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Tax burden is a very individual calculation. Websites that proclaim to rank states do so with some variable of average income/housing cost. If one skews either side of each (or both) that calculation isn't accurate.
As far as Covid goes, Texas was one of the first states to open up on May 1st and has seen a steady decline in deaths. No large peak even six weeks later. Personally, I think they made a great call with the info available now. Some people/states are more cautious, that doesn't mean they have made the "right" or "wrong" choice either...just a different path.
If you think DFW was packed recently, you've never been there during more normal times!!
My in-laws live in DFW, the highlighted part is simply not true. The hospitalizations have been growing in TX since they opened. Here is a snippet and link to the Tx Tribune, and article from yesterday:
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For the second day in a row, Texas has reported a record number of patients hospitalized with the new coronavirus, a metric Gov. Greg Abbott has said he’s watching as businesses continue reopening and limits on their operations are loosened.
Data released Tuesday by the Texas Department of State Health Services shows 2,056 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, up from 1,935 the day before. The previous high was May 5, when 1,888 people were hospitalized.
Anyway you could not pay me to live in DFW. The only place I would agree to live in TX would be Austin. Even then, it'll take a LOT for me to make that decision.
- Weather is awful. It's much hotter for a longer per period of time.
- Too conservative. And, we are not talking about fiscal, "western rugged individualism" here. It's just straight up "Obama gone git our guns" bat-**** crazy. I remember watching a documentary where tons of conservative evangelicals basically moved to FW and the adjacent areas en mass (from Cali). Politics and demographics are changing in places like El-Paso, Houston, San Antonio, etc. But, I am not sure about DFW (I know Dallas votes blue... but it's surrounded by ocean of deep red voters). This in fact could be a plus for someone, not for me.
- Ugly. It keeps sprawling and there are no trees to hide it.
- Not as educated as the Triangle residents. For some people this may not matter, but increasingly this is becoming a reason for companies to choose certain areas. Triangle continues being attractive for companies because of educated work force.
- Don't care for TX culture (except for food of course, haha). The whole fake cowboy culture is a complete turn off for me. I am not talking about real cowboys, the cattleman etc. I am talking about those who have never touched a cow, but somehow have the most expensive cowboy hat and boots. They wear it everywhere and that's practically their "identity."
- Finally, and most importantly, business and economy of certain TX areas (not Austin) is still dependent on oil and gas. Things may sound okay today, but what's going to happen when there is a bust, just like nowadays. Too risky.
My in-laws live in DFW, the highlighted part is simply not true. The hospitalizations have been growing in TX since they opened. Here is a snippet and link to the Tx Tribune, and article from yesterday:
Yes it is 100% true. There has not been a large peak in deaths even six weeks after opening. In fact, deaths are declining.
There are reports from other countries notably Italy that the virus is weakening in general.
DFW felt very dystopian to me with the massive multi-lane superhighways in every direction. It is rinse repeat for mile upon mile connected by the most dystopian-like maze of super highways. I found it depressing to have to get on those dystopian super highways to go over to the next town or the next and that town likely looked just like my town. I spent the most depressing dystopic Christmas Eve of my lifetime at a chain restaurant in Irving this past year. My spouse worked there during our time in DFW and became somewhat sullen and down due to the very unattractive, dystopian surroundings of his work setting. I keep using the word dystopian because I just can't think of another word to describe some of these DFW places.
Wow, a lot of great info so far, I'm going back to the start to re-read it all.
I did sort of know that it wasn't as aesthetically nice as here, and that it is bland. From what I'm reading that meh-ness is not as ignore-able as I imagined
So far no one mentioned scorpions, a near-deal breaker for me.
I guess living in downtown is not so common there.
Wow, a lot of great info so far, I'm going back to the start to re-read it all.
I did sort of know that it wasn't as aesthetically nice as here, and that it is bland. From what I'm reading that meh-ness is not as ignore-able as I imagined
So far no one mentioned scorpions, a near-deal breaker for me.
I guess living in downtown is not so common there.
I have only seen scorpions in the country. FIL has a ranch that scorpions seem to love.
Snakes are my big thing and there are plenty of bad snakes - coral, cottonmouths, and rattlers. Yuck, yuck, yuck!
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