Texas tops list of worst places to live and work in America

[YGIFS 19,458]

Well, first we're gonna have to talk about you just having that video clip readily available. 

[BabaYaga 15,625]

12 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

Well, first we're gonna have to talk about you just having that video clip readily available. 

[RDCanecutter 26,895]

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

If it’s in an Old dq or Whataburger building >>> highly likely it has good food 

Wasn't the DQ in Mexia where Anna Nicole Smith used to work?

[Brisketexan 106,906]

43 minutes ago, DaysOff said:

If it ever rains again, and cools off, and Texas is great at football again, I'd wager many of us would be less grumpy about the future of our state.


None of those things are happening.

I mean...I can't believe I'm saying this.....because I'm Eeyore and all that, but.....I'm having a hard time finding reasons to doubt this football team being pretty damned good this year.  I'm sure I'm missing something, though.  Because Texas football.

[YGIFS 19,458]

that does sound right.  I think I ate their once for lunch with Bob Wheeler after one of his overnight shindigs.  Or we were in Belize, either way. 

[HenryJames 67,374]

Just now, Brisketexan said:

Because Texas football.

Because Surly.

[Brisketexan 106,906]

1 minute ago, RDCanecutter said:

Wasn't the DQ in Mexia where Anna Nicole Smith used to work?

Nope.  She worked at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken, which is so damned stupid that they don't even make/sell merchandise.  I wanted a Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken cup, or koozy, or t-shirt, as a joke that only I.....and every other male who looked into where a certain playmate came from...would get.  The folks there looked at me like I had a tire on my head when I inquired about making such a purchase.

[Macanudo 13,327]

On 8/3/2023 at 10:49 AM, Patricio Swayze said:

Awesome backyard and trees.


Edit: talking about that listing posted above.

I like how we put houses 20-30 feet from the road and right on the back lot line.

I fucking hate having a front yard.

[Brisketexan 106,906]

4 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

I like how we put houses 20-30 feet from the road and right on the back lot line.

I fucking hate having a front yard.

But then what would you yell at the neighbor kids to stay off of?

Your wife?

[Beau Vine 55,867]

13 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Nope.  She worked at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken, which is so damned stupid that they don't even make/sell merchandise.  I wanted a Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken cup, or koozy, or t-shirt, as a joke that only I.....and every other male who looked into where a certain playmate came from...would get.  The folks there looked at me like I had a tire on my head when I inquired about making such a purchase.

[Brisketexan 106,906]

2 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I mean, put "too fucking weird for Mexia" on my list of accomplishments.  I ain't ashamed.

[RDCanecutter 26,895]

8 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

I wanted a Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken cup, or koozy, or t-shirt

I was gonna say "if you want a Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken cup, I could get you a Jim's Crispy Fried Chicken cup, believe me Dude, there are ways you don't wanna know..." -- but then I realized I would be doing work, so that's a no-go.

In the spirit of teaching a man to fish, here's how you get one:

First, get up to speed on your graphic design:

https://admc.austincc.edu/viscom/our-program/graphic-design-2/

Then make an account here or similar and upload your own Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken mock-up design:

https://www.redbubble.com/

Order cups, koozies or whatever from yourself before anybody alerts them to a trademark infringement and they pull all your work.

This info was shared in the understanding that you will use it as a thought-exercise and not actually violate any laws.

[fattyflattie 4,640]

57 minutes ago, G650 said:

I mean, from what the Googles said, I really didn't need any audio visual examples.

While none of his stuff was riveting, all of it was better than the wave on wave and anything past that nonsense.  Dancehall dreamer, George’s bar, etc wasn’t terrible, especially when there was considerably less regional/local music easily available. Cory M carried him a bit, too.  Then again he was blowing up the local halls when I was a yoot, and those memories will always be beautiful, yet fuzzy memories. 

[gmr548 16,702]

I mean...I can't believe I'm saying this.....because I'm Eeyore and all that, but.....I'm having a hard time finding reasons to doubt this football team being pretty damned good this year.  I'm sure I'm missing something, though.  Because Texas football.

I’m going with 8-4 after applying a 2 game “we can’t have nice things” tax to on-paper expectations.

[Brisketexan 106,906]

2 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

I’m going with 8-4 after applying a 2 game “we can’t have nice things” tax to on-paper expectations.

