What's it like in Texas?

i want to thank everyone for their input. Just from all the responses from folks in Texas, i can tell it would be a great place to live - except for all those bugs everyone keeps mentioning. Daunting though, how large and diverse the state is.

We've had some more talks here about relocating, and now i'm starting to lean towards moving back up to Northern California, to Sacramento, where i was born and grew up. We have friends and family there, and at least know the area. Housing is cheaper - way cheap now with all the foreclosures going on. i talked to my real estate friend up there and he says there are no buyers. But the flip side to that coin is, housing prices are down here in Los Angeles, too. Maybe not as bad as other areas, but we may not get what we would like from our house.

i was sick for over a week with the flu, and then a really bad pulled muscle. But springing into action today to start sorting through and thinning down our material possessions. If my DH's business has a big turn-around in the next month or so we can stay here. But in the meantime we need to get the house all spruced up if it needs to go on the market quickly.

Thanks again for all the input.
 
Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas from another post:

1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742 miles

2. Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles

3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas

4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos , July 4, 1883.

5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water.

6. The Heisman Trophy ws named after John William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at Rice University in Houston .

7. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America .

8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America 's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.

9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.

10. The worst natural disaster in U.S . history was in 1900, caused by a hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island .

11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was " Houston ."

12. King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island .

13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a U.S. rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July of 1979.

14. Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 states.

15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.

16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.

17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper.

18. Texas has had six capital cities: Washington-on-the Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston , Velasco, West Columbia and Austin .

19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the U.S. which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington DC (by 7 feet).

20. The name " Texas " comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning friends. Tejas is not Spanish for Texas .

21. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into four, and they either have four males or four females.).

22. The first domed stadium in the U.S. was the Astrodome in Houston
 
hey colleen!
hi, it's jayna (of mr. bobbles). how are ya? mr. bobbles is doing GREAT.
i lived in texas for 14 years. yup. 14. i lived in the austin area. first of all, it is HOT HOT HOT. like i mean HOT.
second of all, it is much more socially conservative than LA which, for me, didn't go so great.
some folks LOVE texas and would live and die for it. but personally i was really relieved to get the heck out of dodge. LA is expensive but i'd rather live in a smaller house and have the culture and social openness/tolerance of LA than live in a mcmansion in a conservative area. but, of course, that's a highly personal call right?
one of the very good things that i did get from texas is vocabulary. i can't tell you how darn handy the word "ya'll" actually is!
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please feel free to call me or message me and i'd love to chat with you about it.
yee haw ya'll
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I live in Central Texas near Austin. There is a lot in the Austin area if you want a little land and a $200,000 price tag, but you will be out at least somewhat. Salado, Taylor, Marble Falls, Dripping Springs, San Marcos all have land at those prices. Texas is socially conservative, but friendly. I moved here from upstate NY, and find it a much more welcoming and forgiving place than upstate NY. Any University city is going to be more diverse than a non-university town of the same size, so Austin has alot going on for it culturally. I hate late August/Sept here, when I am praying for the first cool front, but I stand in my yard in Feb. saying "God, I love Texas". Today is cloudy, damp and forty degrees, two days ago it was 80 and sunny. I wouldn't live in NY again, I'd live in Minnesota or Texas again.
 

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