Do We Need a Texas Hill Country Forum? (Austin, Killeen: property taxes, property)

[Guerilla]

I think El Paso's forum needs to be El Paso + West Texas. A Rio Grande Valey forum also. I think the hill country forum would be good also.

[mpope409]

Originally Posted by bb5745

I think a hill country forum would be great, but 'hill country' needs to be clearly defined...I don't consider Fort Hood, for example, to be part of the hill country. To me, Fort Hood is just one of those areas between Austin and Dallas. Hill country is west/sw of Austin, and west/nw of San Antonio....

How is Fort Hood not the Hill Country? It does sit in more of a "valley" but what about all of those giant hills in Harker Heights and Copperas Cove...the city of five hills?

[Spade]

I had a friend in HS back in 2001 that said that Killeen as well as Austin may had hills but they never considered those two areas the hill country. I don't know, where does it begin? Because as soon as you come down that hill on 190 going towards Killeen, the hills begin. When you go up that hill going towards Austin, the hills disappear.

[mpope409]

Originally Posted by Spade

I had a friend in HS back in 2001 that said that Killeen as well as Austin may had hills but they never considered those two areas the hill country. I don't know, where does it begin? Because as soon as you come down that hill on 190 going towards Killeen, the hills begin. When you go up that hill going towards Austin, the hills disappear.

People will always have their opinions, but I agree with you (even though Austin is rather hilly). The Killeen-Ft. Hood area is so distinct and the horizon is lined with towering hills. And as I said in my post above, Cove is known as the city of five hills, so if that isn't the Hill Country then I want to see what is.

[Steel Man]

How about this map for the Texas Hill Country?

[940]

Good map Steel Man..I'm going to say no on the Hill Country forum..I love the area and grew up on the edges, but IMHO, I think a Rio Grande Valley (Brownsville and McAllen, etc) forum or a Panhandle (Amarillo and Lubbock, etc) forum should come before a Hill Country region gets one.

[RSTX]

No. We already have enough forums. Leave the site as it is. It isn't broken...

[brattpowered]

I'd like a Pecos forum, please.

[Diamond Dee]

How about Jimmy Dean's hometown of Plainview forum,someone please explain what happened to the pork plant their?any Plainvieans here what do you think of Hale county and Plainview?

[KewGee]

Originally Posted by mpope409

People will always have their opinions, but I agree with you (even though Austin is rather hilly). The Killeen-Ft. Hood area is so distinct and the horizon is lined with towering hills. And as I said in my post above, Cove is known as the city of five hills, so if that isn't the Hill Country then I want to see what is.

C. Cove, Killeen, and Fort Hood are considered Central Texas. Below is a link to a map of the actual Hill Country in Texas which is a little larger than the one posted above. Even in Meridian, there is a sign on the highway that states:

"Meridian, The Top Of The Hill Country" but in actuality, it too is in Central Texas.

Map of the Texas Hill Country