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Texas is a beautiful state in all directions. If I were to move there--and I've thought about it--I'd choose Amarillo or Lubbuck areas. When I was working in that region some 30 years ago, people would tell me the best thing about the area was "nobody wants to live here".
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I was born in Lubbock. Grew up on a cotton farm outside of a small town called Idalou. Later in life I lived and worked in Tyler. Still later, I lived in Pearland and worked in the Clear Lake area. I’d rather have my nutsack slammed in a pickup door than ever live in any of those places again.
Every day on this side of the ground is a win.
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Texas is a good place to live. It isn’t, however, someplace that is cheap to retire to unless you’ve got a schit load. And seriously, if you are coming from Wisconsin, you really need to experience a complete summer from Little Rock south before you move. Seriously. I’m not kidding. Even for those of us born and raised here, there are two to three months of the year where you pretty much only feel like moving from one air conditioned spot to another. And as you get older, it gets worse and worse.
It’s not so much the heat. Lots of places get hot. It’s the length of it. Day after day of high 90s or hotter with high humidity. You can laugh and discount it, but you damn well wish you hadn’t sold everything and moved into it after a couple of summer of it.
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What you talkin’ about Joe Bob? I enjoy the August evenings here around 10:30 pm at 94 degrees. 😁.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Kawoodie's right. After a day of 107 degrees and 75% humidity, 94 in the evening is sweater weather.
Don't be the darkness.
America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.
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"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
We are all Rhodesians now.
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Dont go to Horseshoe Bay....no steers there....
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I’m like Roger. I prefer to live close to the coast. I can be in the water 20 minutes from my house.
Best hunting is in South Texas but it ain’t cheap. Hill country has a lot more game than east Texas, but it’s also pricey.
Centerville area is real nice. Close enough to some large lakes for some fishing. Pretty good hunting. Hasbeen
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I was born in Lubbock. Grew up on a cotton farm outside of a small town called Idalou. Later in life I lived and worked in Tyler. Still later, I lived in Pearland and worked in the Clear Lake area. I’d rather have my nutsack slammed in a pickup door than ever live in any of those places again. LOL. The big town of Idalou ! I’ve got lots of relatives in the Leveland Cemetery. I could live in Amarillo. I like those wide open spaces. And not too far from great hunting and fly fishing in Colorado 🤠
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"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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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. Unable to relocate outta here, but I do like Oklahoma! Me too, and Oklahoma is prob’ly gonna stay a Red State longer.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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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. Unable to relocate outta here, but I do like Oklahoma! Me too, and Oklahoma is prob’ly gonna stay a Red State longer. Yep! And they’ve got Indian Casinos! 🤠
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"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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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. Unable to relocate outta here, but I do like Oklahoma! Me too, and Oklahoma is prob’ly gonna stay a Red State longer. Yep! And they’ve got Indian Casinos! 🤠 Never been in one. Last place I want to go is a place full of damn people. Damn grocery store to too full of people for me! But I gotta do the shopping. Marshhawk, If you come here prepare yourself for over abundance of short fat brown fireplugs in spandex shopping and talking on the cell phone with 8 kids running scot-free thru the phuquing store.
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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Texas is a beautiful state in all directions. If I were to move there--and I've thought about it--I'd choose Amarillo or Lubbuck areas. When I was working in that region some 30 years ago, people would tell me the best thing about the area was "nobody wants to live here". To many tornadoes rumble across any area north of Dallas for me. Hasbeen
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Palestine area is chock full of prisons. Tennessee Colony, Palestine area, hosts several. If that doesn’t concern you then community of Montalba has beautiful country surrounding it.
We live at Cedar Creek Lake, approx 30 mi from Athens and 20 mi from Kaufman and an hour to Tyler or Dallas. Beautiful area w homes and property for sale. Cost of living is very moderate w demographic here above 90% Caucasian. Lots of pig and deer in river bottoms.
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Have a place near Leakey. Canyon country that is very scenic and up high at 2500', we almost never use the AC. Very conservative, tons of pigs and deer and exotics... You'll need water for birds. Close to rivers and not too far from San Antonio for a plane. 40 miles to I10 to go east or west if you need.
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I live about 25 miles east of downtown Austingrad. We are getting a new Tesla factory about 12-14 miles west of us!! Isn’t that exciting????
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And a new private airport about 4 miles from the house!!! I can’t wait!!!!
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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I have always liked Brady but it's expensive and filling up with Karen's. Like Alpine and Fort Davis as well also expensive.
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I live about 25 miles east of downtown Austingrad. We are getting a new Tesla factory about 12-14 miles west of us!! Isn’t that exciting????
Oh!!!
And a new private airport about 4 miles from the house!!! I can’t wait!!!! Did you see that article from the California transplant who moved to Austin and called it a “conservative dystopia”? Lol
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Texas sounds pretty Urban!
I am MAGA.
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I live about 25 miles east of downtown Austingrad. We are getting a new Tesla factory about 12-14 miles west of us!! Isn’t that exciting????
Oh!!!
And a new private airport about 4 miles from the house!!! I can’t wait!!!! Did you see that article from the California transplant who moved to Austin and called it a “conservative dystopia”? Lol No!!!! I chortle at his confusion!!!
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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