I'm Moving to Dallas!

[North7]

Looked closer at a map. Looks like my office is in Farmers Branch... assuming I read that right. Let me know if that's something I just made up somehow.

Nope, that's is a real place.

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[kodiakisland]

Where was that at?

I imagine it happened in multiple areas, but Northwest Arkansas is where I know of. When the grid goes bad, it goes really bad.

Whenever we build our retirement home we will have solar and a propane tank, as well as alternate water source. Sucks being at the mercy of the utilities.

 

[sonofhammer]

Unless you want your cars to look like golf balls from hail, get covered parking for them.

Ask me how I know.

 

[sonofhammer]

my office is in Farmers Branch...

lots of cops in Farmers Branch pulling people over all the time. be sure to drive the speed limit.

 

[stampede1]

Dallas/DFW is big... very big. Recommend you live close to where you'll be working, if possible, unless you like traffic/tolls. No state income tax, but property tax *more* than makes up for it. Also, beware that the cost of living has caught up to the relatively high wages. All told, other than the high cost of living, high housing prices, overcrowding, traffic, extreme property taxes, hail, heat and tornadoes... I suppose it's not a bad place to live.

heat?

 

[North7]

heat?

Moved hear from SoCal 3 years ago, lived there for a number of years.

You have no idea what brutally oppressive heat is until you have experienced 100 degree days at 90% humidity, with a heat index of 110. I worked outside on a few 110 degree days in SoCal, there is no comparison.

Now try working in your garage for 10 minutes in SoCal, nice and dry with the normal 30%-40% humidity, 10 minutes work in a DFW area garage and your ringing the sweat out of your shirt.

 

[lrtexasman]

Farmers Branch is pretty close in. If I was a single guy working in Farmers Branch, I’d check out West Plano and Grapevine. If you like to go out most of the places are in Dallas, so you wouldn’t want to get to far out. It’s pretty much all families. There is a North Texas Bronco Club and you can check out the Texas Group Buy for some of the members. They seem like a pretty good group of members and are already discussing group trail rides.

 

[Razorback]

Welcome. From Coppell here, so close to your work. I would recommend, if you haven't already, look to live in Denton County. It's close to your work, but unlike Dallas County, the insurance and property taxes are much cheaper. Outside of that, enjoy the Mexican food!

 

[DrewBronc21]

Moved hear from SoCal 3 years ago, lived there for a number of years.

You have no idea what brutally oppressive heat is until you have experienced 100 degree days at 90% humidity, with a heat index of 110. I worked outside on a few 110 degree days in SoCal, there is no comparison.

Now try working in your garage for 10 minutes in SoCal, nice and dry with the normal 30%-40% humidity, 10 minutes work in a DFW area garage and your ringing the sweat out of your shirt.

Im in NY but have been to Dallas a bunch of times for work and in August, it was the hottest place I’ve ever been. I think it was 114 degrees one day. Been to Nevada too and equally hot temp wise but it’s so dry that it’s not as oppressive.

The heat wouldn’t stop me from moving there under the right circumstances though. Always had good trips to Dallas.

 

[flatlander40]

Congrats!! If you can get past the first few summers you may never go back up north

 

[M&M Beer]

A buddy of mine moved to Dallas from Michigan thought he was going to retire there but after being there for a year he hates it. Cost of living is expensive food lines at the grocery stores are common. Traffic is miserable and most people treat he like a outsider. He is putting in his three years then moving back to Michigan. Good luck!

 

[MacHudson]

Just signed the paperwork for a new job and I am moving to Dallas! It's not an immediate move because the offices are not currently open, but I will be making the move shortly after they open up. Right now they are predicting September, but it could be as early as May. I have never been to Dallas, or even Texas, but have heard lots of good things! Also, this job is an excellent opportunity for me so it is worth the risk.

I figured I would reach out on here to connect with some of the future Bronco owners from Texas! Any tips or advice? Restaurants I absolutely have to check out? Warm weather Bronco mods? I know I am reconsidering colors (again) given there is on average 100 more days of sun a year in Dallas than Detroit! I could not be more excited!

