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Location: NeverLand | If you could move to Texas where would you go? Or if you live there, where is a good place to go. Preferably where they don't have any tornados... looking where they will have tons of barrel races! Pro and cons. Thanks!! |
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 Just a Yankee
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Location: Some where I haven't left yet | Howdy Neighbor... I'm curious as well - maybe somewhere in Texas where we won't be knee or neck deep in snow :) |
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 Shelter Dog Lover
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| Stephenville area, tons of races locally, easy to get to Waco where large races are held, easy to get to Oklahoma.
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Location: NeverLand | Lucylouwon - 2016-10-11 3:24 PM
Howdy Neighbor... I'm curious as well - maybe somewhere in Texas where we won't be knee or neck deep in snow :)
Are you in Utah as well? I want to be able to ride year round with no snow! |
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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
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| Boerne, Bulverde, Stephenville, Terrell. Those are some of my favorites. Boerne and Bulverde don't have much for tornadoes, and neither does Seguin. Plenty of races down in that San Antonio country, plus the winters are pretty wonderful! |
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 Texas Taco
Posts: 7499
Location: Bandera, TX | Stephenville, Llano and Bandera areas.
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Pretty much central Texas is a good place to be for barrel races and weather, but our summers can kick your butt for someone that lives up north of us..  |
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Location: Texas! | I second central Texas. I have lived in east Texas which I was not fond of, north Texas which was alright and now live in bosque county just NW of Waco and it's gorgeous here! Plus centrally located to hit a lot of big cities and big barrel races. I came from Wyoming where I love mountains and scenery. |
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 A Barrel Of Monkeys
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Location: Texas | Visit in the summer before you even think about moving. Summer here is brutal. |
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 Don't Wanna Make This Awkward
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Location: Texas | San antonio/Austin area.. I live ne of dallas |
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Extreme Veteran
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| Lived in various places in Texas. It's too darn hot there. Can't hardly ride in the summers. |
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 No Tune in a Bucket
Posts: 2935
Location: Texas | SloRide - 2016-10-11 8:52 PM Lived in various places in Texas. It's too darn hot there. Can't hardly ride in the summers.
You can ride here but usually after dark. Lights a must have. Lots of covered arenas around. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | You really have got to be born Texan, to beable to put up with the heat here, but I do know a few that are tuff as nails that moved here from another part of our great country and do pretty darn good. During the summer months its late evening riding for me and use my arena lights if staying close to the house. Unless your a morning person as I'm not, the early morning hours are a great time to ride. But when fall weather hits its Awwww so nice..  |
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Just a Yankee
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Location: Some where I haven't left yet | FearTheBigGrayHorse - 2016-10-11 2:57 PM Lucylouwon - 2016-10-11 3:24 PM Howdy Neighbor... I'm curious as well - maybe somewhere in Texas where we won't be knee or neck deep in snow :) Are you in Utah as well? I want to be able to ride year round with no snow!
I'm in Colorado about 30 miles from Utah - and I completely! understand the desire to ride without Snow up to your eyebrows  |
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 Own It and Move On
Location: The edge of no where | SloRide - 2016-10-11 8:52 PM Lived in various places in Texas. It's too darn hot there. Can't hardly ride in the summers. This isn't really true. Lots of us ride all summer. I ride in the early mornings for the most part when it's hot. I can deal with a hot summer more easily than a cold snowy winter. You get acclimated and learn to work around it if you want to be serious about riding.
I love the Fort Worth area, really doubt I'll ever chose to leave.
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Location: Oklahoma | I would say north side of dallas/fort worth. I lived down in stephenville for awhile also I like it better up here just preference greener and more trees reminds me of home I guess. We have races almost everynight of the week, not far to go north to ok city and just as easy to head south. Summers arent terrible ride at night or early mornings, I much rather the heat then the cold any day! I am orginally from Michigan and then lived in Colorado for 8 years, wouldnt change it one bit!! Also livind in arizona for a while and south dakota and down here is most diffently my favorite out of all the places I have been!
