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08-18-2007, 06:35 PM
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Texas....Love it or Whatever!
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cmonk, you poor devil. Are you ever in for an unpleasant surprise. This place has gone to hell in a handbasket and California imports (even Texas expats) have found living Texas in general and San Antonio in particular to be a miserable existence. I'd recommend you stop short of any attempted eastward migration before it's too late. Life in AZ or even NM is an improvement over what you'll find here. I don't want to subject you to any further public ridicule regarding your misguided plans to retire in San Antonio, so PM me if you want more sordid details of what life is really like here in Northern Mexico. REW |
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08-18-2007, 07:04 PM
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We are looking to have a condo back in San Antonio paid for by the time we retire. We will have our military pension (that keeps up with inflation) and a thrift savings plan annuity to keep us in the black until any social security payout at 62. I also have an Roth IRA, but I have stopped contributing funds there because of all the penalties for accessing this when I retire. Right now I am 42...looking to retire at 48.
--- --- ----- ---- ---- ----- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---- ----- ----- Do you already own a condo in San Antonio? Or are you thinking of buying one? I am a fellow Texan who retired in early March 06 after 26 plus years of military and civilian (Army) service. My family (3 kids) and I moved from NY to TX because of the high cost of living and to take care of my parents. We ended up settling in a small West Texas town. During my time we did not save as much as we could but we invested the $$$$ in our family and I saved enough $$$$ to pay cash for a house, get it renovated and buy a new 2007 truck (in aug 06). For us the life in a small town is just what the doctor ordered. Neither my wife and I have worked since my retirement and we live a modest life. We do not have a house note or a car note and our only expense is a credit card which we are paying off. I have relatives who live in San Antonio and they love it. My sister, an E-8 in the Army, will be retiring in San Antonio because of the health care facilities, the commissaries, etc.., etc.. that are available to military retirees. There is also the universities which will allow her to finish her master's degree. Then there is also all the AF and Army bases which might be a source of employment if one chooses to work. GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS  |
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08-19-2007, 07:57 AM
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Here's an example of what can happen to those who move here from California and elsewhere: A couple from out of state bought a lot down the road from us and built their dream home. After a few months of scorpions, rattlesnakes, killer bees, mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers, tarantulas, copperheads, cottonmouths, rabid skunks, wild hogs, oppressive heat & humidity, bleak desolate scenery, dirty beaches, polluted air, drought, wildfires, water shortages, recurring floods, rednecks, ebola virus outbreaks, flesh eating bacteria, and unbelievably high property taxes they evidently snapped. One day a large UHaul truck appeared in their driveway and it and the couple were gone the next day, leaving a "for sale" sign in the front yard. That was almost a year ago and the house remains unsold. Rumor has it they moved to DC, preferring the two-legged varmits found there to the multi and no legged variety found here. I only tell this story to illustrate what can (and does) happen to those who don't heed the warning about "living" in Texas... |
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08-19-2007, 09:08 AM
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08-19-2007, 09:43 AM
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You forgot to tell folks that it's even worse than you say: none of the wayside rests in Texas have washrooms, so even passers by will have a miserable time while passing thru that state, i.e. go thru Arkansas--or Nebraska--when driving cross country. Canada is a better option too, by far. If you can't hold it for 1200 miles, go elsewhere. Psst: How was that? Not to rain on your parade.  --greg
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08-19-2007, 09:50 AM
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However, you failed to mention that not only do our wayside rest stops lack restrooms, most also lack trees or shrubbery. And the few that have utility poles offer scant privy privacy. |
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08-19-2007, 11:19 AM
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On the other hand. . . .
We have been in Texas in March and April. Big Bend state park is amazing. You can ride for miles and see no one. You can view petroglyphs and see birds you see no where else in the US.    If west Texas is to brown for you, there is east Texas in the spring. The dogwoods are amazing. The campgrounds are lovely with great trails and a lot of space. There is electricity so Al wouldn't have to listen to generators.  
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08-19-2007, 11:27 AM
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Martha, those pictures are from New Mexico and Arkansas.
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08-19-2007, 12:48 PM
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08-19-2007, 01:51 PM
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You forgot to mention man-eating alligator gar.
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08-19-2007, 01:59 PM
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Have visited TX (Houston area & El Paso) and had the "experience" of driving across the state (I thought 16 hrs to Disneyland from NoCal was bad!)
 Like the Chinese car, I'll pass on living in TX - to each their own  (this from a crazy CA blonde who voluntarily lives in overpriced NJ!) 
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08-19-2007, 03:24 PM
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08-19-2007, 03:38 PM
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08-19-2007, 03:50 PM
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08-19-2007, 06:09 PM
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08-19-2007, 06:30 PM
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08-19-2007, 08:14 PM
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I'm pretty sure those clouds in the background are burning mulch smoke. They claim that the fire is out but heck, some of those Pennsylvania coal-mine fires burned for decades...
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08-19-2007, 08:23 PM
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Area 2400 means you don't want to live there. Yuck!
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