Where in Texas have you lived? (Houston, Dallas: high school, university, to live)

[doctorjef]

I thought it might be interesting to see where in Texas people have lived and what places they liked best, least, and any other observations they might care to make. Here's my list:

Corpus Christi - born there and lived there again later as a kid. I love the harbour and think the place has some real charm and nice winter temps, even though there's not a whole lot there and it's kind of off the beaten path.

Dallas - as a young kid, and then spent time over there as a young adult when I lived in Fort Worth. I hate the freeways!

Lubbock - lived there in high school and started college at Tech. I really didn't appreciate the place and couldn't wait to move away. Still, I have a lot of meaningful memories from the place.

Austin - lived there while finishing university and then again for another 19 years for my 30s and 40s. It's the one place in Texas I'd ever choose to live probably, but I doubt I'll return there.

Fort Worth - lived there in graduate school and then again for a couple of years a few years later. Never really cared for the place -- rather like a big Lubbock.

Mineral Wells - don't ask! Lived there for about three months and hated it, though its little geographic setting, the Palo Pinto "Mountains", is surprisngly pretty. The place is chronically almost a ghost town since the US Army closed Fort Wolters after the Viet Nam war.

Beaumont - lived there for just over a year. It's an interesting part of the state, but didn't really feel like Texas to me. Not much to do there. The country and cajun cooking there are outstanding.

Oh yeah, almost forgot -- also on a ranch in Denton County, about five miles west of the town of Justin, for around six months when I was a kid. I started first grade there in a 19th Century schoolhouse. Interesting, but not a fun place for a kid, as there was no one around to play with.

[mljones99]

Nacogdoches
Longview
Henderson
Austin

[jabbit]

cool topic.

McAllen
Edinburg
Kingsville
Corpus
Lubbock
Houston
San Antonio
Austin
Denton

fav. 1) Denton 2) Austin 3)San Antonio

[jgar477]

1. El Paso
2. Mission

[fierce_flawless]

Portland, (near Corpus Christi), where I grew up. Then Pearland, Alvin (near Houston). My mother apparently liked small Tx towns.

After that, San Antonio, New Braunfels, Richardson (briefly), Spring Branch (the one in the Tx Hill Country near SA), and back to San Antonio again. I've also spent LOTS of time in Brownwood, Bangs, Early. It's where my mom grew up.

[TXTwizter]

Waco
Dallas
Houston

[doctorjef]

One of the many ways I used to drive between Lubbock and Austin took me through Brownwood and I thought it was kind of a pretty place. What's it like?

[lonestar2007]

Dallas
Conroe
Dallas (again)
Wills Point
Edgewood
Deport
Arlington
Burleson

[Metro Matt]

Tyler (born & raised)
Grand Prairie
Arlington
Lewisville
North Dallas
Houston

[jaxart]

El Paso (born there, spent total of 35 years there)
Houston - 1 yr
Dallas - 1 yr
San Antonio - 2 yrs
Austin - 10 yrs

Now I've adopted New Mexico as my "final resting place." Been here 12 yrs now.