BEST places to RENT and LIVE with family NEAR OIL PLAYS???

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  1. cyborgt800

    cyborgt800 Light Load Member

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    True! and it can't be blamed on the influx of outsiders...I see plenty of actual Midlanders littering. I work with one guy who constantly litters. I called him on it and suggested a little state pride and he was like Pffft! Who cares?


    As for Midessa being a desert....FAR from it! It isn't even an ARID climate...it's a Semi-arid climate....
     
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  3. cmbks21

    cmbks21 Medium Load Member

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    Chihuahua desert. .. .. adios
     
  4. Aireal

    Aireal Medium Load Member

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    Actually it's been all over the new's that Midland and Odessa are trying to get groups to come out and help clean up the mess. One of the landowner's on 33 comes out just about every day and clean's up one section of it. My idea is do what the Florida jail system does, have inmates go out and clean it up and/or have it be part of "community service" for certain offences.

    UGH, if the area isn't a desert it's close enough. Then again I'm from a semi-tropical climate...lol
     
  5. Big Duker

    Big Duker "Don Cheto"

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    I landed at Shindand once. We were going from Tarin Kowt to Kandahar-the long way around. I was an Cole for a short while and then Ripley the SF base next door for a little over a yr. Then they sent me to Walton about half a mile from Kandahar city limits. Just over the hill from KAF. It was a boring place in spite of being so close to half a million Afghans. Also spent a couple of weeks at Nathan Smith inside the town. Was still better then Iraq. Be safe.
    You will need to take a week or so probably and explore the state a little to make up your own mind. Lot of people think all TX is like Midland area. No way. E, N, SE are totally different in scenery and people. Lot more Latin flavor in Valley up to San Antonio. Houston has more people from everywhere. Dallas is too big like Houston. It is Ft Worth s slum. lol Terrible schools. But burbs can be great. DFW area has about anything you want. FTW museums are world class and have been for decades. Dallas and Houston are always playing catch up. NASCAR/Indy racing if you're into that. NHRA in Ennis just S of town. Lots of growing pains as well as the nation flounders and people flee to find work. And don't forget New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, others. There is oil work going on everywhere. N Dakota got all the publicity first even though fracking was pretty well launched to where it is by Barnett Shale in FTW and surrounding area. Lots of old dried up towns are coming back. They are fracking old slow or abandoned wells and they start producing again. Graham, Jacksboro, Wichita Falls many others are seeing lots of oil related jobs. Sure it is same in other states as well or will be. Sure you will find something that gets you what you are looking for. Again stay safe friend.
     
  6. Big Duker

    Big Duker "Don Cheto"

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    TRUE!! The worst I have seen is the Loves in Odessa followed right behind by several Stripes stores. That is what people living in trucks brings you. You won't see any of it in the better areas of town like Green Tree North and the like. But along 20 corridor it's close to Mexico in trash and people crapping everywhere. The cities could crack down on the places allowing it to continue and probably will eventually. Kermit is not far away and it is totally different. Same with Colorado City. Big Spring has always been kind of nasty to me.
     
  7. DeadArmadillo

    DeadArmadillo Light Load Member

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    M35a2 Thanks this.
  8. raisethebarr

    raisethebarr Bobtail Member

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    I've heard most places in texas beat the heck out of ND towns
     
  9. Haystak88

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    Why not come to San Antonio? Live in the big city, with everything in the world you want and normal rent. The Eagle Ford Shale is within an hours drive. All the major oilfield companies are here, with offices/shops locally. Baker Hughes, Schlumberger, Halliburton, Weatherford...the list goes on and on. If your looking for trucking jobs, they are all here as well. You may have to drive 30-60 minutes to work if your company doesn't have a yard here in San Antonio, but I'll make that drive if it means affordable housing, having an actual life in a big city and endless employment opportunities. Hope this helps.
     
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  10. michaeljcheaney

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    haystak makes some excellent points, however all the benefits that he mentioned are available in Oklahoma as well.....OKC is a 35 minute drive for me, the housing in my area is affordable, -if not a bit tough to find- but the biggest advantage for me at least, is the weather actually changes every now and again......and as long as I am on the Southside of a tornado, I am good thanks...... :p

    The biggest thing that Texas has going for it though, is the lack of a sales tax, and when they use the death penalty, they don't botch it! -Although I don't see what the big deal was, the guy did die after all......
     
  11. JordanJay31

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    One of the most helpful threads I've read regarding housing. One thing I've heard before though is that where those nicer areas and city's (OK, Houston, San Antonio, etc) are, ppl working in the nearby oil patches are making less money. Is this so? Are b.f. Egypt locations like odessa/midland and ND paying more to offer more of an incentive for ppl to work? Is this true? Also, if it is true, where do u end up with your money when/if you pay for stupid high housing and jacked up food costs versus not, but working and living near those nicer areas and city's?
     
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