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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I remember I went into a target in Dallas, and managed to wander over to the gun section. I saw and fell in love with the desert Eagle (Hey it came with a video tape). I asked the guy behind the counter what I needed to buy it thinking, ID, paper work for a criminal background check etc. He looked me square in the eye and said Cash or Cheque. As a Canadian I walked out of the store with a Desert Eagle Pistol in about 10 minutes.
must have been a while back , its not like that anymore... Now they do a background check etc.... However sweet on the desert eagle... When did you buy it and do you remember what you gave for it ?
I moved to Dallas in August and have to agree with the previous posters here that the people here are friendly. I didn't find much of a culture shock aside from the fact that you won't find a lot of people here that follow hockey (I think in my office of 150 people there were 2).
The weather is great. The drivers are a little crazy and I actually found they are quite a bit more agressive then in Alberta.
I wouldn't worry about a culture shock though. I've loved the decrease in the cost of living.
must have been a while back , its not like that anymore... Now they do a background check etc.... However sweet on the desert eagle... When did you buy it and do you remember what you gave for it ?
It would have been the early 90's and I think it was about $500.00 for the silver plate.
Shooting that thing was like shooting a naval cannon.
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Ask me questions in a pm if you want. I've been here 8 months in Phoenix. It's pretty much the same, only differences would be the lack of hockey coverage compared to other sports and I honestly can't stand republican's, certifiable wack jobs...
oh, absolutely. 100% agreed. Denver is basically Calgary with fewer people and much more of a Mexican influence. I would even say that Colorado is more reminiscent of Alberta than Texas, but Texas is more what a lot of Albertans want to be like. Colorado even has a fairly similar landscape to Alberta, gorgeous mountainous regions, beautiful farmland, etc. etc. Texas has similarities to Alberta, sure, but I think they're overstated by a lot of people.
Texas gets too much of a bad rep, I really enjoyed my visit. I was fearful that people would be really racist but for the most part since I avoided the tiny towns I didn't encounter any of that, and found people actually quite hospitable. Probably contrary to you guys, Austin was easily my favorite city in Texas, and I'd be more than willing to live there in the future. I might do some grad work at UT Austin.
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After doing some commisioning work down in Galveston, I got offered a job there back in 06. I almost took it because of the type of house I could get compared to what I have here and what I've made off of my current house. Football is also my favorite sport and would be the best place for my son to get the best coaching, however my wife and I decided not to take it. Turned out to be the best decision we made at the time because Ike came by and turned Galveston into a desert.
oh, absolutely. 100% agreed. Denver is basically Calgary with fewer people and much more of a Mexican influence. I would even say that Colorado is more reminiscent of Alberta than Texas, but Texas is more what a lot of Albertans want to be like. Colorado even has a fairly similar landscape to Alberta, gorgeous mountainous regions, beautiful farmland, etc. etc. Texas has similarities to Alberta, sure, but I think they're overstated by a lot of people.
Texas gets too much of a bad rep, I really enjoyed my visit. I was fearful that people would be really racist but for the most part since I avoided the tiny towns I didn't encounter any of that, and found people actually quite hospitable. Probably contrary to you guys, Austin was easily my favorite city in Texas, and I'd be more than willing to live there in the future. I might do some grad work at UT Austin.
Fewer people than Calgary? I thought Denver had like 3 million people?
Fewer people than Calgary? I thought Denver had like 3 million people?
yeah, it's the city proper which has fewer people, not the metro area. But the City of Calgary is way bigger than most cities are. I guess Denver would probably be considered more populous by most people, I'm just biased by having the two figures for the populations in my head. Doesn't matter, really. Bottom line is Denver is a hell of a lot like Calgary, just with a different sort of demographic distribution. Obviously fewer East and South Asians and more Blacks and Hispanics.
I attended the fire school at A&M in November. I really enjoyed the campus, though you'll notice that College Station proper is almost a ghost town on weekend nights. On the weekends it comes alive and is a pretty fun place. There are a couple good steak & sushi places in town as well.
College Station is a great central location in east Texas, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Houston, etc. all within a short drive. When you get to A&M, make sure you head down to Snook, TX and check out the chicken fried bacon at Sodolak's Original Country!
FYI "Howdy" is the official A&M greeting, and I'm sure you know about "Gig 'em".
A&M football is on it's way up, their QB Jerrod Johnson is a dandy!
I've been to Texas several times, and absolutely love it. Like others have already posted, there is a ton of stuff to do.
I think the biggest difference you will notice is how small Calgary really is, especially if you head into Dallas or Houston. Both of those cities have a metro population well over 5 million and the physical size of them is astonishing. You will also learn how poorly designed our road system is here as well. I found getting around in Texas to be very simple.
I've been on the A&M campus once and I really remember 2 things standing out:
1) The football stadium was huge. Easily 3 or 4 times the size of McMahon.
2) There is a ROTC (I think) training thing there, so there were a lot of students in uniform walking around. I have never seen anything like that in Canada. Just seemed odd to me.
As others have already pointed out, Texas is a really inexpensive place to live. My buddy lives in a 3200 sq ft house on a huge lot with a pool in Flower Mound (Dallas suburb), and it is worth under $300,000. Crazy.
