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Old 04-20-2009, 06:01 PM
 
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Am I welcome in Texas? Austin is #1 for jobs, and pretty much so is all of Texas- I need to find work but will the culture shock be too much and will I just get run off?
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Old 04-20-2009, 06:08 PM
 
Location: central Austin
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Shoot!

Where to start? Lordy. Texas women could vote and own property before much of Europe!

Have you been taken in by old saying "Texas is hell for dogs, horses, and women"?

I wouldn't worry too much about the men, but there is a breed of lady-like yet tough as nails Texan woman (check out who saved the Alamo, started opera companies, and run historical societies in every texas town) who will eat your lunch!

(is it a mistake even to respond? is this a classic troll?)
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Old 04-20-2009, 06:17 PM
 
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FYI- My husband is in IT. We moved here for my job and he still can't get one. Luckily, his old company back east is letting him work remotely indefinitely.
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Old 04-20-2009, 06:26 PM
 
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Circle C is the answer to all of life's problems. I'm guessing they have a welcome wagon that you can hitch to. I keep writing and deleting what I write in response to your post...that was fun. (I'm afraid none of it was appropriate)
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Old 04-20-2009, 07:41 PM
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Am I welcome in Texas? Austin is #1 for jobs, and pretty much so is all of Texas- I need to find work but will the culture shock be too much and will I just get run off?


If you want some genuine feed back you need to write a lot more about your state in life.

It's also not wise to just move somewhere without having visited it first, unless someone who knows you well and lives here can vouch that it's a fit for you.
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Old 04-20-2009, 07:46 PM
 
Location: central Austin
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FYI- My husband is in IT. We moved here for my job and he still can't get one. Luckily, his old company back east is letting him work remotely indefinitely.
That's great, lucky it worked out so well. Last year my husband was in California every other week for his job, this year he is able to do much more work remotely.

How goes the house hunt in 1A/1B?
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Old 04-20-2009, 08:38 PM
 
Location: SW Austin & Wimberley
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Am I welcome in Texas? Austin is #1 for jobs, and pretty much so is all of Texas- I need to find work but will the culture shock be too much and will I just get run off?
Just curious, so I can offer a better answer, how does being a feminist manifest in your everyday interactions with others? In other words, if someone didn't know, what would be their first clue? Do you act a certain way, say certain things, have a distinctive appearance, share unsolicited strident views? What is it you think would get you "run off"?

I ask because a lot of people I know label themselves this or that, but in fact actually live their everyday lives like every other vanilla wafer doing the 9 to 5. I really wouldn't know one way or the other if they didn't tell me.
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Old 04-20-2009, 09:14 PM
 
Location: Central Texas
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Am I welcome in Texas? Austin is #1 for jobs, and pretty much so is all of Texas- I need to find work but will the culture shock be too much and will I just get run off?
So you announce you're an atheist in your Salt Lake City question and announce you can't be changed. You picked a city known for a particular faith.

I think you are a troll and simply want to provoke people. For some reason you pick Austin as a place you suspect might be hostile to a feminist? The state that produced Ann Richards?

Get serious.
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Old 04-20-2009, 09:37 PM
 
Location: Austin
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I think you are a troll and simply want to provoke people. For some reason you pick Austin as a place you suspect might be hostile to a feminist? The state that produced Ann Richards?
...and Barbara Jordan.
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Old 04-20-2009, 09:39 PM
 
Location: Central Texas
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I was wondering from the thread title if somehow feminist was a job description in Los Angeles.
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