I mean, I already applied the 2 game "we'll find a way to fuck up at Bama, and the Big 12 refs are going to utterly fuck us in one game as a parting gift" tax to my expectations.

[Covri 6,368]

53 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

he didn't even write that one.  django walker did.

That’s why I picked it lol

[Pescado_Rojo 19,587]

17 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

I’m going with 8-4 after applying a 2 game “we can’t have nice things” tax to on-paper expectations.

This board might just kick off "civil war 2, surly boogaloo" if that happens. 

[BabaYaga 15,625]

1 minute ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

This board might just kick off "civil war 2, surly boogaloo" if that happens. 

[Pescado_Rojo 19,587]

4 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

who hacked my webcam?!?!

[G650 14,438]

28 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

While none of his stuff was riveting, all of it was better than the wave on wave and anything past that nonsense.  Dancehall dreamer, George’s bar, etc wasn’t terrible, especially when there was considerably less regional/local music easily available. Cory M carried him a bit, too.  Then again he was blowing up the local halls when I was a yoot, and those memories will always be beautiful, yet fuzzy memories. 

[sidis 10,018]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

I'm having a hard time finding reasons to doubt this football team being pretty damned good this year.  

lol, well, if the oppressive fuck you heat outside didn't give it away, there's no doubt that it is officially august on surly!  we graduated a once in a decade talent that won us all the games we won but quinn cut his hair so we will be............better.  it's funny, even though i have been leaning hard on oline/dline talent and experience and db/wr experience in addition to the best te in the country to believe it myself.

gifs may be an unstable lunatic with some sort of bizarre dissociative identities and delusional grandeur pathologies but i'll be god damned if his violent disdain for pat green is not overwhelmingly well founded and supported by the objective evidence.  that dude should be shot to mars.  hearing his name innately triggers a psychologically violent reaction inside my soul.

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On 7/18/2023 at 12:47 PM, gmr548 said:

Lmao, wealthy suburbs have low crime rates. News at 11.

Just catching up on thread and this isn’t support for the post or poster but those aren’t wealthy suburbs. 

[4th&Five 42,006]

3 hours ago, BeardIP said:

I'm guilty of stopping for a Big O's Beer or whatever it was called at George's in Waco in 1999.

Funny that this came up today and I was just behind this guy on my way home. By home I mean Total Wine. 

[utee94 16,089]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

Because Surly.

No shit.  The one thing I've learned in this thread is that 90s frat bros are the main reason Texas tops the list of worst places to live and work in America.

[mchookem 16,769]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

I mean, I already applied the 2 game "we'll find a way to fuck up at Bama, and the Big 12 refs are going to utterly fuck us in one game as a parting gift" tax to my expectations.

just thank god we don't have to play osu this last year! 🤬

#itwillalwaysbetoosoon

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26 minutes ago, utee94 said:

No shit.  The one thing I've learned in this thread is that 90s frat bros are the main reason Texas tops the list of worst places to live and work in America.

I’m a 90s frat bro and I rock. 

[Armybrat 41,412]

On 8/3/2023 at 3:53 PM, YGIFS said:

Pat Green is the worst fucking Texan in our history and that list includes Charles Whitman.

Sorry about the necro quote, but Charles Whitman was no Texan. 
He was born & raised through high school in Florida, joined the Marines before going to college in Maryland, then enrolled at UT.

But I have never heard of that Green fellow.

[YGIFS 19,458]

Didn't really know Whitman's background, good to learn I suppose. Was just grasping at the name of the nearest  lunatic.  Everybody's a native Texas until they're associated with a mass shooter whose biggest crime was not shooting Pat Green when he had the chance.  

[Born to Run 6,601]

While none of his stuff was riveting, all of it was better than the wave on wave and anything past that nonsense.  Dancehall dreamer, George’s bar, etc wasn’t terrible, especially when there was considerably less regional/local music easily available. Cory M carried him a bit, too.  Then again he was blowing up the local halls when I was a yoot, and those memories will always be beautiful, yet fuzzy memories. 

I saw Pat Green at a lot of places not by design, CBB, Gruene, the Austin Rodeo etc. Whichever one of you Assholes that is responsible for rearranging his face in Padre should take a bow. Bravo.
Do not equate PG and Cory Morrow. Cory is great people especially since sober. Nice approachable humble guy just a little high on Jesus juice but super kind.

