going to the lone star state

Temple, TX is a nice enough place. My girlfriend is from there, so we would go up once in while to visit family/friends. It's close to Austin, which has been like heaven to me, since moving here almost 10 years ago. Temple is a smaller city, and Scott/White is a disproportionately large hospital for a city of that size, for several reasons. I don't know about the crime rate or anything, but just as with Austin: there aren't any scary neighborhoods or anything that I know of. It's a
"physician heavy" town (highest number of physicians per capita in TX). If you're ready to live in a town with about 50K +/- people, you might like it. You will be living in Texas though. . . a big red state. Think conservative until you get a feel for the land. Close to 4 major cities, if you consider close to be within 200 miles or less. Come visit Austin asap, esp. if you're more of a liberal type. Good luck.

I actually live about an hour from Temple. Temple is a small conservative city, but only an hour from Austin. If you're married and don't need much to do, it's probably okay. I know lots of nurses who work for Scott & White. It's a really big medical center/ network. I personally wouldn't want to live in Temple, but the saving grace is Austin.