My family has elected to move to Houston with the relocation being offered. It will be a huge financial and quality of life upgrade. I will miss the weather here and don’t look forward to the 3 hot summer months. However, the other 9 months are great! Who else has decided to move?
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@zif What makes you think that Texas doesn’t have “loose morals”, as you put it?
Have you ever actually been to Texas for any substantial length of time?
Plenty of things come to mind when I hear the word “Texas”, but “moral” isn’t one of them. You’ll figure that out soon after you get there.
Homes are cheaper in TX than CA, at least outside of Austin, but that isn’t saying much; homes everywhere are cheaper than they are in CA. You should also be ready to buy in cash and to pay at least 10% above the asking price.
San Ramon is one of the weathiest, safest, crime free towns in the country and Houston isn't even close. No brainer for most with less than 5 years to retirment and even then.
If you move to TX remember you are losing several personal rights including freedom of choice and the freedom to consume ca--abis. If I lived in a state in which I was afforded said freedoms, I'd be highly reluctant to move to a state where I'd lose them.
With the recent SCOTUS decision, the next steps TX will take will be to start to go after family planning methods as well as in-vitro fertilization. It will also allow them to restrict early-stage cervical cancer treatment.
If you are a right-winger living in CA then TX will fulfil all your wildest dreams. If not, then TX is a horrific landscape which is poised to get worse.
Houston, here I come!!!!!!! 👍
Californians with average home equity will easily be able to afford West U or lower River Oaks, two of the most livable areas in Houston and ten minutes to work. Minimal crime. The heat and humidity, however, is 9 months. Sorry about that. We love Houston but the weather drove us out three times.
California is way more conservative than Houston. I don’t look forward to joining all the libs in Houston.
For all those ranting about how much they don't like Houston and just love California, please, please, stay there! The last thing we need in Texas is more fair-weather liberals moving here.
OP: I wish you and your family well on your upcoming move.
Everyone else: Look, let’s just accept that we’re gonna have different opinions on this topic. What makes sense for one will not make sense for another, so let’s try to keep the conversation civilized.
Personally I opted not to move, and the SCOTUS decision yesterday became yet one more quality of life reason that reinforces my decision to stay in California. My wife and daughter factored into my decision.
Also, for me no amount of financial upside is personally worth the anger I would feel every morning waking up in a place that does not align with our personal values (not to mention that humidity would be a daily reminder of our misery). But that’s just me … ya’ll do you … if you think you’ll be happier in Houston, great -- go for it and I’m not being sarcastic … there’s no reason for me to criticize someone else’s choice when I know nothing of their life.
Good luck all ya’ll — see? That’s me being inclusive ;)
@hbt I have to say that I agree with you.
There’s a few (as in five) livable areas in/around Houston. The rest of the city is best avoided.
Houston has a strong anti-intellectual tilt. The easiest way to pi-s someone off in Houston is to say something intelligent.
@OP Those McMansions that go for $500,000 or less that you’re drooling over are all in flood zones. Property taxes are high. Schools are average at best. Crime is horrendous, especially violent crime. Stripping and selling catalytic converters from parked cars is a local pastime. So are hi-speed car crashes and road-rage shootings. I could go on all night….
Funny, other companies offering to relocate folks out of texas, and our execs are talking diversity and inclusion out one side of their mouth while encouraging women to move where they have no bodily autonomy out the other. Great job Mike.
“….will be a huge financial and quality of life upgrade.”
You’ve never known disappointment like what you’re about to experience.
Don’t say you weren’t warned…..
Ha ha ha. Enjoy the California politics and responsible use of taxes collected. Ha ha ha. We obviously are not moving to the ghetto in Houston. That’s like saying someone is living in downtown Oakland while moving to San Ramon. Selling my high dollar home in Danville which appreciated about 150% since I bought and moving to a exclusive neighborhood outside of downtown Houston. 👍
You get what you pay for…. There’s a reason why things are cheap in Texas what cheap attracts… but if you don’t mind high crime, bad weather, ugly town, no zoning, nothing to do on the weekends but get fat or shop dangerous (ghettoria mall), bad roads, feeling like you’re in a 3rd world country and oh, the ghetto…. Then it’s paradise! I would rather learn a new skill and stay put in Ca because once you leave, good luck moving back to the golden state
I went to the relocation info fair this week. Lots of positives in moving. Really thinking about it.