For those of you considering a move to Texas

[ray1970]

It's 80 degrees this morning with 94% humidity. Should get up to the mid 90's pretty soon and stay there all day.

Reminds me why I moved away years ago.

[00tec]

You enjoying the bloodsucking west nile carrying pterodactyls down there (commonly referred to as mosquitos?)

[68Charger]

So it's like Hawaii (without the flower smells) and Alaska combined...

I was trying to do some bush hogging yesterday (on my acreage- get your mind out of the gutter), coated with bug dope and still had gnats crawling in any orifice they could find in search of water... whenever I was in the sun, it felt like there was a giant kid holding a magnifying glass trying to burn me... 5 minutes after I drank a bottle of water I needed another.

94% humidity sounds good right now... and we're overrun with grasshoppers down here- when you kill one and leave it, the others will come eat it.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Ahh the tropical desert


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[Zundfolge]

We're looking at Rapid City area as our escape plan (should it come to that).

If you open these in separate windows side by side and look you can compare
https://weatherspark.com/averages/29...-United-States
https://weatherspark.com/averages/31...-United-States

Looks like Rapid City is about the same as here (The Springs)

[hurley842002]

We're looking at Rapid City area as our escape plan (should it come to that).

If you open these in separate windows side by side and look you can compare
https://weatherspark.com/averages/29...-United-States
https://weatherspark.com/averages/31...-United-States

Looks like Rapid City is about the same as here (The Springs)

SD wouldn't be bad at all, too bad it's not an option for my job. We are also considering Reno NV as a possibility, anyone that has insight on Reno I welcome feedback, either here or PM.

[Great-Kazoo]

We're looking at Rapid City area as our escape plan (should it come to that).

If you open these in separate windows side by side and look you can compare
https://weatherspark.com/averages/29...-United-States
https://weatherspark.com/averages/31...-United-States

Looks like Rapid City is about the same as here (The Springs)

Knowing people in the Rapid area. i will say that -5 is b.s You get a good Canuck front and you're in the -10 / 20 for days on end. It gets real cold. Now Hot Springs is interesting. Unfortunately the opportunity for a decent job is minimal. UNLESS you're getting a transfer or .gov job.

[Ah Pook]

Grew up in TX. Have no desire to return.

SD sounds interesting. Besides being a free state what are some other perks?

[Bailey Guns]

Grew up in TX. Have no desire to return.

Ditto. Born and raised there. That's why I live elsewhere now.

[Zundfolge]

SD sounds interesting. Besides being a free state what are some other perks?

Having never set foot in the state I'm going off metrics I get online.

I'm looking for a free state with as much of what I love about Colorado as possible, so that's mountains, weather, lack of bugs ... that kind of thing.

The biggest problem I can see with Rapid City is that there really aren't a lot of graphic design jobs so I'll probably end up at a print shop making less than I do here, but the cost of living is a lot less there as is the cost of housing (and with the equity we'll take out of our place when we sell ... well, we'll be like Californians moving to Colorado )