Which TEXAS city would you live in?

San Antonio has the river walk.

Texas is where you change planes.

Marlin in Falls County

You couldn't pay me to live anywhere in that cesspool of a state.

I visited Dallas and Houston for the first time last year, I was surprised how much I liked Dallas. I could picture myself living there.

I live in Houston, and I've lived San Antonio, and Austin. All three are nice. I've lived in many other states and like Texas the best.

Texas is crazyville; no thanks.

Texas's larger cities are quite nice, unfortunately they're in fucking texas which as long as the retungs rule is a shithole state

I've never lived there, but stayed in Dallas for weeks/months at a time for work.

Terrible weather IMHO. I like seasons, but I know everyone isn't like this. It goes from hot and humid in the summer/fall to marginally pleasant in the winter, to back to hot and humid in April. It is similar to Phoenix (where I lived for a while), where it is really only pleasant 3-4 months out of the year. Just meh. Add in the bugs.

The gay life in Dallas (at least in Oak Lawn neighborhood) I really liked. I know Texas in conservative on the whole, but I could have sucked a dick in Woody's and not many would have batted an eye.

Homes are not cheaper than other major cities. Yes, you can move to a small Texas town and get mansion for cheap, but do you want to live in Armirllo?

I work for a large company with offices in several places (including Irving a suburb). If I was FORCED to come back to the office, Irving would be my 2nd choice (behind Northbrook, IL).

I'd never want to live in a red state, but if I was forced to live in Texas, I'd choose Austin since it's liberal.

I left over 40 years ago and haven't looked back

San Antonio is a charming city, great food (UNESCO Gastronomic City of Gastronomy), known for political opposites who can still be best friends, amazing museums, a gorgeous re-adapted Brewery complex made into a 5 Diamond Hotel Emma, farmers markets. It’s a great City, with some socioeconomic disparity and challenges related to that. Yet it’s a fast growing creative economy, drawing emigres from Austin steadily. If you have to visit Texas, make it San Antonio.

Fort Worth has a small New England architectural feel to it.

[quote] Gastronomic City of Gastronomy

Isn’t that redundant?

I grew up in a quite hilly area and find flat land incredibly boring, so I'd have to choose Austin. Plus, Austin doesn't have as many stereotypical blathering goobers as most other cities there, always running off at the mouth about how Texas is better than everywhere else.

Arlen, in Heimlich county

Who the fuck voted for Tyler?

I like Houston a lot as a place to live - relatively affordable, great food, gay scene, good airport, convenient. I would definitely consider it - like for retirement. Warm, great medical car and cheap.

San Antonio is more interesting architecturally and different culturally which makes it unique and a good place to visit. But not sure I would live there. What I don’t understand is why people are choosing to live in Austin - an hour away - instead. San Antonio is much more interesting - and 1/2 the price.

R14 d’oh, yes it is. Apologies.

R17 Tyler area is my hometown, but I left FAST

What about the Rio Grande Valley? A much more viable place than many of those listed. And when combined - McAllen, Pharr, Edinburg, Harlingen, Brownsville, South Padre - it’s a big population. And someplace everyone can afford to live. Gay bars, good food, solidly Dem. far removed from the Dallas bible thumpers and Austin hipsters.

Of course you did, r20. I lived in Shreveport, and I can only imagine how much worse Tyler is.

I concur with R21. Also way out west in El Paso...big Dem city

Out in the West Texas town of El Paso

I fell in love with a Mexican boy

Nighttime would find me in Rosa's Cantina

Music would play and Diego would whirl

R22 Tyler is better (safer) than Shreveport.

If I could go back in time and be personal assistant to Iris, the answer would be Houston.

I’d be happy living in a liberal, LGBTQ friendly city, in Texas, but nowhere else. If I’m gonna live there? I MUST have decent, rational and kind hearted neighbors- no MAGAts. Been there and have done that. Living around and next to hardcore loonies ain’t easy… TRUST.

Also, there MUST be a pool, because it’s Texas.

I guess if I had to - Austin would be the safest choice. I really don't understand how people can justify living in Dallas or Houston because of 1 or 2 neighborhoods.

Ghetto living is not for me - I don't want to be surrounded by those conservative assholes and churches everywhere.

A city is not redeemed because "well, there's one area that's pretty cool and not so bad".

What crime in my past life have I done to be forced to live in Texas?!

None of the above.

None of the others, either.