posted ago by RoofKorean
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The taxes are way too high here and my rent for my small 400sq ft. studio apt is over $1200/mo. The homeless problem is getting worse by the day and it’s gotten to the point there are homeless people living in my apartment laundry room. The liberals all around me are starting to get on my nerves as well. I’ve been wanting to move to either Texas (or Nevada) for awhile now but I think it’s time I finally make the move. Can any Texas pedes recommend a part of Texas I can start my search for apartments?
The taxes are way too high here and my rent for my small 400sq ft. studio apt is over $1200/mo. The homeless problem is getting worse by the day and it’s gotten to the point there are homeless people living in my apartment laundry room. The liberals all around me are starting to get on my nerves as well. I’ve been wanting to move to either Texas (or Nevada) for awhile now but I think it’s time I finally make the move. Can any Texas pedes recommend a part of Texas I can start my search for apartments?
..and, please don't vote Dems ever. Help keep the red state red, wherever you are moving to.
I don't ever plan on voting Dem probably for the rest of my life.
"Probably"? Get a rope. Sorry, old Pace Picante joke.
Think you need to give some more info. Like, what field do you work in? What kind of area do you want to live in (big/small city, out in the country). Why specifically do you like Texas? What are your interests? Etc.
I'm a freelance illustrator so I work from home. Coming from a big city, I suppose something to help with the transition would be best for me. So, maybe a mid to large city? I'm not too sure. I don't know too much about Texas, to be honest. I just know that I want to get the hell out of this blue state and go where I won't get raped with taxes.
Damn, do you have a portfolio?
I would suggest putting a link on a password-protected paste to protect your confidentiality.
Why the city, though? To network? Do you do remote or no?
I'm not sure if I'm ready to move completely out into the country, yet. It's something I'm not used to, although I'm open-minded to it. I think for now living in a city to help with the transition might be best for me. And networking would probably be another thing I can do in the city as well. Here is my site. I'll just remove the link after an hour or so. Also, yes, most of my work is remote.
Nice, I swear I've seen your art on occasion before.
OK, I did some digging around on NomadList for places that meet your parameters, and if you're OK with commuting, you should try Beaumont, San Antonio, Killeen, and Bryan. Great if you need to network in the Houston/Dallas/Austin area. All under $1k/month. There are other options with low rent, but I exclude those because they're close to the border.
However, Texas is rather overrated, if you want truly low rent, try...Omaha, NE? Battle Creek, MI? Kokomo, IN? Pocatello or Idaho Falls, ID? Eau Claire or La Crosse, WI? Cheyenne, WY? Canton, OH? Jonesboro, Rogers, or Springdale, AR? Santa Fe has a pre-established art community.
Arkansas is a great place to live. I was there for 22 years. Good down home Southern living with a slow pace. Loved it.
Wow dude, I really appreciate that!! Thanks for taking the time to help me out! I will definitely look into each of those areas you mentioned.
If you want to get more granular you can take your pick from these locations.
For all of U.S. if you want to consider.
Seems like the site isn't working atm but I'll keep trying.
Look up "states with lowest taxes"? Off the top of my head I would say Alaska or Wyoming?
Take a week vacation and go visit a few cities. I wouldn’t just get a lease somewhere you’ve never been.
Yeah, good call. I'll definitely do that.
Just stay out of the big cities and youll be fine.
North Dallas is a great location. Frisco/Plano/Allen, I've lived in all 3 and have nothing but positive things to say about them
That's Collin county mostly. Anywhere in DFW is good if you stay out of Dallas county. I live in Tarrant County (Ft Worth). It is great too.
Thank you. I'll check it out.
ID? The homeless people leave during the day and come in at night.
Think parent means Idaho.
Thanks, I was racking my brain trying to figure that out. Inner Dallas? lol
I hear Waco Tx is good. But have not lived there. Can't say I would recommend Nv. Unless you like Vegas. It's good you will rent not buy you need a year in any town to really know if you want to stay. Depending upon your skill-set, might be best not to settle in a small, college town or touristy enviro. Predominantly Conservative base not a Liberal one is wise from a happiness standpoint. I was in Cal 30 years. Fled to mountains in Az. Other place I love is up north, Montana. Pioneer spirit. You have that? Glad you are making your escape, friend. God bless.
Thanks for your tips. I work as a freelance illustrator so I can work from home which eliminates a lot of issues regarding location, I think. Anyway, thanks for your advice. I'll keep those things in mind.
I can’t really recommend Waco. OP, I have worked in tech industry in DFW, Houston, San Antonio, and now Austin. PM me if you have specific questions about TX. Way too many variables for public back and forth, but you’re welcome to summarize my comments here after, should you think it’s helpful. Texas offers several advantages outside of more $ in your pocket. Guns. For instance. Lots of them. ALL of them. Not just ones that non-shooters think you should have. Did I mention that Texas will give you a 10% discount on your auto insurance AFTER your first speeding ticket? (I’ll explain it to you privately, it’s a bit of an inside joke that insurers here make lol)
Noted and noted. The ability to express my 2nd amendment rights is another reason I'd like to get out of California. This place just keeps getting shittier and shittier by the year.
Grew up in Sac and earlier in Dairyville, where several relatives are still stuck behind enemy lines. I left at 18 and never went back.
Sperling's Places Rated has a lot of good info. CityData as well. There won't be much to compare with the size of LA aside from maybe Dallas/FtWorth or Houston but then youre just swapping problems and Houston is literally swampy. Humid and hot as the devil's crotch. Panhandle has a few midsized towns that are conservative but, despite what common consensus is, most urban places, even in Texas, lean Left / have many dependent people living there.
If youre renting, I assume youre not loaded, so Texas Hill Country is sorta off limits.Its beautiful, though. If you like swimming. In fact, if youre moving to Texas you're either going to need to enjoy swimming in a creek or lake (or, I guess the beach, though thryre nothing at all compared to LA or, the nicest, Santa Barbara.)Anyways, swimming or being trapped inside. Its hot as fuck, is my point here. And really, geographically, culturally isolated. I say visit first.
But, check out ol Bert (Burt?) Sperling's website.
Themes so many things that goes into a sense of place...hard to suggest something just randomly without knowing you better, pede.
--- born n raised in TX for 30+ years. Now in Portland waiting to shit or get off the pot.
Yeah, I already have read about a lot of that stuff from Texans and I can completely understand from their pov. I'd hate it too if a bunch of lefties started coming into my state and voting blue. My plan is to move and assimilate. Plain and simple.
Meh, don't get too scared. Big cities are mostly the same no matter where you go. And there's always, always some ahole with a "native" chip on their shoulder. No matter how shitty and tiny the town is. From Kyle, Texas to Rochester, NY to Austin to OlyWa to Athens, GA and ATL to Seattle, Etc. People who have nothing else in their lives going for them ...generally speaking.
Based pedes escaping shitholenifornia should definitely move to purple states like NV and TX: they will be the ones who make 'em red again.
Even out the influx of Mexicans and Central Americans. Also, dumbasses from New York. California expatriates get all the press but New York liberals are fuggin everywhere like cockroaches, too. stompstompstomp!
Huh? Montana has a Dem Governor and one of their Senators is a Dem too.
And yet culturally...
Texas needs all the Republicans it can get.