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Wonder what Aggieland will be like when I retire in 8 years.

NoahAg said:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Wonder what Aggieland will be like when I retire in 8 years.

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120,000 undergrads
3 HCs beyond Elko
BAS fan base
Zero trophies

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That was a given

I always thought I would end up in BCS when I retired but it's too expensive. I went west.

jja79 said:

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I always thought I would end up in BCS when I retired but it's too expensive. I went west.

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Arizona right? I would have assumed cost of living in BCS would be cheaper.

Other than gasoline it's not. At least in my experience after 2 years.

jja79 said:

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Other than gasoline it's not. At least in my experience after 2 years.

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Interesting. I'd certainly pick Arizona over BCS. But I love the desert hate humidity.

texag101 said:

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I can't think of a single reason to retire there, unless you can't afford to do anything. There's no river - the Brazos still runs muddy like she's run all along
lake - Somerville?
mountain - resurrect mount Aggie
quality restaurants - Chicken Oil is coming back
entertainment - Aggie sports and red dirt concerts all the time
medical care - there's worse medical access out there
parks - it's a college campus, they're everywhere
museums - it's a college campus, they're everywhere (Presidential library)
or airport - Houston is 80 miles away
and the weather sucks - truth

I can't imagine what a retiree would do there every day.

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All that said, mostly in jest, I wouldn't plan to retire there, but I can understand the allure. Especially in the not so distant past when it was an extremely affordable place to live. College towns are generally nice and clean, affluent, and popular places to retire. They have older school faculty, professors, etc to hang out with.

Its a great community, but I won't be here when I retire.

I grew up in the desert so it wasn't a hard choice. It's not for everyone but works for me. Honestly until I priced things in BCS it seemed to be the choice.

And if you read the Aggieland board they don't seem to like it that much.

jja79 said:

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I grew up in the desert so it wasn't a hard choice. It's not for everyone but works for me. Honestly until I priced things in BCS it seemed to be the choice.

And if you read the Aggieland board they don't seem to like it that much.

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The BCS townies seem to always be upset with everything.

TXAG 05 said:

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jja79 said:

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I grew up in the desert so it wasn't a hard choice. It's not for everyone but works for me. Honestly until I priced things in BCS it seemed to be the choice.

And if you read the Aggieland board they don't seem to like it that much.

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The BCS townies seem to always be upset with everything.

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First heard the term townies in Collere Station watching this movie..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Away

Restaurants suck, variety sucks, roads suck, students suck.

I drove down for a game a couple years ago, thought College Station / Bryant was a nice place. Aggie Game was the highlight, but I really enjoyed the entire week. This was my first time in Aggieland, I could just as easily retire there as anywhere else in Texas. Enjoying retirement in the Ozarks.

texag101 said:

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ccolley68 said:

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texag101 said:

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I can't think of a single reason to retire there, unless you can't afford to do anything. There's no river - the Brazos still runs muddy like she's run all along
lake - Somerville?
mountain - resurrect mount Aggie
quality restaurants - Chicken Oil is coming back
entertainment - Aggie sports and red dirt concerts all the time
medical care - there's worse medical access out there
parks - it's a college campus, they're everywhere
museums - it's a college campus, they're everywhere (Presidential library)
or airport - Houston is 80 miles away
and the weather sucks - truth

I can't imagine what a retiree would do there every day.

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All that said, mostly in jest, I wouldn't plan to retire there, but I can understand the allure. Especially in the not so distant past when it was an extremely affordable place to live. College towns are generally nice and clean, affluent, and popular places to retire. They have older school faculty, professors, etc to hang out with.

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Thanks for proving my point. LOL. I should have added….it's ugly as F.

But a good, fun place to go to school for 4 years as an adolescent.

But no way in hell I go back to retire.

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I'm not sure you're ever retiring pal.

Is this article written specifically for College sports coaches?

Hear Jimbo got a nice "retirement" there...

NoahAg said:

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jja79 said:

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I always thought I would end up in BCS when I retired but it's too expensive. I went west.

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Arizona right? I would have assumed cost of living in BCS would be cheaper.

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30 pack of beer $16.45.

Get season tickets to a bunch of Aggie sports teams. Sounds like a pretty good life. But the weather is really what would keep me from doing it.

Where do you live now if you don't mind sharing.

texag101 said:

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I can't think of a single reason to retire there, unless you can't afford to do anything. There's no river, lake, mountain, quality restaurants, entertainment, medical care, parks, museums or airport, and the weather sucks. I can't imagine what a retiree would do there every day.

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Any suburb just over an hour or so from a major city is attractive to me, just bc you're close enough to the big city for major concerts, comedy or theater shows, pro sports, affordable flights, etc. But far enough away to avoid the awful traffic, less crime than major cities, and you can see the stars in the sky. My biggest issue with College Station would be potential drunk driving, but maybe it's no more of an issue than elsewhere.

TXAG 05 said:

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jja79 said:

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I grew up in the desert so it wasn't a hard choice. It's not for everyone but works for me. Honestly until I priced things in BCS it seemed to be the choice.

And if you read the Aggieland board they don't seem to like it that much.

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The BCS townies seem to always be upset with everything.

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And they all post on Texags.

I as a permanent resident and have lived here for over fifty years . We don't like to see stuff like this. Go back home whenever that might be. The cost here is getting way out of control. When you flood a university like this it drives the quality of life way down. So please don't stay. And the only thing we are upset about is students putting down our cities. That's why we seen upset.