Might be escaping Kommiefornia soon
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
I admit that the local weather has spoiled me. I've touristed many areas of Idaho and Montana, and while they are very beautiful their winters are not the least bit inviting. I don't know that I've ever been in 0-degree weather, never a double digits below zero blinding blizzard. I wouldn't mind four seasons, a few days of below freezing, a couple inches of snow, just not months and months of it. Yeah, I'm a Winter wuss and the main reason why I've not moved.
On the other side of the coin, I hope the ex-local granddaughter will be able to handle weeks of Texas's triple digit summer temperatures. Last week's below freezing temperatures and ice was an awakening.
On the other side of the coin, I hope the ex-local granddaughter will be able to handle weeks of Texas's triple digit summer temperatures. Last week's below freezing temperatures and ice was an awakening.
Noticed on local news last nite, Dallas is attempting to tear down the convention center and build another mult B$ one. Big tax hike. Jerry World is paid by taxes too. Dallas county sucks (as does DISD) bad politically as does most of the big cities here. Use google earth to see the surrounding countryside and county boundaries. Talk to David, he's on I 35 south and into the horse stuff big. Rockwall county is east of Dallas but traffic across the Hubbard bridge is terrible. Heath/Forney is still pretty 'country'. I lived in Dallas apt for 2 yrs, moved to Garland for 27, then OUT of Dallas Co. to Collin but that is north east. Been here for 20. Avoid Dallas when I can. Weather here is a bit warmer than KC where I grew up. Summer is not bad -- but AC bill can be. a lot of 'rural' unincorporated housing developments in the country, some survive, some don't. Most 'industry' is actually in Ft Worth, Arlington area now. Actually most manufacturing is on the south side of DFW. North side is retail/financial/service. Oh, Vet center is south Dallas, pretty good. County hosp is terrible and very political. Homestead and vets exclusion and over 65? exemptions on property tax. Ag exemption used to be easy but now hard to get unless you have a big herd of cattle or 50 acres of certain trees.
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richhodg66
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Always figured I'd settle in Texas eventually. I was born there, family is from there, was stationed and lived there (El Paso) for a while, but north central Kansas hit us real right when we got here and is better than Texas in nearly every respect as far as I'm concerned.
My folks pulled out of S.C. where I grew up when they retired and moved to a rural home outside of Decatur (Alvord was the town they technically were in). Dad grew up in Denton and told me how in the 40s, it was nearly an hour drive in rural country to get to Dallas, you can't tell where one starts and the other stops now. The whole eastern half of the state is people on top of people now. I need a little more open space.
The lack of public land is a problem, most of the midwest is that way too, but between Fort Riley and a lot of public land around the two big reservoirs, I did a lot of hunting before buying my own acreage and will still use it. Great fishing here too, but Texas is as well.
Where my folks were just outside of Alvord was in the LBJ Grasslands, National Forest land where a lot of hunting and horse back riding opportunities are. That National Forest is probably the only place in that quadrant of the state that won't be urban sprawl in a few years.
Texas is likely to be a blue state real soon the way things are going, something to consider.
If I were you, I'd look further north at Kansas, Missouri or Nebraska. Most of the good points of Texas without most of the bad ones.
My folks pulled out of S.C. where I grew up when they retired and moved to a rural home outside of Decatur (Alvord was the town they technically were in). Dad grew up in Denton and told me how in the 40s, it was nearly an hour drive in rural country to get to Dallas, you can't tell where one starts and the other stops now. The whole eastern half of the state is people on top of people now. I need a little more open space.
The lack of public land is a problem, most of the midwest is that way too, but between Fort Riley and a lot of public land around the two big reservoirs, I did a lot of hunting before buying my own acreage and will still use it. Great fishing here too, but Texas is as well.
Where my folks were just outside of Alvord was in the LBJ Grasslands, National Forest land where a lot of hunting and horse back riding opportunities are. That National Forest is probably the only place in that quadrant of the state that won't be urban sprawl in a few years.
Texas is likely to be a blue state real soon the way things are going, something to consider.
If I were you, I'd look further north at Kansas, Missouri or Nebraska. Most of the good points of Texas without most of the bad ones.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
If you can stand the winters and summers, Nebraska is a great hunting and fishing state, especially the western half.
And it has wide open spaces with very few people.
glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
Haha, thanks for that Charles. I'll describe myself.
Devout Christ follower, Army Veteran, Constitution loving, Pro Life, Gun Toting, woman respecting, Republican voting, Ammo reloading, Moral defending, Horse riding, RED BLOODED AMERICAN! WHEW! I said it in one sentence.
