What are people like?

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In my experience, upon living in a variety of states, people tend to be different overall depending on the area you live in. My fiancee and I are thinking about moving to texas, specifically the houston area. I was just curious to know what are people like out there?

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If you have the chance youshould come down and check the state out before you move. The large cities will be more expensive to live in but you will make a little more in pay. If you want small town or small citiy there are many choices. I live in a small city and am one hour away from Austin, two hours from DAllas and 31/2 hours from Houston. I have the best of both worlds. There are places in the country where you can buy land for as little as $1000 an acre. You'll have to commute, but usually it's not bad. I drove 55 miles one way to work for almost 20 years. Wasn't a bad trip but now I'm so glad it's only 6 miles and no heavy traffic!:lol2: Good luck finding the perfect place.

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Having always lived in Texas I am very partial to the state. We are friendly, easy going people! You might try the Belton area. Lake Belton is very pretty also you are close to Scott N White hospital, Killeen's military hospital, and Waco has 2 hospials. Lake Whitney has a pretty lake also that is not to bad of a commute to the Dallas/Fort Worth area. If you have any questions feel free to PM me.

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Hello Kat911, I was wondering what city you life in? My husband and I may be relocating to Austin/converse/or San Antonio area. Any info would be great. I'm an LPN in Hawaii and have 2 yrs geriatric exp.

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I live inside the loop in Houston, and I can say from my experience, that people in the city are not nearly as friendly as those in the 'burbs. My wife and I try to talk to people in the grocery store, while jogging, and even our neighbors, and we get suspicious looks for our trouble. There's nothing like saying "Good Morning!" to someone and then just having them stare at you like you're on fire. So, if you're looking for "friendly"....stay out of the city.

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Many Texans are very conservative when it comes to religion and politics.

They are very friendly to strangers, but as another poster said very family oriented. Some so much so that it can be hard to make friends, as Many Texans are so involved with family, they don't have much time or space in their lives for friends.

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I grew up in Houston and I live in DFW now. Texans are friendly, but as someone else said, they are also (typically) conservative.

If you like water, there is plenty of it in Texas. There are lakes and rivers all over the state. It just depends on what you are looking for :)

Traffic is going to be a bummer in a big city, but nothing like on California scale.

Good luck :)

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I grew up in Houston. The people are nice and friendly for the most part, but it is probably the only city in Texas with 24 hour traffic jams - a 20 mile commute can take an hour and a half! It does depend on the part of town you want to live and work in, though. I lived in Clear Lake and commuted to the medical center for school. It's a great place to work and go to school, but a pain unless you live right there...and living right in the middle of town is expensive!

I moved to Austin, and I love it. Lots of water around (Lake Travis, Town Lake, plenty of rivers nearby too), and a nicer, cleaner place than Houston. Cost of living isn't too bad here either.

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I moved here in 1993 from Chicago. What a culture shock! TX is home to me now and I absolutely hate the thought of going to Chicago for visits. Folks here are super friendly. Not everyone talks with a southern drawl but there are a few phrases you need to be accustomed to hearing:

Ya'll, yinaways (means 'over there'), fixin' to (you're about to do something). They even say things differently like the pronounciation of words..for instance, Hemphill street is pronounced Hemp hill, not Hemfill. Lancaster sounds like Lincister, not Lan caster. I still can't get Waxahachie right. LOL Some say Wox, some say Wax. I give up.

There are many great lakes here. Grapevine Lake as well as the ones mentioned. Plenty of water. I hope you'll consider DFW when making your choice. Oh yeah, bring your bible. ;)

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I still can't get Waxahachie right. LOL Some say Wox, some say Wax. I give up.

;)

Wax-uh-hatchie !!!! ...tee hee hee

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OT: I have noticed that when I do go visiting other places outside of TX, and I try to strike up a conversation, I'm looked at like very suspiciously. I must be about to rob them! LOL

In Chgo, you can stand at a bus stop for an hour next to a stranger and never say Hi. In TX that would be rude. Sad, huh? Why, oh why can't we all just get along!! LOL I love TX!!!

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nicest people ever as long as your not sharing the highway with them you got that right about the horrible drivers, not just horrible but pretty darn rude too, but like i said get them outta their cars and you can't find nicer people

! love ya tx! someday i hope to join y'all, i am thinking about kerrville, tx does anyone have input about the area/jobs for rn, maybe the va hospital in particular?

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Not everyone talks with a southern drawl but there are a few phrases you need to be accustomed to hearing:

Ya'll...

There are many great lakes here. Grapevine Lake as well as the ones mentioned. Plenty of water.

Darlin', the apostrophe goes between the "Y" and the "A". :clown:

Does Lake Grapevine still have water? Lakes Lavon & Lewisville are still pretty low from last year's drought!

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