For those of you considering a move to Texas

[Big E3]

I went on a fifty mile motorcycle ride with my dad today. As much as I love riding, the 95 degree temperature and the 94% humidity took some of the fun out of it.

Financially there are some benefits to Texas. Like no state income tax. Oh, and I just got plates for my wife's motorcycle. They cost me $500. My dad just put plates on his brand new bike. Total cost was $54. And apparently his $54 must actually go towards maintaining the roads because the roads here are in pretty good condition. I pay ten times as much to put my vehicle on the road here, pay state income taxes, and have to deal with shitty, poorly maintained roads.

I was checking out Texas to live a few years back. I know they have no state income tax but that is more than offset by triple the rate on property taxes each year. A house like I have here is about $2k a year, was close to $6k in TX. So that $4k more a year is about what state taxes would be. Plus I don’t get to have a basement and I need a basement to store my preps.

[Jer]

I was checking out Texas to live a few years back. I know they have no state income tax but that is more than offset by triple the rate on property taxes each year. A house like I have here is about $2k a year, was close to $6k in TX. So that $4k more a year is about what state taxes would be. Plus I don’t get to have a basement and I need a basement to store my preps.

I was coming back to state that most states that have lower income tax or lower property tax on vehicle registration make up for it elsewhere. Nebraska is dirt cheap to register your pick-em-up trucks but your real estate property tax is 3x higher than it is here in Colorado. For me, I'd rather have a lower real estate property tax and I'll just drive the same car and truck that are paid off until we feel forced to buy something new. The days of buying a new vehicle every 6mos and helping to support the auto industry in this state are over for this household.

As for AK... if I wasn't married to a warm weather woman I'd be living there years ago. Unfortunately it's not in the cards so Colorado is nice compromise for us. It's one of the few places that doesn't get bastard hot in the summer, bastard cold in the winter, dry and has nice geographical features that isn't owned by the Dems but is headed that way as more people exit for stupid hot places like Texas and the like. If you like the hot weather I could see how Colorado gets too cold in the winter for you but as far as places that get cold in the winter Colorado is quite moderate IMO having lived in other Midwestern areas. I'm not even sure why I own a snow blower as I only use it two or three times per year on average. If Texas didn't get as hot for 9 months out of the year I'd say it's the perfect place but then again.... Colorado is exactly that for me. lol

[Great-Kazoo]

I'm not even sure why I own a snow blower.... lol

To keep a smile on frosty's face

[Jer]

To keep a smile on frosty's face

What you did there, I see it.

[Gman]

WA Prohibits Form 1's.

My budget prohibits Form 1s.

I wish I could live in Coeur d'Alene, ID and work in Spokane, WA.

[hurley842002]

My budget prohibits Form 1s.

LOL, you and me both unfortunately, so I won't be using that as criteria.

[Bailey Guns]

My budget prohibits Form 1s.

I wish I could live in Coeur d'Alene, ID and work in Spokane, WA.

A lot of people up there do that. Schweitzer Engineering in Pullman/Moscow was just named one of the best places to work in the country. They're supposed to be hiring like 800 people over the next several years.

[68Charger]

In Texas looking at houses, 77 this morning, humidity feels good... supposed to hit 94, so ask me how I like it around 3 or 4

[hatidua]

I've had the opportunity to live quite a few places and it seems the more places I lived, the more I realized that while some places are decidedly better than others, perfection does not exist.

Make the most out of where you are, and realize that somebody somewhere, has it worse.

[ray1970]

In Texas looking at houses, 77 this morning, humidity feels good... supposed to hit 94, so ask me how I like it around 3 or 4

Honestly, the whole humidity thing really depends on what part of the state you are in. I never felt it was terribly unbearable in places like Austin and San Antonio. But I find anything near Houston to just be miserable. The four days I spent down there this past week I don't think it ever dipped below 94% and the temperatures were about 95 degrees every day. Usually I'd wake up around 5:30 and it was about 82-85 degrees and by about 8:30 in the morning it was getting above 90.

When I got back to Denver last night around 8:30 the weather was great. I even drove half way home with the windows down until I started getting a little chilly. Then I rolled them up and just ran the vent.

A relative was asking if I missed living down there. I'm not sure she even finished the question before I told her no. She did bring up the fact that I always loved fishing and that I probably missed that. She was right. It was nice being a short drive from Sam Rayburn, Toledo Bend, Conroe, Sabine Pass, the Gulf of Mexico, etc.