[Jammie]

Originally Posted by peggydavis

Jammie, I don't think you would have liked that ice storm this year. I don't know if it hit Grove but it sure hit Tulsa. Have you ever thought about El Paso? It has beautiful mountains and very nice weather. It is just in the desert.

Peggy, actually even though we were right near the Tx. border, we've never been in the state. We were very close to making a move to another state and would've been living there in about another month, but just too many things started to look "not quite right" if you know what I mean. Our original plans were to have found the right spot and move late this autumn, but nearly skipped town about a half year early.

So, right now we are kind of checking out Texas. It seems to be a lot like OK except that it has warmer winters. We've always felt like OK has a lot of the same type of people and values that we're used to having lived here our entire lives. We also like the "green" of the eastern part of OK and that's the type of spot we're looking for minus the ice storms. It's just so hard to tell much on the internet, but we'll get down to Tx. one of these days.

Is El Paso nice or is it kind of desert-like? Nothing against that terrain cause they did post some very nice pix of the Az. desert, but we actually prefer green AND of course palm trees.

[case44]

Originally Posted by Jammie

....we actually prefer green AND of course palm trees.

Let's see......begins with H, ends with N, and lots of green. And lots of palm trees. I got it.........

Houston.

Oh, and in answering the question for this thread's topic, I give you a tie for first.

Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

[peggydavis]

El Paso is desert, but it does have palm trees! It's really dry there, only about 10 inches of rain a year. It is not as hot as OK, or as cold, and does not have that many bugs. No tornadoes, hurricanes, or earthquakes. Low cost of living. I think I would like it there, but we are pretty settled in OK with no thoughts of relocating. I would like to visit El Paso sometime.

Main problem of El Paso is that it is a border town with the typical difficulties.

[_redbird_]

Originally Posted by Peace_Maker

There are clickish towns in both Oklahoma and Texas, I would recommend Oklahoma over Lubbock. Oklahoma vs. Amarillo is alot tougher choice IMO. Amarillo is my perfect city, I like OKC but I love Amarillo, I wish Oklahoma had a town similar to Amarillo, Tulsa and OKC are a touch too big for my liking.

I liked Amarillo too. I lived there right after college. One of the best things about Amarillo is during the summer, the humidity is around 25%, so its much more comfortable than Oklahoma's summers oppressive heat.

Plus Amarillo has some really nice homes for a lot less than larger metro areas. I just didn't make enough money there, and couldn't make ends meet.

I didn't think Amarillo was clickish at all. But then I have never been a "joiner" and prefer the "outsider" status.

[TU 'cane]

Originally Posted by affluent

None...Oklahoma is not so great. I moved here from PA and made a mistake. I am now in Duncan OK where peopleare typical red necks and too conservative...Hope this helps you to rethink.

So can you not move into a city such as Tulsa, OKC, Norman, Edmond, Lawton, or Broken Arrow???

[Mattie Jo]

Originally Posted by Jammie

I wish Texas had a town like Grove. We love the Grove area, but unfortunately it still gets ice storms and more winter then I'd like to have. Of course, considering where I've spent my entire life, I can't throw stones at someone else's winter.

As far as the Conservative and Christian atmosphere, that wouldn't be a problem for us. Actually, if you check stats, the town I live in has over 80% people who consider themselves to be Christian. That's much higher then most cities even in the South which is known to be the Bible belt.

As far as beauty goes in Texas, Jammie, I would think that you would like East Texas. Tyler and south of there towards Galvenston. Anywhere east of Dallas and then south. It is beautiful. I don't remember any large lakes though.

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by TU 'cane

So can you not move into a city such as Tulsa, OKC, Norman, Edmond, Lawton, or Broken Arrow???

And I already suggested Stillwater for some place not so conservative. There, he might think it cool that a group of people show up outside the courthouse every Wednesday to protest the Iraq war. I need to quit honking my horn in agreement with them when I drive by and join them for a change.

[Jammie]

Originally Posted by case44

Let's see......begins with H, ends with N, and lots of green. And lots of palm trees. I got it.........

Houston.

Oh, and in answering the question for this thread's topic, I give you a tie for first.

Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

You're very close. In fact, I browse the Houston forum because the area is included in the Houston area. In reality Houston itself is WAY too huge and populated for us. (And more crime then we could deal with). It does look beautiful though. I'd love to see all the water fountains in Houston some day. That's if we'd ever be brave enough to drive in a city that size.

One of the areas we've been thinking about does end in an "N". It's just east of Houston. I also thought that the Denison/Sherman area looks nice and it's right by the OK border, but the fluctuation to winter could bother me even though it's quite mild. Tyler looks pretty, too.

Jessaka, I think you're right. We like the lushness of eastern OK so we thought eastern Tx. would probably be a good area.

[Howest2008]

Originally Posted by Jammie

I wish Texas had a town like Grove. We love the Grove area, but unfortunately it still gets ice storms and more winter then I'd like to have. Of course, considering where I've spent my entire life, I can't throw stones at someone else's winter.

As far as the Conservative and Christian atmosphere, that wouldn't be a problem for us. Actually, if you check stats, the town I live in has over 80% people who consider themselves to be Christian. That's much higher then most cities even in the South which is known to be the Bible belt.

Areas in Texas safe from Ice-Storms and with "Palm Trees" would be none other but the Metro Area of Houston/Galveston and the Metro Corpus Christi Texas Area....This area also has some large "Lakes"

[in_the_gloaming]

Personally, I don't think Oklahoma is bad at all! I like Oklahoma, although when I first moved to Oklahoma to live there I liked Duncan! Halliburton was or still is there, jobs with Haliburton in the oil and gas industry were available, and I expect they still are. I lived in Lawton for 12 years, which is 32 miles west of Duncan.

At first, I thought Lawton was just a dusty little western town in S.W. Oklahoma, but the longer I lived in Oklahoma and the more I came to know about the state, the more it grew on me. Today, I'd trade Denver where I live for several places in Oklahoma any day of the week! The cost of living is much lower in many places in Oklahoma than it is in Denver!