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Yes. I became addicted to steelhead and salmon fishing growing up and now I feel like I'm bound to the Pacific Northwest.1to392831weretaken said:Since I work for an oil company whose U.S. base is Houston, I have a lot of coworkers who have swapped between that area and this in both directions. Everyone I know who's sold their place in Anacortes/Bellingham/etc. and moved to Houston ends up showing me pictures of their gross gigantic brick mansion with pool in Houston with cash left over to buy a boat. They pay the same there, too.
What's funny is that the people who grew up in the south and move here ALWAYS want to find their way back to the south. A coworker from Louisiana ended up transferring back. Another one from Louisiana is looking to do the same. Ditto two from Texas. On the other hand, I can think of only one who went from this area to Texas and didn't either find their way back at the first chance or wants to ASAP.
Seems there's a certain lifestyle (climate, outdoor activities, scenery, attitude) that people get used to, and it's hard to change.
Sure, there are places in the midwest with both, but fuck the midwest. I know the weather sucks a lot of the time here, but it's hard to beat when the weather is good.
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The @puppylove_sugarsteel fishing is better in Michigan BTW. Sad but true.dflea said:
Yes. I became addicted to steelhead and salmon fishing growing up and now I feel like I'm bound to the Pacific Northwest.1to392831weretaken said:Since I work for an oil company whose U.S. base is Houston, I have a lot of coworkers who have swapped between that area and this in both directions. Everyone I know who's sold their place in Anacortes/Bellingham/etc. and moved to Houston ends up showing me pictures of their gross gigantic brick mansion with pool in Houston with cash left over to buy a boat. They pay the same there, too.
What's funny is that the people who grew up in the south and move here ALWAYS want to find their way back to the south. A coworker from Louisiana ended up transferring back. Another one from Louisiana is looking to do the same. Ditto two from Texas. On the other hand, I can think of only one who went from this area to Texas and didn't either find their way back at the first chance or wants to ASAP.
Seems there's a certain lifestyle (climate, outdoor activities, scenery, attitude) that people get used to, and it's hard to change.
Sure, there are places in the midwest with both, but fuck the midwest. I know the weather sucks a lot of the time here, but it's hard to beat when the weather is good. -
Winter in the deep South, summer in the Pacific Northwest.1to392831weretaken said:Since I work for an oil company whose U.S. base is Houston, I have a lot of coworkers who have swapped between that area and this in both directions. Everyone I know who's sold their place in Anacortes/Bellingham/etc. and moved to Houston ends up showing me pictures of their gross gigantic brick mansion with pool in Houston with cash left over to buy a boat. They pay the same there, too.
What's funny is that the people who grew up in the south and move here ALWAYS want to find their way back to the south. A coworker from Louisiana ended up transferring back. Another one from Louisiana is looking to do the same. Ditto two from Texas. On the other hand, I can think of only one who went from this area to Texas and didn't either find their way back at the first chance or wants to ASAP.
Seems there's a certain lifestyle (climate, outdoor activities, scenery, attitude) that people get used to, and it's hard to change.
It's what people of a certain, shall we say, affluence are able to do.
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Except you have to deal with Michiganders. Right up there with Kansans.YellowSnow said:
The @puppylove_sugarsteel fishing is better in Michigan BTW. Sad but true.dflea said:
Yes. I became addicted to steelhead and salmon fishing growing up and now I feel like I'm bound to the Pacific Northwest.1to392831weretaken said:Since I work for an oil company whose U.S. base is Houston, I have a lot of coworkers who have swapped between that area and this in both directions. Everyone I know who's sold their place in Anacortes/Bellingham/etc. and moved to Houston ends up showing me pictures of their gross gigantic brick mansion with pool in Houston with cash left over to buy a boat. They pay the same there, too.
What's funny is that the people who grew up in the south and move here ALWAYS want to find their way back to the south. A coworker from Louisiana ended up transferring back. Another one from Louisiana is looking to do the same. Ditto two from Texas. On the other hand, I can think of only one who went from this area to Texas and didn't either find their way back at the first chance or wants to ASAP.
Seems there's a certain lifestyle (climate, outdoor activities, scenery, attitude) that people get used to, and it's hard to change.
Sure, there are places in the midwest with both, but fuck the midwest. I know the weather sucks a lot of the time here, but it's hard to beat when the weather is good.
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3+% of appraised value in many parts (where you’d want to live) with some homestead deductions and such. It’s part of what keeps house prices down overall so it has its pluses and minuses...as conservative as I am I think it’s a great way to tax people. To many ways to hide income...much harder to hide how you live.creepycoug said:
Is the property tax fairly big in Texas? I've always been told that's the other side of the value proposition.HoustonHusky said:Houston school districts blow...you’ll put them in private if you live there (lots of good ones). Burb school district are really good...Friendswood, Katy, and Pearland all have very good schools...think Kingwood and Woodlands do too but not familiar with them.
Houses are cheap...in the burbs for $500k-$600k you can get a 4,500 ft2 house on a lake with a really nice pool...for $400k you can get a 3,000 ft2 house with a pool easy. Move inside 610 and that goes way, way up.
Taxes are actually progressive here...main tax is real estate on your house so you have to keep that in mind as well. And if the house didn’t flood in the last two events unlikely it ever will. Main problem is just the mass amount of building without building out the drainage system with it...that’s happening now.
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No question about that.dflea said:
Yes. I became addicted to steelhead and salmon fishing growing up and now I feel like I'm bound to the Pacific Northwest.1to392831weretaken said:Since I work for an oil company whose U.S. base is Houston, I have a lot of coworkers who have swapped between that area and this in both directions. Everyone I know who's sold their place in Anacortes/Bellingham/etc. and moved to Houston ends up showing me pictures of their gross gigantic brick mansion with pool in Houston with cash left over to buy a boat. They pay the same there, too.
