In my mid 20s and thinking of moving from DC to TX for family. Though I’m pretty good at finding community where I am, I’ve only ever lived in big cities, so this feels really major. Any advice?

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Austin is your best bet. From Boston here and moved to Austin at 23 with same thoughts. Havent looked back though. It is the perfect city for twentysomethings figuring their sh*t out. You wont get the public transit nor the skyscrapers but youll definitely enjoy the young population, copious amounts of things to do, cheap living, nice weather, and proximity to Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston/Gulf Coast if you ever get bored. Take a risk and get outside your comfort zone!

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I moved DC -> HOU for 1.5 years, then bought a house in dallas.

You will miss the culture, the open mindedness, the lack of a gun but culture, the fact that most people in DC have a casual knowledge of world events that is completely missing outside of the city.

Thinks you will like: being filthy. F’in. Rich. Straight up. Low COL, no income tax. Moving here was like that scene in eurotrip where they go to eastern Europe’s with only $.75 and end up being treated like kings. Living inside either dallas or Houston, walking distance from good food and bars, while still having a house with a garage and a mortgage that was less than you were spending living in a basement in Columbia heights.

Also, as a Dallasite, I’m obligated to tell you Houston sucks. Like, it actually sucks so hard it keeps sucking hurricanes into the city

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Dallas is a festering pile of shit. Houston has actual culture. Dallas has Braums. Nuff said

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Meaning? I'm from Houston and biologically required to hate Dallas

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Texas has big cities too. You can move to the closest big city where your family is based out of

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Lol, p3. You are my enemy but I respect you

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Houston is literally the most diverse city in the US, but feel free to keep stereotyping us a gun loving country folk.

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“I’ve only ever lived in big cities” - Houston, Dallas, SA, and even Austin and El Paso are all bigger than DC by population. Definitely don’t live in El Paso. Austin and Dallas are both great, I hate Houston, and know little about SA. Good luck!

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P4 is right. Ours is a blood feud dates back decades. Barrels of ink have been invested in chronicling precisely how shitty Houston is.

Only things Houston has going for it: Brennan’s, mattress Mac (dude is a hero), and the fact that the highways leaving Houston all have an extra lane because people want to get out of there THAT badly

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Please, C1, take the drama down a notch or 6. Have a positive outlook, embrace the good parts, and have an open mind. You determine your happiness, not where you live.

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I moved from North Jersey to DFW burbs. Austin is ideologically better but DFW takes the cake for family life, infrastructure and amazing schools. Well connected centrally located Airport is a plus for consulting.

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The cool part about Houston: if your car needs a replacement part you can just drive around for a mile or so on the highway and just pluck whatever part you need from the hundreds of stranded cars that line the highways.

At some point they will just replace all the jersey barriers with abandoned cars

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Haha, I was hoping you would engage in a battle , haha.

Houston’s restaurant scene beats Dallas’s though. Hands down. You have so many excellent creole places that were brought in by the NOLA refugees that you were nice enough to shelter.

I miss HTX food.

But everything else....

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I moved from NYC to DFW suburbs.

You will live

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Whoa whoa why did we have to big Braums into this fight?!

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Personal opinion: I would go in deep depression if I were to make this change! I hate suburbs/southern states
But the decision has to be yours depending on your own situation right now.
All the best!

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I moved from Baltimore to SWVA (mountain country) and it's been the best decision. You will survive - money goes further, you have more time to decompress (no traffic), and people are actually interested in getting to know you and hold genuine conversations.

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Houston has more culture than Dallas ever will. That is all. Also Astros > Rangers all day every day.

(As much as I like to hate on Dallas, Deep Ellum is legit. Also I miss hockey)

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I went to grad school in Austin, it is amazing. Dallas is big hair, big houses, and chain restaurants. Houston is just gross, the weather is horrific and it’s an ugly city. I know it’s “booming” but eww. In order: Austin, Dallas, that’s it.

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Pwc4 explain the meaning of festering pile of shit

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