Texas Member List - Updated 1/2010

[Nifty-Chicken]

I'm finding all kinds of amazing houses and crazy good deals all over Texas. Emily hates cold, so we're looking a bit more south... places like Round Rock, etc.

This is all pretty much window shopping right now, but the more we see the amazing deals out there the more tempting it is to pick up and move.

 

[Orphy]

we're new! we are in Magnolia, right outside of houston.

 

[texasgal]

Welcome, neighbor!! I'm right "upstairs" in Montgomery!

 

[Lady Catrina]

Hailing from Johnson County, just outside the city of Joshua. Close cites are Crowley, Burleson, and Cleburne.. South of FW.

BTW - Mansfield is 'okay' from what I hear, but growing VERY fast - you might get peeps, then be incorporated and have to lose them. Crime is so/so. You might just want to research the area

If you want more 'country' and still be near the FW area, there is always Burleson, Cleburne, Crowley, Joshua, Godley, and a few other small towns to the S. of the FW area.
Happy house hunting!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

We've heard that Mansfield is a bit colder than we expected. I guess we need to head south to find some warmer areas?

What I don't understand is that Keller was listed as the #7 city in the US to live and it looks pretty green and the temps look relatively moderate (which is what we like), but it is north of Mansfield?

We're so spoiled by climate where we are now that I think we'd be hard pressed to find something that is about the same or warmer in the winter without being super hot in the summer.

Speaking of which, how do you Texans feel about the humid summers? That's often one of the complaints I hear.

(sorry if I'm hijacking this thread)

 

[allen wranch]

Interestingly, BusinessWeek listed San Marcos as the best place to raise kids in Texas. They picked a city from each state.

Nifty,
You mentioned Round Rock as a potential spot. Leander (where my son teaches) is pretty close to Round Rock and is supposed to have good schools. The homes are reasonable there also.

You REALLY need to come to the Austin FC Tour and check things out.

 

[jaboo81]

Here in New Braunfels is a great place, but if you get to much in the hill country it is very hard digging to put in post for your chicken coop.

 

[Lady Catrina]

With Mansfield practically due east of me, and having grown up in Arlington which is just north of Mansfield, I can tell you that as far as cold goes, unless you move way south into hurricane territory, you will get 'cold' - meaning usually lows in the 30-50's at the extreme end being in the 20's. We have had 80 degree Christmases here. Humidity-wise, not bad at all, as we are far north of the cities that are near the Gulf. Visiting in Houston, (TRF) I get almost wiped out by the humidity. Keller is a bit north of us, north/northwest of the DFW area. Here is a link to a google map to give you an idea

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&s...code_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAkQ8gEwAA

 

[The Poultry Peanut]

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It's not humid here in lubbock..we are semi arid though the further south and east you go it gets worse.
ETA: It may not be humid but we can get pretty hot up here on the caprock.

 

[PineappleMama]

Humidity is what kills you. Arkansas is WAY worse, actually they get more precipitation of every kind -rain, sleet, snow, hail, fog, etc- and the Pine Trees

Ahem... anywho. The heat I can handle (way better than cold) but those humid days are killers. May is usually the rainiest month, though this year was nuts, followed by September (I think) those are also bad months for allergies... and the bugs... GAH! But, once summer settles in it is mostly dry, HOT, but dry. I can handle 0% humidity and 103 way better than 90 and 30%... those are the hot, sticky, sweaty days that really raise the electric bill via A/C usage.

Just my opinions of course, I'm sure others are totally the opposite, but even with those muggy buggy days I love where we are at.

P.S. Why are some names Red? New Members Maybe??
I love that there are so many nearby... doubt I'm lucky enough any happen to have Delawares/Ameraucanas but nice nonetheless.