Anyone here from Texas? I have a few questions for you Texans

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Wreckem
Grapevine/Colleyville

Its smack dab in the middle of the DFW metroplex.
Great schools, great affordable housing. 30 minutes to downtown Fort Worth(in traffic), and 30 minutes to downtown Dallas(in traffic).

Are you a fellow resident of Colleywood?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot (why buy a 15 yr old house when you can get brand new for the same price?). yet, its not really a terrible place to raise a family either. i got a great education and the low cost of living really helped our family live comfortably.

the older houses are WAAAAAY better put together than the newer ones. 15 years old i would consider newer.

tongue in groove plank flooring > warping squeaking plywood crap

 

[woodie1]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot (why buy a 15 yr old house when you can get brand new for the same price?). yet, its not really a terrible place to raise a family either. i got a great education and the low cost of living really helped our family live comfortably.

the older houses are WAAAAAY better put together than the newer ones. 15 years old i would consider newer.

tongue in groove plank flooring > warping squeaking plywood crap

YES, when it comes to houses the older ones are built much better IMHO. Many contractors today use the cheapest Latino labor they can find and the lowest cost material too. Cannot believe some of the standards used around here now to make a buck.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: Wreckem
Grapevine/Colleyville

Its smack dab in the middle of the DFW metroplex.
Great schools, great affordable housing. 30 minutes to downtown Fort Worth(in traffic), and 30 minutes to downtown Dallas(in traffic).

Are you a fellow resident of Colleywood?

I lived in Grapevine for awhile.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: Spartan Niner

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Someone said it would be the biggest mistake of your life, and it could very well be. If you go, just prepare for some culture shock.

Texas is absolutely full of intolerant pseudo-Christians just like GWB. My Uncle lives in Dallas in a fabulous suburb with big houses (4000 - 12000sqft). He is a salesman, and for a long time he was the general sales manager for a large company, making big dollars, but after about three years his company replaced him with someone "more in touch with the local community", which meant someone Evangelical. My Uncle is Catholic, which just isn't self-righteous and intolerant enough of a religion for down there. And that's Dallas, the least backwater town in the state.

Austin doesn't have that problem (as much)...

Because Austin has about 50,000 college kids in it from around the country (world.)

Texas is very conservative, but it's a good place to live. I live in a Dallas\Ft. Worth Suburb, and there's very little crime, nice neighbors, good weather, etc.

Lubbock has 30,000+ college kids in it and somehow they remain conservative and extremely Christian. I remember being on the Texas Tech campus and being amazed at how conservative it was. Although the conservatives there complain about campus being too liberal.

I grew up in Lubbock which was really conservative, now I live in Austin which is better. In Lubbock and other areas of Texas (especially West Texas) if you are atheist or something else that Christians don't like, you pretty much have to keep it yourself unless you know who are you around. I got baptized at a Methodist church when I was 13 just so I could have a legit answer for when people asked me what denomination I was. They don't ask "Are you Christian?", they ask "What denomination are you?". Now I can say, "I was baptized in a Methodist church" which is enough to shut them up and make think I'm not the anti-Christ.

As someone currently attending Texas Tech, most students aren't like that. Those that are, are a small minority. There are also a lot of "fake" christians, you know those that party 6 days a week and the go to church on Sunday.

Yes Lubbock is conservative. The 19th Congressional District is the second most conservative district in the country, but they arent as overzealous as you are making them. Lubbock also has a booming economy and more jobs than people.