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I have so many...SO MANY...thoughts about this. https://outline.com/g3XcED
1. "Guys, Texas is hot. Did you know that? It's, like, REALLY hot and humid. My towels got mildewy!!! And my strawberries spoiled 12 hours before they normally would in the promised land of California!!!"
2. "My kids couldn't play outside because there are BUGS out there! Bugs that bite and sting! And the bugs COME in the HOUSE!!!! Children can't be expected to be outside where they could get heat rash or sunburn or fire ant bites!"
4. Is someone from California actually lecturing Texans on not having enough parking? I thought they were on the leading edge of public transit/less relying on cars?
5. You seriously expect me to believe your kids - the aforementioned ones who can't handle summer weather and fire ants - want to go catch "crayfish" in the creek in your backyard? Have they actually ever picked up a live crawfish?
6. "Texas has no raging rivers." True, but we have some really great options for tubing/floating, and some of the best swimming holes.
"Texas has no snowy mountains." Might I direct your attention to Big Bend NP, which has both mountains and received 2 feet of snow a month ago?
"Texas has no snowy mountains." Might I direct your attention to Big Bend NP, which has both mountains and received 2 feet of snow a month ago?
7. I'm sorry the writer had such poor experiences with contractors and people in general, but to maintain that Texans have no integrity or that poor moral character in endemic to the state at large is utterly laughable. Period.
8. Why on earth would you only trust an app to tell you where to eat? Why not ask your neighbors or friends for recommendations?
9. Yeah, we don't like it when Californians move here and then immediately start complaining that Texas isn't California. Why did you move here? Because you wanted a cheaper version of where you left? It was, once upon a time, before you got here and inflated the housing market.
10. I assume you haven't driven in St. Louis, Missouri.
11. I assume you haven't experienced service in St. Louis, Missouri or Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
11. I assume you haven't experienced service in St. Louis, Missouri or Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
12. Within 20 miles of my home in south central Williamson County, there are private schools, charter schools, good public schools, and homeschooling groups. So next time, do your research before you buy in an area that doesn't have the school options your family needs.
13. Again, this is a Californian whining about rules to preserve natural resources? What alternate reality are we in? Don't lecture us about water conservation when the LA river is nothing but a dry concrete gulch.
14. I grew up on well water, in the middle of a pasture. I remember a summer it nearly went dry. Watering your lawn - your biodiversity-killing waste of space - is a luxury, and yeah, if you waste the aquifer keeping it up, we're gonna judge you.
15. The writer must not realize Houston is the most diverse city in America. It's not Austin, but it certainly is Texas.
16. I can't with the whining about football. I just can't.
16. I can't with the whining about football. I just can't.
17. And now we're complaining because your kids' teachers insisted on being called 'ma'am' or 'sir'? Seriously?!
18. "Waaaah, the allergens make me sick!" Yeah, it sucks. Life ain't fair. Take some Claritin and get over it.
18. "Waaaah, the allergens make me sick!" Yeah, it sucks. Life ain't fair. Take some Claritin and get over it.
19. Not everywhere is Bee Cave or Austin. Lots of us live in small towns, in moderately nice homes, and we aren't caught up in the rat race of building castles in Rollingwood. Comparison is the thief of joy, brother, and minding your own business costs nothing at all.
20. And finally, don't lecture us about "expensive mistakes" when a 3/2, 1100 sq ft house in the Bay Area costs $1.2 million. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/76-Pond-St-San-Francisco-CA-94114/241586243_zpid/
But you're right. Texas sucks. Definitely don't move here. And make sure you tell all your friends.
