Is Texas a good place to live? (Houston, Dallas: crime rate, homes)

[Bob_the_fart_guy]

I consider myself a simple-minded person... or as I prefer to say it, more down to Earth. I have never been able to understand what people see in living in a large city. City life? - - - -> no thank you. Us "country folk" (if I may call myself such) like to watch out for each other.

I hope one day that the lovely state of Texas will welcome me in.

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by Bob_the_fart_guy

I consider myself a simple-minded person... or as I prefer to say it, more down to Earth. I have never been able to understand what people see in living in a large city. City life? - - - -> no thank you. Us "country folk" (if I may call myself such) like to watch out for each other.

I hope one day that the lovely state of Texas will welcome me in.

Bob, lest we miss you when you actually make your move, my family of Texans welcomes you now.

I don't consider myself a simple-minded person but I too prefer rural living. I have lived in a few large cities around the country and found that, per square foot, they contain a lot of angry people like CarlB328. I determined when I retired to move as far away from these squirrels as I could. And I did.

I note that you are looking around the Tyler area. I grew up about 80 miles from Tyler but have been out here on the south plains (off and on) for over forty years. There are just too many people and too much humidity over there in deep east Texas for this old country boy any more. I still love trees though and have a few out here that I've been nursing through this severe drought. The Tyler/Lufklin area is beautiful. I still have a few folks over there although they are now fast disappearing.

Sorry to get off topic here but like they say, you know you're in Texas when you can spend an hour on the phone with someone who called you on a wrong number.

[Two4damoney]

Yep, I dont like the big city either. San Angelo is not too big and not too small and has a slower paced laid back feel about it. Texas is great. I love how you can go into the grocery store and have a perfect stranger greet you and next thing you know youre talking about the weather and whatnot for 20 minutes or more. I'm always having good conversations with people I run into in my comings and goings around town. Texas is a great place to live.

[High_Plains_Retired]

I have spent much of my life in Texas but had never been in the San Angelo area until this year when I had the opportunity to pick up a couple of tractors at Ballinger. It's a nice area of Texas.

[A&M_Indie_08]

Originally Posted by CarlB328

Texas is ok, but low quality compared to some parts of the US. It is way too hot for way too long, and most of the people are very simple minded, which some people love and some hate.

I would say that Texans are more tolerant and broadminded as a group than Seattle or other liberal "meccas"

[Bob_the_fart_guy]

Originally Posted by High_Plains_Retired

Bob, lest we miss you when you actually make your move, my family of Texans welcomes you now.

I don't consider myself a simple-minded person but I too prefer rural living. I have lived in a few large cities around the country and found that, per square foot, they contain a lot of angry people like CarlB328. I determined when I retired to move as far away from these squirrels as I could. And I did.

I note that you are looking around the Tyler area. I grew up about 80 miles from Tyler but have been out here on the south plains (off and on) for over forty years. There are just too many people and too much humidity over there in deep east Texas for this old country boy any more. I still love trees though and have a few out here that I've been nursing through this severe drought. The Tyler/Lufklin area is beautiful. I still have a few folks over there although they are now fast disappearing.

Sorry to get off topic here but like they say, you know you're in Texas when you can spend an hour on the phone with someone who called you on a wrong number.

Thanks man! I like the part about the wrong number there are parts of where I work (paint houses) that if I wave to someone walking down the sidewalk, they look at me as if I was a piece of dirt. Shoot, I'm just an honest working guy, trying to make his way in life and what is wrong with choosing to be friendly.

H.P.Retired, you paint a beautiful of the kind of mindset that I hope Texas is for me. Honestly, it makes me want to get in my car this minute and "leave it all behind" and just figure it all out when I get to Texas.

I can hardly wait, and thank you for the feedback, and the warm welcome.

[hoffdano]

Originally Posted by CarlB328

Texas is ok, but low quality compared to some parts of the US. It is way too hot for way too long, and most of the people are very simple minded, which some people love and some hate.

Based on your profile, you don't really have any first hand knowledge or experience related to Texas. What exactly does "simple minded" mean to you?

It is hot for a long time in many parts of Texas. But you probably are used to people saying Washington is too overcast for way too long, huh?

[Two4damoney]

Originally Posted by Bob_the_fart_guy

Shoot, I'm just an honest working guy, trying to make his way in life and what is wrong with choosing to be friendly.

You'll fit right in here in Texas just fine.

[PrincessJoyce]

Lol!

Originally Posted by feufoma

I can't believe this racist fool's post got this much attention (whoops).

[PrincessJoyce]

I think every state has its good and bad points. Texas is hot. So is Arizona. New York has high taxes. So does Florida. Your paradise is found within. Not from the aesthetics or people. Though a little outside beauty makes a day brighter. I lived in California for 25 years. Left due to high taxes, rentals, and no jobs. Lived in Kentucky for one year. Not for me. Yet Kentucky has its good points. Friendly people, outdoor events, etc. I currently in North Carolina since 2009. Love living here. Might have to move to Texas for employment. North Carolina has beautiful weather. All four seasons, friendly people, three hour drive to the beach, depending on where you live. North Carolina is close to TN, KY, OH, DC, MD, NJ, need I say more. Job market is not good. Great universities. California, has great universities, public schools, depending on the area, friendly people, outdoor sports, Hollywood, historical sites. . . . There is so much more to California than Botox, fake boobs, lipo, and Beverly Hills. Do I miss it? Yes. Am I trying to make North Carolina my California? No. I have adapted. So the OP post maybe true in some respects. But he left the positives out about Texas.

Texas positives: Decent job market, good food, friendly people, four seasons, technology, museums, parks, beaches, film, rodeo, largest fair in the world, affordable, historic. . . Now I am getting homesick. Better stop there.