Texas is the new California? (San Diego, Bakersfield: employment, moving to, associations)

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Snort

Our dolphins are nicer. I've interviewed dozens and dozens of CA dolphins and TX dolphins, and, all I can say is that CA dolphins are the clear winner. Now, if you're talking crustaceans, well....that's a different story.

Yeah, I've heard that California crustaceans can be a bit crabby!

[slo1318]

Originally Posted by nmnita

I do agree the summers are much longer, I have lived in Sac and Dallas, but overall the central valley (I am thinking more along old 99) can be brutal in the summer. We loved the weather in Sac, hot during the day, but always cool at night. I can remember driving through places like Fresno when the kids were little and having it 90 degrees at 9pm. The thing missing, of coruse, is the high humdity.

If you read what else I have said, yes, I agree, the states are very different. I have lived all over Ca, from San Diego to Eureka and inland as far as east Sacramento (American River area). Both state have positives and negatives as do all parts of our country and the world.

Nita

It can be brutal when you live there, but its all relative I guess. Ive got a sister in Fresno, and it can be bad there, but again its not sustained for 4 months.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Both have their good and bad.

As far as scenic beauty and outdoor activities, Texas has nothing on California. While there is some diversity in Houston and the Dallas area, thats about it. California also kills on that. Both states are minority majority and heavily Hispanic. Texas has more black people, California has more Asians and more Asian diversity. Asians in Texas are almost entirely confined to the Houston and Dallas areas with a few sprinkled in Austin.

For cost of living and economy, of course Texas is the better of the two.

How could Texas be a California? I cant think of many reasons. The only thing that comes to mind is that the major cities in Texas are heavily Hispanic much like the majors in Southern California. Both states are very large in population and economic size.

Originally Posted by Cupcake77

I don't know what part you are moving to, but in the Dallas forum they don't like people from California. They will deny it and say well they don't like people from California who want to change things or complain because where they moved is not like California, for example.. it's too hot, there is no traders joes, in and outs. Then they turn around and say Frisco is a horrible place because the californians moved in there and made it their own mini california. They turn all snobby. I lived in trophy Club, they didn't like it there either for some reason.

This I actually dont agree with. I am a native of Torrance, CA and have lived in North Dallas (in the city of Dallas) for about 18 months now. I have had maybe one or two snide remarks in that time period. Most people dont seem to care one way or another. Im sure some Texans dont like Californians, but some Californians dont like Texans either. All our friends thought we were nuts for moving here and we had to hear the horror stories over and over again. Now that we are here, we haven't encountered that negativity. There are so many people from different parts of the US and the world in the major cities that nobody seems to care about it anymore.

I really miss California though. Not enough to move back and live in an apartment for the rest of my life, but it really was a great place to grow up. I miss the mountains the most and while I live in a blue county (Dallas county), Texas is an incredibly red state which Im not crazy about. All in all, I still like living here a lot. We are getting ready to buy a nice house in a middle class suburb, the area is still pretty diverse, the food is good, there is a major airport here, the people are fairly nice, we both have great jobs and make much more than we did in LA, and I have had no trouble making friends. Dallas has been very good to us.

Is Texas the new California? In a word, no. That doesnt make it a bad place, it just makes it not California.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by slo1318

It can be brutal when you live there, but its all relative I guess. Ive got a sister in Fresno, and it can be bad there, but again its not sustained for 4 months.

oh, I do agree. In fact one of the reasons we left the Dallas area was the humidity and long summers. When we decided to get a little closer to family and move from NM to AR, we were worried about the humidity. Luckily, our summers here (except this year) have not been nearly as bad as Texas or as long.

Nita

[CamaroGuy]

Originally Posted by justme02

Is Texas the new California? In a word no.

Thank God for that! I hope Texas never becomes "Californicated".

[Oerdin]

It's not getting any better in Texas. Texas still has the highest insurance rates in the nation, electricity deregulation has failed prompting lawmakers to stop deregulation in some areas of the state. College tuition has doubled again prompting lawmakers to freeze rates in a emergency move. We still rank #1 in children without health insurance, #1 in air pollution, #1 in teen pregnancy, #1 in population without health insurance, and it just gets worse.

The report Texas on the Brink is provided by State Senator Shaphleigh out of El Paso.

Texas sounds like a horrible place.

[bluenoter]

Things are what they are. Justin Bieber is not the New Elvis.

I've lived in both Texas & California and like both places. If home prices were reasonable in California, there would not be an exodus to the south central US.

Originally Posted by Oerdin

Texas sounds like a horrible place.

[aldel12]

This is Texas!













here's California

[CarawayDJ]

I love it when threads turn into picture fests. I'm sure there will be some dandy CA piks on the way. I can't lose.

[Oerdin]

My impression of Texas when I was driving through it was it was flat, dry, and ugly.