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| There are several places Ive visited that I liked. East Texas is my neighbor and I feel at home and could easily see moving there. I also love the Bryan/College Station/Madisonville area. Visited some friends at a beautiful cutting operation in Gainsville, liked it there as well. Texas is just awesome. |
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  Ms. Marine
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Location: Texas | I am from north east Texas and love it there. If you're in Texas, tornados are going to be an issue. Summer isn't that bad either, but I'm coming back from 115+ daily in the summer time. Went home on leave for about three weeks in August and the heat wasn't an issue. Was able to ride every day with no problem. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | If your not Tuff then Texas if not for you, you got to be tuff to put up with alot of things here. |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | I thought I would love to live in Stephenville area until we went up there in the winter...Too windy and too cold. Seems you have to be as far south as San Antonio in order to get the mild winters. |
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Owner of a ratting catting machine
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| Nevertooold - 2016-10-13 6:40 PM
I thought I would love to live in Stephenville area until we went up there in the winter...Too windy and too cold. Seems you have to be as far south as San Antonio in order to get the mild winters.
You know you just made me chuckle!! Any winters south of I40 are considered mild in my book!! But yes, you've absolutely got the most beautiful winters of anywhere in this whole country!
I saw a comment about visiting in the summer to be sure. A visit just won't cut it, because you'll never come back. Summers in Texas must be eased into--you come in early spring, and stick it out for at least a year and a half. Then, and only then, will you be able to make your decision about moving permanently.
I spent four years south of San Antonio, and I loved the people way more than the country side. I got to be pretty functional in 100 degree weather. You come out and ride after 7 pm, or before 10 am, and you're set!
Something that really kicked my butt this summer was the heat/humidity combo in north east Texas. I'll admit to just riding after dark (staying where there's lights), and not hauling hardly at all. I'll take north east Texas cold and blustery any day! |
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I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | classicpotatochip - 2016-10-13 7:04 PM Nevertooold - 2016-10-13 6:40 PM I thought I would love to live in Stephenville area until we went up there in the winter...Too windy and too cold. Seems you have to be as far south as San Antonio in order to get the mild winters. You know you just made me chuckle!! Any winters south of I40 are considered mild in my book!! But yes, you've absolutely got the most beautiful winters of anywhere in this whole country! I saw a comment about visiting in the summer to be sure. A visit just won't cut it, because you'll never come back. Summers in Texas must be eased into--you come in early spring, and stick it out for at least a year and a half. Then, and only then, will you be able to make your decision about moving permanently. I spent four years south of San Antonio, and I loved the people way more than the country side. I got to be pretty functional in 100 degree weather. You come out and ride after 7 pm, or before 10 am, and you're set! Something that really kicked my butt this summer was the heat/humidity combo in north east Texas. I'll admit to just riding after dark (staying where there's lights ), and not hauling hardly at all. I'll take north east Texas cold and blustery any day!
We do know what cold is as our last winter up North we had a historic cold winter with the actual degrees getting down to 40 below. We moved to Texas to get away from the cold but the last few summers really have kicked my butt. |
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Location: Lala Land | I would rather be a snow bird than live here. lol The summers can be MISERABLE in Central TX, this yr we got quite a bit of rain and it was a sauna! Our ground is clay so that has been an added challenge (there are areas with sand just do your homework). I have waited since May for "fall" and it's 90.... sigh. The cool winters are amazing though, and there is a barrel race fairly close most weekends or during the week. |
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I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Lovin Life - 2016-10-14 10:11 AM I would rather be a snow bird than live here. lol The summers can be MISERABLE in Central TX, this yr we got quite a bit of rain and it was a sauna! Our ground is clay so that has been an added challenge (there are areas with sand just do your homework). I have waited since May for "fall" and it's 90.... sigh. The cool winters are amazing though, and there is a barrel race fairly close most weekends or during the week.
I would love to have had a summer place and a winter Texas place.. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | I'd rather live in Texas if I had the option of spending summers up north. That's what we did last summer and it was great. From now through May, I expect the weather down here to be fantastic.
July and August in Texas is just brutal. From the standpoint of weather, every place in the U.S. has a downside, I guess. |
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Location: Texas Big Country | The further west you go the less humidity. It still gets nasty hot but you can deal with it. It really cools off at night. You have to drive east to get to more races. I live near Abilene. There are plenty of little jackpots in a 30 mile radius and lots of nice bigger ones within 1.5 hours. Also Abilene is talking about putting in a new equine complex at the fairgrounds. If it passes it will be very nice. I heard Sweetwater is going to put a top on their outdoor pen as well. I haved lived all up and down the front range from MT, NE, KS and OK. Spent 7 years in SD. I am never leaving Texas again if I have a choice. |
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 John Deere Green
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Location: ~Kansas~ | I was in Dallas area this past weekend for a conference and I will have to say I was impressed. I told a friend if I ever moved out of Kansas and wanted to go to Texas I think it would be that area.
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