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post #1 of 10
12/15/11 at 9:34pm
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We are seriously looking at moving to Nevada or Texas late next summer. I'm leaning towards TX for a number of reasons. I'm trying to navigate where to even begin looking. Here are my general wants/needs. If anyone has any city or area suggestions I'd really appreciate it. It's so difficult to look at land listings and have no idea what any of the areas are like :)

 

--We would be purchasing a decent amount of property (at least 20 acres). We want to have beef cows, chickens, maybe some pigs and sheep. A large garden too :)

--We want to work towards living in a self-sufficient manner so rainfall is a good thing :)

--Affordable land and housing is very important to us (want to have hope to pay off that house in a timely manner).

--Would prefer to be no more than 60 minutes or so from a large or largish city (thinking probably Austin or Dallas but I'm open to ideas). Our kids have some health issues so areas where natural care providers within an hour drive would be desirable.

--We own our own business. We need a fairly large warehouse space (around 10k sq. ft.) within 30 minutes of where we'd be living with the goal of eventually building a warehouse on our property.

--Diverse community preferred :)

 

We are planning to visit in a few months but I'd like to do a bunch of research since our visit will only be a few days and we'll have a lot to accomplish.

 

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

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post #2 of 10
1/1/12 at 1:32pm

You can definitely find some land in Texas to buy, and property costs are pretty low, comparatively. But it will likely be on the outskirts. Finding an open-minded doctor within an hour, if you are on the outskirts could be difficult, as DFW (and Austin to a lesser extent) is quite spread out, requiring an hour or so to get from one end of it to the other. Texas is really conservative, so when you ask for a diverse community, you probably won't find it. But, I've found lots of people who I can connect with. You just have to be willing to get around. Texans are pretty big on personal freedoms, so things like no-vax is possible, despite the overall conservative politics.

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post #3 of 10
1/2/12 at 8:40pm

I'd look in the area east of Austin -- Bastrop, Manor, Taylor, Smithville, that neck of the woods. It would be pretty deeply conservative, but within an hour of Austin.

However, it's basically never going to rain in Texas ever again. This drought is supposed to last for like 15 years.

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post #4 of 10
1/2/12 at 8:54pm

Oh it's been raining up a storm here in SA!  The lawn I seeded (stupid me) in march looks beautiful right now.  Seriously we went outside after all the rain stopped and grass had popped up everywhere.  Today I layed on the lawn with Cow dog for about 20 minutes enjoying the breeze and the grass.  But yes this past summer almost killed me. 

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post #5 of 10
1/2/12 at 9:39pm
My MIL is in Arlington... outside of Dallas. They had a month of 112 degree days this summer. I don't think that climate is fit for some people like me.

Coming from Portland, the only crunchy spot I've heard of is Austin.
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post #6 of 10
1/2/12 at 9:44pm

yeah and that was the month my AC went out and I had to drop way too much money on keeping it comfortable in my house.  Holy suck!
 

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Originally Posted by philomom View Post

My MIL is in Arlington... outside of Dallas. They had a month of 112 degree days this summer. I don't think that climate is fit for some people like me.
Coming from Portland, the only crunchy spot I've heard of is Austin.


 

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post #7 of 10
1/2/12 at 9:56pm

Yeah, in Austin we had 90 days where the temps were over 100 degrees this year. That means that 25% of 2011 was over 100 degrees. Pretty whacked. On the plus side, this week has been utterly glorious blue skies and 60 degrees of sunshine.

 

ETA -- Also, all the ranchers are selling off their cattle because of the drought. East Texas gets a bit more rain in general, but they've been hard hit as well.

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post #8 of 10
1/2/12 at 9:59pm


Yes it has, but I think we're getting a freeze tonight.  I always know when my old neighbor is outside covering everything perfectly cut to each and every flower garden...

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Originally Posted by *MamaJen* View Post

Yeah, in Austin we had 90 days where the temps were over 100 degrees this year. That means that 25% of 2011 was over 100 degrees. Pretty whacked. On the plus side, this week has been utterly glorious blue skies and 60 degrees of sunshine.



 

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post #9 of 10
1/9/12 at 5:17pm

You might like the College Station area - very diverse, lots of land available not far from town, lots of cattle and other ranch life-styles, small city life and some great doctors in the area.  They are working to make it a medical center like Houston has, there are a lot of options, but still the small town feel is not at all hard to get.  I'm 30 min. from there and live in a town with about 400 total persons... :)  VERY small.  And a lot of the land for sale does have storage or barns, etc.  Good luck.

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post #10 of 10
1/11/12 at 6:23am

Holy snow in West Texas... REALLY?!

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