CowgirlsFan Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 escaping Texas? Yes...Mr CGF thinks it's odd too!
Very wide right Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 have you ever lived in Texas? Spent about 6 months there once.Plenty of Steers and beers.
Chilly Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Texas stinks. Bomb Houston. Houston sucks. Austin is awesome. San Antonio is pretty cool too.
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 Houston sucks. Austin is awesome. San Antonio is pretty cool too. Yeah... But the industrial gulf coast is a big part of what makes Texas AND the nation tick. It ain't pretty, artsy fartsy, but it works!
Buffalo Barbarian Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 what's with all the Texas hate? I thought it was don't mess with Texas and being patriotic and such?
Beerball Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Texas is awesome. I'm happy that you enjoy it.
Very wide right Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 I'm happy that you enjoy it. Why don't you like it Beerball?
Shamrock Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Melbourne's been cold this winter, but I'm sure you're about to find out what colds like again.
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 No, not Australia....but a close 2nd....WNY! I have sold my house in Plano, TX and bought one in Rochester, 14621. I'm beyond excited and already have my season tix. My son Matt and his gf Kaitlin are escaping TX as well and will be staying at my place until his commerical building in Midland, TX is sold.  Will be driving up with my dogs and arriving about 8/26. Cowgirls fan is driving up with me to keep me awake then she will fly home. Glad someone could ride with me...it's a long bloody way.  i CAN'T WAIT! 1ST STOP? Wegmans and any pizza place for some decent wings.  See you soon!!! LIKE!!!!
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Melbourne's been cold this winter, but I'm sure you're about to find out what colds like again. She isn't moving to Iowa. WNY is about the snow. Temperature wise it has a tempered climate. What she gains by leaving the heat, IMO blows away the little cold she will deal with. For real... heat sucks worse than 20 below!
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 She isn't moving to Iowa. WNY is about the snow. Temperature wise it has a tempered climate. What she gains by leaving the heat, IMO blows away the little cold she will deal with. For real... heat sucks worse than 20 below! Rochester is not nearly as bad as the South towns, and Syracuse has been winning the annual golden snowflake award the last few years.  Just make sure you're not in the Rosen neighborhood. Hey!
Beerball Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Why don't you like it Beerball?I'm no longer there, butBermuda "grass" Way too hot Way too much sameness Way too far from anyplace to take a quick weekend trip  Like everywhere, great people just not the place for me.
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) Rochester is not nearly as bad as the South towns, and Syracuse has been winning the annual golden snowflake award the last few years.  Hey! I see that Lowell & Boston, MA cracked into the big 3: Erie, Syracuse, & BFLO. Finally... It feels good to lose! ;-) But you are right... Rochester, not nearly as hard core snow. Heck, Batavia is 40 miles inland and even the growing season is shifted away from the BFLO/S.Towns micro-climate. Like everywhere, great people just not the place for me. I guess you have never been to New England. ?? Exact opposite. Gr8 geography sucky (sorry to offend all the good ones) people. New England would be a gr8 place if you could just drop a neutron bomb over Boston, MA as the epicenter and have the bomb weaken as it goes north, west to east (270-90 degrees) to the Quebec/New Brunswick line (Sorry 4mer). Keep the same intensity as the epicenter below the x axis towards the eastern seaboard.  Oh boy... This post is gonna be like a neutron bomb! :-) Edited August 10, 2015 by ExiledInIllinois
Chef Jim Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Â I see what she did there. Â She's a smart cookie.
Chilly Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 I'm no longer there, but Bermuda "grass" Way too hot Way too much sameness Way too far from anyplace to take a quick weekend trip  Like everywhere, great people just not the place for me.  I like Central Texas better. You've got the great parts of the Hill Country, San Antonio, small Texas towns, and even the coast close enough for a weekend trip. =)
Saxum Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 We were just there for a week and my wife shocked me by saying she could retire there but only if we had a place in the Caribbean for the winters. LOL. Nothing wrong with being snowbirds as long as bird does not fly to Florida for winter. My wife has said something similar about WNY being acceptable in summer but of course we need to figure how to deal with healthcare and taxes and current lack of job is not helping increase retirement coffer.
Saxum Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 what's with all the Texas hate? I thought it was don't mess with Texas and being patriotic and such? Texas is like New England only flat; neither place would I want natives as neighbors.
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Yes...Mr CGF thinks it's odd too! But she is from Australia... She's gonna be pretty close to Canada. Isn't Australia kinda like Canada... Or vice-a-versa. Get a boat and sail to Toronto.
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