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Yes, Arizona is on the brink of becoming just an Eastern province of California, with all the problems. Wont be much longer.

San Angelo would be good as would a similar town, Abilene. I would lean West or Southwest of Fort Worth and you will get Western culture. East can be more Southeast. I've got direct family names in the stained glass of the painted churches in some of the towns mentioned above and I don't know much but from talking to friends who've lived there I would be nervous about moving back and being accepted despite blood, seven or so generations and names as recently as a couple a generations back. West can be accepting of kind outsiders, which is not always the case everywhere. East is not really my thing. Maybe I'm wrong. Many love Austin, even those from California want to live there. I stay away from Austin. Dallas is good if you want to make money and it has a huge airport so you can get out with the money you make. and do fun things.

Lubbock area would be good (Ransom Canyon is cool) as would near Amarillo, such as Canyon near Palo Duro. I would probably live in or near Lubbock or near Amarillo with a preference to Lubbock (Rocky Mountains are not too far from either and Amarillo can get cold). Also, I like Weatherford / Aledo / Benbrook / Granbury / Glen Rose if you want to be close to DFW.

Retirement is 18-20 years away for me. I’d like to to retire to AZ but probably won’t for that reason. Unfortunately we’re running out of places to run to.

It is a nice town.

Athens would be on my list to check.

Lake Fork area is nice.

Lots of great choices.

DF

Have you thought about Oklahoma, Arkansas, or Missouri?? Seriously. Less crowding, lots of lakes and forests, less goofball liberal transplants who wanna turn them into the same liberal schidthole they’re running from. Texas is getting ruined.

Regarding our Southern border, Biden just sign an EO releasing all illegal detainees and now ICE will effectively be put out of business....last year ICE had returned approx 192,000 criminals back to Mexico, and South America....that is approx 15,000 criminals a month...now it's going to be bad news in Texas especially along the southern border...

Compound that by how many anchor baby/dreamers they’ll pump into the system

This is just insane, even for DemocRATS.

If you already know and like Palestine, then why not there? There's really not a lot of difference in the northeast quadrant of Texas. You get over towards Dallas and you get into more blackland and real farming country and a lot less Pines. It looks more like what you'd think of "the west" looking like. You get farther east and you get more Pines, some swamps and a lot more like the Deep South. It's sort of gradual. I don't know why you'd think deer hunting would "pose a problem". They're overrun with deer. The only problem is they're not very big.

You get very close to Dallas and you get into some big city problems even on the outskirts. Texarkana is a big city too, and Tyler and several others are significant population centers with all the ups and downs that comes with. Somebody mentioned Paris. There's about anything you need there without it being too big. Not that much different than Palestine. You get into other areas and things are totally different. Southeast Texas is very similar to Louisiana and the rest of the Deep South. South Central Texas and the Big Bend you're going to get into a lot of Mexicans. Some desert type areas. The Hill Country is nice but becoming very populous. The Panhandle is desolate, not desert, but close, with plenty of Mexicans.

I would steer way clear of Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso and Beaumont. Just too many people.

Trees to mountains to seaside, you will have to drive around, see the country side.

Better have some Money set aside for a hunting lease. Used to live there and you pay to hunt, few exceptions.

I liked San Saba.

That entire state is a schit hole.

And it's only going to get worse.

Fire up your DuckDuckGo and look elsewhere.

Utopia

Unable to relocate outta here, but I do like Oklahoma!

what about carthage, nagodoches, that area? seemed nice when i lived in shreveport in the 80's. big lake down that way. no idea the demographics though.

I disagree. They need more conservative voters in Austin, not less. Besides, it's a beautiful part of the state.

If you like to fish or just prefer to be in an area with trees, the Lake Fork area would be a great choice. If you like more open country, Graham is okay and Haskell's okay. If you like REALLY wide open country, Post is not a bad little town.

The further west you go the drier it gets, but far west Texas has some decent mountain country...some forested and some rugged and bare. Diversity of terrain, flora, and fauna is pretty amazing here.

Why would someone wanting to leave liberals behind, go from the frying pan into the fire?

There's red counties. Lots of them. Pick one.

Wife and I are both from WI. Moved to TX for work in 1986.

We have been all over the state and if I had to live in TX, and could live anywhere in the state, I'd be in the Fort Davis area. Low population density and enough elevation to make summers tolerable.

After 35 years, I still cannot stand the summers in low elevation Texas.

We bought land in rural Ozark County Missouri 10 years ago and love it. Happiness will be TX in our rear-view mirror....sooner rather than later! Better weather, cheaper land, lower taxes (for a retiree) and we speak the same language as virtually everyone else. Can't say the same for here...not even close.