Colorado or Texas? (Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins: insurance, home, neighborhood)

[Hschlick84]

Originally Posted by Ivory Lee Spurlock

Texas has a proud and rich history. It's history goes back much further than the State of Colorado's history. Texas was once it's own country and experienced all the trials and tribulations most independent countries through out the world have experieced. Id venture to guess that Texas is more well known through out the world than any other state, including New York, California, Florida, Colorado, Hawaii and Alaska. It will always be known throughout the rest of time and history the first word ever spoken from the moon was "Houston".

Texas pride is for good reason, based on history alone, not mention it's culture, which was shaped by its history. I believe Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height when along side the United States flag . Seems I heard there is one other state that is allowed to do that, but I can't verify it. But I do know the remaining 49, or 48 states, must fly their state flag a few inches below the United States flag.

A Texas flag can be seen flying somewhere in any direction you look in Texas. Both North and South bound lanes of Interstate 35 between San Antonio and Dallas are nearly lined with the State flag of Texas. That might be a slight exaggeration, but there are lots of Texas flags along that 278 miles of Interstate 35, and a few of them look to be as large or larger than a football field. And that is not an exaggeration.

You hit the nail on the head.

[alloo66]

Go back to Texas, lower housing prices, more land.

[davebarnes]

Originally Posted by Hschlick84

Colorado has its own kind of pride and nativism. If you don't play winter sports, don't like snow, not a Boulder athlete health nut, or not a sports fan, you're in for a rude awakening.

I no longer ski. I have not played hockey since 1974.
I love snow.
I am an over weight 67 year old guy who loves beer and pizza.
I hate professional sports, except for rugby and lacrosse.

I love it here in the Socialist Paradise of the City & County of Denver.

By the way-- no bugs.

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

Originally Posted by davebarnes

Typical Texas horse pucky.
Texas Flag Flies at the Same Height as the U.S. Flag? : snopes.com

I don't know how reliable a website Snopes is, but I do know that ive heard that flag height story so many times over the years by different reliable sources that I tend to believe it is true. Whether true or not, around here, everywhere I've took the time to notice, the Texas flag flies equal height along side the United States flag, so perhaps maybe perception is reality.

[davebarnes]

Originally Posted by Ivory Lee Spurlock

I don't know how reliable a website Snopes is, but I do know that ive heard that flag height story so many times over the years by different reliable sources that I tend to believe it is true.

And, I suppose you believe the Moon is made of green cheese?

[Ivory Lee Spurlock]

Originally Posted by davebarnes

And, I suppose you believe the Moon is made of green cheese?

And I suppose you should have been a comedian.

[rushhournewb]

I was actually born in Texas, so many years ago. I moved back down to Dallas, after living in Colorado for a long time, to look again at living down there, this time through adult eyes. I lasted a year through ungodly heat and humidity (springtime was pretty glorious) and traffic and air conditioning.

I would fly friends down there from here on the Red Eye Flights to visit me. They'd step off the plane at midnight into 98 degrees and 98% humidity and their first words were "why are you still down here?" I'd take them to my favorite bars (from ac in my house to ac in my car to ac in the bars), they'd go back and I'd ask myself "why am I still down here?"

I finally just up and moved back in the middle of the night, back to Colorado, back to "the world" as I called it. I walked into a friend's house that morning, he said "you're back".

[Suzatlarge]

I'm enjoying this discussion for the high percentage of comedy in it. I grew up in Texas, and got my higher edumacations there. Then in my 20's I was offered my first professional job in Colorado. Moved up here, took the bar exam, fully expecting to return to Texas after I got a few years of experience.

I expected to get outta Denver, because: I don't like cold; I don't like winter sports; I'm not an athlete of any kind; I visit Boulder only when necessary; and except for football I don't follow sports.

So, what happened? Decades later, I'm still in Denver. Still don't like cold (discovered that not everyone finds it painful, and that I have a circulatory condition that makes it painful for me). Don't ski. Don't do sports, but I do watch Broncos games. I tolerate the winters, and LOVE the climate the rest of the year. After I'd been here about a year, I realized that I'd made a lot of friends, and besides the low humidity, I enjoyed the overall non-totalitarian culture - which is SO unlike Texas' authoritarian atmosphere.

Colorado's not the best thing ever. Texas isn't either. The ridiculous-to-the-point-of-hilarity post upthread about how Texas Pride is justified, reminds me of why I avoid Texas as much as possible. The post upthread about how you won't fit in Colorado if you're not a Boulder-loving sports fanatic is IMO also ridiculous, but at least isn't peppered with bad grammar ("it's" vs. "its").

As I said, lotsa comedy gold.

To the OP: follow your heart. Lots of people love Texas, and IMO it's best for everyone if those people get to live there.

[StealthRabbit]

I like both, and don't 'Live' in either. They are nice to 'visit' (often).

Keep your domicile and investments 'tax free', and visit the places you love.

SD allows a tax free domicile with only one overnight stay per lifetime ! You can do that on a nice summer night, a time when you Don't want to be caught HOT in TX.

So many options.... We are very fortunate!

[denverian]

Originally Posted by Hschlick84

Colorado has its own kind of pride and nativism. If you don't play winter sports, don't like snow, not a Boulder athlete health nut, or not a sports fan, you're in for a rude awakening. Might as well be an outsider. Texas and Colorado have very specific cultures that dont have wide appeal to the masses outside those states.

Well, I do fall into some of those categories, so I fit in well in Colorado (although I hate snow outside of ski resorts lol!)

I am fit and healthy, and when I've gone to TX for work trips, people actually made fun of me for eating healthy I just don't get TX.