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Old 05-02-2016, 10:11 PM
 
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Hello There,
New to these forum things. My name is Kayla. My husband and I are thinking about moving to Texas. We have looked online, but we would like some input from real people living there. From what we have seen it looks like the cost of living is far better than Indiana, where we are now. We once lived in Georgia, but the jobs have left the city where we were. So in turn we moved to Indiana in hopes that it would be better. But sadly we were wrong.
We are interested in the cities Round Rock, Tyler, the outskirts of Tyler, Nacogdoches, Dallas, almost everywhere. But we need to know the costs of living there from real people. We have looked up the cost of living online but it is always changing. What I'm more curious about is if my husband worked for 40hours per week making say, 12.75 an hour and myself working about 30hours per week making probably around 8 an hour would we be able to live?
I'm hoping to get some input before going all the way out there and it ending up either the same or worse as here. I just want stability. We want to start our family, but we want to do it in the right place. Somewhere the jobs are good, people are decent, rent is resalable, good for kids, and being able to have pets.
I'm also hoping to make some friendships before getting there. We are going there blind, not knowing anyone or anything. So we are shaking in our boots.


Thank you for reading and hopefully will hear from someone, Kayla
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Old 05-02-2016, 11:19 PM
 
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You have probably read the Tyler forum. I am from Tyler, as you can tell, if you read the Tyler Sub-forum. Tyler information is my most time spending hobby, lol. I try to be objective. So my first comment should display that objectivity.

Round Rock, Dallas, meaning all of DFW should be better for your options on jobs. Tyler is great for medical or medical related jobs of all types, and retail, Wal-Mart type jobs. Not much in between, unless you have some in demand professional skills.

Tyler would be better for Church options, and/or more conservative than maybe Nacogdoches, which is smaller, more rural therefore more conservative. Tyler you would not be bothered by "church people" if church is not a priority.

With the exception of Nacogdoches, Tyler would have more vegetation, greenery. Nac has more pines, Tyler more oaks mixed in with pines. Nac is pretty, too, lol.

Tyler would be just about near the tops in medical care of any city it's size for sure and really more specialists than many city it's size. A Level One trauma center, Fort Worth only has one as well.

If in the future you bought a house inside the city limits of Tyler, the City property taxes are the lowest in the state of any place over 17,000, sizeably less. Of course you would want to rent first, just to make sure you liked the place.

Tyler is quite family oriented.Really nice zoo, not Dallas or Houston size, Southern Magazine listed in the top ten small zoos in the country. The Discovery Museum, Brookshire's Wildlife Museum, all kings of sports for the kids. People are certainly "decent" for the most part, will take time to help or say hello, open doors for you, etc. Sure raise pets.

Now have you been to Texas, ANY PART, for July and or August for a week or two? The heat is something else. For a few people too much, but again we don't have the snow, for the most part, as you do in Indiana, or the extreme cold either. Tyler would probably be somewhat similar to part of Indiana and Georgia, landscape wise.

If you have any questions you can always asked me directly, glad to help if I can.

Maybe, usually is, jobs are the number 1 consideration, honestly, of the areas you mentioned everywhere else would be better than Tyler or Nac. Otherwise, Tyler or just outside as you put it, would probably be really to your liking. You should check Tyler out to make sure jobs would not work well for you, but again, I'm trying to be honest, and think imo what might be best for you. Good luck
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Old 05-03-2016, 06:58 AM
 
Location: Granbury, TX
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Fort Worth, Arlington, and an area called the mid cities would be good areas. There are good jobs that pay what you are looking for. The construction trades are doing well right now which means some of the apprenticeships are looking for people. The IBEW apprenticeship starts you at $13.50 per hr as a first year apprentice. I know first year apprentices that live quite well. Texas is not the cheapest place to live, but once again it has a lot of work and less expensive housing. Only thing is, and I can't stress this enough, it does get hot and once it does it stays hot for a long while. I don't know about kids, although I hear many of the schools are good, but as far as pet are concerned, I kinda depends on what you mean by "pets." A dog or 2 or a cat or 2 or a cat and a dog are ok but expect a pet deposit and most apartment complexes came up a way to get more money out of people called pet rent.
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