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Meanest Teacher!!!
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Location: sunny california | Did not want to high jack the other thread so started a new one I am looking to retire and considering relocating to Texas was wondering if anyone could help steer me in the right direction
I would want to buy a place with the property,location being the priority rather than a fancy house . wanting the ground to be nice for an arena with flat usable land
hoping some of you have advice on areas to avoid due to crime, traffic, flooding, poor water quality , poor soil or anything else I may have forgotten
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 No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | I really like the Abilene area. Not that far from Ft. Worth. Reallly nice people. |
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 Take a Picture
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| Anywhere around the DFW area is going to have high land prices, even the bedroom communities. There is always plenty going on rodeos, barrel races, and any other type of horse activity. Plenty of cultural things and places to go. Great medical. I would certainly check the the property taxes on a piece of property before I bought it. Some areas all over Texas have very high property taxes. Other areas are quite reasonable. Where I live the property taxes are not bad and I don't think they are in Marshall. We have lots of horse activities in E Texas. Great medical even if you have to drive to Shreveport. (40 minutes) You don't have to worry about traffic jams, crime is low. I know a lot of people who never take their keys out of their vehicle. |
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| Depending on what are your priorities are for retirement living such as:
Medical care, both you & your horses,
Other activities you like,
Size of property & neighbors,
Distance from the airport,
Shopping, both you & your horses.
DFW is a 100 miles deep & wide... location is key to a happy life.
Buy now, as with the influx of people from Liberty Mutual insurance, Toyota, Fed Ex, State Farm & possibly Amazon, in the last 2 years.... prices are going thru the roof!
But I love it up here!! |
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 A Barrel Of Monkeys
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Location: Texas | Look at Whitney. Nice little community, 40 minutes to Ft. Worth or Dallas, and 30 minutes to Waco.
I wanted to add: Hillsboro is nice too, but mostly black land. Whitney has a big lake, trail riding next to it at McCown Valley. Low taxes in Hill County. Wal Mart just up the road in Hillsboro, etc. Pretty much all you need.
Edited by Fun2Run 2017-12-20 12:12 PM
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Meanest Teacher!!!
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Location: sunny california | Thanks for all the replies i want good ground for an arena are there areas to avoid due to rock etc... |
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A Barrel Of Monkeys
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Location: Texas | kwanatha - 2017-12-20 3:38 PM Thanks for all the replies i want good ground for an arena are there areas to avoid due to rock etc...
You really want to avoid black dirt. There are areas that are rocky and gumbo black land. If you get the right realtor, they'll be able to steer you in the right direction. |
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Expert
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Location: west of East Texas | Give us more specifics... do you want city? suburbs? or rural? I live kind of in the middle of the Houston/Dallas/Austin triangle in a rural setting and can be at each of the airports within a couple of hours or so. The county has less than 15k people. Plenty of arenas in backyards around here. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | The Bluff Dale area has really good dirt. Very sandy. |
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Expert
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| I would add Springtown too. Lower taxes, sandy ground, and a barrel race every night of the week within 30 min. Can jump right on 199 and go to Ft Worth in 45 min. Seem like you can still find good places for lower money than weatherford or decatur. |
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Meanest Teacher!!!
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Location: sunny california | Thanks you guys fir all the advice i have so many areas to consider even considering other states |
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
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| The growth rate (population) in the Dallas/Ft Worth area is excessive. I bought 50 miles west of Ft Worth back in 2004, and it was too close!! There are too many people. Amount of traffic is insane.
Yes, the ground is very important, but don't assume a certain area or region is all sand, red clay, rock, etc. Geez, in north Texas area you can walk 100 yards in 4 different directions and find 4 plus types of dirt. If you think your far enough from Dallas/Ft Worth, go another 100 miles and you might be OK. |
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