questions about mexia? (Houston, Dallas, Waco: home, crime, college)

[karie]

My husband and I along with our 3 year old daughter, might possibly be moving to the Mexia area? Any opinions on schools, churches, the community at large would be appreciated. WE are both from TX, but have never lived in that area. Also, what about Teague or Groesbeck and also Buffalo?
Thanks!
Karie

[Muhnay]

There is really a place called Mexia.. WOW!

I did not know that.. here are a couple links. Wish I knew more to tell you but I don't hope these links help.

City of Mexia - Welcome to the City of Mexia!

Mexia Daily News - Homepage

I have a friend in Waco, I will talk with him soon, and see what he has to say.

Cool facts and info..

Mexia Texas.

School info

Welcome to Mexia ISD

[momof2dfw]

Mexia got a lot of attention because of Anna Nicole (her hometown). Nice little town as is Groesbeck. Had relatives that lived down there and grew up (kind of distant relatives so don't talk to them much at all). They all seemed to like it and all but 1 of the 6 kids still lives somewhat close by (even after going off to college). The closest "big" cities (HA!) are going to be College Station and Waco. Houston and Dallas are going to be about 2 hours away.

There is an old Aggie joke about Mexia (pronounced men-HAY-uh). Two aggies were driving down the highway when they first saw the sign for "Mexia". Well they started arguing over how to say it. So when they got to the exit for Mexia they took it and stopped at the first place they came to. They went flying in and almost out of breath asked the lady there, "Real slowly can you pronounce the name of the place we are in". The lady looked at'em and finally said, "Maaaaaaac-dooooooon-allllllldddddssss". Of course this joke was probably originally told as follows:
24 September 1977, Dallas (TX) Morning News, “Knowing Who We Are” by Jack Anderson, section D, pg. 3:
PAUL CRUME told of two men who stopped for a hamburger in Mexia, south of Dallas. While waiting at the counter, one asked the waitress, “How do you pronounce the name of this place?”
“I beg your pardon. What do you mean?” she replied.
“We are from out of state. How do you say where we are?”
Answering the question she thought she heard, she articulated slowly, “D-A-I-R-Y Q-U-E-E-N.”

Anyway, good luck

[Canine*Castle]

The races is Mexia are about 50% white, 32% black, and 18% Hispanic. The crime rate is relatively high for a town with only a bit over 6,000 people.

Many years ago, two of my friends taught school there and didn't like it. It was a pretty rough town, and I'm quoting them who lived there for several years.

I went to visit them and didn't like the area either, but that is just my opinion. There are definitely better and prettier parts of Texas.

I had a beau once in Groesbeck and although I didn't particularly care for that town either, I would choose it over Mexia.

[trish76642]

Dont go to Mexia..Its my home town and you couldnt PAY me to raise my children there now.
The high school has their own Police Officers!
That should tell you all you need to know!

Groesbeck?
We're a small town, smaller than Mexia with a Police station and a Sheriffs Department, nothing goes on around here that everyone doesnt know about.



Best of luck to ya.