sorry that you have to go to those places on your first visit to Texas.....bad representation.

Pretty much. Houston, anyway.

Houston is not Texas...so, even though Houston Sucks (which it does, in fact, suck - I just spent the weekend there @ DZ's Southwest Regional Weekend), Texas, rocks.

Grew up in the Dallas area (so it is almost a matter of law that I hate Houston - there was even a Texas Monthly article years ago about the rules of being a Dallasite, and one of the rules was "Hate Houston and everything it stands for, even if you have never been to Houston and don't know what it stands for" or something like that. If you want to see a city suffering the effects of the lack of zoning laws, Houston's the place to be...

Dallas is not perfect, but I liked living there until I had kids.

Grandparents lived in Austin and I was born there, so it has a special place in my heart...it's still a little too humid for me.

Midland/Odessa - big city attitude but podunk.

Lubbock- Way out in BFE, but actually nice place to live (and go to college, I hear)...mild climate year round, low humidity...nice people good school system, but it's a tad too conservative for my liking, not to mention, far away from the "real" big cities....

I too, am saving myself for Kinky. Petition drive starts in 11 days...looks like we have 3 potential sigs here? 44,547 to go.

Hey now...I live here. I have to speak of it....and I have to respectfully disagree w/your assessment...

I am generally not a Texas Tech fan so we might agree there (I only went there for law school). However, I can say that although I thought those other things you said were true before I moved here 5 years ago, I have been pleasantly surprised...the weather you mentioned has occurred here, but it isn't the daily norm (today we expect a record high of 85...light & variable winds). Actually, our average climate is very mild - summers are so much more bearable than any I spent for the first 30 years of life in Dallas...the nights cool down so that you need a sweater & we don't have SMOG (dust storms pass...Ozone alerts tend to stick around all summer in the metroglob)...winters are cooler, but not freezing by any stretch (Amarillo is colder and Midland/Odessa is hotter) we've only had one unbearably cold winter since I've been here, and that was the first one......dust storms are actually not the norm (although w/the lack of rain this year, we expect it to be one of the worst in recent history). It's worse if you live on the outskirts of town (e.g. your house was built on a cotton field), but we hardly noticed inside the loop. Dallas is as almost as flat as Lubbock - main difference is they have extra trees and a few hills...but they also have the pollen (which I can live without).... When I think of disgusting, I think of Houston...Lubbock is just sort of bland....

But, to each his/her own...like I said - I would have agreed whole heartedly w/your comments 6 years ago but now I know better....

What's the weather in Dallas like at the end of April?

I spent some time in San Antonio, and I'm a little on the fence about Tx. The weather their was awesome during the winter and spring, but it did get a little humid by June. I was also dissapointed by the lack of things to do around their ( not a big fan of the tourist traps). I have always wanted to go to Austin though, so I guess I really can't judge the entire state on just SA.

A lot warmer than Boston.

Hah. A lot of places are a lot warmer than here! Especially with the ridiculous wind we've had this week.

Your first mistake was spendin your time in San Antonio

No, I missed the last one because I was sick. But, it is VERY rare for me to miss an Aggie happy hour- no matter where it is. That is how I met some of my best friends in this city, and we always have a blast! :)

I'm still trying to figure out where the next one is, but if you go you should look for me!

BTW- One of the Don's Depot HHs is where I saw Mayor Wynn drinkin' it up with the other aggies. :)

I was in Dallas for a conference at the beginning of February. It was flat. It was brown. It actually made me miss West Virginia.

However, the hotel did have Pepsi products, so that made the stay less depressing.

It's hard to judge the city based on a hotel stay w/o an opportunity to get out & about...come back sometime when you can get out (but not during the summer...you won't like it for sure then). To be fair, although they've gotten rain in the last couple of weeks, North Texas is in the midst of a drought...but yeah, Dallas used to be the bottom of the ocean, so it's def. flat (millions of years ago).

But Pepsi products? [GOB Bluth] Come on! [/GOB Bluth] Can't stand Pepsi...ick.

So, I was having a conversation with a family member and they said that there is another mountain range in East Texas. Is there?

I've only been to a few cities...i know Midland and Odessa don't have any mountains, but I don't know if San Antonio or Dallas did when I went. I didn't remember.


I had said that El Paso was the only city with mountains (since we are at the tip of the Rocky Mountains). But is there another Mountain Range in the Eastern Part of Texas?

There is not a mountain range..........but there are definite plateaus and tall hills that were cut out by the ocean that covered it millions of years ago. It They are outside of Tyler towards Jacksonville. You can stop on the side of the road and find oceanic fossils in the sides of the cliffs.

But no, the only mountain ranges are in deep South West and West Texas.

There's the beautiful hill country around Austin! It's GORGEOUS here. :)

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...ofJuly1010.jpg
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I'm telling ya, if THAT doesn't make you want to move to Texas- nothing will. :D