[Born to Run 6,601]

lol, well, if the oppressive fuck you heat outside didn't give it away, there's no doubt that it is officially august on surly!  we graduated a once in a decade talent that won us all the games we won but quinn cut his hair so we will be............better.  it's funny, even though i have been leaning hard on oline/dline talent and experience and db/wr experience in addition to the best te in the country to believe it myself.
gifs may be an unstable lunatic with some sort of bizarre dissociative identities and delusional grandeur pathologies but i'll be god damned if his violent disdain for pat green is not overwhelmingly well founded and supported by the objective evidence.  that dude should be shot to mars.  hearing his name innately triggers a psychologically violent reaction inside my soul.

You sound like you need a little hill country, maybe some of that ol top down...

[gmr548 16,702]

15 hours ago, Porterhouse said:

Just catching up on thread and this isn’t support for the post or poster but those aren’t wealthy suburbs. 

This has already been discussed but all of those suburbs in TX are $100k+ median household income and most of them are at or above $150k. That's well above county and statewide figures and absolutely qualifies as a wealthy community in TX. 

And again, the point is not limited to TX. The entire map was small suburban communities that no doubt exhibit much higher income/wealth than most of the surrounding areas. Don't need to be a rocket surgeon to deduce that these are relatively low crime areas.

[Armybrat 41,412]

4 hours ago, Born to Run said:

16 hours ago, sidis said:

lol, well, if the oppressive fuck you heat outside didn't give it away, there's no doubt that it is officially august on surly!  we graduated a once in a decade talent that won us all the games we won but quinn cut his hair so we will be............better.  it's funny, even though i have been leaning hard on oline/dline talent and experience and db/wr experience in addition to the best te in the country to believe it myself.
gifs may be an unstable lunatic with some sort of bizarre dissociative identities and delusional grandeur pathologies but i'll be god damned if his violent disdain for pat green is not overwhelmingly well founded and supported by the objective evidence.  that dude should be shot to mars.  hearing his name innately triggers a psychologically violent reaction inside my soul.

You sound like you need a little hill country, maybe some of that ol top down...

Depends on what her top looks like.

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1 hour ago, gmr548 said:

This has already been discussed but all of those suburbs in TX are $100k+ median household income and most of them are at or above $150k. That's well above county and statewide figures and absolutely qualifies as a wealthy community in TX. 

And again, the point is not limited to TX. The entire map was small suburban communities that no doubt exhibit much higher income/wealth than most of the surrounding areas. Don't need to be a rocket surgeon to deduce that these are relatively low crime areas.

Keller, Little Elm and Wylie aren’t wealthy communities. By any metric. I’m only taking exception to your use of the word wealthy and not any other point you’re trying to make. 

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On 8/3/2023 at 10:51 AM, Js1 said:

I will honestly say when people whine about “the increase in crime,” I know not to listen to them 

Take it to the gun threads.

[Captainant 28,546]

9 minutes ago, Porterhouse said:

Keller, Little Elm and Wylie aren’t wealthy communities. By any metric. I’m only taking exception to your use of the word wealthy and not any other point you’re trying to make. 

Have you considered that your yardstick for "wealthy" may be a bit skewed towards the top end? 

[Homercles 10,206]

18 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

Show us on the doll where Pat Green hurt you

Please don’t share @Neikea home movies again 

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27 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Have you considered that your yardstick for "wealthy" may be a bit skewed towards the top end? 

It's Surly...the place where people are trapped by making $250k/ year.  

I am in agreement with you that the scale varies like a motherfucker, but generally speaking, no, those places are not considered 'wealthy.'

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

Dude, you can obtuse as fuck sometimes.

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7 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Dude, you can obtuse as fuck sometimes.

I didn't say it.  You did.  and it's still crazy.

You work in a highly specialized field, but that is somehow the fault of Texas.  That's damned sure in the spirit of this thread.

Edited August 5, 2023 by slorch

[Captainant 28,546]

5 minutes ago, slorch said:

You work in a highly specialized field, but that is somehow the fault of Texas.  That's damned sure in the spirit of this thread.

Your Texas Tech degree is showing. The spirit of this thread has been that it's getting way too fucking hot, the states infrastructure is getting more and more brittle, and it's no longer an affordable state thanks to rising costs of living and shit like property taxes and insurance rates growing out of control. 

