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re: Why is Texas so attractive to both sides?
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:15 am to kingbob
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:15 am to kingbob
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Texas has no income tax
this is sure overblown on here, they may not have an income tax but property taxes here suck, just paid $13k for your run of the mill, cookie cutter "McMansion" on a postage stamp lot, twice what I was paying in FL for water front property, dock, and ocean access, and Fl has no state income tax
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Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:18 am to flyAU
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What about Texas makes it so attractive to both the left and the right?
The bottom line is the moving needle for the left is a communist revolution. That means they have a constant need to keep pushing for that goal and will keep going until they get it.
The New Discourses youtube channel will explain that in detail breaking down leftist information if you need evidence.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:21 am to 777Tiger
quote:just out of curiosity, how do the two school districts compare? pretty similar i assume?
this is sure overblown on here, they may not have an income tax but property taxes here suck, just paid $13k for your run of the mill, cookie cutter "McMansion" on a postage stamp lot, twice what I was paying in FL for water front property, dock, and ocean access, and Fl has no state income tax
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:22 am to zatetic
I’ve worked with lots of transplants from all over and they will be riding around in the suburban hell that is Houston and just glowing with a excitement.
Always made me wonder just how horrible the rest of this country must be.
Always made me wonder just how horrible the rest of this country must be.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:23 am to flyAU
Texas is a good place to live. The crime in metro Dallas is nothing like metro ATL. The schools are better, the environment is less grungy. There is tons and tons of stuff. The sheer amount of decent one off restaurants in Dallas is amazing compared to Atlanta (although I'd argue our dining/breweries are better overall). The service in stores and restaurants is miles better. The traffic sucks, but so does Atlanta.
The Texas cities are not as aesthetically nice (naturally) as Atlanta. And that is the biggest issue for me and a lot of Georgians I know. But with that comes some advantages too, like not having power outages because trees constantly fall on lines.
IMO Dallas is a clean, nice place to live and raise a family. Life is easy and life is good. it has a higher end upper echelon that Atlanta doesn't have.
I don't want to move there, but the argument for moving there is strong.
The Texas cities are not as aesthetically nice (naturally) as Atlanta. And that is the biggest issue for me and a lot of Georgians I know. But with that comes some advantages too, like not having power outages because trees constantly fall on lines.
IMO Dallas is a clean, nice place to live and raise a family. Life is easy and life is good. it has a higher end upper echelon that Atlanta doesn't have.
I don't want to move there, but the argument for moving there is strong.
This post was edited on 1/11/22 at 11:24 am
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:23 am to LG2BAMA
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I’ve worked with lots of transplants from all over and they will be riding around in the suburban hell that is Houston and just glowing with a excitement.
Always made me wonder just how horrible the rest of this country must be.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:24 am to Pettifogger
Dallas is a fantastic city especially if you live in the Park Cities/Preston Hollow/M Streets. The vast majority of the issues are south of I-30.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:27 am to H2O Tiger
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Dallas is a fantastic city especially if you live in the Park Cities/Preston Hollow/M Streets. The vast majority of the issues are south of I-30.
I think a lot of the metroplex (northern suburbs) are bland and unremarkable. But that doesn't mean they don't offer a really pleasant way of life. Especially coming from a place where the "felt" crime is high, even if the actual risk is pretty low (like metro ATL).
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:28 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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how do the two school districts compare? pretty similar i assume?
daughter(no pics,) went to private school but there wasn't a thing wrong with the public schools in our area(north Palm Beach county)
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:29 am to Pettifogger
I'm not a fan of the suburbs at all. I've lived in Uptown and now HP and I love the fact that I can walk pretty much anywhere.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:31 am to flyAU
The Houston parking lot stereotype only applies to certain areas. The nicer west side neighborhoods have totally different scenery.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:36 am to flyAU
How is Austin a shitshow, specifically?
I mean, they have bad traffic but that’s a common problem for mid-sized cities with high growth rates (eg Nashville), and even many without high growth rates (eg Baton Rouge). Housing expensive relative to Texas, but housing is expensive everywhere right now.
Aside from that… schools are good, health care is good (for the US anyways), jobs growth is good, water quality is good, air quality better than the bigger cities, crime is relatively low, etc.
Just not seeing the issue, except that maybe you don’t like living around liberals, which sounds like a YOU problem rather than a problem with Austin.
I mean, they have bad traffic but that’s a common problem for mid-sized cities with high growth rates (eg Nashville), and even many without high growth rates (eg Baton Rouge). Housing expensive relative to Texas, but housing is expensive everywhere right now.
Aside from that… schools are good, health care is good (for the US anyways), jobs growth is good, water quality is good, air quality better than the bigger cities, crime is relatively low, etc.
Just not seeing the issue, except that maybe you don’t like living around liberals, which sounds like a YOU problem rather than a problem with Austin.
This post was edited on 1/11/22 at 11:40 am
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:40 am to H2O Tiger
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I'm not a fan of the suburbs at all. I've lived in Uptown and now HP and I love the fact that I can walk pretty much anywhere.
Wife is from Dallas proper and her family is split between it and the burbs. Part of my objection is that I don't want to live in the suburbs or out on the edge somewhere like Lake Highlands, but we're not ready to spent 2M to get into UP right now.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 11:42 am to Pettifogger
Prices are crazy everywhere right now. Fortunately my fiance got this place 5-6 years ago and held onto it. You can find some decent prices in the M-Streets but then you're probably looking at private school. The big PC draw that drives those prices up is the school district.
This post was edited on 1/11/22 at 11:43 am
Posted on 1/11/22 at 12:04 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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yeah. that's what i thought.
What, that my example of covid powers will not be given back to the people?
Here's an example from about 5 minutes ago...
Latoya reimplements mask mandate
What's it like to be a pawn?
Posted on 1/11/22 at 12:09 pm to BugAC
No. That legalization of weed does whatever you’re saying it does
This post was edited on 1/11/22 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 1/11/22 at 12:09 pm to flyAU
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My first choice. Problem is that I have to get to all parts of the state. Hill country is so central I could have to drive to Dallas, SA, Houston etc would rather live like a king in Brownsville where I would fly.
Temple, Georgetown, and Waco are all 3 hours or less from Houston, Austin, DFW, and SA without living in big city liberal shitholes.
Haul to Brownsville would suck and I make that trip 3-6 times a year. As great as the people are down there, it’s just not where I would live.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 12:29 pm to GrapevineTigah
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We live in Grapevine.
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Quality of life great.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 1:40 pm to foosball
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The nicer west side neighborhoods have totally different scenery.
Where specifically? It is a flat ugly rice field until you get to Bellville or Brenham.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 1:46 pm to DeltaTigerDelta
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DeltaTigerDelta
You seem so bitter and unhappy.
This post was edited on 1/11/22 at 1:48 pm
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