Movin' to Texas

If your looking for a job and don't mind physical labor working for Coke/pepsico/rc/fritolay can be a good gig and summer is the hiring/quitting season (cause it gets busy) Around here(east tn) merchandisers make 12.50-20.00 an hour plus mileage and overtime. Account specialist, merchandiser, sideload, retail account reps are the usual titles.
 
RyanShort1 said:
I'm in Grand Prairie right next to Arlington - BTW, housing rates are going up, up, up right now and my apartments just went up over $250/mo on rent if I decide to sign a new yearly contract - they aren't the only one's either judging from the response on my Facebook post.
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250 a month increase? Whoa!

SixPapaCharlie said:
he can crash at my house but my heart belongs to eman
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Too kind!

falconkidding said:
If your looking for a job and don't mind physical labor working for Coke/pepsico/rc/fritolay can be a good gig and summer is the hiring/quitting season (cause it gets busy) Around here(east tn) merchandisers make 12.50-20.00 an hour plus mileage and overtime. Account specialist, merchandiser, sideload, retail account reps are the usual titles.
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Not something I'm above doing by any means. Thanks for the heads up
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
Meh, they moved last month. No more weirdos in the neighborhood.
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JCranford said:
Well, one maybe..
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Beat me to it.

SixPapaCharlie said:
My advice: buy your last house first.
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Yeah, pyramids and crypts are expensive. Slave labor to build them helps, though. :) I knew I should have started on that first. Would have saved me a lot of money over time. All they'd have to do is mummify me and drag me down the hall. Oh well, live an learn. Coffins and cremation are cheap.

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Sorry to hear Denver didn't work out, but that is happening a lot right now with our out of control housing prices.

And the builders keep building three story mansions on barely enough land to run a lawnmower between the two adjacent mansions one pass. It's the weirdest building environment I've ever seen. Nor do I have any idea who's buying the godawful ugly things. Does every household have like thirteen children now, or something?

They're really freaking expensive too, for a giant wood and drywall box with no land. I wouldn't want to outfit one with blinds or curtains either. Holy crap.

I was reading an article last week, about why builders are doing that. Land is expensive but the builder pays about the same for it as they can sell it to a buyer for. They only make money on the house itself, so as long as someone is willing to go into massive debt on jumbo loans to buy the enormous things, and they have buyers, they'll build as many of those as they can.

It could be another decade here before builders do small ranch style houses with a big garage, on a large piece of land. If ever again. I think I'll keep mine.

There's no way I would want one of those monsters so close to the neighbor that I'd smell it through my open upstairs window if he farted in his upstairs bathroom. Good lord. Way too close together. No thanks.

Maybe we'll meet somewhere in Texas someday then, since never managed to do it here.
 
Let'sgoflying! said:
Many of us will open our hearts and homes to all, come visit, friend.
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Eh, I'm sure Texas has some good parts. I was just giving it the OP a hard time, from another thread. Best of luck to him. Too bad things didn't go like he hoped here in Colorado. Most people move from Texas to Colorado, rarely the other way around. ;)
 
Here Ya Go.
Million dollar homes in Plano. I'm sure the interior is lovely but I can't imagine having so little exterior space.

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Some people decide that they don't need the exterior space they have and wold prefer to do other things with their time than to maintain it. The same goes for large interior spaces. I can see the beauty of small houses on small lots.
 
"You ain't no kind of man if you ain't got land." - Delmar O'Donnell

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Plano -- ACK! That's like saying you love living in Dallas (since you actually don't)

Gotta say I lived in an expensive populated place called Orange County, CA until I was 35. Then I got stuck in Plano/Richardson for a while. Not a fan.

Then went over Fort Worth side and am in my second house there. I have the smallest house and smallest lot in the neighborhood. 3k sqft / 1.5 acre. Love it.

And my grass (on the lawn I mean) is always green because I'm not on city water!
 
I am happy in my spot. Corinth was a little hidden gem where nobody wanted to live for a long time so I got in before the prices went crazy. It is growing up but I got what I need (want) as far as SqFt and lot size.

The commute and property taxes are a little painful but its all give and take.
 
