I'm moving to Texas 1,200 miles By tommyhasascooter (Read 667 times)

[tommyhasascooter]

So there comes a time in a mans life when he has to drop everything he knows and start over. I have reached that time. I currently live here in beautiful Asheville NC. I am taking my scooter and somehow fitting it inside my KIA spectra5 and leaving everything behind for beautiful sunny, south Texas.
By the way I know absolutely nothing about Texas and I am going to do it sight unseen so if anyone here lives there or knows anything about it that they wanna share information with me I would be glad to hear about it.
My main reason for the location is because I wanna ride my scooter on the coast....wouldn't that be awesome?

[benellibob]

im sorry in advance to all the texas members but...


why the hell would you want to do that?

[wolfhound]

I have worked in TX, a wonderful state. However the coast of TX has an extremely high
humidity year round, hurricanes, and you had better have a job before you move. I was
raised in Asheville, have 2 sons still living there and if I had to make the choice I would
stay there in the mountains before I would move anywhere.
If you want to ride on the coast, pack the scoot for short vacations on the outer banks of
NC.

[insanetexan]

Where abouts in South Texas you moving to? I am in South Texas on the Coast in Corpus Christi.

[tommyhasascooter]

thanks , that's helpful info, I was kinda unsure about the jobs there.The worst case scenario is that I cant find a job after a month or two, then I can just go somewhere else.
Harlingen or Brownsville is the spot I am aiming for.

[fljohnboy]

I read today that Austin is number 2 for finding jobs. Don't come to Florida, there are no jobs here.

[tommyhasascooter]

Mar 19, 2011 10:17:06 GMT -6 insanetexan said:

Where abouts in South Texas you moving to? I am in South Texas on the Coast in Corpus Christi.

Looks like about 2 hours from you.
Truth is I don't really know much about Texas other then what Google tells me hot/bugs/hot/and poisonous snakes:)
what can you tell me about it, is there any real danger from living near the Mexico boarder, would I be able to go to and from Mexico easily? Are outsiders welcome there Harlingen/Brownsville area. What should I be aware of, what are the good things about it.

[insanetexan]

Right now I personally wouldn't want to venture into Mexico. The drug cartels are causing alot of damage down there in the border towns. Harlingen is about 2 hours away from me and Brownsville is more like 3 to 3 and half hours away. Brownsville is the very bottom tip of Texas and is right on the border. Not sure what kind of work can be found down there. Oh it gets HOT here. i always say we have four seasons but they are more like Warm(Winter), Mildly Hot(Spring) Very Hot(Summer), Hot(Fall). The worst thing to get used to is the humidity. Along the coast most of the time the humidity runs between 55 to 75 percent. Also a lot of wind which is nice until it blows you away. Not trying to sound negative about Texas it has a lot of Diversity in all the different parts. Any type of food you want you can find. Lots of bar-b-que place and Mexican restaurants. There's also all kinds of oriental, greek, cajun, italian just anything you want.

Johnboy; Yes Austin is great for finding jobs. That seems to be where every one wants to go, it also has a lot to do there. Not to mention the surrounding towns are more college based and OMG the women are great.

[tommyhasascooter]

thanks for the info,
I am going to do some serious searching of the area and looking at nearby areas to find the best possible place.
Also, I did some basic searching and having found a whole of scooter sales/shops in the area I wounder if they aren't as popular in South Texas I hope I am wrong.