Car-Guy
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Contemplating relocation from HI to TX
Recognition and acknowledgment are the first steps to recovery.
DW and I, both early retirees (I retired in 2013 at age 44 and DW last year at 51) currently reside on Oahu, HI. We've lived here for close to 7 years (less the year-long all expense-paid trip to Afghanistan courtesy of Uncle Sam) and decided to stay put after retirement from the US Army.
Vets are welcome. Others should reconsider.
We've grown tired of noisy environs (sirens day and night from mostly ambulances, loud vehicles, illegal fireworks, dogs, etc.), ineffective and seemingly apathetic local politics,
Well that rules out Houston, Dallas/Ft Worth and the San Antonio/Austin ares. Or anywhere near those mega-messes. But hey, that's not really Texas anyway.