Texas

Texas

Honestly.... the more I look into it... the more I want to move to texas. 

I could easily get a job as a Planner/City Planner (i can volunteer on weekends or something so that I can fulfill my desire to aid in conservation) and make like 30+ a year.... in order to live comfortably in texas 2 adults should make about $14.75 if they have kids (which hopefully we will). I could even just get an administrative job if I had to. 

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I'm actually really liking the idea of going to Corpus Christi in particular. 

I'm falling in love with some of the houses in the area... honestly starting the search at 120+ is the best option because anything below that is just.... not worth. but low cost of living. 

but like.... yeah... 

It has the state aquarium there (hello job opportunity?) is america's "birdiest place" (hello job opportunity) and I can probably get a conservation community outreach job here tbh. 

its also within day trip distance from san antonio and Austin. But has the worst drivers in the US...gross...

Could also look into living in Portland... literally a 10 minute drive difference. Portland supposedly good living area but nothing to do.. so drive the 10 min to CC haha. The reviews on Portland are good. 

Sandia is a SUPER small and boring town about 45 minute drive to CC. 

These places run on super relaxed "Island Time".... so living a slow paced life. but also... 3 hours away from the big big cities... I think that's idea. 

Maybe Kingsville or Victoria?

Kingsville - 45 minutes to CC for jobs. Small and quiet, REALLY friendly apparently. 

Victoria... its an hour or two away from the big cities, an hour  from CC, and still runs on the slow pace of life. School systems seem really bad though :( also seems really racist?

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Okay maybe looking more inland but near lakes?

Three Rivers/Calliham/Oakville - hour and a half from CC, 2.5 to Austin, and only an hour to San antonio..... so its kind of like greenville tbh. high crime rate though :( low cost of living. 

Emendorff is 30 minutes to San Antonio, 2 hours to the beach.... small, quiet, SAFE... "the kind of town you can keep your doors unlocked" but also super close to the city if we wanted to do anything.  not terrible, country folk... which isn't a bad thing. low cost of living. 

Honestly we might as well live in San Antonio. (the super small places around it included)

I still like this area of Texas though. 

OR OR OR

if we want to do more northern coastal we can look into...

Angleton - an hour from houston, its quiet and boring but again.... only an hour from the big city. not many jobs so would probably have to commute to Houston. Only like 20 minutes to the beach. 

We could also do Santa Fe... smaller, friendly, near Houstin (about an hour), 30 minutes from a good beach. hell yeah.  schools aren't the best though (so maybe look into privte schools?)

or just a scootch further than Santa fe is Pearland.

40 minutes to houston (not a bad commute), 35 minutes from the beach, Great Schools. Safe. Freindly people. lots of art, food, culture.... oh I think we have a winner winner.

but high cost of living.... like its actually more expensive than Housotn????? 

shit. lets just live in houston. 

40 minutes from the beach. big city = jobs. not too expensive to live...really bad traffic... racist :( baby Pearland is worth? idk. it has so many good reviews that outweight the bad. but notes of terrible traffic, heavy pollution, and mean people.... 

Overall I'm thinking Pearland.... but its sooooooo expensive housing wise....Maybe if we looked on the very outskirts of houston?