| Author | Message | ||
     Thumper74 |
I was offered a position in/around Odessa, TX making twice what I make near Cleveland, OH. From my research, the cost of living is reasonable. The housing is affordable. Cars are affordable. Landscape is awesome. I'm curious, other than being in BFE oil country, are there any pitfalls? | ||
| S1owner |
Is there anything holding you back like wife kids etc! Heck even if the kids are young enough jump on it. I am in Mn and looking for options to move to a better climate and regret not taking things when my kids were young. Now they are graduated and I will be outta here within 2 yrs | ||
| Hootowl |
I suggest you visit before you decide. | ||
| Ourdee |
Hot in summer. Can ride year round. Little bitty state compared to Alaska. Different mind set. Most people I know that have been there either love it or hate it. I was thoroughly entertained. | ||
| Ourdee |
+1 on what Hootowl said. | ||
| Slaughter |
I love open land but I also recommend doing a visit or at least googling your assoff. As a friend's real estate agent wife who came from No Trees, Texas said "West Texas is miles and miles, of miles and miles." | ||
| Nm5150 |
I worked out there and whoever said you will love it or hate it is right.I hated it.I didn't mind the heat but the roads are all straight and flat for hundreds of miles.That is the only place I worked where I wore out the center of my tire before the sides.You can see the curvature of the earth and you have to look pretty hard to find a tree.I believe I have the opposite of clostraphobia.It is pretty and you meet some good people and as long as oil is down real estate will be affordable but when oil goes back up so will the prices.I went skydiving and almost missed my drop zone because when they threw open the door I couldn't believe all of the well pads and pipelines.Before I go back there I will be very hungry.JMHO | ||
| Hootowl |
Agorophobia. | ||
| 86129squids |
"Agoraphobia". Sorry, spelling Nazi here. Try this... http://www.fearof.net/fear-of-crowds-phobia-enochl ophobia/ | ||
| Sagehawk |
11 turns in 318 miles. Opposite of the dragon. Sorry. Have to weave in your own lane to make believe your in a turn. Welcome to my world. | ||
| 86129squids |
Never been, but it seems probable that offroading/dual-sporting would be pretty awesome out there. Straight roads would drive me batty on 2 wheels. | ||
| Macbuell |
I don't know anything about Odessa but I moved from Atlanta to Austin a couple years ago. We are moving back to Atlanta in the next few months. It's just too flat and too brown for me. I miss mountains and green trees. Also, we got a rude awakening when we searched for our home. Property taxes are really high since there is no state income tax. Sales tax is higher too. Like they say, nothing in life is free. | ||
| Strokizator |
It boils down to one of two choices - either live where you want to and work where you have to or work where you want to and live where you have to. As far as riding opportunities go, it's not like Cleveland is the Mecca of all things motorcycle. With the extra money you will make, buy a dual sport and head towards Big Bend or take a few days and ride through New Mexico, Colorado and eastern Arizona. Take the kids on camping trips,etc. Lots to do besides sitting around complaining about how you don't like Texas. Or put the extra money towards an early retirement and then you can live anywhere you want. | ||
| Hootowl |
Thanks. I should have looked it up. Badweb said I spelled it incorrectly, but I figured it didn't know that word. I apparently don't either.  | ||
| Hootowl |
But agoraphobia is kind of the opposite of claustrophobia, and not so much enochlophobia. | ||
| Buellish |
Mark,will you be moving back to Woodstock?If so give me a shout when you get back. Mike | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
TEXAS! that would be one hell of a long ride back to WV in August... hot too.. | ||
| Robertl |
Everything is relative. Austin is one of the hilliest parts of Texas....lol. I lived on the east and west sides, as well as south. Last place on the west side, it was 300 ft in elevation from the highway to my apt parking lot. I lived in MS and LA most of my life so I loved TX because there was so much to do and the speed limits were higher. Austin was more laid back than Dallas but I enjoyed both, just differently. House values have skyrocket in TX. A friend said his rental house value went up 100k in just a few years. I live in central FL where it is flat. I miss hills and turns sometimes but then I have the beach and trade winds. Pros and cons to everything. TX, especially northwest TX has weird weather. Super hot summers (even the breeze is hot) and sometimes very cold winters (probably nothing like OH). I did a quick crime search and found this: http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/the-fbi s-list-of-the-most-dangerous-cities-in-texas/ Again, the crime is often related to parts of town. As the others said, I would definitely visit first but double income with living costs comparable, it tough to pass up. |
