Northeast Texas VS The Panhandle: Which region has more pleasant summers? (Amarillo: real estate, subdivision)

[JoeBravo]

Just wanted to know because I'm looking to move to either Texarkana, Longview, or Amarillo.

[michaeltx9412]

Amarillo is going to more pleasant than those other two. The Panhandle region is not as humid as the eastern half of the state.

However, Amarillo is not as picturesque as Northeast Texas with drier vegetation and that comes with fewer trees.

[JoeBravo]

Originally Posted by michaeltx9412

However, Amarillo is not as picturesque as Northeast Texas with drier vegetation and that comes with fewer trees.

All I need is clear skies, green grass, and a good lake. Amarillo features all those right?

[Redlionjr]

Originally Posted by JoeBravo

All I need is clear skies, green grass, and a good lake. Amarillo features all those right?

Than move to Northeast Texas

[ChristieP]

Originally Posted by JoeBravo

All I need is clear skies, green grass, and a good lake. Amarillo features all those right?

Amarillo doesn’t have much in the way of lakes, especially compared with NE TX. And the land is sooooo flat. You really need to see the land before you can make that kind of decision.

[JoeBravo]

Originally Posted by ChristieP

Amarillo doesn’t have much in the way of lakes, especially compared with NE TX. And the land is sooooo flat. You really need to see the land before you can make that kind of decision.

But Lake Meredith is a good lake, right? Also I prefer flat open land.

[LocalPlanner]

Originally Posted by JoeBravo

But Lake Meredith is a good lake, right? Also I prefer flat open land.

Not sure of its current status, but Lake Meredith almost disappeared several years ago.

And you mentioned green grass. A fair chunk of the year, the Panhandle's grass will be brown.

Still, I like the weather there more than NE TX, except for some aspects of winter.

[texasdiver]

Here is a real estate listing on the outskirts of Amarillo. This is what the landscape looks like unless you are living in-town in a subdivision where people water their lawns.

[Mark Senior]

Originally Posted by JoeBravo

Just wanted to know because I'm looking to move to either Texarkana, Longview, or Amarillo.

Gotta' say it if you are seriously considering NE.Tex, you are doing yourself huge disfavor if you don't check out Tyler, as well. Have you already looked at the Tyler Sub-Forum, there are a few posts on Longview on there. Longview has spent over 10 million on city property tax revenue in the last couple of years as incentives for a couple of nice size distribution centers to chose Longview.

You will pay over 100% MORE in CITY property taxes in both Longview and Texarkana compared to Tyler.

If you want any more specifics, check my posts on the Tyler Sub-Form or contact me directly and I can write you books worth of information on Tyler, lol Not really, just a short article. lol

[Need4Camaro]

I just have to note how large and incredibly diverse this state is. It's interesting to think that you can be in a desert, forest, gulf, beach, swamp, rolling hills, flat prairie, and even desert mountains without ever leaving the state.