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What isn't better about TX than NY? With the way people think up there, you couldn't pay me to live in NY.
NYC is cool and all, but I'd much rather live in Houston.
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NY is more educated, richer, better infrastructure, certainly better schools... I mean, you get what you pay for. Texas has... more fat people, more gun nuts, more religious fanatics, more people who think they're cowboys, more 100 degree days, more drought, more sprawl... yeah, what's not to love?
You'd be surprised. My fiance and I have actually thought about it. Honestly ALOT of people 30 and under are leaving NYS for the past few years due to the high taxes. And living in NYC is cool and all, but in the long term scheme of things--it is VERY expensive. The cost of a large house in Texas would get you a 1 bedroom Condo anywhere in the 5 boroughs. We search for homes all the time, and most places are in the 300-400k range for a decent neighborhood, conveinet location, good schools etc. Plus you need roughly about 20+% down even with "good credit."
Again, you get what you pay for. It's expensive to live in NY because it has a large quantity of amenities, infrastructure, etc. People act like taxes are just there to collect money, but they do actually go to pay for all the crap most people take advantage of. There is a reason places like Texas are cheaper to live. The quality of life is not the same, not even close. I mean, you answered why those places are expensive when you said they were decent, convenitent and had good schools. Do you think these things are supposed to be free or not be desirable? Come on.
The 2007-2008 crash, didn't even effect my area around Austin. There has and is still a big boom here, with people moving here from all over.
We absorb them and grow. We are not restricted, so absorption doesn't take years. Only months, if not weeks.
Build it and they will come......
Get this. Our State Legislature only meets every 2 years and then only for a 1/4 of the first part of that year.
Not much time to mess things up and place restrictions on our freedoms and liberties.
I wonder how many times a Texan says "freedom" or "liberty" each day? Kind of loses all meaning when it becomes as commonplace as "the".
Again, you get what you pay for. It's expensive to live in NY because it has a large quantity of amenities, infrastructure, etc. People act like taxes are just there to collect money, but they do actually go to pay for all the crap most people take advantage of. There is a reason places like Texas are cheaper to live. The quality of live is not the same, not even close.
I had a friend who was thinking of moving to Austin. She came back extremely disappointed. I told her that I heard Austin was hip and happening, she said for Texas standards it is, but nothing like Chicago, not even close
Yea, Texans want to ban healthcare. Seriously? When will you liberals stop with the BS. All you need to do is look at fiscally responsible Texas versus circling the drain New York to see which plan will work best.
Texans expect folks to take care of themselves, and get government out of the way.
tell that to the person who lives in a 220 square foot box in an apartment building.
You do realize that most people who live in those places probably don't spend much time there... as they're too busy going to shows, walking to restaurants and bars, visiting parks and museums... you know, not living in a cultural and social backwater.
I had a friend who was thinking of moving to Austin. She came back extremely disappointed. I told her that I heard Austin was hip and happening, she said for Texas standards it is, but nothing like Chicago, not even close
There is a reason places like Texas are cheaper to live. The quality of life is not the same, not even close.
That depends on what your personal definition of quality of life is. I enjoy waking up to absolute silence except for the birds chirping. I enjoy the fact when I here a gun shot I don't have to wonder who is getting shot as it's just the neighbor shooting at targets. I enjoy the fact that after eating a pork roast we just smoked I can sit outside around a fire drinking a beer at 2AM with some good friends with the music blaring . I enjoy the fact when my dog needs to go take a dump I just open the door and she goes and finds her spot in the wood somewhere. I enjoy the fact when the nieces and nephews come over they can run around all they want outside without worrying about them getting hit by a car, mugged or being offered a hit crack.
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