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lmzwigar - 2010-02-19 5:01 PM My husband and I are playing around with the idea of moving away. We lie in NC right now and it is very populated and there aren’t the rodeos that are out west. What state do you think are the best to live in and/or have horses and barrel race? Give me reasons why you think it is the best and maybe one reason why someone may not want to live there. Also any tips on how to make a big move/relocation like this. He is a correctional officer and we feel pretty certain we can find a prison that needs an officer in any state and I have BA in Animal Science.

Kianna - 2010-02-19 4:09 PM FACT: Texas is the best place to live in the world

FACT: Texas gets hot, very hot

FACT: Texas has no other temperatures othen then FREAKIN HOT and FREAKIN COLD

FACT: Grass does not grow in south Texas..usually just sand, and black dirt and dust which is great on windy days. Keeps the black car and truck shiney clean

FACT: It actually DOES rain in texas, it rained 3 weeks in a ROW. Only in the winter though when all it does it turn everything to ICE. It never rains in the summer which brings up my next fact...

FACT: Hay prices are great, buying hay each month doesnt break my bank at all!

FACT: No despite of what all californians think, we DONT ride horses to school or work. BUT the idea is GREAT, its just always TOO HOT OR TOO COLD

FACT: San Anotnio, Houston, Austin, and Dallas traffic is...wait there IS no traffic EVER!! 

FACT: Texas can COMPLETELY seperate from the United States....THO we might not have ALL of the resources on our own (Flordia oranges, etc)  I WILL have my toothbrush...if you cared to know

FACT: There are BARREL RACES E-V-E-R-Y-W-H-E-R-E

FACT: Texas is the best place to live in the world

Cowgirl2688 - 2010-02-19 6:59 PM Eastern Kansas!! There is a prison in Leavenworth that is about 45 minutes from Kansas City so you could live in a small town outside of Leavenworth and he could work at the prison and you could live out in the country but still be only a little ways from the bigger cities. I've been all over the country and I truly believe that Kansas/Oklahoma/Missouri people and the Dakotas (but I would never live there) are the friendliest people around. Kansas is pretty cheap to live in- my S.O. and I rented a pretty nice two bedroom house, in town though, for $400. It's not bad in the summers- 70s, 80s and 90s, and gets a little cold in the winters but there are a few warmer days throughout (20s - 50s). If you're looking for cheap- we found a semi-nice house and 40 acres in S.E. Kansas for $60,000. Up around the KC area there are jackpots and rodeo assoc.'s all over, the same with the S.E. area. I always thought that I'd really love living in Texas.. well we moved down there in August and we're moving back to Kansas this week. Living costs are extremely expensive and where we lived it was either a gazillion degrees out or it rained everyday.. so not very ideal for riding outside. There are a lot of rodeos to go to but there are plenty in most all of the other midwest states too. Hope I helped a little bit and where ever you move to you love it!

run n rate - 2010-02-20 4:58 PM Oh shoot, that's right...everyone knows about us here in California! Who doesn't watch The Real Housewives of Orange County???? See, I live in NOr Cal, so it is kind of like that, but without the money, or the plastic bubbies, or the cars, or looks, but with horses....

RocketPilot - 2010-02-19 7:56 PM
Huh.  Have you ever driven rush hour in any of these cities?   

Jinx - 2010-02-19 8:32 PM



Where was this at?? Wonder if it's still available....SO is wanting to buy a fixer upper.....