Texas gets a bad rap. Here's why so many people are moving here.

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Very interesting Doug. Thank you for sharing. One of my cousins lives in Texas with his family..I forgot which city though. The narrator might want to rethink that weather thing. Part of Texas have been getting slammed with some very bad weather lately.
 
Katelivewire said:
I live in Montana and Texans are moving here along with lots Californiano. Sure we have other states also but lately it’s texans. They do things differently and push their style of living here, which is pissing off more Montanans.
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I pretty well watched the whole series of videos. From why are people moving to ... to why are people moving from ...! I am willing to bet there is/or will be a video: Why people move from Texas, or why people don't like Texas. Have a look at the whole series. It is amusing.
 
My Texas con- Both my parents were born in Texas and they both came from families that had strong Texas roots. So whenever my parents took me to Dallas and Bosque County to visit relatives I felt as though I was an outsider since I was born outside of Texas. Texans are wary of outsiders...lol.

My Texas Pro- Austin. I used to go to SXSW and always had a blast there. Some of the best food is served in Austin along with great live music.


There is a video like this for Arizona and it is similar. Many Californians moved here during COVID which drove housing prices up sharply. Now the Phoenix area is ranked 4th in the drop of home values which was inevitable.
 
We've got a cousin/family who lives in Plano, TX., just a few miles North of Dallas. They love it there, and we have visited them a few times, and tend to agree that they are in a nice place. Lately, they are starting to worry about the influx of "illegals", and wondering if they should start taking Spanish lessons.
 
Katelivewire said:
I live in Montana and Texans are moving here along with lots Californiano. Sure we have other states also but lately it’s texans. They do things differently and push their style of living here, which is pissing off more Montanans.
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Sorry to hear that. I'm a "transplanted" Texan myself. We moved here in 2006. I've felt very welcome, but I don't have a particular way of Texan living that I push on others because I wasn't raised here.

I think the way of life has changed in Dallas because when I first moved here I saw an older man on an elliptical machine berate another man at the gym because he was talking loudly on his cell phone. The guy hung up. There was also a woman at Blockbuster (that's how long ago it was) who told someone on the phone "she needed to hang up because other people in the store didn't appreciate it". I felt like I'd landed in the right place, but all that has changed over the years.
 
Don M. said:
We've got a cousin/family who lives in Plano, TX., just a few miles North of Dallas. They love it there, and we have visited them a few times, and tend to agree that they are in a nice place. Lately, they are starting to worry about the influx of "illegals", and wondering if they should start taking Spanish lessons.
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My mother lived in Plano and during her Golden Years and I visited her regularly. She had lots of Asians and South Asians taking care of her in assisted living and they were caring and competent. There are also lots of South Asians living there due to the tech industry. Plano is the suburbs and the chances of lots of "illegals" moving there are slim.

I can say that if it weren't for immigrants our house would be a rundown mess. The foreman of the company that did our remodel was Mexican and was a delight to work with.

Our gardener is one of the nicest, most honest men I've ever known. He has been doing our lawn for 17 years. I've left him $25 in an envelope each week for 17 years. Last week I left him $30 and he left a $5 bill in the envelope. He doesn't speak English very well, so when we are going out of town I just type him a message in Spanish using Google Translate.

Our landscaper, also from Mexico, was referred to me from another neighbor. He did a complete landscape overhaul a few years ago and now comes back every 6 months to change out our flowers. Sometimes his young son accompanies him to do the planting. I write him a check. If it weren't for him our patio wouldn't look like the picture below. I reached out to a Caucasian woman who owned a landscape company. She came to our house to check things out and give us an estimate. She got back to me 3 months later, saying she had been going through some personal issues. I told her we had already hired someone else.

Our electrician is also Hispanic, and he's done wonders for our interior and exterior lighting.

Lastly, our next door neighbor is an elderly lady from Mexico and is one of the nicest and most accomplished people I've ever met. She is a fellow at her university in Pittsburgh and has recently done a total inside/outside remodel of her house. She has helped bring property values up for the entire neighborhood.

I short, I love Texas because of the Hispanic influence and culture, not in spite of it.

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Nathan said:
They are the original owners, and culturally the best influence there.
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Well... second owners maybe. Native Americans were first. Apache and lots of other tribes. Native American tribes in Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_tribes_in_Texas

The Mexicans however were there before us. And a lot of the Mexicans are mestizo, half Native American. So maybe they are first and a half?

Remembering history is always important.
 
Alligatorob said:
Well... second owners maybe. Native Americans were first. Apache and lots of other tribes. Native American tribes in Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_tribes_in_Texas

The Mexicans however were there before us. And a lot of the Mexicans are mestizo, half Native American. So maybe they are first and a half?
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Actually, the ancestors of the American Indians were nomadic hunters of northeast Asia who migrated over the Bering Strait land bridge into North America probably during the last glacial period (11,500–30,000 years ago).

Alligatorob said:
Remembering history is always important.
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Yessir! ;)
 
chic said:
People anxious to escape California escape to Texas. Bad weather and too much power loss - electricity wise for me. I'm too far away anyhow. But it's a pretty place.
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Many who move from CA do so for financial reasons. They get beaucoup bucks for their CA real estate and can buy in Texas for cash and have money left over. Ditto selling in CA and buying in Montana, Arizona, and any other state (outside of Hawaii) for less. Often a whole lot less. If they haven't yet bought a home here, their chances of affording one increase if they look outside of CA.

In 2022, average price of home in CA was $816K, TX was $314K, MT: $449K, AZ: $458K.
https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-house-price-state/

Mind you, I've had some lovely visits to TX. San Antonio is so very captivating, as is Austin. Residents are charming, but to be fair I've found people to be charming throughout my US and international travels. Most humans are pretty nice and seem to be especially so to out of towners.

All this said, I'd never move from the west coast because of my strong political beliefs.
 

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