19 minutes ago, slorch said:

I am in agreement with you that the scale varies like a motherfucker, but generally speaking, no, those places are not considered 'wealthy.'

And yeah I think you're also off on your calibration. Yeah no shit dude your country club buddies would think someone living in the suburbs is a poor, but just being able to own your home and have some stability makes you better off than most. Inequality and wealth disparity is as bad as it was during the gilded age, and you need to wake up to that fact.

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5 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Your Texas Tech degree is showing. The spirit of this thread has been that it's getting way too fucking hot, the states infrastructure is getting more and more brittle, and it's no longer an affordable state thanks to rising costs of living and shit like property taxes and insurance rates growing out of control. 

And yeah I think you're also off on your calibration. Yeah no shit dude your country club buddies would think someone living in the suburbs is a poor, but just being able to own your home and have some stability makes you better off than most. Inequality and wealth disparity is as bad as it was during the gilded age, and you need to wake up to that fact.

1. Never have been a member of a country club.  Ever.  LOLfreaking L.

2. The spirit of this thread is that we're surrounded by nazis who can't read or go to a dentist.  But we're not going to do jack shit about it besides blame Texas.

2b- I support education and employment, bigtime.  Those address social mobility in the most direct way possible.  They are absolutely available in Texas.  People can have their (imaginary) excuses, or they can do something about their situation.  You prefer to worry and gripe.  Cool.

Edited August 5, 2023 by slorch

[fattyflattie 4,640]

Lol at 250k household income and wealthy in same sentence.  

[Armybrat 41,412]

Just now, fattyflattie said:

Lol at 250k household income and wealthy in same sentence.  

Well, it undoubtedly looks like it to those average households with less than 100k gross income.

[Gatorubet 30,720]

19 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Nope.  She worked at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken, which is so damned stupid that they don't even make/sell merchandise.  I wanted a Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken cup, or koozy, or t-shirt, as a joke that only I.....and every other male who looked into where a certain playmate came from...would get.  The folks there looked at me like I had a tire on my head when I inquired about making such a purchase.

you should’ve applied for a job and started work the next day. Who knew that Jim’s crispy was not for you after 15 minutes? Got to keep the cap and shirt though…

[Captainant 28,546]

13 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

Lol at 250k household income and wealthy in same sentence.  

Considering the national median household income is $70k, I'd say that 250k household income is relatively wealthy. Unless making more than 3x more than half of the country doesn't signify wealth to you?

[Gatorubet 30,720]

15 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

Lol at 250k household income and wealthy in same sentence.  

💩

[Gatorubet 30,720]

A self-employed 25 yo person with a solo 401(k) starting today at that income level could dump $60K a year in retirement.

Pick any 20 year period of stock, market increase, and you are looking at several million dollars for your retirement.   The median 401(k) in America right now is less than $50K at that 20 years later age. The median savings account would be less than 7K.  Naturally, an older person only getting that $250k later in life would have a much more problematic wealth acquisition hurdle.

I’m happy for you, Scrooge McDuck, but I don’t think you are very grounded in what most people in America make and keep.  

You do make a valid point by accident. Having had a brief bankruptcy practice, I can tell you that people with a salary in excess of 250k - with the awesome expensive cars and the McMansion and private schools and Country Club membership - could very well be living paycheck to paycheck.    “Not wealthy”

“Wealth” is really the freedom and assets you have left to spend after you pay your nut.  A person making half of what another person makes may have far more disposable income to spend or invest. Ya know, wealthier.  See the FIRE thread. 

[G650 14,438]

It's insane how divorced some people are from the average American's life situation.

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

As I was saying, I started this career at 31 years of age. Starting salary was $47k. And I don’t make $250k, that’s household.

I’m guessing many people on this site are in a similar life situation, although many problem started their 401k at age 22-23. And probably with a higher income.

[Gatorubet 30,720]

8 minutes ago, G650 said:

It's insane how divorced some people are from the average American's life situation.

It’s because they are lazy, and did not take advantage of all the awesome educational choices.  Like they had in their inner city school, while being tutored by their 16 year old almost semi-literate mother.  Wait…she didn’t.    Still, those who succeed in life deserve it, and those who don’t succeed…don’t.  Simple.

If they are too damn lazy to contact the person who manages their trust to overcome their economic woes, that is on them.