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Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by dylan604 »

howinteresting wrote: post #15
JavaBatman wrote: post #8

Lower taxes, great food, more open space, less expensive property, more freedom to do what you want as long as you don't hurt others. The only problem with Texas is that the economy is too dependent on fossil fuel. It's basically a mini petro state. They need to use that oil money to diversify into other industries. I'm not sure if they have been doing that or not, but I don't exactly have faith that the political cl…

Pretty sure the Texas political class is thinking about their long-term plans to usher in a new era of Christofascism, starting with the bounty hunter abortion law.

Oh it started well before that specific law. This just made its way to the finish line. They have been trying things like this for a long time. Infamous bathroom bill comes to mind, plus voting rights issues, etc have long been a part of the Texas political agenda.

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by dylan604 »

r3trohack3r wrote: post #32
foobiekr wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well. I’ve spent some time working on retirement options since my wife and I are close. Arizona really has nothing to recommend it. Florida does, but southern Florida is kind of a wasteland with pending climate issues and northern Florida is a trashy hell hole. I have family there. If not for the cultural issues it would be a no brainer but who wants to retire somewhere awful? Taxes-wise, I think California is underr…

> Arizona really has nothing to recommend it I’ve been living in PHX for 2+ years now, and have to disagree. Low cost of living and high QoL. Great school districts and master plan communities designed to make pre-k -> 12 schools walkable. Great food, amazing supply chains (the stuff you find at grocery stores here can be mind blowing), and well maintained infrastructure. We are positive sum water, when you build her…

Wait for the water to run out, and then we'll see how well PHX is liked.

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by evan_ »

NikolaNovak wrote: post #21
mnd999 wrote: post #5

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*progressive/liberal woman. To be fair, I believe Conservatives of female persuasion would find it a reasonably comfortable place (I may disagree with that perspective, but we should ignore / pretend it doesn't exist at out peril. 76mil votes for Trump 2020 were not all cast by males. On more personal / closer to home note, a number of my exes would agree with Texas laws more than their/our own Ontario laws and cultu…

Women have life-threatening complications at the same rate regardless of their political beliefs.

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by rossdavidh »

FireBeyond wrote: post #27
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #24

Austin has had a steady influx of people over the past few decades, but things have really gotten insane over the past couple years. To me it's been a lesson in what I call "hype-tipping points". Don't get me wrong, there is a ton I really like about Austin: really strong job market with tons of tech jobs, lots of stuff to do outdoors most of the year (the lakes, hike-and-bike trail, etc.), investment in great public…

> Austin famously touted itself as "Live Music Capital of the World" and its "Keep Austin Weird" slogan Which in itself is odd, because it's hard to see it as anything but a carbon copy of "Keep Portland Weird".

Hard to tell which one is older, but Google thinks "Keep Austin Weird" is.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=k...

But, let's be honest, Austin isn't really weird any more, so I guess it's a moot point. I bought my house in the low-cost part of town in 2001, and for about 10 years it more or less stayed the same price, but it has tripled in the last 10 years, much of that in the last 5. I love Austin, but a slowdown in the pace of people moving here would be fine. I am hypocritical for saying this, as I moved to Texas from California...

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by jjtheblunt »

techsupporter wrote: post #30

I was born in Texas and lived the first part of my adult life there. All of my family still lives there. But many years ago, I decamped for Seattle (before the tech boom really got started here) and, bluntly, I'm never going back. I wish everyone who is moving to Texas the best of luck and truly hope you succeed. But if you think moving to Dallas or Austin or Houston and putting a Beto sign on your front window is an…

Do you mean you found it weird, and plainly annoying?

In graduate school in Illinois, there was a guy from Texas, and he couldn't stop telling us (mostly europeans, but i'm from chicago) how Texas is better than everything.

We didn't understand. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by dylan604 »

bagels wrote: post #12
foobiekr wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well. I’ve spent some time working on retirement options since my wife and I are close. Arizona really has nothing to recommend it. Florida does, but southern Florida is kind of a wasteland with pending climate issues and northern Florida is a trashy hell hole. I have family there. If not for the cultural issues it would be a no brainer but who wants to retire somewhere awful? Taxes-wise, I think California is underr…

What makes Florida recommendable where Arizona is not?

Water

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by betwixthewires »

foobiekr wrote: post #9
narrator wrote: post #4

Why Texas and not Arizona, or Florida or some other state?

Well. I’ve spent some time working on retirement options since my wife and I are close. Arizona really has nothing to recommend it. Florida does, but southern Florida is kind of a wasteland with pending climate issues and northern Florida is a trashy hell hole. I have family there. If not for the cultural issues it would be a no brainer but who wants to retire somewhere awful? Taxes-wise, I think California is underr…

> The property tax is insane and regressive but it’s a wash.

How are property taxes regressive? Working class people bear the tax burden with income taxes, land owners bear the tax burden with property taxes, I'd argue that having 0 income tax and funding the state through property tax is as progressive as it gets. Of course, rental property has to pass that tax on to renters to remain profitable, but still that allows for the vast majority of property that is not rental property to bear more of the tax burden.

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by rossdavidh »

JavaBatman wrote: post #26
abernard1 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"the oil and gas industry is responsible for 10 percent of the Texas gross domestic product, down from 21 percent in 1981." https://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/article253429364...

Thanks, I stand corrected. Looks like they are in fact diversifying their economy. Good on them.

Here's an Australian economist's survey of that process, in case you're interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Z1urH2OhQ

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by tomatofarmer »

techsupporter wrote: post #30

I was born in Texas and lived the first part of my adult life there. All of my family still lives there. But many years ago, I decamped for Seattle (before the tech boom really got started here) and, bluntly, I'm never going back. I wish everyone who is moving to Texas the best of luck and truly hope you succeed. But if you think moving to Dallas or Austin or Houston and putting a Beto sign on your front window is an…

Robert O'Rourke is a billionaire who already scammed El Paso. Texas is too smart for him, even though he's backed by NYC donors and Hollywood.
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