Author Topic: Texas Representin'! (Read 29827 times)

UmpSC · « **on:** January 20, 2016, 02:46:22 PM »

I'm in SC. You guys in TX are flying the flag for us. Not sure why our state shows what it does, but it may have something to do with one school's team's season.

http://www.phillyvoice.com/map-shows-most-googled-jobs-each-state/

TXMike · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2016, 03:39:23 PM »

You would think we would have more applicants than we need based on that. But it ain't so

UmpSC · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2016, 05:08:51 PM »

I'd consider moving there. How are the (regular) job prospects?

TXMike · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2016, 05:25:33 PM »

Good unless you are in the fracking business and then not so good.

hefnerjm · « **Reply #4 on:** January 21, 2016, 09:20:37 AM »

Interesting difference when you cross the Alabama-Georgia border.

UmpSC · « **Reply #5 on:** January 21, 2016, 12:53:38 PM »

I grew up in GA and it's been trending that way for a long time now...

Is the growth in TX mainly in the bigger cities or in some of the outlying areas? I prefer peace and quiet over more of the hustle and bustle.

TexDoc · « **Reply #6 on:** January 21, 2016, 01:50:05 PM »

Majority of growth in Texas is along major traffic lanes, IH35 between Austin in SA seeing probably the greatest growth in the nation. This is a very nice area and quite spread out - read, you can get into the country really fast.

By the way, if it's on the interwebs it must all be true right? I know I believe everything I see on the net.

BrendanP · « **Reply #7 on:** January 21, 2016, 03:07:02 PM »

If there's one thing I've learned from my college experience, it's that I do not want to stay in Michigan post college. Nor do I want to go to Texas, I don't think I'd fit in, and above all, I'm not armed.

psv · « **Reply #8 on:** January 21, 2016, 03:18:23 PM »

well, getting armed is easy, esp in Texas..

Plus, its not Michigan

As long as you can tolerate the summers here. It gets HOT. Now, I dont mind it..but it is a large adjustment (coming from someone who moved to Texas in 1979... right before one of the hottest summers on record).

That was hot.

Plus, its Texas High School football

TexDoc · « **Reply #9 on:** January 21, 2016, 03:43:28 PM »

Quote from: BrendanP on January 21, 2016, 03:07:02 PM

If there's one thing I've learned from my college experience, it's that I do not want to stay in Michigan post college. Nor do I want to go to Texas, I don't think I'd fit in, and above all, I'm not armed.

Move to Austin, you'd fit in. It is the liberal island of Texas, if you like that sort of thing and/or you're young.

BrendanP · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2016, 04:06:07 PM »

Quote from: TexDoc on January 21, 2016, 03:43:28 PM

Move to Austin, you'd fit in. It is the liberal island of Texas, if you like that sort of thing and/or you're young.

I'm not liberal or conservative. I'm Canadian. I'm from Saskatoon and we moved to California when I was 11. I'm a junior at Michigan, and once my time in Ann Arbor is up, I'm not sure where I'm going, whether that's staying in Ann Arbor for law school or heading elsewhere. As that one song goes, "You don't have to go home but you can't stay here."

Etref · « **Reply #11 on:** January 21, 2016, 05:06:12 PM »

Quote from: BrendanP on January 21, 2016, 03:07:02 PM

I'm not armed.

We are !

george7244 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 21, 2016, 06:31:00 PM »

It would be interesting to know on the average how many guns each Texan owns. From my own experience i would be willing to bet its 4 or more

TXMike · « **Reply #13 on:** January 21, 2016, 07:03:59 PM »

May not be as many as you might think http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Despite-all-the-rhetoric-Texas-gun-ownership-6358188.php

TexDoc · « **Reply #14 on:** January 22, 2016, 07:44:15 AM »

Quote from: george7244 on January 21, 2016, 06:31:00 PM

It would be interesting to know on the average how many guns each Texan owns. From my own experience i would be willing to bet its 4 or more

Somewhere around 30.

george7244 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 22, 2016, 08:16:53 AM »

Quote from: TXMike on January 21, 2016, 07:03:59 PM

May not be as many as you might think http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Despite-all-the-rhetoric-Texas-gun-ownership-6358188.php

Thats really surprising and even Arkansas has a higher national average than Texas

Coby · « **Reply #16 on:** January 22, 2016, 08:44:36 AM »

Like the rest of the state of Arkansas I bet their guns dont work. When our guns get a little old and worn out we ship them to Arkansas for newer models.

hefnerjm · « **Reply #17 on:** January 22, 2016, 10:01:55 AM »

Quote from: Coby on January 22, 2016, 08:44:36 AM

Like the rest of the state of Arkansas I bet their guns dont work. When our guns get a little old and worn out we ship them to Arkansas for newer models.

I challenge you to go into south Arkansas and step on anyone's property to test your theory....you'll see real quick how many of them work.

TXMike · « **Reply #18 on:** January 22, 2016, 10:09:42 AM »

Coby - those banjos you hear are nothing to worry about. :-)

TexDoc · « **Reply #19 on:** January 22, 2016, 10:10:00 AM »

My favorite.

TXMike · « **Reply #20 on:** January 22, 2016, 10:25:22 AM »

my favorite

TexDoc · « **Reply #21 on:** January 22, 2016, 12:19:10 PM »

You win! Nice guns!

HoustonUmp · « **Reply #22 on:** January 22, 2016, 01:17:15 PM »

But are they real?

TXMike · « **Reply #23 on:** January 22, 2016, 01:46:36 PM »

Real or not, definitely dangerous and not to be handled by the untrained

TexDoc · « **Reply #24 on:** January 22, 2016, 01:51:30 PM »

Quote from: HoustonUmp on January 22, 2016, 01:17:15 PM

But are they real?

I'd like to see if I can tell!