Considering Texas move. (Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth: rent, find a job, college)

[Desert kid]

I've come up on a little bit of a life choice and am weighing my options.

Texas is one of the states I'm considering moving to if I leave my Arizona town.

I'm a white, male, 6'4 tall college graduate, politically conservative, unmarried, childless and lots of flexible income.

I have family in North Texas and East Texas. An uncle in McKinney and a cousin in Marshall. I've visited both areas extensively over the years and have traveled the state extensively. My uncle in McKinney is eventually going to move to southeastern Oklahoma. I'd prefer to be near family. But in an area with good jobs.

The Dallas/Fort Worth Metro is growing too quickly for me. What I'd prefer is a rural/suburban town, close to possibly an East Texas city. Needless to say I grew up on King of the Hill, so part of me hoped for an "Arlen", but there's possibly hundreds of Arlens in Texas.

Could anyone help?

[cp102]

If you think Dallas /Fort Worth is growing too fast, you won't be happy with Austin. Austin is growing at a rapid rate and the roads can't keep up with the amount of people moving here. Traffic is horrible . Unless you live close to your job. But you also haven't said what your job is in.

[tcualum]

What about Tyler?

[UnfairPark]

If you need a well paying job then your options are limited, commuting twice every day takes away charm of rural living. You are young and carefree, rent in an area you like, find a job and see if you can settle there. If not then try another one, after some experience, you’ll know what works best. Having family and friends nearby is a blessing, makes life easier.

[ChristieP]

Find a job first and then decide where to live. Your career options in a rural community will be very limited, and as the previous poster said, long commutes take the charm out of rural living.

[tmtex]

Everyone is moving to TX. Thats all you see in these chats

[Desert kid]

Originally Posted by cp102

If you think Dallas /Fort Worth is growing too fast, you won't be happy with Austin. Austin is growing at a rapid rate and the roads can't keep up with the amount of people moving here. Traffic is horrible . Unless you live close to your job. But you also haven't said what your job is in.

Originally Posted by tcualum

What about Tyler?

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

If you need a well paying job then your options are limited, commuting twice every day takes away charm of rural living. You are young and carefree, rent in an area you like, find a job and see if you can settle there. If not then try another one, after some experience, you’ll know what works best. Having family and friends nearby is a blessing, makes life easier.

Originally Posted by ChristieP

Find a job first and then decide where to live. Your career options in a rural community will be very limited, and as the previous poster said, long commutes take the charm out of rural living.

Originally Posted by tmtex

Everyone is moving to TX. Thats all you see in these chats

Yes, it's just something I'm thinking about. I have experience not only working in an office/corporate environment but also in mining and heavy equipment. So that has really expanded my work experience.

Tyler was alright, but I never did get to see too much of it.

[Mark Senior]

Originally Posted by Desert kid

Yes, it's just something I'm thinking about. I have experience not only working in an office/corporate environment but also in mining and heavy equipment. So that has really expanded my work experience.

Tyler was alright, but I never did get to see too much of it.

Tyler is MORE than alright, IMHO, lol. Look at my countless posts over the last 10 years on City-Data. Also, right in between, McKinney and Marshall, almost in the middle no less, and when your family member moves to Southeast Oklahoma, two-plus hours to Broken Bow, Oklahoma in S.E. Ok. many people from this area go camping and a "funning", not politically correct term I just made up, lol, in that part of the state.

No seriously, as pointed out, what type of job would you need, jobs are not overly plentiful in Tyler as compared to the mega booming areas of Texas. Tyler, restricts growth, on purpose. Anyway, I've tried to help many over the years on information about Tyler, it's one of my hobbies, yeah, as pointed out often, others have stated you "really Don't have much of a life, do you". Okay, could be, could be, but that too is not Tyler's fault by lack of something to do here. Which I stated, way more stuff to get into in Tyler than most places our size.

I'm a single old man in Tyler, so ask me anything you would like, not very versed in where is the best current place to meet that eternal soul mate. lol

Gee, I just looked it up, there is such a word as funning, yeah, that's right, for example, I was just funning you. Oh, well and I thought I was creative. Not.

[KathrynAragon]

What sort of job are you looking for? That's first and foremost to me.

[ChristieP]

Texas doesn’t have much mining at all. Heavy equipment is more plentiful. But you’re still not going to find many corporate offices in rural areas or small towns.