I Like Texas........

[Kevlar281]

Texas will have its first-ever sales tax holiday on Saturday, Sunday and Memorial Day on certain household appliances carrying the Energy Star logo.

Purchasers will save the 6.25 percent state sales tax plus local sales taxes, which in cities such as Houston and San Antonio will be an additional savings of 2 percent.

Statewide, shoppers are expected to save about $2.6 million, the state comptroller's office estimated.

Tax-exempt items, purchased either in a store or from an Internet or catalog seller doing business in Texas, will include:

* Air conditioners priced less than $6,000 (The tax break doesn't apply to installation costs.)

* Ceiling fans
* Dehumidifiers
* Dishwashers
* Refrigerators priced less than $2,000
* Clothes washers (but not clothes dryers)
* Programmable thermostats
* Incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs

Link: To Full Article

Anyone else taking advantage of this? Lowes is offering an additional 10% off on certain energy star appliances. I’m thinking about picking up a new window unit for the garage.

/edit: Link: To Lowes Ad

[SATX*APhi]

Originally Posted by Kevlar281

Link: To Full Article

Anyone else taking advantage of this? Lowes is offering an additional 10% off on certain energy star appliances. I’m thinking about picking up a new window unit for the garage.

/edit: Link: To Lowes Ad

I heard about this but won't be taking advantage. I'm already good to go.

Originally Posted by aggieAXO

game 2 not looking good at half time. May have to wait for game 3.

Looks like the Spurs need to pull themselves togther for game 3 after that ugly loss. Ay ya yai!

[epchick]

Question for the more well-traveled Texas GCers:

So now that i've graduated college, I've started to contemplate whether or not to try and see if i'd do well in another part of texas. I love El Paso to death, but eh, i'd like a change of scenery.

But I've only been to San Antonio, San Angelo (for a UIL competition), and Dallas (didn't really like it). If I was to really move, what city/cities would you suggest I try and move to?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by epchick

Question for the more well-traveled Texas GCers:

So now that i've graduated college, I've started to contemplate whether or not to try and see if i'd do well in another part of texas. I love El Paso to death, but eh, i'd like a change of scenery.

But I've only been to San Antonio, San Angelo (for a UIL competition), and Dallas (didn't really like it). If I was to really move, what city/cities would you suggest I try and move to?

If you like an El Paso-sized city, Austin may be nice. I lived in the Austin metro for about 5 years and really enjoyed it. It's big enough to give you things to do but still keeps a somewhat "hometown" feeling.

I didn't like San Antonio. At all. But living in DFW has been great. I plan on staying here for a least a few years after I graduate.

[SWTXBelle]

Split the difference between Austin and San Antonio - live in beautiful San Marcos!

[SATX*APhi]

Austin is okay but I would never live there; it's just a little off base. Houston is just too freakin huge for my taste. I lived there for a couple of months and it just wasn't my speed. I've never been to the DFW so I can't weigh in on the metroplex.

I'm a San Antonio gal. To me, SA still has that small-town feel. With it being the beginning of the Hill country, it's location is also perfect. It's 2 hours north of Corpus, an hour south of Austin, and only a 3 hour drive from Houston. The weather is perfect. There's tons to do. You have all the sports, museums, shopping, theme park, golfing, etc. If you're interested in continuing your education, there are 4 private universities and 1 public.

Check it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas

[ComradesTrue]

I have lived in Dallas, Fort Worth, the Mid-Cities and Tyler (not necessarily in that order). I have routinely visited Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Lubbuck, El Paso, New Braunfels and Longview.

My suggestion would be Fort Worth. Refer to my review of FW several posts above. It can give the big city feel of the metroplex when you want that (4 professional sports teams, concerts, shopping, etc), but has that tight-knit feeling of a small town. You can go out to bars. restaurants, etc, and always run into someone that you know.

[gamma_girl52]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Split the difference between Austin and San Antonio - live in beautiful San Marcos!

I would agree!!

So I've been here for about 3 months (some of ya'll might remember back in the summer when I said I was moving here) and I love it here. Texas State is a nice campus and I've been getting my workout on with all of these hills

And the outlet mall here! I went there and thought I'd died and gone to retail heaven

I also go to Dallas a lot too. The size and impersonal feel doesn't faze me. I lived in Atlanta for 15 years.
And knight_shadow I spend just about all my time in Oak Cliff when I'm there, LOL and so far I've made it out in one piece.

[em_adpi]

Originally Posted by gamma_girl52

And the outlet mall here! I went there and thought I'd died and gone to retail heaven

I also go to Dallas a lot too. The size and impersonal feel doesn't faze me.

Isn't the outlet mall AMAZING?!?!? I love it.

Ever been to Fort Worth?

[SWTXBelle]