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Jan Flora wrote:

Texas has no state income tax, property and housing are lower in many
areas than in California, and South and South Central have loooong
growing seasons.

You also have ticks, chiggers,

I've never had problems with those in 20 years.
Since I control fleas for my dogs, I guess that's why. :-)

rattlesnakes,

Only captured one in the 20 years I've been in this house. I'm a
suburbanite. I live caught it and sent it to wildlife rescue. My worst
pest is Norway rats.

fire ants,

Ok, those are a bitch, but controllable.

tarantulas,

Those are welcome in my yard. :-)

scorpions,

Luckily, I've had zero problems with scorpions here.

cactus

Cactus is a problem?

and the Texas State Legislature.

California is worse. g

OTOH, you have great
food and some of the best musicians in the world. And you had Ann
Richards and Molly Ivins, both godesses.

Have you read the poem called "Hell in Texas"? It's about the devil
looking for a place for a hell. He visited Texas and said it's too dry
for a hell. I think Don Edwards (a Texan) recorded it as a song.

lol West Texas IS hell! The hill country is a bit of heaven most of
the time. I can post pics.

The further east you go, the more temperate it gets. There are pine
forests in some areas. Texas is a BIG state and has nearly every climate.
There is even swampland in the far east.

LOTS of lakes and rivers.


Picking on Texas gives us a great deal of pleasure, because my FIL and
most of the other homesteaders out here all came from Texas. All of
their kids speak with West Texas accents, even though none of them have
ever set foot in that great state.

Jan

It's all good. :-) I rather enjoy Texas (and redneck) humor...
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Peace! Om

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until they put their foot down." -- Stephan Rothstein