Tyler, Texas vs. Midland, Texas (Corpus Christi, Lubbock: how much, house, college)
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I stand corrected but I do have friends who have either visited or lived in both towns. They highly prefer Tyler simply because it's not as dry. Their words not mine. I would have to visit Odessa/Midland to decide for myself. I have some friends who live there and they complain about having nothing to do.
I stand corrected but I do have friends who have either visited or lived in both towns. They highly prefer Tyler simply because it's not as dry. Their words not mine. I would have to visit Odessa/Midland to decide for myself. I have some friends who live there and they complain about having nothing to do.
I've visited both and I prefer Tyler myself. Midland/Odessa aren't bad or anything, but I just prefer the scenery in Tyler.
Lets look at the other side of the weather. Sure Tyler is hot and humid because it's closer to the Gulf (duhh). But during the Fall and Spring Tyler is a very pretty place. Midland gets colder and will get more snow than Tyler. So take your pick....sweat in Tyler or freeze in Midland. Both towns have a lot more to offer than the weather.
I agree both towns have much more to offer. Too much discussion of humidity only.
Midland is nice and impressive, especially downtown, looks modern and appears to be a much larger metro than it is.
Tyler's is very impressive. It has the number one rated Spine and Joint Hospital in Texas according to Health Grades. ETMC area coverage is 2nd in Texas as to square miles covered. Even Waco, 120 miles away uses ETMC EMS vehicles, not based out of Tyler but Waco of course. ETMC has one of the very few Level One Truma Centers in Texas. TMF in Tyler is a Level Two Trama Med Center. The population covered by the med centers is nearing 500,000 with much greater coverage than just the county of 200,000 pop. Robotics are widely used at TMF and ETMC.
Tyler has many outstanding residential areas with many million dollar home. Holly Tree, Stone Gate, and the latest The Cascades a total planned community including The Stretford and 14 story condo, The Cascades have 40 two story condo to rent, 3 - four story condos on a small lake, a huge Golf Course Club House, Spas, 4 story assisted living, and many million dollar home - 4 miles of streets on rolling tree covered hills, with views of downtown four miles away. Not a flat prairie.
With the success of the Cascades, other high rises of 15-24 stories, 5 more buildings were planned across the lake, including a resort high rise, and a Four or Five Star hotel and a complete planned town-center community, had city planning and zoning approval in September, just as the economy crashed and the financing "dried up".
Tyler has a nice small zoo, many people from DFW and as far away as Oklahome visit.
Schools from up 100 miles away bus their children here evey year. I've been told by several people to "keep it quite" don't tell others, because as of now, it's not crowded. Only 400,000 - 600,000 attend each year.
Tyler has the Cowen Performing Arts Center 38,000 people attend annually. Many performances which past thru Dallas, Bass Hall, stop here also. Also, The East Texas Symphony is outstanding. I have the Boston and Houston Symphonies to compare, not as "full" but impressive.
Lakes and golf courses in every direction. 4 private school systems K - 12, yes public schools in Tyler proper are not very good. 40,000-50,000 people live just outside Tyler and attend much better schools, in Bullard, Whitehouse,Lindale and others.
Yes, churches abound, with opportunities for services only found in very large metros. Yes, a church on every corner, but you don't HAVE to attend, only half the people attend sometimes, so you again, or not forced to conform, this really isn't a norm as some would think, but many churches to chose from if you want.
All in all Tyler has much more to offer than MOST cities its size and compares well with cities much larger.
Last edited by Mark Senior; 12-22-2009 at 02:05 PM..
I agree both towns have much more to offer. Too much discussion of humidity only.
Midland is nice and impressive, especially downtown, looks modern and appears to be a much larger metro than it is.
Tyler's is very impressive. It has the number one rated Spine and Joint Hospital in Texas according to Health Grades. ETMC area coverage is 2nd in Texas as to square miles covered. Even Waco, 120 miles away uses ETMC EMS vehicles, not based out of Tyler but Waco of course. ETMC has one of the very few Level One Truma Centers in Texas. TMF in Tyler is a Level Two Trama Med Center. The population covered by the med centers is nearing 500,000 with much greater coverage than just the county of 200,000 pop. Robotics are widely used at TMF and ETMC.
East Texas with Tyler, Longview, & Nacogdoches combined is a powerhouse of first rate medical facilities not many areas of the country can match outside of the larger urban centers.
True about Waco using ETMC vehicles 120 miles outside of Tyler. I've personally seen, when I was living in Houston, an ETMC ambulence traveling down I-45 towards Galveston Island which is a good 250+ miles away.
East Texas with Tyler, Longview, & Nacogdoches combined is a powerhouse of first rate medical facilities not many areas of the country can match outside of the larger urban centers.
True about Waco using ETMC vehicles 120 miles outside of Tyler. I've personally seen, when I was living in Houston, an ETMC ambulence traveling down I-45 towards Galveston Island which is a good 250+ miles away.
It is good that Tyler has impressive medical facilites. It appears the hospital serves a somewhat rural are surrounding Tyler. Midland Memorial Hospital doesn't serve near as large an area. Lubbock (University Medical) really serves a large rural population. In fact many of the injuries/illnesses that cannot be treated in Midland/Odessa are transported to Lubbock.
I grew up in Midland and moved away for almost 10 years. Now that I'm back I wish I had stayed away. Here's the reasons:
1. Nothing to do- unless you want to go out to eat
2. It's not like it used to be - it's becoming more and more unsafe - drugs in the schools, crime going up- I teach at a school here and I would not let my own children attend public school here past the 6th grade.
3. Almost every job here now requires you to speak spanish, something that doesn't settle very well with me.
4. It's becoming another El Paso. It might as well be a border town the way it's starting to look and the crime rate.
Midland has been a sanctuary city for illegals for years, and that needs to change, drastically. You're right in that it's not what it was 30 years ago.
I also understand that the former superintendent (Hispanic, can't remember his name) who just retired didn't make things any easier, since he apparently required elementary teachers to be bilingual in Spanish, regardless of what their subject matter was. He made sure that the school system catered to the children of illegals.
Those same illegal students, with poor/no English skills, pulled the ratings of all of the schools down. That has been going on a number of years, and Midland is paying the price for that.
Correct me if I'm wrong on the last. He had not been on the job very long when I left 3 years ago.
With the new superintendent, maybe things will get better. I hope so.
Crime is going to rise with population--I think that's a given.
Sylvester Perez. Yep, he did cater to a specific demographic. Most teachers I know are glad to see him go b/c he ran the district like a mafia. Don't DARE say anything bad about him. I know for a fact that he would rather put someone of a specific race rather than the most qualified in a position. How is that going to help our students when we pick a person who is less qualified simply because he wants the percentages of certain races to be more equally represented? That cheats everyone...including the person that was picked b/c of their heritage. All I can say is good riddance to bad rubbish!
I imagine Ricardo Torres (who had been in various positions for several years with the district) had a lot to do with all of that, also.
I hope that things get better with the new superintendent they just hired. Have any of you met him?
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