Road trip back to Dallas (this time permanently)

[Grudge]

I will be driving from Phoenix Arizona to Dallas Texas this week. It's going to be a looooong trip but I am so looking forward to finally putting Phoenix behind me. Good bye hot weather, ugly mountains, bad food and state taxes. In some ways I feel like Dallas isn't the same place I used to remember, it seems to be more unwelcoming because rent has gone up so much, but I think the same can be said about everywhere in the US. But that being said I am really long forward to making my return, hopefully this time permanently.

[Verbal]

dallas used to be in nile

[Verbal]

why are you going to dallas? especially if you think it has gotten worse than it was before

[Mesarthim]

why are you going to dallas? especially if you think it has gotten worse than it was before

Because even Dallas is probably an improvement over Phoenix. Not sure why it has to be Dallas though - does your work not have any other offices elsewhere in the country?

[zim]

texas is blowing up as the new silicon valley. i read somewhere that ~1000 people a day are moving to texas

[Verbal]

now i also read that somewhere

[Grudge]

texas is blowing up as the new silicon valley. i read somewhere that ~1000 people a day are moving to texas

Austin fits that description, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio aren't there yet.

However the extensive migration of workers from Westcoast towards Texas is real - you can see that reflected in U-Haul prices. It cost me $800 to rent a truck from Dallas to Phoenix. When I looked into renting the truck for Phoenix to Dallas the price shot up to $2200. When I looked at CA to TX prices just for awareness, the price was over 3x what you would pay for TX to CA.

Due to the high truck and fuel costs, mover costs and inconvenience of driving a truck, this time I chose not to take the furniture with me and sold it all off on FB marketplace.

[Grudge]

why are you going to dallas? especially if you think it has gotten worse than it was before

The reasons outlined in the second sentence in my opening post continue to outweigh the increased costs of living that I suspect have permeated all cities of the US, including Phoenix where I currently live. The rent for the apartment that I am living in has gone up by $900.

[Verbal]

but why are you assuming everywhere else is also bad

[Verbal]

or that there is no better option anywhere

[Grudge]

In my line of work, probably not.

[Verbal]

what is your line of work

[Grudge]

If you know my name you might as well google it and you'll know exactly what I do.

[Verbal]

imran isnt specific enough

[Grudge]

You don't know my last name?

[Verbal]

why would i?

[Grudge]

How unfortunate. It seems your years of presence on this board have not brought us closer to each other.

[jawn galliano]

that's not even especially deep lore as far as mabb history goes, for shame

[Verbal]

i mean, i assumed he took his wifes name

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

[User]

gleeso trumped again, this is not his night

[zim]

[vO)))id]

[Grudge]

Moved back to Dallas last weekend. Unpacking things.

[Verbal]

why arent you vlogging this

[zim]

i'd watch that

[User]

vlog the shit out of it ironman you have a rapt audience