#just texas things

[three--rings]

This is a small win I haven't seen in the lists of wins from this election.

Julie Johnson was projected to win her election Tuesday for Texas’s 32nd Congressional District, making history as the first openly LGBTQ person to represent Texas in Congress and the first elected from anywhere in the South, where legislation targeting LGBTQ rights is largely concentrated. . .

She also strongly advocated against legislation targeting gay and transgender Texans and, during her first term in the state House in 2019, helped form the Legislature’s first LGBTQ caucus, now one of the nation’s largest.

[mbrainspaz]

Wait I didn’t say stop 😂

[thatonesquintern13]

there’s a hurricane coming but i’m being soooo brave (shaking with anxiety) 😁

[mooblesandsoups]

Living in Texas is so weird.

I could step one foot into my backyard and just suddenly be in the backrooms!

[dejablonde]

There's a business off the highway on the way to my parent's place called Crazy Gun Dealer and like-

Is it the guns that are crazy or the guy selling them

Because I feel like that's an important distinction

[missdirectiontv]

so uh. grandfather had a gift for me

[flannelandcocoa]

[gromlyn]

would also like to take the opportunity to shoutout a couple of my favorite central texas caves!

Longhorn Cavern (near Burnet, TX)

And Inner Space Cavern (near Georgetown, TX)

my parents took me to both of these caves all the time growing up so they’re very special to me. If you’re ever in the austin area I cannot recommend either of them enough!

Caves are weirder and more varied than you think

[three--rings]

Buffalo, New York, has houses around the 100k mark. They are not fantastic but they are livable. The weather is not bad, you get real winters but they move out on time then you get nice classic springs and falls. Mild summers in the 80s or so, rare 90 days. The state overall is blue, though this area's a bit more red. The state level laws keep things nice. I moved here for the nationally known autism support services (which are in new york city, but its available by train). You could zillow some places, and I'll tell you if the posts reflect reality. Tell you how good the area is. Though because it is a red area, the posts you'll have from some people call areas bad cause non white people live there.

Thank you for the input, I was actually being genuine in asking.

I lived in NY for a couple years actually, though close to the city, not upstate.

The thing keeping us from considering a lot of places is the weather, which Buffalo firmly falls into. Because both my husband and I are disabled in ways that make dealing with snow, shoveling snow, basically out of the question.

Honestly I'm not wild about actual winters, seasonal depression is a main reason I left NY and came back to Texas, but cold per se isn't a problem so much as grey, lifelessness for months on end and having to dig your car out to go anywhere.

Two of our closest couple friends have moved out of Texas, one to Illinois and one to Iowa and I'd love to be closer to them but...weather...

This is all theoretical because we don't have the financial situation to move right now. We own our home and land but it's not worth a lot. But, well, we've started talking about it in a long term way.

But it's honestly fucked how few places there are that are both affordable and not run by evil religious extremists. Like we basically keep running through red states like..."well, it's not AS BAD as Texas, right?" Or, "it's moving towards being a swing state, right?"

And I hate it so much because I honestly love my state (like, the actual LAND, yanno) and it's home and the GOP only wins by a handful of points and most people are disenfranchised so I know actually they are a minority. And we are way more racially diverse than almost anywhere else, that's something people who leave Texas always comment on. But unfortunately the fucking fascists are determined to take everyone down to hell with them.

And yeah this is just stressing me out a lot right now and taking a toll to the point I'm having trouble even looking at the internet.

IDK IDK please do tell me about the places with the not terrible winters where you can buy a small house or condo for a reasonable price where the GOP isn't coming for your rights.

[mbrainspaz]

lmao every real estate person or management company agent I've talked to this week has told me I haaaave to use HAR.com to search for a respectable rental near my new job in Houston.

Here's what the #1 recommended real estate site says is available at 120% of my budget on my big new government job salary.

Guess I'm commuting 2.5 hours to work every day folks.

Jk I'm probably gonna rent a refurbished shed from some weird guy I found on fb marketplace like any hard-working millennial with a college degree and 10+ years experience in multiple industries.

[thatonesquintern13]

oh, how did i spend my friday night?

the normal way….

[mexican-texican]

If you're naked and climb a Semi-Trailer to dance atop it, you're in Houston

[sgtruttersdartsclubband]

Everything is better in the Lone Star State 😎

Happy 4th everyone, I'm staying the fuck inside my house 👉

[pennyennyennie]

Me, hearing fireworks on December 25th: Oh right, New Years.

I'm Texan.

[deathwestern]

I just want you to know that every time I see you on tumblr, I sing “deathwestern” to the “sleep experts” melody and sometimes that’s the best part of my day.

oh my god sleep experts 😂 I love that.

Do they even still exist?!

[vrepit-salt]

Omg this weather was so weird. Like... it FELT weird. Weird day. Weird weather. Just... weird. I don't know how else to describe it. If memaw was still here, she'd say it was the winds of change. And like, that's cool and all, but I don't necessarily feel like living the true authentic Texas Gothic life, ya'know? 💀

I've been sitting here laughing at this ask for several minutes. No ur right, everything was incredibly off and then the Ominous Rumbling started when I was getting out of my car and I was like "it's Thursday why is the world ending" and went inside. And Texas Gothic is also driving down hwy 71 at 2am. There's weird shit out there 💀