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| Dallas/Fort Worth for a Lic commercial HVAC tech?
After I get things straightened out here in miss. I plan on moving |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Idk, but the traffic is shat. |
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| I believe that Dallas/Ft Worth would be the last place in Texas that I would want to move to. Can't stand the **** traffic |
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Location: NE Texas | LRQHS - 2015-01-06 4:09 PM
Idk, but the traffic is shat.
...that ain't no lie! I work in Dallas (actually Richardson) off 75/635. I commute an hour from the burbs.... traffic is TERRIBLE. I go in earlier to try and miss the bulk of traffic.
Can't speak to jobs in HVAC though. I would think it would be as good as any other hot southern area. Mine went out two years ago during one of our 100+ heat waves. :(
Have you checked out career builder or jobs.com to see if there are any companies hiring (assuming you don't have your own business)? |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I just paid a BB to drive a horse through Dallas for me, so I wouldn't have to get too close to it lol. Best money I've ever spent. |
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| I was thinking of living like in granbury and working around Dallas. To make the good money in commercial I have to work in big towns. |
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Location: Texas | My guess would be that it is good. The company I work for has had a hard time hiring hvac people because we pay too little. I am in a small town between Houston and Dallas. Then when we went out to bid because we needed HVAC work we couldn't even get bids because people were to busy to even come do our job. So, hopefully that's an indication that HVAC is booming in the Houston and Dallas area. |
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| That's good to hear, well not that you can't hire anyone but everyone is busy, what are y'all offering techs if you don't mind me asking ? |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | All of your big cities you are going to have traffic that sucks but you will have a better pay scale and lots of customers so it's a trade off. As far as work goes..I would look at the Austin area. |
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| Are there a lot of ropings around Austin ? |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | strawfly special - 2015-01-06 5:27 PM Are there a lot of ropings around Austin ?
I don't think there is anywhere in Texas where you aren't going to find a teamroping to go to. Salado has a lot of them along with the Rose Palace in San Antonio that is about 100 miles south of Austin. |
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| I may just move to Texas and find me a barrel racing Sugar Moma, what you think about that LRQHS
Edited by strawfly special 2015-01-06 5:32 PM
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| What's temp like in Austin compared to marshal area ? |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | strawfly special - 2015-01-06 5:48 PM What's temp like in Austin compared to marshal area ?
Austin is building like crazy. Do you do residential or commercial?
I highly doubt that the Marshall area is going to pay anything.
East Texas is very humid and everytime we go to Marshall I get tired of squishing around in my boots. Austin would have warmer winters.
You really need to visit both areas as they are like day and night.
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | http://weatherspark.com/averages/29672/Austin-Texas-United-States
http://weatherspark.com/averages/30366/Longview-Texas-United-States |
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| Every time I have been to Tyler and Marshal it was HOT and HUMID. That was why I was asking |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | strawfly special - 2015-01-06 7:32 PM Every time I have been to Tyler and Marshal it was HOT and HUMID. That was why I was asking
People will say San Antonio is humid but it's dry next to Marshall..LOL |
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| Went to a couple week long clinics with my daughter and the Cajun buddies were even complaining about how hot and muggy it was in marshal lol |
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Location: North Texas | Cdunn - 2015-01-06 4:22 PM I believe that Dallas/Ft Worth would be the last place in Texas that I would want to move to. Can't stand the **** traffic
Houston is worse!
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Location: Texas | strawfly special - 2015-01-06 5:03 PM
That's good to hear, well not that you can't hire anyone but everyone is busy, what are y'all offering techs if you don't mind me asking ?
Not at all. They start off at $10.90, like I said, our pay is low, but we do offer full benefits. However, certifications and experience pays. Something like electricity and HVAC background will definitely get you more. Houston/Dallas pays much better. However, we have lots less traffic, not far from barrel racing/roping and cost of living is good. But we are a small town. Sam Houston State is just down the road...good rodeo college, great coach. Texas A&M just west of here, great school too. Not that I am biased or anything. |
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| Living In Granbury and Working in and around Dallas proper is a helluva commute. Not worth it. Granbury is closer to the Ft. Worth area- Dallas would be a 2 hour drive or more in traffic. |
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Location: Texas | What about Azle? I'm not sure about the commute, but the town is nice, there are barrel races and it's not too far from Dallas. Not sure how far from Fort Worth. I'll ask my friend.
eta: It's only about 15 miles to Ft. Worth and not a horrible commute.
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Location: Finally horseback again.... | With HVAC you can get a job pretty much anywhere in Texas.
I am the Building Official in Lindale, just north of Tyler.
The development is booming in this area, most especially in residential.
I personally would not recommend working in the Dallas area, the traffic and crime are worse there than your outlying areas.
As far as Austin, I hate it!!! ( nearly died there this year because of the traffic accident) 35 in a nightmare at anytime of day.
It will all depend on just how busy you want to be, if you want to open your own business, or work for someone really.
Tyler is the hub for this area. Contractors have lots and lots of development within a 50 mile radius
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Location: Texas | Canchasr1 - 2015-01-09 12:34 PM
With HVAC you can get a job pretty much anywhere in Texas.
I am the Building Official in Lindale, just north of Tyler.
The development is booming in this area, most especially in residential.
I personally would not recommend working in the Dallas area, the traffic and crime are worse there than your outlying areas.
As far as Austin, I hate it!!! ( nearly died there this year because of the traffic accident) 35 in a nightmare at anytime of day.
It will all depend on just how busy you want to be, if you want to open your own business, or work for someone really.
Tyler is the hub for this area. Contractors have lots and lots of development within a 50 mile radius
Oh I like the Tyler area too. Also not far from Athens. I love that little town. If I could pick another Texas town to live in I'd go there in a heartbeat. Nice barrel racing there too! And the roses up around Tyler. All the horse things to do up there and not just barrels and western. They have driving, hunter/jumper. Nice area.
Not that I have any bearing at all on where you choose lol.
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | strawfly special - 2015-01-09 1:40 PM Are jobs plentiful in stephenville ? Is it a bigger town or small ?
Smaller. With you the business you are in you might be OK but it is a college town and jobs are usually pretty hard to find there. |
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Location: Finally horseback again.... | strawfly special - 2015-01-09 1:50 PM Is there a lot of team ropings around Tyler or do you have to travel to them ?
There are ropings/ practives just about every night of the week within an hour.
Lots of ropings in Athens, Grand saline and Terrell.
I dont go as much as I used to though.
Plus, not sure of your age but there is alot of 40 Plus ropings as well in this area. |
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Location: lone star state | As some have already said lots of roping and barrel racing in east texas. Many HVAC companies in my area do work in Dallas area. Check out schools also if you have school age kids. East Texas can be hit or miss on a good school district. Cost of living is less in east Texas than say Austin Houston San Antonio areas. My sister lives in ridgeland MS and says that weather land and people are similar to east Texas. Good luck to you! |
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Location: Stephenville, TX | strawfly special - 2015-01-09 2:40 PM Are jobs plentiful in stephenville ? Is it a bigger town or small ?
Are you commercial or residential HVAC? Stephenville is a smaller town, but it is growing. Growth is mostly residential right now due to the college (enrollment is way up). More businesses will follow shortly I feel. We're a little far for a regular commute to Fort Worth and you'd start hating life real soon if you tried to commute to Dallas from here. So if you're set on working in DFW, Stephenville might be a little far out.
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