Amarillo (Fort Worth, Howe, Lone Star: live, move, friendly)

[loose cannon]

I guess Amarillo is not a popular destination. I noticed no city section for it.

[Synopsis]

It all depends on what you like, as far as destinations go. Texas is such a large state that Amarillo has probably fallen a bit by the wayside. If you like wide open spaces, low humidity, and four full seasons Amarillo is the place for you, and I mean that sincerely. The summers in Amarillo aren't as hot/humid as North Texas, or the Gulf Coast/East Texas, and if you like winter you'll get your fill of it in Amarillo because it can get mighty cold with plenty of snow.

[Trainwreck20]

I 'visit' Amarillo once a year...on my way skiing in CO or NM .

[Steel Man]

Originally Posted by loose cannon

I guess Amarillo is not a popular destination. I noticed no city section for it.

Amarillo is not a large metropolitan area, thus no sub-forum. You can go to city-data's Amarillo page, scroll down until you see links to postings about Amarillo in this forum.

[victoriana]

Yes, Amarillo does have wide open spaces and it is GROWING and fast. I would say they have four full seasons IF you are comparing it to other parts of our Lone Star State. However, people who move here who are used to a real winter often laugh at our idea of "winter." The exception? This year we have had a humdinger (for here.) The last four years or so, it has only been spurts so most of us are mighty glad we had this year. The kiddies have had so much fun with enough snow to actually do something in - so its been special. We are a nice city with the usual growing pains, we have our cliques and problems like everywhere else but as many on this forum say, if you are nice to people it generally comes back to you too. We have loads of new people from all over and I think the city is much nicer than it used to be. Many oldtimers agree with that also.

[NOTAM]

I'd pick Amarllo as one of my favorite cities in Texas. Definitely the FRIENDLIEST city in Texas, with Ft Worth coming in second.

[victoriana]

I agree Fort Worth is a friendly place too - again, a place with lots of newcomers. The newcomers know what is like to have been "new" once and they go out of their way to be kind. I was in one state (I better not say which) for six months on business. The natural beauty was BREATHTAKING - unbelievable. However, as it was very expensive, few if any new people ever moved there. Therefore, the small city was NOT friendly. As I was there longer, I broke the ice. (I love people, eventually, I usually "warm up" everybody) I realized they were not mean or basically "un"friendly. They just had been there all their lives, with all that beauty and everything they needed, had never wanted to go anywhere else and could not relate to people who were new. They didn't know what it felt like to be "new" at church or even to be alone in a town. Texas is so big, we are just welcoming because most people are all from someplace else!!