My wife and I are both born and raised here but have always stuck to Kern County which is fairly conservative plus we live away from the liberal cities for a reason.
I have raised my three grown children to think of others as more important than themselves and consider others needs first. I taught them that if they didn't like what they were told to do, do it first and complain later.
I have never really fit in, in the Commie state except when I'm with my church family.
I hope that qualifies me to become a Texan (or Oklahomian) soon as I'm sure not proud of the state I'm in!
Mike
Devout Christ follower, Army Veteran, Constitution loving, Pro Life, Gun Toting, woman respecting, Republican voting, Ammo reloading, Moral defending, Horse riding, RED BLOODED AMERICAN! WHEW! I said it in one sentence.
My wife and I are both born and raised here but have always stuck to Kern County which is fairly conservative plus we live away from the liberal cities for a reason.
I have raised my three grown children to think of others as more important than themselves and consider others needs first. I taught them that if they didn't like what they were told to do, do it first and complain later.
I have never really fit in, in the Commie state except when I'm with my church family.
I hope that qualifies me to become a Texan (or Oklahomian) soon as I'm sure not proud of the state I'm in!
Mike
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glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
Inyokern is quieter than Mojave! I ike it up there. I just try to stay away from Trona! You can still smell it 10 miles away! LOL
Ian
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It is a small world, I used to own a place not far from Alvord and used to shoot my Barrett at the 800 yard range just south of the Grasslands area. I went to school in Denton and worked in Corinth after, commuted from eastern Decatur (edge of Wise county). It was really nice, way out in the countryside, just little farms and occasional unincorporated communities. I traded the commute (and later to NW Fort Worth, over an hour each way) for living in the middle of the mess. I'm from the Hill Country originally and bought cemetery plots here when I moved back and put down some deep roots on family land, so I guess this is it for me. Been lots of other places that were quite appealing and I'd be quite happy there, but a person has to choose somewhere to settle and Wifey and I decided we'd raise our kids where they could know all their grandparents and after they're gone, no reason to leave.
Trona?
Even the rattle snakes try to stay away from Trona. Had a job that had me there for a week, happy happy day when that was over and we headed for the cooler temps of the Mojave Desert where it was only 110 degrees.
L Ross
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And on that cheery frickin' note I turned 68 yesterday.
richhodg66
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My folks enjoyed living there for close to 20 years, but got too old to continue doing it. Dad probably could have stayed a while longer, but Mom was going down hill fast and he really wasn't up to that care level, so older sister talked them into moving to the Wichita area close to her and a lot closer to me than Texas. Mom passed a few years later and Dad is pretty foggy now in an assisted living place. I go down that way pretty often, seems like there's a gun show close every few weeks so we do that. When the weather permits, I'll take him to the range.
I'm glad they got to spend the last good years there, much, much, much better than the cess pit the town I grew up in is. We were transplants there, they never had any intentions of dying there, it was home for the time their kids were growing up and we all turned out well and it provided a good living, but I'd never live there again. and haven't been back to it for 20 years.
Always figured I'd end up in Texas, most likely the northeast part, but Kansas grew on us real fast. This place is just a big play ground for a guy like me, and I fit in with people better here than anywhere else I ever lived. It's as gun friendly a state as you can find. Kinda wish the tax burden was a little less, and the weather was a tad less extreme, but no place is perfect.
richhodg66
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West Virgina has always seemed a nice place to me when I have driven through there. Gorgeous country. Cost of living seems pretty cheap too.
I'm done with anything east of the Misissippi, though. I like my flyover country here in good ol' mid America.
I'm done with anything east of the Misissippi, though. I like my flyover country here in good ol' mid America.
richhodg66
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I spent the day yesterday in a smallish town in western Missouri for a JROTC drill meet. Missouri is a pretty nice place, but a bit more populated than where I am. Among other things, the hosting unit did silent auctions, raffles, etc., and they were raffling off two rifles right there in a public high school. Not the first time, either, we go to this one every year. I sure bet that wouldn't happen in Kalifornia or many other states anymore.
Charles Graff
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I do not believe that Texas will go blue. The Mexican Americans (Tejanos) hold the trump card because there are so many of them. Here on the Border the population is 90-95% Mexican America depending on the town, and they have been reliable Democrats. However they are cultural Dems and do not buy the current far left ideology. Faith, family and hard work are their core ethics. They are becoming aware that their values are Republican values and are starting to vote their values and not a party line. We have a deep bench of fine Mexican American conservative young politicians coming on line.