We hate the rain. My wife hates it, my daughter hates it (our other daughter will when she's old enough to know), and I hate it. It drives us batshit crazy that we're living in the rain and gloomy weather almost 9 months out of the year up here in Oregon. We dislike it because it's hard to take the kids outside to do anything (even play in our backyard) without them getting cold, cranky or soaked.
My wife and I have been talking for the past few months about potentially moving somewhere with a warmer climate in the past few years. Now, before you tell me that I don't know what I'm in for, I do (to an extent). I lived in Phoenix, Arizona for years so I know all about the heat. I also lived in Austin, Texas for a year when I was younger, so I know about that kind of heat at all.
We were talking about where we might want to live, and we pretty much decided on the Southwest. I mentioned that I really liked Arizona, but when we started looking for nice homes in the East Valley (where we'd want to live), I found that they've gone up considerably, which might possibly rule it out. Nevada was an option as well, but the only major city in Nevada is Las Vegas (which is a slum) and Reno (which is a shit hole), so that kind of rules out Nevada. We basically want to live somewhere where it's mostly sunny all year round with little rain / snow.
So then we started looking at Texas again, and man oh man... We found gorgeous houses that are well below what we would want to spend.
So here's what we'd ultimately be looking for in a house / location:
Now the thing is, I don't know Texas at all outside of Austin. We've looked at places in the DFW area, but while the houses are gorgeous there, it seems like they're all cookie cutter houses in yuppy HOA neighborhoods.
We're trying to get advice from people who live in Texas as to where might be good places to look for places to live. We're not trying to move tomorrow, we're not even moving for sure. This is just something we're talking about, and if it did happen, it would be in 1-2 years.
We aren't even dead set on Texas. Texas just keeps coming up because it looks like it's a state that is within our price range, has a warm climate all year round, and would be much more pleasurable than the current shit climate we live in.
I'd love to hear from any of you guys who live in Texas (or anyone with suggestions at all as to other alternatives). I'm telling you, after spending most of my life in this cold weather and constant rain, I'm just over it...
My wife and I have been talking for the past few months about potentially moving somewhere with a warmer climate in the past few years. Now, before you tell me that I don't know what I'm in for, I do (to an extent). I lived in Phoenix, Arizona for years so I know all about the heat. I also lived in Austin, Texas for a year when I was younger, so I know about that kind of heat at all.
We were talking about where we might want to live, and we pretty much decided on the Southwest. I mentioned that I really liked Arizona, but when we started looking for nice homes in the East Valley (where we'd want to live), I found that they've gone up considerably, which might possibly rule it out. Nevada was an option as well, but the only major city in Nevada is Las Vegas (which is a slum) and Reno (which is a shit hole), so that kind of rules out Nevada. We basically want to live somewhere where it's mostly sunny all year round with little rain / snow.
So then we started looking at Texas again, and man oh man... We found gorgeous houses that are well below what we would want to spend.
So here's what we'd ultimately be looking for in a house / location:
- 4+ bedrooms
- 2+ bathrooms
- 2+ car carage
- 2000+ square feet
- No HOA (I HATE HOAs!!!)
- Family friendly area
- Hopefully 1 or more acres of land
- Somewhere within 20-30 minutes of a major city
- Max $250,000
- In an area that is less prone to natural disasters (especially flooding and tornadoes / hurricanes)
Now the thing is, I don't know Texas at all outside of Austin. We've looked at places in the DFW area, but while the houses are gorgeous there, it seems like they're all cookie cutter houses in yuppy HOA neighborhoods.
We're trying to get advice from people who live in Texas as to where might be good places to look for places to live. We're not trying to move tomorrow, we're not even moving for sure. This is just something we're talking about, and if it did happen, it would be in 1-2 years.
We aren't even dead set on Texas. Texas just keeps coming up because it looks like it's a state that is within our price range, has a warm climate all year round, and would be much more pleasurable than the current shit climate we live in.
I'd love to hear from any of you guys who live in Texas (or anyone with suggestions at all as to other alternatives). I'm telling you, after spending most of my life in this cold weather and constant rain, I'm just over it...