Texas, the new Florida (3 Viewers)

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Day1 said:
Local Dallas sports talk DJ referred to the come late/leave early beautiful people at Stars (hockey) games as "The coke and boob job crowd".
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Randy Galloway?
 
Lived in Abilene for 4yrs, hated it. Lived in Austin for about 7yrs and loved it (mid 90's to early 2000's). Then moved to Dallas for a couple yrs and didn't like it, and I won't miss it. Too many 30k millionaires, as somebody mentioned earlier.

Outside of Austin, the whole "We're Texas!" attitude was generally pervasive in the areas I visited, some worse than others, and those that wore it on their sleeve or bumper stickers really have no idea how off-putting it can be.

The Austin I have great memories of has changed, and my friends there say I would never recognize it. I don't see myself moving back to Texas.
 
I was going to try and defend Texas by declaring that it was here for us after Katrina (and all hurricanes). Was gonna say that outside of the Cowboys and the freakin' wind, it's not so bad.

*Sigh*

But alas, everything y'all have stated is true. It's wretched and soul-less. Dry, dusty, pretentious and full of pickup trucks.

One of those places that once you leave, you'll never miss.
 
gboudx said:
I’ve lived in the Dallas area since 95, except 03-04 when we lived in Prairieville. Some parts are better than others. But what I can say is that it has gotten worse in the past 8-10 years due to all the corporate relocations. Lots of people moving in from California, Illinois and NY. Traffic is worse and temperament as well. It’s not a horrible place to live but we’ll be leaving when retired.
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When I first moved here in '05, I had to talk myself out of running into the back of vehicles with that godforsaken star in the window.

These days I have to control the rage when I see a NY license plate. It makes me irrationally angry.
 
kizzy821 said:
I was going to try and defend Texas by declaring that it was here for us after Katrina (and all hurricanes). Was gonna say that outside of the Cowboys and the freakin' wind, it's not so bad.

*Sigh*

But alas, everything y'all have stated is true. It's wretched and soul-less. Dry, dusty, pretentious and full of pickup trucks.

One of those places that once you leave, you'll never miss.
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In terms of redeeming qualities about Texas, again having spent a decade of my life there, mostly in Houston- I’d say far and away the best thing is the overall economy and landscape for jobs…. the Dallas metroplex might be the most prosperous economy in the entire U.S... I was able to start my current career in TX, and advance fairly rapidly.. Some will tell you that that’s ALL that matters.. I disagree, I think quality of life also matters, which is why i ‘paid my dues’ as it were, then got the hell out and hope to never set foot there again.. unfortunately I probably will have to , for business meetings and stuff, but im fairly ecstatic i dont live there anymore.
 
Mr. Blue Sky said:
In terms of redeeming qualities about Texas, again having spent a decade of my life there, mostly in Houston- I’d say far and away the best thing is the overall economy and landscape for jobs…. the Dallas metroplex might be the most prosperous economy in the entire U.S... I was able to start my current career in TX, and advance fairly rapidly.. Some will tell you that that’s ALL that matters.. I disagree, I think quality of life also matters, which is why i ‘paid my dues’ as it were, then got the hell out and hope to never set foot there again.. unfortunately I probably will have to , for business meetings and stuff, but im fairly ecstatic i dont live there anymore.
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that was the issue i saw in a nutshell
i'd heard the avg stay in dallas was under 5 years (this was late 90s so it's probably even shorter now)
and considering that there are long time denizens, the 'transient' workforce is probably around 3 years in and out
you just can't build culture with that kind of turnover
i saw it mostly in the Arts (obviously bc that's what i paid most attention to), but the museums and the performing arts seemed entirely geared towards getting/showing off donors vs curating actual art -- yes, most every arts org has that issue, but not to the tune of 95% marketing/5% curation (seemingly)
 
kizzy821 said:
I was going to try and defend Texas by declaring that it was here for us after Katrina (and all hurricanes). Was gonna say that outside of the Cowboys and the freakin' wind, it's not so bad.

*Sigh*

But alas, everything y'all have stated is true. It's wretched and soul-less. Dry, dusty, pretentious and full of pickup trucks.

One of those places that once you leave, you'll never miss.
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Right after I moved to CA 3years ago, my mom got divorced and moved to a new house. The first time I went to her new neighborhood, I was like what the eff mom, literally every person in this neighborhood has a giant truck sitting in their driveway except you & your neighbor who both have hybrid sedans. Yeehaw!
 
Day1 said:
Hard Line (Mike Rhyner and Greggo Williams back around 2001)
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Ah. Yeah I remember them saying stuff like that. The North Texas Pretty People.
 

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