My son is 24 and has two dogs... Thinking about moving to texas.

I'm in San Antonio and I love my awesome little city. Austin is pretty nice, too. But both are pretty huge - and you really can't walk everywhere.

New Braunfels is nice, and so is San Marcus (college town).

Central Texas is a good place to live

There isn't anywhere in Texas that you can walk everywhere unless you live in downtown areas and you won't be able to afford anything in downtown on a waiter salary... at least not in the DFW area and likely Austin and Houston too. This is most definitely a state that relies heavily on vehicular transportation.

If you like to be outside, it just isn't a great state for that. There are parks and hiking trails but unless you like super sweating it out in 100 degree weather in the summer or putting yourself at risk for heat stroke, you probably won't go. It will even be in the high 80s-90s late at night. I don't exercise outside in the summer because it's just too hot. This winter has been mild but we are known for ice and sleet. There's really only about 6 months a year that you can participate outside (March - May, September - November), unless you like it cold, then maybe December-February if it's mild and not icy.

And don't even think about buying a house here. The prices here are so so so overpriced right now, there was an article in WSJ, I believe, about it. Apartments aren't cheap either here. Most decent 1 bedrooms in a decent city will cost 800-1000 a month. There are cheaper apartments but the location is the issue....

We do have cheaper gas but that's about it. Our food prices really aren't better than other states from what I've seen. We don't have state income tax which is somewhat nice (in a, 'I don't care to maintain my state' kinda way).

And the people here. Oh my god. They all love their guns and their bible. They will tell you texas is the greatest state ever and, "if you don't like it, get out." Yeah.... that's the standard response from most Texans.

I really can't think of many positives about the state other than you can take day trips to other areas. Austin is great, Houston is houston, we go to the coast occasionally, and San Antonio is nice to visit too. I'm sure other Texans will chime in with how great the state is and give you a different perspective.

Funny lol. I was just coming back to delete the long thing I wrote and just put, "yeah, don't" instead... Figured that was a much shorter, concise version.

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There isn't anywhere in Texas that you can walk everywhere unless you live in downtown areas and you won't be able to afford anything in downtown on a waiter salary... at least not in the DFW area and likely Austin and Houston too. This is most definitely a state that relies heavily on vehicular transportation.

If you like to be outside, it just isn't a great state for that. There are parks and hiking trails but unless you like super sweating it out in 100 degree weather in the summer or putting yourself at risk for heat stroke, you probably won't go. It will even be in the high 80s-90s late at night. I don't exercise outside in the summer because it's just too hot. This winter has been mild but we are known for ice and sleet. There's really only about 6 months a year that you can participate outside (March - May, September - November), unless you like it cold, then maybe December-February if it's mild and not icy.

And don't even think about buying a house here. The prices here are so so so overpriced right now, there was an article in WSJ, I believe, about it. Apartments aren't cheap either here. Most decent 1 bedrooms in a decent city will cost 800-1000 a month. There are cheaper apartments but the location is the issue....

We do have cheaper gas but that's about it. Our food prices really aren't better than other states from what I've seen. We don't have state income tax which is somewhat nice (in a, 'I don't care to maintain my state' kinda way).

And the people here. Oh my god. They all love their guns and their bible. They will tell you texas is the greatest state ever and, "if you don't like it, get out." Yeah.... that's the standard response from most Texans.

I really can't think of many positives about the state other than you can take day trips to other areas. Austin is great, Houston is houston, we go to the coast occasionally, and San Antonio is nice to visit too. I'm sure other Texans will chime in with how great the state is and give you a different perspective.

I guess I'm lucky to live in San Antonio. I'm a super liberal atheist and haven't had any issues with people here. Our housing market is really good, our apartments aren't bad and there's lots and lots to do outside. It is hot, I'll give you that - we have a pool so it's not that miserable here.

I'm sure other, smaller areas of the state are pretty different, but that's true of any state, I think.

We moved here from CA and love it here. I am an outdoor person and I ride my horse, bike and walk my dogs all year round. In the summer I get out very early in the morning and am done by 10 a.m. usually. Always have water with me.
Of course, coming from CA, the housing prices are great to us! But they have gone up in the last 4 years. Fort Worth has some trails along the Trinity River. I think TX is worth looking into.