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Old 10-05-2018, 01:48 PM
 
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Hello, My wife and I are looking to move to Texas from high desert area of SoCal. Looking at Temple, Belton,and few other cities Near Austin. We are curious about jobs, housing, outdoor activities for our 3 children. We have twin boys (13) a daughter (8). We plan a visit in November with a possible move in the summer of next year. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.
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Old 10-05-2018, 05:10 PM
 
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Texas is a great place to live. I have lived in Dallas and College Station. College Station is my favorite place. Moved from Louisiana, and lived in College Station 22 years. I like being so close to Houston (70 min), but not living in a huge town. The traffic was horrible for that year I lived in Dallas.

What kind of job are you trying to get?
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Old 10-05-2018, 05:35 PM
 
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Hello, My wife and I are looking to move to Texas from high desert area of SoCal. Looking at Temple, Belton,and few other cities Near Austin. We are curious about jobs, housing, outdoor activities for our 3 children. We have twin boys (13) a daughter (8). We plan a visit in November with a possible move in the summer of next year. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.
what is your budget for housing,OP?
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Old 10-05-2018, 05:40 PM
 
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If you've never been to that part of the country I strongly suggest you visit in July or August first. It may or may not be as hot as your current locale, but it will almost assuredly be significantly more humid. If you're used to a dry climate humidity sucks.
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Old 10-06-2018, 05:49 AM
 
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been here since april - the high desert weather is hot - here its hot a more humid - but we found it was acceptable -

Austin is a traffic nightmare - like main street at 5 - beggars all over the place in austin - however on the bight side lots of lakes to fish and camp -trail etc

housing will be more than the high desert - austin is expensive compared to other parts of Tx- gas 2.60 now - about the same for elec - food a bit cheeper -property taxes about the same it you bought in the last 10 years -
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Old 10-07-2018, 02:40 PM
 
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Outdoor recreation will be FAR inferior to what you could experience in CA.
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Old 10-07-2018, 10:25 PM
 
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Thanks for the feed back. High desert summers on average range from 100° to as high as 115° and winters can drop into the high teens low twenties. I hear Belton has a good school district and my kids are into soccer. Looking at homes under 225k.
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Old 10-07-2018, 10:59 PM
 
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Thanks for the feed back. High desert summers on average range from 100° to as high as 115° and winters can drop into the high teens low twenties. I hear Belton has a good school district and my kids are into soccer. Looking at homes under 225k.
where in the high desert are you talking about?
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Old 10-08-2018, 12:33 AM
 
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Victorville, apple valley area
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Old 10-08-2018, 08:06 AM
 
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that heat is nothing like the heat in central texas- i know the high desert very well - its very dry heat - here the heat has substantially more humiditY and and you can really feel it- just this saturday after the rain it was 84 but felt like 97-

Beltont is nice and parts of Waco -China Springs are too - you need to come out and see the area
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