Retire in Texas?

[Obvious Gimmick]

Kicking around the idea. Leaning more toward Ga, but you never know. I'd like to stay close to a university or a younger environment. I know some of you have business dealing there. Any thoughts?  Coming from california

[Agnostic007]

Kicking around the idea. Leaning more toward Ga, but you never know. I'd like to stay close to a university or a younger environment. I know some of you have business dealing there. Any thoughts?  Coming from california

Lived in Austin 24 years,. What are you looking for? Sweltering summers, cold winters, Cedar Fever, traffic, ?

[Obvious Gimmick]

Mild summers cool winters are fine. Medium size town. Not a hunter or fisherman, but I like the outdoors

[Agnostic007]

Mild summers cool winters are fine. Medium size town. Not a hunter or fisherman, but I like the outdoors

Can't think of anywhere in Texas will mild summers

[oldtimer1]

The nicest people in general I have met are from Texas. They are friendly, conservative, Christian, patriotic and good people.

 In Georgia I found people were unfriendly or just had phony southern manners. In the South so many have that phony manners but will stomp you calling you sir.

Southern California is another layer of insanity. Everyone is in a good mood it appears. How can they not be with a sunny day every day and most have money but it's hard to figure out how they make it since so many I have met don't drive to jobs but work out of their house on their computer. In California you will soon find they are off their rockers. They are liberal, intolerant, hateful against anyone that doesn't share their ideology to the point of some being violent. In California it also appears to me that their are two classes. The filthy rich and poor. The middle class is almost non existent and fleeing the state. It's funny they want to leave the state but many bring their flaky California liberal values with them.

Those are my experiences with those three states.

[benchmstr]

Kicking around the idea. Leaning more toward Ga, but you never know. I'd like to stay close to a university or a younger environment. I know some of you have business dealing there. Any thoughts?  Coming from california

Keep your California bullshit out of Texas..we seriously do NOT need you!

Bench

[The Scott]

Keep your California bullshit out of Texas..we seriously do NOT need you!

Bench

I don't know if the OP is liberal or not, but I live in Kommiefornia and frequently go to Arizona to visit family.  I'm allowed in because I am very Conservative, LOL!  Looking at new homes there, I've spoken with people that can't stand the cucktards of Kommiefornia moving to their state and I don't blame them one fucking bit. 

Liberals are a cancer that should be cut out of the body politic.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Kicking around the idea. Leaning more toward Ga, but you never know. I'd like to stay close to a university or a younger environment. I know some of you have business dealing there. Any thoughts?  Coming from california

Texas is for steers and queers so you'll fit in perfectly

[hardgainerj]

[Voice of Doom]

Kicking around the idea. Leaning more toward Ga, but you never know. I'd like to stay close to a university or a younger environment. I know some of you have business dealing there. Any thoughts?  Coming from california

If you're retiring why would you want to be around younger/university areas?

[Twaddle]

Texas is for steers and queers so you'll fit in perfectly

Vince, do you still own land in Texas? 

[Kwon3]

Vince, do you still own land in Texas? 

yep, proud of it too

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Vince, do you still own land in Texas? 

Sold it

[DanielPaul]

Summers are absolutely miserable here, 3 month where you can’t do shit outside then 6 other months that are comparable to summers in other US states and then 3 months with days in the 70s and 80s and nights in 40s and 50s.  3 days out of the years we get temps in the 30s.  If your liberal move to areas with high Hispanic populations that the only places you’ll find like minded people.  But be prepared because crime is usually high in those areas. But if your conservative or just don’t give a shit there’s plenty of places to live.

[HTexan]

If youre looking for mild summers, stay out of texas. old retired snowbirds come here for the winters.
are you looking for city or country?
georgetown is very nice, but they will try to get you live in prison for a batch of pot brownies 

[Primemuscle]

Sales tax in Texas is essentially higher than it is in California, but the total tax burden is lower. Cost of living is lower in Texas. Median home prices are 1/3 of what they are in California. Several Texas cities are on the ten best places to retire.