What's funny is that the people who grew up in the south and move here ALWAYS want to find their way back to the south. A coworker from Louisiana ended up transferring back. Another one from Louisiana is looking to do the same. Ditto two from Texas. On the other hand, I can think of only one who went from this area to Texas and didn't either find their way back at the first chance or wants to ASAP.
Seems there's a certain lifestyle (climate, outdoor activities, scenery, attitude) that people get used to, and it's hard to change.
Sure, there are places in the midwest with both, but fuck the midwest. I know the weather sucks a lot of the time here, but it's hard to beat when the weather is good. -
All 4 days per year.dflea said:
Yes. I became addicted to steelhead and salmon fishing growing up and now I feel like I'm bound to the Pacific Northwest.1to392831weretaken said:Since I work for an oil company whose U.S. base is Houston, I have a lot of coworkers who have swapped between that area and this in both directions. Everyone I know who's sold their place in Anacortes/Bellingham/etc. and moved to Houston ends up showing me pictures of their gross gigantic brick mansion with pool in Houston with cash left over to buy a boat. They pay the same there, too.
What's funny is that the people who grew up in the south and move here ALWAYS want to find their way back to the south. A coworker from Louisiana ended up transferring back. Another one from Louisiana is looking to do the same. Ditto two from Texas. On the other hand, I can think of only one who went from this area to Texas and didn't either find their way back at the first chance or wants to ASAP.
Seems there's a certain lifestyle (climate, outdoor activities, scenery, attitude) that people get used to, and it's hard to change.
Sure, there are places in the midwest with both, but fuck the midwest. I know the weather sucks a lot of the time here, but it's hard to beat when the weather is good.
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That right there is the goal. Pray Creepy gets the property in the Keys from Pops and I'll have a Finance Board rally down there in January just to drive the point home to everyone.PurpleThrobber said:
Winter in the deep South, summer in the Pacific Northwest.1to392831weretaken said:Since I work for an oil company whose U.S. base is Houston, I have a lot of coworkers who have swapped between that area and this in both directions. Everyone I know who's sold their place in Anacortes/Bellingham/etc. and moved to Houston ends up showing me pictures of their gross gigantic brick mansion with pool in Houston with cash left over to buy a boat. They pay the same there, too.
What's funny is that the people who grew up in the south and move here ALWAYS want to find their way back to the south. A coworker from Louisiana ended up transferring back. Another one from Louisiana is looking to do the same. Ditto two from Texas. On the other hand, I can think of only one who went from this area to Texas and didn't either find their way back at the first chance or wants to ASAP.
Seems there's a certain lifestyle (climate, outdoor activities, scenery, attitude) that people get used to, and it's hard to change.
It's what people of a certain, shall we say, affluence are able to do.
Note that we? will be watching post counts and taking a daily average of Tug vs. Finance posts. You'll want to be on the right side of our algorithm to get an invite.
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For dumbasses with no financial acumen like me, can you just count my kissass chins of your posts instead?creepycoug said:
That right there is the goal. Pray Creepy gets the property in the Keys from Pops and I'll have a Finance Board rally down there in January just to drive the point home to everyone.PurpleThrobber said:
Winter in the deep South, summer in the Pacific Northwest.1to392831weretaken said:Since I work for an oil company whose U.S. base is Houston, I have a lot of coworkers who have swapped between that area and this in both directions. Everyone I know who's sold their place in Anacortes/Bellingham/etc. and moved to Houston ends up showing me pictures of their gross gigantic brick mansion with pool in Houston with cash left over to buy a boat. They pay the same there, too.
What's funny is that the people who grew up in the south and move here ALWAYS want to find their way back to the south. A coworker from Louisiana ended up transferring back. Another one from Louisiana is looking to do the same. Ditto two from Texas. On the other hand, I can think of only one who went from this area to Texas and didn't either find their way back at the first chance or wants to ASAP.
Seems there's a certain lifestyle (climate, outdoor activities, scenery, attitude) that people get used to, and it's hard to change.
It's what people of a certain, shall we say, affluence are able to do.
Note that we? will be watching post counts and taking a daily average of Tug vs. Finance posts. You'll want to be on the right side of our algorithm to get an invite. -
@RaceBannon is offering hot Temecula MILFs and some dank bud.....creepycoug said:
That right there is the goal. Pray Creepy gets the property in the Keys from Pops and I'll have a Finance Board rally down there in January just to drive the point home to everyone.PurpleThrobber said:
Winter in the deep South, summer in the Pacific Northwest.1to392831weretaken said:Since I work for an oil company whose U.S. base is Houston, I have a lot of coworkers who have swapped between that area and this in both directions. Everyone I know who's sold their place in Anacortes/Bellingham/etc. and moved to Houston ends up showing me pictures of their gross gigantic brick mansion with pool in Houston with cash left over to buy a boat. They pay the same there, too.
What's funny is that the people who grew up in the south and move here ALWAYS want to find their way back to the south. A coworker from Louisiana ended up transferring back. Another one from Louisiana is looking to do the same. Ditto two from Texas. On the other hand, I can think of only one who went from this area to Texas and didn't either find their way back at the first chance or wants to ASAP.
Seems there's a certain lifestyle (climate, outdoor activities, scenery, attitude) that people get used to, and it's hard to change.
It's what people of a certain, shall we say, affluence are able to do.
Note that we? will be watching post counts and taking a daily average of Tug vs. Finance posts. You'll want to be on the right side of our algorithm to get an invite.
