The Panhandle (Dallas, Lubbock, Amarillo: house, find a job, to live in)

[onthamove]

is it not the most amazing place? the peace and serenity are so amazing! any of you guys been to dalhart area or dumas? the canyons between amarillo and boise city are insane!

[onthamove]

i rekon nona yall been out yonder if you had you'd know what i am talkin folk, it yells freedom much better than the statue of liberty

[GayleTX]

Nona, yes, I agree.....the Panhandle has its own kind of beauty. I sometimes wonder if the people who have lived there all their lives really appreciate how unique it is. And it must appear to be bigger than life to people who have lived among skyscrapers or mountains all their lives.

(You might enjoy the thread started by "Foreverlost" re Perryton,TX, which is at the very top of Texas on the High Plains. He/she is from Boston but has just returned from a first visit there; he found the wide vistas were almost frightening.)

[cobolt]

I moved to the Panhandle years ago and although it was an adjustment, I loved it and everytime I moved away, I found myself back there. Now I'm on the west coast and am trying so hard to get back. I miss the vistas, the Caprock and Palo Duro, the wide open spaces, how you can watch the storms roll in from the west, the PEOPLE! Nothing beats the people! Gosh, I'm homesick now. Pray that I find a job there so I can move back already!

[txsizzler]

I have been through the Panhandle many a time. Its not my cup of tea, per say, but it does offer a unique beauty that you just don't see in other parts of the state. I suppose I found it to be too desolate feeling; on the other hand, there is a "nature" to the area that is second to none, especially with the small mom-n-pop businesses in the small towns, and the tight family feel you get from those areas.

Are you considering relocating there?


Ian

[turkeytrot]

I moved to the panhandle almost nine years ago from the DFW metromess.
I lived there for 23 years and couldn't wait to get out.
The "Top of Texas" does have a different kind of beauty and weather.
We live 30 miles south of Amarillo here the silence is deafening

We can sit out on summer evenings and not burn up or be overwhelmed by the humidity.
Here the stars at night are so much brighter than they were in the Dallas area.

The canyons, Palo Duro and Caprock are spectacular!!
The openness of the panhandle is a wonder to see.
I love this place and will most likely be buried here when I'm gone.

Be it ever so humble,
there's no place like home.

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by onthamove

is it not the most amazing place? the peace and serenity are so amazing!

Indeed it is. Although some may not consider Hale County to be a Panhandle County, as I sit here at my computer and look out the window, I can see twinkling lights of my neighbor's house about 3/4 mile away and the soft glow in the sky from Lubbock some thirty five miles away. If I go outside and look up I can see why early scientists named our galaxy "The Milky Way."

Off and on, I've been out in this wide-open country for some forty years. As one of the last few remaining refuges for personal freedom left in the continental U.S., I do not plan to ever leave again.

[catman]

I think the Panhandle is a very interesting place. That rough country north of Amarillo is awe-inspiring. I don't think I'd like the climate all that much to live in, but I really like visiting there. I want to live in or near mountains!

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by High_Plains_Retired

Indeed it is. Although some may not consider Hale County to be a Panhandle County, as I sit here at my computer and look out the window, I can see twinkling lights of my neighbor's house about 3/4 mile away and the soft glow in the sky from Lubbock some thirty five miles away. If I go outside and look up I can see why early scientists named our galaxy "The Milky Way."

Off and on, I've been out in this wide-open country for some forty years. As one of the last few remaining refuges for personal freedom left in the continental U.S., I do not plan to ever leave again.

Glad to hear that you're settled and happy back home!

For me, the pull back just seems to get stronger and stronger, but I don't think I could live around Lubbock now. I need my wide-open spaces with mountains at least in view. I loved Lubbock when I lived there, and the flatness takes some getting used to, since I grew up in another part of West Texas that was more hilly/rocky.

It is hot as hell here in Alamogordo, and it was still 84 degrees when I went outside last night around 9. Marfa, Alpine and Ft Davis cooled down a lot faster and nighttime temps were lower than here. Yesterday was:

Alamogordo: 96/67
Alpine: 100/57
Ft Davis: 93/44
Marfa: 93/37

Your neck of the woods: Lubbock: 100/63
Midland: 103/63 This was a record high.

I don't know what it is about Marfa that it has such low nighttime temps! I've been looking at properties in Ruidoso and Cloudcroft, but I can't stand the closed-in feeling and the heavy tree cover that is present with so many properties, never mind the fire hazard!

I'm just about tempted to find a place in remote Wyoming and forget about it, LOL!!

I haven't been to the very top of the Panhandle (Amarillo is as far up as I've gone), but I plan to see it one day!

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by catman

I think the Panhandle is a very interesting place. That rough country north of Amarillo is awe-inspiring. I don't think I'd like the climate all that much to live in, but I really like visiting there. I want to live in or near mountains!

But not Timberon....lordy. I love the elevation up there, but.....

It's been awhile since I've been up there, but I had forgotten just how thickly wooded it is..and I don't think I'd like the smothering tree cover at all. I like trees, but I can't stand driving down the highway and having trees line both sides of the road. Claustrophobia starts setting in fast.

When you're used to driving down the road and being able to see in all directions forever, that's hard to give up.