Texas and Virginia bros, need your help

[Lucky_Lefty]

Northern VA/DC area women >>> Dallas women

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Low key Midlothian Glenn heights( them new houses off uhl) nice :/

but they all the routes tornadoes take when they come thru lol

anything off 20 and crossing 35 from waxahachie red oak etc tornadoes hit every yr they stop at that mixmaster

Take 20 towards mesquite forney etc into eat Texas

Iono why but they do

shyt, Midlothian & Mansfield bout to be one damn city in a couple of years the way they building out that way

the better (alexandria, springfield, lorton, falls church, tysons/mclean, fairfax, vienna, fair oaks)

this my area and ain't shyt popping off...lots of single family type setups (although they're building apartments up and down Broad Street/Leesburg Pike but they taxing nikkas frfr. I'm moving back out to Fair Oaks. That shyt at least somewhat affordable but gotdamn that commute brutal. If you ain't on 66 by 630, you sitting in a parking lot. Couldn't pay me to live in Springfield and Mclean is way too expensive. Lorton cool but again, that chokehold on 95 be right there

 

[Henny and_ HotWings]

nova

Yeah man, I kinda dig it there…. Peaceful, nice mix of people, good restaurants, nice neighborhood, not too much crime, nice menu of women

 

[Henny and_ HotWings]

Going by your criteria, Dallas, Houston, and NOVA checks all of your boxes. However the Texas metros are more spread out. NOVA is still spread out but you have DC at your doorstep where hot spots are just short walks or train rides away. All three of these areas has tons of shyt to do but DC is only 4 hours away from NYC and/or the beaches.

DMV is way more expensive tho and you will make more money in NOVA. But your money will go further in the Texas metros. I like Austin but still a bit too small for me and I’m not the biggest fan of San Antonio. Nice city but it’s ok.

For tech jobs, NOVA (especially) , Austin, and DFW wins. You have tons of options in tech in this area.

Yeah man, I worked in DC for years…. DC’s menu of women is nice too… but yeah expensive area…. I guess I need to visit Texas more often forreal to get a better feel. I don’t think I was there long enough

 

[Henny and_ HotWings]

shyt, Midlothian & Mansfield bout to be one damn city in a couple of years the way they building out that way

this my area and ain't shyt popping off...lots of single family type setups (although they're building apartments up and down Broad Street/Leesburg Pike but they taxing nikkas frfr. I'm moving back out to Fair Oaks. That shyt at least somewhat affordable but gotdamn that commute brutal. If you ain't on 66 by 630, you sitting in a parking lot. Couldn't pay me to live in Springfield and Mclean is way too expensive. Lorton cool but again, that chokehold on 95 be right there

Yo what’s Lorton and fair Oaks like??

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

You would be a fool to move to Texas in this political atmosphere + plus climate change

 

[richaveli83]

I'm from Dallas but have lived in Houston for the last 10 years. I would recommend Dallas. I planned on moving back home years ago, but I'm really too invested down in Houston right now. Plus, I would probably take a somewhat big paycut if I leave where I'm at to go back to Dallas.

Houston's traffic is getting a lot worse, but since you're somewhat in the medical field, Houston might be a good fit because we have the Texas Medical Center.

 

[Batsute]

Yeah but these days I HATE case management…. The pandemic ruined it…. I HAVE to get out of it

Yea but coming to Austin or Dallas is gonna be insanely competitive. Houston you can stay in the med field till you can find a SaaS company where you can leverage your experience. Honestly start looking at SaaS/healthtech companies for solutions consulting as that would be your best way into tech.

Ain’t nobody looking for a 40 year old with basic coding experience.

 

[Henny and_ HotWings]

Yea but coming to Austin or Dallas is gonna be insanely competitive. Houston you can stay in the med field till you can find a SaaS company where you can leverage your experience. Honestly start looking at SaaS/healthtech companies for solutions consulting as that would be your best way into tech.

Ain’t nobody looking for a 40 year old with basic coding experience.

Understood, appreciate the brutal honestly. I will definitely consider that

 

[Henny and_ HotWings]

You would be a fool to move to Texas in this political atmosphere + plus climate change

I feel like Texas Is always gonna be hot af regardless tho lmaooo

And political climate wise , I’m sure it can get hairy down there…Texas, Deep South, red state…. is it disastrous tho?

 

[Henny and_ HotWings]

I'm from Dallas but have lived in Houston for the last 10 years. I would recommend Dallas. I planned on moving back home years ago, but I'm really too invested down in Houston right now. Plus, I would probably take a somewhat big paycut if I leave where I'm at to go back to Dallas.

Houston's traffic is getting a lot worse, but since you're somewhat in the medical field, Houston might be a good fit because we have the Texas Medical Center.

Ah that sounds good… and I was aware Houston’s cost of living was THAT dramatically different than Dallas… thank you for the info G! And I’m gonna look into the Texas medical center