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Texas is one of the most overrated states to live in

Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:33 am

Posted by BuckeyeWarrior

Naples, FL

Member since Jan 2025

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:33 am

This is just a rant and it’ll probably piss off people because many users on here live in Texas, but I’ve never understood the hype for it and why so many people want to live there. And before anyone goes, “but you’re from Ohio” well yeah no shite, I know that Ohio isn’t a great a place to live. But people in Texas have this sense of arrogance when it comes to flaunting their state as a paradise when in reality it isn’t.

There’s very little scenery in the state outside of the hill country. The climate is absolute dogshit in the summer. The beaches in Galveston are trash. Dallas, Austin, and Houston are basically sprawled out, decentralized cities full of corporate chain restaurants where there is no walkability at all and you have to drive 15-20 minutes just to get to places. All three of those cities feel like they were taken and artificially transplanted in farm country. They have no organic feel at all.

The property taxes are insane yet the infrastructure and roads are garbage. At least in cities like San Francisco, Boston, and NYC, a significant portion of the taxes go towards good things like public transit and roads. All three of those cities have an organic feel and are very walkable. The food scene in those cities are also infinitely better than anything Dallas, Houston and Austin have to offer.

And to top it all off, Texas is basically a Bible Belt haven for white evangelical Christian boomers from California who want to flee the state’s political climate. You know, the “dey terk our jerbs!” type. I’m a Catholic and I can’t stand evangelical Protestants. Absolute morons.

People are only moving to Texas for two reasons: cheap living and to make a political statement. That’s it.

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Posted by beerJeep

Louisiana

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:33 am to BuckeyeWarrior

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yet the infrastructure and roads are garbage

Have you been to our glorious state of Louisiana?

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Posted by Cleathecat

Houston

Member since Feb 2021

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:34 am to BuckeyeWarrior

Bless your heart

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Posted by tigersownall

Thibodaux

Member since Sep 2011

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:35 am to BuckeyeWarrior

I agree. One day of driving on I10 through Beaumont and I was ready to jump off a bridge.

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Posted by Buck_Rogers

Member since Jul 2013

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:35 am to BuckeyeWarrior

Not to mention how they brag about being independent and the "lone star state", yet they've hopped on the backs of other countries throughout their existence.

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Posted by zuluboudreaux

God’s country USA

Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:37 am to BuckeyeWarrior

Life is all about choices.
If you don’t like Texas then stay away.
You don’t build yourself by trying to tear others down.
Texans are proud of their state. Good for them.
Let it be and STFU!

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Posted by LSBoosie

Member since Jun 2020

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:39 am to BuckeyeWarrior

As someone who is from Louisiana and currently lives in Texas, I get what you’re saying. It’s not a bad state at all but can at times feel overrated.

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Posted by Deuces

The bottom

Member since Nov 2011

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:39 am to BuckeyeWarrior

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The property taxes are insane yet the infrastructure and roads are garbage. At least in cities like San Francisco, Boston, and NYC, a significant portion of the taxes go towards good things like public transit and roads. All three of those cities have an organic feel and are very walkable. The food scene in those cities are also infinitely better than anything Dallas, Houston and Austin have to offer.

The property taxes are high but you still save a lot more than paying a state income tax.

In California, if you make a couple hundred thousand a year, your marginal tax rate will be 50% of your income.

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Posted by Odysseus32

Member since Dec 2009

9960 posts

Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:39 am to BuckeyeWarrior

I agree with you.

Part of the reason we are staying in Louisiana for now. The only other real reason to move would take us to Texas. And the cons of Texas far outweigh the pros.

I've lived in Texas before, it's just not that great. It's a fine state. In terms of QoL, it doesn't hold a candle to most PNW and Northeast states. It's just that a chunk of people on this board who moved to Texas have never actually lived anywhere else that wasn't mandated by a job or the military, so they only have Louisiana to compare it to.

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Posted by el Gaucho

He/They

Member since Dec 2010

58794 posts

Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:40 am to BuckeyeWarrior

Imagine being one of the people on this board who had to move to texas just to find a job

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Posted by el Gaucho

He/They

Member since Dec 2010

58794 posts

Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:42 am to zuluboudreaux

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Texans are proud of their state

All the native Texans are Mexicans and everybody else moved there from Louisiana or California

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Posted by Klark Kent

Houston via BR

Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:42 am to BuckeyeWarrior

GreatLakes24 is gonna love this thread.

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Posted by TDTOM

Member since Jan 2021

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:44 am to el Gaucho

I love Texas.

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Posted by 50_Tiger

Arlington TX

Member since Jan 2016

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:49 am to BuckeyeWarrior

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And to top it all off, Texas is basically a Bible Belt haven for white evangelical Christian boomers from California who want to flee the state’s political climate. You know, the “dey terk our jerbs!” type.

God damn this just sold me on Texas! Glad to be here

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Posted by TexasTiger89

Houston, TX

Member since Feb 2005

26647 posts

Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:50 am to BuckeyeWarrior

We have been in Texas for 25 years and will never move back to Louisiana. Our home state is a great place to visit (and I do) but I wouldn’t want to live there anymore.

In Houston, you can get pretty much any type of food that exists in the world. It is a true melting pot. Also there are 146 Catholic Churches in Houston serving 1.7 million Catholics so you’re wrong about that too.

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Posted by SeaBass23

VA

Member since Jul 2019

1778 posts

Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:50 am to BuckeyeWarrior

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, “but you’re from Ohio” well yeah no shite, I know that Ohio isn’t a great a place to live. But people in Texas have this sense of arrogance when it comes to flaunting their state

When I was in the military I found people from Ohio got the most homesick. I don’t know why they longed for the cold winters and skyline chili

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Posted by Rize

Spring Texas

Member since Sep 2011

19192 posts

Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:50 am to BuckeyeWarrior

Imagine being from Ohio and talking shite on Texas??.

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Posted by iwantacooler

Pig Nose Feet

Member since Aug 2017

2729 posts

Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:51 am to BuckeyeWarrior

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I’ve never understood the hype for it and why so many people want to live there.

You had me here.

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I’m a Catholic and I can’t stand evangelical Protestants. Absolute morons.

You lost me here.

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Posted by Woolfpack

Member since Jun 2021

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:52 am to BuckeyeWarrior

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Posted by thegreatboudini

Member since Oct 2008

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Posted on 5/4/25 at 8:52 am to Odysseus32

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I agree with you.

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In terms of QoL, it doesn't hold a candle to most PNW and Northeast states.

Ok

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Part of the reason we are staying in Louisiana for now.

LOL

Man, you are incredibly out of touch with reality if you think anything in Louisiana outweighs Texas. You either love poboys or can't live without ma-maw being down the street, or both.

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