I'm looking for some friendly feedback/advice from those familiar with Texas please.

I currently live in Idaho (Boise). I was born in Idaho, raised here, went to school here, married here, raising my own family here now. I really do love this place. But I'm considering a new job in Austin/San Antonio.

We do a LOT of outdoor recreating. Primarily camping in the Idaho mountains. Now, I fully realize that I'll be giving up the mountains if we depart for Texas. Aside from the geographical changes, not to mention the drastic change in population, is there anything specifically "special" about living in Texas that an outsider like me should be aware of before taking the plunge?

We'd still like to do some camping down there if we move...where should I be looking to camp within an hour or two of the Austin/SA area?

Feedback and input is most welcome.

 

Texas...

No mountains.

Public land vs. private. Camping this weekend? Could be a drive:

http://www.nrcm.org/documents/publiclandownership.pdf

Like dirt storms? Take a spring time drive to the panhandle.

Austin?

Where for young liberal professional to live in Texas? - moving resolved | Ask MetaFilter

Like humidity? You'll get it. Winter is pretty good, spring ok as long as you stay out of the dirt storms, summer.....sticky.

Business friendly, not a nanny state, not on the list of most dangerous places, but if you commit a murder, expect to be executed the same day.

Y'all take care now, and drive friendly.

I expect you'll get more replies, good luck to you!!!

 

 

or these id go

 

 

I have been studying Texas for a while, and it is my prime choice of where I want to be, for many reasons.

Between California, "Back East", Norfolk Virginia, and Memphis Tennessee -in each of which I lived for many years - Texas look dang good!

And leave us not forget ZZTOP!!!!

I think my all-time favorite is "ROUGH BOY"

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+zz+top+rough+boy&FORM=VIRE1#view= detail&mid=44916314B84D5B2CC944916314B84D5B2CC 9


~ I dunno yet how to embed videos, I'm looking at that

If any one of y'all could put the live version of "ROUGH BOY" up for me, I'd love that - and even more if you could tell me how to do that too...


~Wolfie out


PS: I guess I finally have fast enough stuff to keep up with y'all, I just need to get back up in the saddle and gitty up...
Ya know


"ZZTOP is like a fine plate of barbeque - they bear down on the meat, and leave off of the potato salad..."

 

 

the directions are at what you listening to thread good luck

 

THANK YOU SO DAMNED MUCH!

I will try to figure it out....


AND GOD BLESS TEXAS!!!

~it may very well be the last bastion of free Americans

 

if you have problems just ask ill help you out

 

I have a bit of a way to go yet - but as soon as I get my high-milage project on the road I WILL be prospectin' for a new place to be

"NANNY STATES" disgust me


What they do is encourage lazy folk to live on welfare - instead of making anything of themselves


~ And most lazy folk are thieves


I set myself a long time ago to stand on my own two feet.


*Most of my money I spend on either beer or tools

 

Nary a thing wrong with those expenditures---throw in "women" and you've described my life!


Don't see a lot wrong with that approach................if it don't deter it certainly eliminates recidivism!

 

I am also looking to maybe move to Texas, from California though. The general contractor license is a lot easier to get there, than here. But the type of work i do may not be as easy to get. The weather is a factor though, humid in the summer, windy, colder, and snow. I grew up in Montana til 18, and i swore i would never see snow again. I wont even eat a snow cone...

 

i was born and raised in Texas. Don't plan to move back there, unless it's in the Dallas/Ft Worth/Plano area.

Depending on how much you consider yourself a Northerner, you may be in for a culture shock. There's a big melting pot down there. I enjoyed USAF basic training in San Antonio in the middle of summer, marching in long sleeve bdu's in triple digit humid heat. fun times.

I hear Austin has been growing the last few years.....I lived in Round Rock when I was there. It was a nice newer area with lots of booming growth. Havent seen it in years.

You say you have kids/family?......I'd definitely look into the schools to see what you can expect. The six public schools I attended in Texas were pretty good, most of them new, and most of the teachers actually cared about their job and kids. (I finished my last couple years of high school in Northern Virginia. I would never ever subject my kids to that environment. Holy cow, talk about thugs and promiscuous kids that didn't care about graduating high school, and burned out teachers.)

 

Nothing wrong with Texas...........But you will miss the mountains, rivers and lakes of Idaho, just like I did when I made the mistake of moving to Cali from Oregon MANY years ago..........Now, I will never leave.