So... Texas...

**Cainun** · 10-26-09, 06:32 PM

San Antonio, Texas Coast, what're the cities like? Universities, Junior Colleges? Health care stuffs, safety for elderly, job market (Apprenticeships for Trades? Electrician, Plumbing?), standard of living, the whole she-bang? Reason I ask, is my mother is getting close to her retirement and the two aforementioned are two places shes contemplating moving too. It'll be too expensive to remain here in California, and frankly a change of scenery is needed. And I'll be damned if I let myself stay in California when I have nothing anchoring myself here.

**Hitch** · 10-26-09, 06:38 PM

With y'all coming from Cali, I have to recommend that you check out Austin.

The Texas-shock will be almost invisible there. Lotso open-minded thinkers, Musicians, outdoor things, bars, medical, universities a plenty...

You can't go wrong starting your hunt in A-Town. Ask Faith, she lives there and so do several other TTP-ers.

Good Luck!

Hitch

**space.cowboy** · 10-26-09, 06:43 PM

Austin is most certainly the closest to non Texas available. My roommate is from Cali and they hated Austin because they wanted to be out of California. They were there on a day that they had a gay pride parade I believe.

**Toker** · 10-26-09, 06:45 PM

Just be like all the other Californians and move over here to AZ.

......just don't bring your friends. We are getting zerged. :8

**~~Cyanide~~** · 10-26-09, 06:49 PM

Im in Houston, TX. San Jacinto College is a good one if your looking for a junior college.

**RobinHood126** · 10-26-09, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by Hitch

With y'all coming from Cali, I have to recommend that you check out Austin.

The Texas-shock will be almost invisible there. Lotso open-minded thinkers, Musicians, outdoor things, bars, medical, universities a plenty...

You can't go wrong starting your hunt in A-Town. Ask Faith, she lives there and so do several other TTP-ers.

Good Luck!

Hitch

This... if she's not used to rednecks stay close to the larger cities. I live in Austin and its a beautiful town with lakes, hiking trails and an awesome entertainment scene (music & arts).

The Texas coast is nothing like Cali.... it's a different landscape and typically crappy water... compared to Cali's. But it has a beauty of its own, just don't expect it to be Californish.

**Guyver** · 10-26-09, 07:40 PM

It's flat here...really flat.

**ALPINESTAR** · 10-26-09, 08:18 PM

I live in Atown.. living is reasonably priced... liberal city.. ask me anything specific. Been an Austinite my whole life..

**jason_jinx** · 10-26-09, 08:19 PM

Check out Colorado.

I am looking to get out.

**Anti-Squeaker** · 10-26-09, 08:21 PM

not a Texas native, but I visited some friends in the San Antonio area, and that was really nice. Might move out around there once college is out of the way.