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Surprisingly Florida was not the biggest gainer in net population growth
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<blockquote data-quote="Black Gold 380R" data-source="post: 17012560" data-attributes="member: 70025"><p>I feel for a lot of you guys. I lived in FL (Tampa) from 2001 to 2005 (military assignment at MacDill AFB). I loved it there back then. It wasn't that bad back then. Lots to do and a good life to be had. I actually thought about retiring there from the military, but things didn't work out due to 9/11. I was transferred to Germany with a deployment to Iraq. So, I moved my family back home to El Paso.</p><p></p><p>I retired from the military in El Paso in 2007 and got a government job. Took the wife back to Tampa a few years later. Holy crap what a difference. Traffic is crazy. Property prices are insane (don't know how people can afford to buy anything down there now). </p><p></p><p>I love living in El Paso. No state tax and prices here are still manageable (you guys see my list of cars below and I'm retired from the military and have a government job. Not rich by any means). I own my home as I paid it off last year. </p><p></p><p>The problem is there's nothing to do here, but be with your family. No major sports teams, no high end entertainment, no amusement parks, very small zoo and museums. Minor league baseball team. Every once in a while Monster Jam comes through (Monster trucks) and a big name band (i.e. Tool or Metallica). We are in the middle of nowhere (6 hours to Phoenix, 8 hours to Dallas, 8 hours to San Antonio and 8 hours to Austin). Oh and we are across from one of the most violent cities in the world (Juarez, MX).</p><p></p><p>And that suits me just fine LOL. So, as of now not a lot of people looking to move to El Paso. They want Dallas, Houston, San Antonio or Austin. </p><p></p><p>But, I believe, it's just a matter of time before things start ramping up here and driving up our cost of living and commuting time. I understand I'm not immune to the BS going on around the country.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black Gold 380R, post: 17012560, member: 70025"] I feel for a lot of you guys. I lived in FL (Tampa) from 2001 to 2005 (military assignment at MacDill AFB). I loved it there back then. It wasn't that bad back then. Lots to do and a good life to be had. I actually thought about retiring there from the military, but things didn't work out due to 9/11. I was transferred to Germany with a deployment to Iraq. So, I moved my family back home to El Paso. I retired from the military in El Paso in 2007 and got a government job. Took the wife back to Tampa a few years later. Holy crap what a difference. Traffic is crazy. Property prices are insane (don't know how people can afford to buy anything down there now). I love living in El Paso. No state tax and prices here are still manageable (you guys see my list of cars below and I'm retired from the military and have a government job. Not rich by any means). I own my home as I paid it off last year. The problem is there's nothing to do here, but be with your family. No major sports teams, no high end entertainment, no amusement parks, very small zoo and museums. Minor league baseball team. Every once in a while Monster Jam comes through (Monster trucks) and a big name band (i.e. Tool or Metallica). We are in the middle of nowhere (6 hours to Phoenix, 8 hours to Dallas, 8 hours to San Antonio and 8 hours to Austin). Oh and we are across from one of the most violent cities in the world (Juarez, MX). And that suits me just fine LOL. So, as of now not a lot of people looking to move to El Paso. They want Dallas, Houston, San Antonio or Austin. But, I believe, it's just a matter of time before things start ramping up here and driving up our cost of living and commuting time. I understand I'm not immune to the BS going on around the country..... [/QUOTE]
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