[headhuntersix]

I'm originally from Mass but spent most of my time in the military and retired in Texas. I live between Austin and San Antonio. I'm not a big fan of either but both have enough stuff if you need city. The Texas hill country is great especially if you ride. You can use your bike 12 months a year. Winter here is wet and short. We had snow for 2 hours last year. The rivers are clear and floating is pretty good as you can drink everywhere.  My town is doing a good job in driving out the Mexicans for the most part but you need em for construction. Housing prices are ok in SA...ridiculous in Austin and in between you need to hunt. Most are builders grade junk for 300K. I remodeled mine like a lot of folks close to our town center. Plenty of gyms in Austin and SA that are world class plus the usual chain gyms. I work in both SA and Austin and have 4-5 memberships. The lakes around Austin are great. If you want what you posted....San Marcos, TX where Texas State is located is pretty much what you're looking for. Plenty of bars and resturants..annoying college kids etc. 

[peroni]

Lived in Austin 24 years,. What are you looking for? Sweltering summers, cold winters, Cedar Fever, traffic, ?

You forgot hipsters and lines for restaurants...even when they're awful, but publicized.

[Straw Man]

I'm originally from Mass but spent most of my time in the military and retired in Texas. I live between Austin and San Antonio. I'm not a big fan of either but both have enough stuff if you need city. The Texas hill country is great especially if you ride. You can use your bike 12 months a year. Winter here is wet and short. We had snow for 2 hours last year. The rivers are clear and floating is pretty good as you can drink everywhere.  My town is doing a good job in driving out the Mexicans for the most part but you need em for construction. Housing prices are ok in SA...ridiculous in Austin and in between you need to hunt. Most are builders grade junk for 300K. I remodeled mine like a lot of folks close to our town center. Plenty of gyms in Austin and SA that are world class plus the usual chain gyms. I work in both SA and Austin and have 4-5 memberships. The lakes around Austin are great. If you want what you posted....San Marcos, TX where Texas State is located is pretty much what you're looking for. Plenty of bars and resturants..annoying college kids etc. 

Why do you need them for construction.  There are plenty of citizens who can do those same jobs

BTW - I grew up in Texas (lived in Richardson, Plano and Flowermound)

My Dad lives in Fredericksburg (I think that might be near you ..."near" being a relative term when talking about Texas) and have a brother in Austin and sister and mother in Plano.

[hardgainerj]

Why do you need them for construction.  There are plenty of citizens who can do those same jobs

BTW - I grew up in Texas (lived in Richardson, Plano and Flowermound)

My Dad lives in Fredericksburg (I think that might be near you ..."near" being a relative term when talking about Texas) and have a brother in Austin and sister and mother in Plano.

he doesnt need mexicans, the construction companies do

[Primemuscle]

Why do you need them for construction.  There are plenty of citizens who can do those same jobs

Sarcasm?

[Straw Man]

he doesnt need mexicans, the construction companies do

why?

there are plenty of US Citizens willing to do those jobs

[Straw Man]

Sarcasm?

no

100% serious

Same thing I said about Trump hiring foreign workers for Mar A Lago

I'm sure there are plenty of US citizens who can bus table, cook, etc.. (not sure what jobs Trump is bringing in these workers for)

I'm sure Trump would be very happy to pay higher wages if that's what is needed to fill those jobs with US citizens

[Agnostic007]

You forgot hipsters and lines for restaurants...even when they're awful, but publicized.

I'm a hipster at heart but yeah, Fridays and Saturdays, don't go to any restaurant hungry unless it's a Sushi place. The wait is quite a bit. When I moved there in 93 you had a little rush hour traffic. Now, getting on any of the highways between 7am and 9pm is like rush hour.

[sync pulse]

When I moved there in 93 you had a little rush hour traffic. Now, getting on any of the highways between 7am and 9pm is like rush hour.

I am a yellow dog Democrat, but one of the stupid things that Au-stoned-ians thought was that they could persuade people not to drive cars by preventing highways from being built.