing throughout the year - except for the heat of summer. It's just hard to explain how hot it gets here - just absolutely oppressively hot and still and humid. But while it CAN get really, really hot anytime from May through October, generally that oppressive sort of heat tends to come around in July, August and sometimes September. Unless your husband and son are suckers for punishment, I doubt they will be playing much golf in July and August, but the tradeoff is that they WILL be probably enjoying golf in December, maybe January, and February!

Don't judge Plano/Dallas/Fort Worth by this next week's temps - this is hurricane season and we can get heavy rain associated with gulf storms this time of year, or at the least cloud cover, which lowers the temps pretty dramatically. But short of a tropical storm coming into the gulf, usually temps in early September are still hotter than Hades.

Very generally speaking, if it's 94 in Dallas, it feels like at least 98. Factor in all the pavement, concrete, buildings, etc. and the still heaviness of the air and the perpetually, perpetually huge Texas summer sky - filled with blue and that blazing sun - and you can see why we complain about the long hot summers!

I lived up and down the east coast till I was in my late twenties, so I am familiar with east coast humidity. Yes, Dallas is still really humid. Maybe not QUITE as humid, but still much more humid than dry. And hotter. Honestly, I love me some Texas but Texas summers are just incredibly hot - hotter than any other place I've lived.

Thank you very much!! Great info and not what I had originally thought! I've only lived on the east coast and have never stepped foot in Texas so there is alot to research a possible move! Thx!