Moving to Texas from SoCal

[WorldKlas]

Originally Posted by the_potion_darling

I moved from the west coast two years ago. Ironically I had a lot of locals tell me they would be too scared of earthquakes, and kept asking me what one was like. LOL. In the two years I have been here our area of the metroplex had one very strong Tornado warning, even the news anchors were telling people in my area to seek immediate shelter. (The storm gets a little hook on the end of it which starts to indicate a strong chance of tornado.) Just keep your eye on the radar and pay attention and you will more than likely be fine. As others have said, the real problem is hail.



This area is the saltine cracker of the USA visually. Even after two years it's still strikingly visually boring to me. That part has been hard to get used to.

Agree! But the ease of finding parking locally when shopping, the lower price of housing, the great schools, no income taxes....... hummm those are not hard to get used to, eh?

[Treasurevalley92]

Originally Posted by WorldKlas

Agree! But the ease of finding parking locally when shopping, the lower price of housing, the great schools, no income taxes....... hummm those are not hard to get used to, eh?

An overabundance of parking comes with the negative trade-off that this is a hostile place to be a pedestrian or on a bike. No income taxes are nice though.

[Treasurevalley92]

Originally Posted by earthisle

Think of the blandest suburb you can think of in California. Now imagine it with no hiking trails, no beaches, no nice scenery. That's Frisco

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1279...thumbfov%3D100

This.