Whats the deal on Texas?

As of today Houston is bloody wet ....

 

That's an understatement.

Zudnic, there are a ton of lakes in Texas, the best would be Lake Austin, Lake Travis and Canyon Lake.

While we may be close to the beach, there's absolutely no comparison between the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Pacific will win all day long.

The weather during the winter varies year to year. But on average, it's in 50's between December and February.

 

Horrible horrible place. Don't recommend it

 

LOL

 

Z... I've lived almost everywhere in the U.S. And visited the rest, except Alaska, and Texas is my favorite. The people are friendly, the winters are mild, taxes and property are cheap compared to coasts, lots to do, easy to travel from via road and plane, I can drive the Porsche all year, everything from built up city living with shops and restaurants for urban sophisticates to ranch living out in the boonies and all options in between. The main issue for many is that the summer is hotter 'n carp! But, if you're looking at a winter resting spot, that's not an issue...T

 

Sorry. We're full.

 

I found that Texas makes up for no state income tax with property tax. Some of the houses I've seen here in Dallas have bigger tax bills than I make in a year...

 

Need new keyboard.

 

lololololol!!

 

Property taxes are around 2%....but, no state taxes. Texas is the sixth highest tax rate in the US. How High Are Property Taxes in Your State? | Tax Foundation

 

You can control that by how much house you want and where it is. Texas has lower insurance costs on all coverage's, lower gas prices, home and car, lower electricity prices. I know some states are lower still but compared to anyplace I would consider living nearly every single cost in every category is lower here with the exception of property tax rates. And house for house ours is about 50% of the value of where we came from.

And in my experience Texans love to whine about the weather but there is nothing about this climate that gets my attention. The weather here is no hotter than where I lived in California and is cooler than some of California. But then I chose not to move to a swamp.

 

Depending on the neighborhood, that could be debatable. A higher priced home will probably retain a higher value later on, while tax money is something you definitely won't get back.

 

One thing California is not worst in is property tax. It is actually pretty good. Income tax I do believe they are #1 in.

 

There are five climatic zones in Texas, and we have some HUGE lakes, or if you like boating thru gunfire, the Rio Grande...

 

There are tons of big lakes in Texas. If you take Lake Mead and Lake Powell out of the equation (and you really should because they're in NV and UT), Texas lakes dwarf AZ lakes. AZ's largest lake is Lake Mohave at 1.8M acre/feet. Texas has 6 lakes bigger than that, 2 of them over twice that size.

Within an hour of Dallas, you have:

Lake Texoma
Ray Roberts
Richland Chambers
Lake Tawakoni
Lake Fork
Cedar Creek Reservoir
Lake Lewisville
Possum Kingdom
Lake Ray Hubbard
Lake Grapevine
Eagle Mountain Lake
Lake Worth
Benbrook Lake
Joe Pool Lake
Lake Arlington

Many of them you can live on, with a dock in your backyard.

What was the question again?

Click this link and zoom in a bit. See all those blue spots? Lakes.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dallas,+TX/@32.8666908,-97.5010948,8.5z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x864c19f77b45974b:0xb9ec9ba4f647678f

 

hey jason, c'mon up to north TX and spend some time on texoma...you might change your mind on the best lakes in TX. possum kingdom is also a beautiful lake though quite a bit smaller. being from austin originally, it's hard for me to say it but i do enjoy texoma more than either travis or austin by a wide margin. and i still own a slip on travis if that tells you anything!

in terms of weather, i characterize our winters as a long spring with some cold snaps here and there...

 

I don't know how they call that a lake. It's not even a wide spot in the river.

And they don't allow float planes.

 

A retired AF pilot friend has a house with a dock right down there and inquired about float planes. There was no indecisiveness in their response. I was surprised as aviation oriented as Texas is. Could be a Travis county thing.

 

I need to do that Wade!

You actually triggered a memory for me about Texoma. I only mentioned the lakes I've been to recently or remember vividly. I've been to Texoma at least once when I was little, but maybe one or two other times.

I grew up on the lake and my parents and their friends took us to a bunch of different lakes when I was really little. When my dad got another boat when I was 13 we only went to Lake Somerville and that ended when I graduated high school. It unfortunately, I don't believe has held up over time and not as nice as it was way back then. Not that it was all that nice.