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Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by igetspam »

tomatofarmer wrote: post #78
dillondoyle wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Source? He released 10 years of tax returns [1], showing modestly high income. His disclosures in Congress - which he would be breaking the law if he lied about, e.g. Trump potential fraud - show higher net with real estate holdings. [2] Still probably 8 digitals starting with a $1 or less. There are sources that says his father in law is worth $500mm. If you think the father in law will give the couple all his net w…

My source is the 2018 senate election. Robert was defeated despite overwhelming publicity from out of state sources, and being backed by a father in law that 'conservatively' has a 500mm net worth (as of 2 years ago, during which time the S&P 500 has nearly doubled). Texas was too smart for him.

"Too smart" is a very subjective statement. We have Abbott and I'd argue that anyone who voted for him is mostly braindead. Beto isn't my dream leader but at least he's not openly hostile to anyone but a very specific type brand of crazy/religious extreme.

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by igetspam »

PeterWhittaker wrote: post #83

My gay aunt and her partner moved to Austin just before the 2008 housing crash. Within months, they had experienced sufficient discrimination that they desperately wanted to move back to NE but had to wait until the housing market recovered enough for their loss to be palatable. They miss the weather but don’t miss tradespeople refusing to enter when they realize the house belonged to two women.

That's terrible and completely believable. There's nothing the Texas government hates more than people of color, except women... and LGBTQ... and atheists... and liberals... and the disabled... and millennials... and anyone not born in Texas

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by tomatofarmer »

igetspam wrote: post #91
tomatofarmer wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My source is the 2018 senate election. Robert was defeated despite overwhelming publicity from out of state sources, and being backed by a father in law that 'conservatively' has a 500mm net worth (as of 2 years ago, during which time the S&P 500 has nearly doubled). Texas was too smart for him.

"Too smart" is a very subjective statement. We have Abbott and I'd argue that anyone who voted for him is mostly braindead. Beto isn't my dream leader but at least he's not openly hostile to anyone but a very specific type brand of crazy/religious extreme.

The article is about how many people are moving to Texas. Abbott must not be too hostile.

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by foobiekr »

arthurcolle wrote: post #13
foobiekr wrote: post #9

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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…

Miami is pretty nice if you have money

I like the area, but it's pretty far from any mountains (an entire state, basically), hurricanes and a legitimate crime issue (both violent and property).

Re: Moving to Texas

#95

Post by bradlys »

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…

This sums up the feeling I had when visiting Texas and why the only reason Texas tempts me is because of economic reasons and that’s it. I noticed how often the lone star was everywhere. And I kept getting this feeling - “people think a little too highly of Texas and themselves here for being in Texas…”

That damn lone star is so common that it shows up in god damn furniture sets. How often are you getting a set of furniture where an apple is prominently featured in every piece because you’re buying something in Washington state?

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by erik_seaberg »

wpietri wrote: post #68
thrill wrote: post #34

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Or perhaps the Texas people view the unborn as first class citizens.

Nah. If children were all that important, they'd be doing a lot more than passing laws to control women's bodies. Heck, the whole problem of abortion could be solved by controlling men's bodies. We are, after all, involved in 100% of unwanted pregnancies. Mandatory reversible vasectomies at puberty for all men would be a big step forward. And for men who slip up and impregnate somebody who doesn't want to carry to te…

> Mandatory reversible vasectomies

They can’t mandate that reversal shall work; the failure rate starts at 5% and goes up over time.

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by boardwaalk »

mplanchard wrote: post #81

As an anecdotal data point, I have lived in Austin since 2014, but my wife and I are planning on moving elsewhere sometime in the next couple of years. Austin is a fantastic city if you can afford to live in it. Great neighborhoods, great food, relatively laid back culture. The summers are brutal, but borderline tolerable. However, winter storm Uri was a real eye opener, and the (lack of) legislative response to it,…

In the same situation: Moved here around 2014, have the same observations about being subject to state gov, and looking to move in the next few years.

Another consideration is how the summer are just going to get worse here over the next few decades, so I don’t feel like investing (home improvements etc).

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by tomatofarmer »

igetspam wrote: post #92
PeterWhittaker wrote: post #83

My gay aunt and her partner moved to Austin just before the 2008 housing crash. Within months, they had experienced sufficient discrimination that they desperately wanted to move back to NE but had to wait until the housing market recovered enough for their loss to be palatable. They miss the weather but don’t miss tradespeople refusing to enter when they realize the house belonged to two women.

That's terrible and completely believable. There's nothing the Texas government hates more than people of color, except women... and LGBTQ... and atheists... and liberals... and the disabled... and millennials... and anyone not born in Texas

You're exactly right about that. That's why we are here commenting on an article about all of them moving to Texas en masse.

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by igetspam »

tomatofarmer wrote: post #98
igetspam wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's terrible and completely believable. There's nothing the Texas government hates more than people of color, except women... and LGBTQ... and atheists... and liberals... and the disabled... and millennials... and anyone not born in Texas

You're exactly right about that. That's why we are here commenting on an article about all of them moving to Texas en masse.

You don't get to fully grok just how crap this place is until you get here. I moved for financial reasons and I'm leaving to get away from the ever degrading she cual climate. Texas is not a welcoming place. The mass migrations may change the tone eventually but from what I've witnessed, the ugly side of this state is just planting their feet more firmly and their flags more deeply (literally... so many flags with blue lines and 'let's go Brandon" BS)

Re: Moving to Texas

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Post by igetspam »

tomatofarmer wrote: post #93
igetspam wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Too smart" is a very subjective statement. We have Abbott and I'd argue that anyone who voted for him is mostly braindead. Beto isn't my dream leader but at least he's not openly hostile to anyone but a very specific type brand of crazy/religious extreme.

The article is about how many people are moving to Texas. Abbott must not be too hostile.

He's openly hostile. He's specifically told people coming from CA to not "blow it" when they get here. He makes regular threats against Austin for calling him out on being a hypocrite and trying to overstep authority. Can't help it if people don't pay attention. It's genuinely harder to see until you're in the middle of it though.
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