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It sounds like traffic is a bigger issue than I thought. I'm flying down on Friday so I'll have to pay attention a bit more.Originally Posted by T-Giv
You can still legally buy >15 capacity magazines in TX.
I used to live in Garland and would commute to Dallas. If you want to sit in traffic on the highways with everyone else, you can. The highway might take 20 minutes to get to work...or an hour and a half. I used to take surface streets and had a consistent 30 minute commute with lots of alternate routes if there was a traffic accident. Think outside the box.
I had to go to McKinney a couple of years ago. The highways between there and DFW were a mess. I can understand the need to work on the highways, but it seems like they decided to work on all of them at the same time.
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Last edited by Gman; 06-24-2014 at 06:41.
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Native Texan, just moved back here. I live southeast of Dallas in Henderson County. There is no traffic here but any major Metroplex has bad traffic and a "blue" cast to it, The Dems are working hard to take this state. Except for the recent mag bans and BGCs Colorado has better guns laws. There is a legal "no guns" sign called a 30.06 after the statute, OC of handguns is not legal, CHL is about the same except a shooting competency test at the end. There are restricted places such as churches and bars, the bars post a "51%" sign indicating more than 50% of their sales are alcohol and carry is not allowed. It is hot is the summer and much cooler in the winter than you'd think. No state taxes though property taxes can be quite high in metro areas. Texans are quite proud of being Texans, even if they just moved here and that can wear thin but it really is mostly the transplants.
Texas has no mountains but it's not flat, parts of it are flat but it also has huge forests, very hilly country, lots of lakes. There are enormous plains, desert, mesa views, etc. It's a big place travel a bit and short of mountains there's something to suit. I lived in Plano back when it was still developing, it's sort of like living in the Tech center. I don't like traffic, crowds, people in general so I live in East Texas a couple hours south of Dallas/Fort Worth.
I just got back here after about 10 years in NC and CO, it has changed quite a bit in my opinion in terms of regulations and such, it's not the "anything goes" state I grew up in. The major cities like Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas (and more so) Fort Worth are being taken over by Libs (Austin is a lost cause) and it's a critical time for us politically.
Places to shoot/hunt are tough, not much public land in Texas (can't shoot in State Parks) so you have to either buy some land or find a range/hunting lease. There are plenty of them but it's big business and they aren't cheap. The thing most of us do is either buy a few acres or make friends with guys that have some land, you can work around it but nothing like Pawnee or South Site, etc.
I think it's a great place to live, I liked Colorado but being from here originally, could never get used to that damn snow! Let me know if you have any specific questions, my daughters all live in McKinney, Rockwall, Plano (Dallas area), my sisters and parents live on the Gulf Coast (Houston, Galveston area) and I can get local info if you're set on "big city" living.
I have a few friends who live in Kelly, TX and love it.
I know that a lot of Texas is in a pretty severe drought right now. Meaning water is at a premium, recreational lakes are low, and the whole place is brown. Not saying that's a reason to not move there, but it's worse there than it has been here for the past 5 years.
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/S...onitor.aspx?TX
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Just keep looking for a better job here. Or in Idaho, Montana, Utah, or Alaska.
Texas is much like Tahiti: they both look a lot better from a distance then they do up close.
Been to the Dallas FtWorth area many times for training seminars and other business related trips. It's at the bottom of my bucket for places to live.
I have a friend in New Braunfels.. I like that area a lot..
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Last edited by def90; 06-24-2014 at 18:44.
We considered (although it wouldn't be Dallas) and arrived at this conclusion... in all of our travels we've never heard anyone bad mouth Colorado. Ever. It's always 'Man, I've been there and I can't wait to get back' 'We lived there and leaving was the biggest mistake we ever made.... someday we'll get back' or 'Colorado is our retirement plan' and on and on and on. No matter what place we consider moving to there is always people have lived there that hated it. Some more than others and always for various reasons. In the end, we keep coming back to the fact that no matter what tropical paradise we visit we can't wait to get to Colorado. I think it's easy to take for granted how good we have it hear. Really.
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I can agree with this. I've traveled a good bit and have always asked myself where other than the Caribbean I would be happy living. There isn't a state I can come up with. The problem is I can't find a job here that can support my family with only my income(planning 8 months down the road), but I have that potential in Dallas. My dad moved us quite a bit when I was younger for better job opportunities and I think I'm gonna be in the same situation. I really wish I could find a sales job here that could meet the criteria.
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