Everskyward said:
Some people decide that they don't need the exterior space they have and wold prefer to do other things with their time than to maintain it. The same goes for large interior spaces. I can see the beauty of small houses on small lots.
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That's your friendly neighborhood Steingar. The Steinholme is the biggest house on the smallest parcel of land I could get. I have better things to do with my time than landscaping.
 
steingar said:
That's your friendly neighborhood Steingar. The Steinholme is the biggest house on the smallest parcel of land I could get. I have better things to do with my time than landscaping.
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You know that, just because you have a lot of land, it doesn't mean it all has to be kept manicured and killed with bright green grass and vibrant flowers, lol. The point of having a decent amount of land, for me, is to act as a natural buffer from your neighbors! Obviously local ordinances dictate how "natural" you can leave the land. Brushhogging once or twice a year is sufficient for many!
 
Yep! Beth Marie's it the best. Did my college work at UNT. Grab me some ice cream every time I'm back.
 
SoonerAviator said:
You know that, just because you have a lot of land, it doesn't mean it all has to be kept manicured and killed with bright green grass and vibrant flowers, lol. The point of having a decent amount of land, for me, is to act as a natural buffer from your neighbors! Obviously local ordinances dictate how "natural" you can leave the land. Brushhogging once or twice a year is sufficient for many!
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I have that kind of land but every year when I start up the lawn tractor and weed eater (I did it a few days ago) I groan and think it's the last season I will be here. I can't really complain because I chose to live here... 25 years ago. Times and interests change.
 
Everskyward said:
I have that kind of land but every year when I start up the lawn tractor and weed eater (I did it a few days ago) I groan and think it's the last season I will be here. I can't really complain because I chose to live here... 25 years ago. Times and interests change.
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No argument there, I just couldn't imagine being in a community with such large houses and being so close that you could jump rooftop-to-rooftop. I currently spend about an hour doing yard work including all of the trimming/edging, and I wouldn't want to invest much more time than that each week or two. I'm also too cheap to hire it out. :)
 
SoonerAviator said:
You know that, just because you have a lot of land, it doesn't mean it all has to be kept manicured and killed with bright green grass and vibrant flowers, lol.
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When living in an urban metropolis the habit not to do so is often labelled eccentric.

SoonerAviator said:
The point of having a decent amount of land, for me, is to act as a natural buffer from your neighbors! Obviously local ordinances dictate how "natural" you can leave the land. Brushhogging once or twice a year is sufficient for many!
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Thankful for me I like my neighbors and they seem to like me. I supposed I could be mistaking grudging acceptance for amicability. Then again, if I let my diminutive property go au naturale I suspect my neighbor's feeling toward me would be considerably south of grudging amicability.
 
I'll take some Sue's Snickers please! I'll be there at the end of July when we visit the area.
 
And I'm about to leave Denver here in an hour or so headed for Oklahoma. I hate that drive, soul crushing is an understatement. Everything I own is packed in my car. Kind of a neat feeling. Again.

But it's 726 miles to Oklahoma, I've got a full tank of gas, no cigarettes, it's dark and I'm wearing sunglasses only for the purpose of this post...
 
Brenham is a nice town if you can get a job. It's sure busy around here.

College Station is outright booming. If you can't find work there I would be surprised.
 
I am a Colorado native but had grandparents in Waco, and currently have friends and family scattered throughout TX...if for any reason I had to leave CO, Texas would be on my short list of places to go.
 
overdrive148 said:
But it's 726 miles to Oklahoma, I've got a full tank of gas, no cigarettes, it's dark and I'm wearing sunglasses only for the purpose of this post...
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"Hit it."

Seriously, welcome to NTX. What kind of work are you looking for?

As for places to live, I'm very partial to the SW part of the metroplex. The new tollway has opened up some areas like Cleburne as viable places to look, too.
 
Frogs97 said:
Seriously, welcome to NTX. What kind of work are you looking for?
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Aviation, in a nutshell. Aeronautics degree from ERAU and airport ops experience. Would prefer some more airport work whether for the actual airport or just line service or something new I haven't done yet.

Also thanks for the support guys, lots of people reaching out asking for resumes to pass on and generously offering their assistance should I need it. It is pretty awesome.
 
overdrive148 said:
Also the first song I'll be playing for the trip:
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Wow... classic trucks. I used to work on those trucks when they were still on the road. It has been a long time since I heard "Convoy".

Be safe on your trip. Good luck on the job hunt. We are all counting on you.
 
We were somewhere around Salina, on the edge of the plains, when the caffeine began to take hold.

We can't stop here, this is flat country.

The only thing that really worried me was the Starbucks. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of a coffee binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station.
 
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