What's it like in Texas?

[TxChiknRanchers]

i also like woodsy green areas with nice weather, no tornados, hurricanes, or tsunamis.

Well...................................we have not had a tsunamis yet!

The State is Large so there are vast differences in weather and geography. Here in the southeast its pineywoods and heat and humidity. But there are some milder climate areas. Austin is very nice. You will find that you can buy a ranch here for what you pay for a home there. And if you dont want neighbors under your nose you can spread out a little most places.​

 

[Standard Hen]

I hear that Far West Texas is beyond beautiful and I would love to visit there someday.

 

[cockadoodlemom]

I live 2 hrs from Houston and personally I would never live there cause to me its just too crazy. I like where I am cause I'm in the country but not too far from the city stores. By stores I mean grocreies, feed, TSC, auto parts and a few shopping. I think for the movie business you want somewhere around Austin and it is beautiful there and around there! The Hill country is

I also love the fact that in the small towns around here (including mine) we have VFD's and those guys are fantastic and they all pull together in a heartbeat. My dad was worried about being here because of fire and ambulance service but now he knows there is nothing to worry about. We are also only 8 mins from a hospital. Hope I wasn't rambling just trying to give you my 2 cents worth. Best of Luck and Wishes to you!

 

[Wattles]

I'm down here in San Antonio and I love it! There are a lot of expat Californians here. I just moved here myself from northern IL a year ago and not only is it cheaper to live here, but on top of that you have great weather, friendly, welcoming people (it's really true), and everything you need is here! The ocean is not far away, Texas Hill Country is gorgeous, and San Antonio itself is booming economically. The northern part of the city is very upscale now and new developments are coming in rapidly. The traffic here is not nearly as bad as it is in Austin and Houston. Don't know about Dallas. Austin is terribly crowded and not designed for the number of people living in it. The traffic is like L.A. traffic, only on a smaller scale. I can't stand it. Austin is an exciting place though, exciting enough for movie stars to call it home and major shows to come through there and when you live in San Antonio, all the excitement of Austin is only a short distance away.

We've started a Texas chicken group called Pet Chickens of Texas http://www.petchickensoftexas.com/ -- we were formally the Central Texas Pet Chicken Meetup Group http://chicken.meetup.com/49/
We get together once a month to talk chicken and have fun. One of our members is an artist who just moved to Austin from L.A. and loves it here. Last month we had a pot-luck/gift swap and spent the day at a beautiful ranch in the hill country, viewing one of our member's beautiful flock of Appenzeller Spitzhaubens. It was a lovely day - so much fun.

I hope you consider moving to TX - it's a great place to live

Tara

 

[DoctorGoose]

I have one word: BUGS!

Crickets, Roaches...EEEEW!!! No Crickets in my bed, shoes, toilet, cups, bath! Ew ew ew!

 

[TransplantedTexan]

I spent my formative years in Tyler, Texas which is in the eastern part of Texas not far from the Louisianna border.
Then my folks moved to Dallas/Ft. Worth. Arlington, to be specific. I would not recommend DFW due to high crime, and congestion/traffic. But being from California you may be used to that kinda thing. Personaly I would never move back to DFW, or any large city for that matter.
East Texas is very beautiful, with pine forests.
The hill country of central Texas is really nice as well.
Lots of hills, bluffs, and some greenery.
Your money will definately go farter there.
I watch that real estate show on TV called "What you get for your Money" or something like that, and see people in Cali, and NY paying $200,000 for a 20 year old small house. I am always just blown away.
In Wisconsin you can find an old farmstead, with 20 acres for that.
I would love to move back to Texas, but I fear I could not make enough money unless I lived near a large city, and I don't want that.

 

[JFL1950]

We moved out of Houston and went to Jacksonville south of Tyler about 14,000.00 people.
It is hilly and we have enough lakes and streams. The land there goes any where from a litttle over $2000.00 an acer to around $3500.00 for good farm land. Homes vary you can get some run down ones trailers or million dollar homes on the lakes. We have what stores we need here but anything bigger we would drive 25 miles north to Tyler. We are 200 miles northeast of Houston. It is closer to Dallas.
I heard the hill country around austin is very nice.
Like any place else it depends on what you are looking for and willing to give up along the way.
You could live on the beach in Galvenston if that's what you enjoy.
Or on a border town with mexico.
Out northwest near Colorado and NewMexico.
Guess you should come visit and spend some time driving around then rent something in the area you are intrested in.
One good think abouth Texas no State income tax and if you live out of town no building codes so you can build what you like.
As for me I would retire in Florida on the beach.

 

[eggcetra_farms]

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Tara and Michele, thanks for plugging Pet Chickens of Texas. I appreciate that very much!

As for living in Texas, it's ok. I've had yearnings to live somewhere else, but that's probably because I was born and raised in San Antonio and haven't been much place else..... The people are generally good and welcoming. We've got some real good seeds in our group (

to my group! ). Texas is very, very big. You have to look at it as more of "what part of the country would you like to move to" as opposed to what town. Up north it snows (near the panhandle) but come to San Antonio and we haven't had any real snow since 1985. Well, we pretended we got snow a few years ago because some white stuff fell and didn't immediately melt

West is more deserts and catus. East is green, piney and humid. The middle is more what's considered "hill country" and it's like it sounds. You really do need to come around and visit a while. Each part of Texas is vastly different from the next. If you don't like tornadoes, stay away from the panhandle. If you don't like hurricanes, stay away from the coast. That's as much advice as I can give you. Feel free to drop by our group site www.petchickensoftexas.com and ask around in our group forum.

 

[NewGuineaChooks]

I'll add my 2cents.

My mother, from San Diego, says "Texas is obscenely green(plants) and the cockroaches were horrible to get used to the first year"

My college roommate, from, and now back in LA, says "I miss the green plants you find popping up in vacant lots all around Houston, but I don't miss the humidity, that makes everyone's face shiny with moisture all the time."

They both miss it when they're away, though. It's not a bad place, though being from central Texas, I couldn't bear the dry brown-ness of the West. Austin IS best for art/film/music stuff. I think Houston Roads are horrible.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

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That must have been an old show. You can't get anything here in Los Angeles for that price, except for an older mobile home in a park, where you still have to pay monthly fees upwards of $1,000/month for space rent.