And most importantly, what on Earth are you all going to do about that front license plate!?

EDIT: To be more specific, my office is in Farmers Branch. Still learning!

I see you’re from Michigan. We have roots in the Great Lakes but live NY-NJ. We explored a move for work to Plano, Richardson, etc in North Dallas. Quality of domestic life would have soared compared to NY-NJ.

HOWEVER - it looked to me that there is zero open *public* land in Texas. Forget about expansive state of national parks. There’s no UP or upper part of the mitten, no Adirondacks, no open bivouacking to be done.

All the land around Dallas for *hours* seemed to be all private. Even wildlife management areas were in short supply. It seems to be all private ranching or oil lands, which I imagine means No Trespassing signs for hundreds of miles.

So if you dream of open hiking, hunting, camping and off roadING like you might do in upper mitten and esp the UP, you’ll be SOL.

Your options are the Ozarks in Arkansas, a few meager national forests to the east near Louisiana, or a 12 hour drive to Big Bend national park, which is *nowhere* near you. In Michigan terms, that’s like having to drive to Upstate NY for the Adirondacks.

Do some research on Austin’s hill country, maybe there’s a state option there that I missed. But it does look like your open land options are basically nil.

 

[Deleted member 3063]

Where was that at?

When the electric power grid failed there was no power to many natgas pumping stations.
Sort of what happened in 1998, 2011, Harvey and now, see the pattern?
After each nat disaster recommendations are made for political cover and neatly filed away.

Get a gen and a big propane tank. Swimming pool would be handy also, still gotta flush.

 

[lrtexasman]

I see you’re from Michigan. We have roots in the Great Lakes but live NY-NJ. We explored a move for work to Plano, Richardson, etc in North Dallas. Quality of domestic life would have soared compared to NY-NJ.

HOWEVER - it looked to me that there is zero open *public* land in Texas. Forget about expansive state of national parks. There’s no UP or upper part of the mitten, no Adirondacks, no open bivouacking to be done.

All the land around Dallas for *hours* seemed to be all private. Even wildlife management areas were in short supply. It seems to be all private ranching or oil lands, which I imagine means No Trespassing signs for hundreds of miles.

So if you dream of open hiking, hunting, camping and off roadING like you might do in upper mitten and esp the UP, you’ll be SOL.

Your options are the Ozarks in Arkansas, a few meager national forests to the east near Louisiana, or a 12 hour drive to Big Bend national park, which is *nowhere* near you. In Michigan terms, that’s like having to drive to Upstate NY for the Adirondacks.

Do some research on Austin’s hill country, maybe there’s a state option there that I missed. But it does look like your open land options are basically nil.

LBJ Grasslands is right up the road as well a lot of State Parks a little further west as well.

last time I checked there were 99 State Parks in Texas with just about 740,000 acres to explore.

 

[flatlander40]

I see you’re from Michigan. We have roots in the Great Lakes but live NY-NJ. We explored a move for work to Plano, Richardson, etc in North Dallas. Quality of domestic life would have soared compared to NY-NJ.

HOWEVER - it looked to me that there is zero open *public* land in Texas. Forget about expansive state of national parks. There’s no UP or upper part of the mitten, no Adirondacks, no open bivouacking to be done.

All the land around Dallas for *hours* seemed to be all private. Even wildlife management areas were in short supply. It seems to be all private ranching or oil lands, which I imagine means No Trespassing signs for hundreds of miles.

So if you dream of open hiking, hunting, camping and off roadING like you might do in upper mitten and esp the UP, you’ll be SOL.

Your options are the Ozarks in Arkansas, a few meager national forests to the east near Louisiana, or a 12 hour drive to Big Bend national park, which is *nowhere* near you. In Michigan terms, that’s like having to drive to Upstate NY for the Adirondacks.

Do some research on Austin’s hill country, maybe there’s a state option there that I missed. But it does look like your open land options are basically nil.

Texas doesn’t have lots of wheeling options.

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