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Cali techies not happy with Austin

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MaroonStain
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So sad...

They not happy and moving
AgOutsideAustin
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Good.
Howdy Dammit
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If I moved here from San Fransisco and this was my first summer here, I'd prolly be unhappy too. Lol
barbacoa taco
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I'm born and raised in Texas and this summer I was thinking how the hell do people live like this
Complete Idiot
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barbacoa taco said:

I'm born and raised in Texas and this summer I was thinking how the hell do people live like this


Born in 72, in Texas since 76.

This summer I find myself asking "why are we even here again?"
TRD-Ferguson
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Born in '55. Lived here all my life. No AC in house, car or school until I was in 4th grade. AC makes you soft! Embrace the suck!
evan_aggie
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I think the perspective and tolerance gets worse as you age in Texas.

But honestly, when I think about the routine during the summer, it's more tolerable than most paint it to be.

You try and get any outside work done before noon.

Between 2-6 is a no go and if you are outside, you need shade and a bottle of water and preferrably a breeze. Our back yard is fortunate to be fully shaded by trees and I installed a fan.

That's the way it is for 10 weeks.
Complete Idiot
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The heat this summer has been a dry heat since mid June, it's tolerable. I had a non-air dorm at A&M and it was the humidity more than air temp that would get me.

I think what bothers me more is the extended period with no rain and everything turning brown. Even over in College Station everything is brown as of last weekend, that is rare. Drive for hours in any direction and everything is brown and dying, looks like a burned out landscape. Ugly. Ready for El Nino rains to green us up again.
emando2000
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I don't feel for them at all, you know what you're getting. It's not a secret that it's hot or that there is traffic and no public transportation.

If I move to San Fran I know that the weather is nice. I know it's expensive to live there. I know that their homeless problem is out of control. It's not a secret.

If I move to Wisconsin. I know that it's too cold for me. I don't have to live there to realize that I won't like it.

Our heat is bad but it's not unbearable. I work indoors but workout outside in the heat. Working out in a garage style gym helps.

These people consciously moved here not only for a work opportunity but also for an investment opportunity. They have both but cannot easily sell their homes right now.
500,000ags
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**** 'em and the herd mentality they rode in with.
Complete Idiot
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Didn't a herd mentality bring a lot of people to Texas when first settled by Europeans?


Sorry. Cattle joke.
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wadd96
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Born '73. Lived here my whole life (Central/South Texas.) You can't pay me enough to leave my home state. The heat is what it is.
All the God's, all the Heavens, all the Hells are within you.
fig96
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Keeper of The Spirits said:

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