[Texas] What's it like to live in Texas?
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Joined: May 1999
Posts: 2,881
From: Chelsea, MI
And Austin is great at 3am when there is no traffic, thats it. makes me want to
DFW ftw... We are in Arlington.
Oh and the Cowboys suck
Romo is a bitch.
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Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 9,507
From: Okemos, MI
Wow... DFW is anything but dry unless you went during the winter months? During the summer the humidity can match the heat and be painfully hot for days on end. I've lived in several states (including Colorado) for the last several years and I'd prefer Texas over any of them for several varying reasons As far as Texas pride goes, I'm not sure how it can bother someone who lives so far away, however I think it's great there are those proud of the state they live in.
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,872
From: Lantana, TX
No, people just don't know how to take care of their lawns. St. Augistine grass is everywhere and it totally sucks. People need to be planting bermuda and watering it, instead they get something else and let it burn and look like ****. My parents are guilty of this. The whole back yard is St Augistine and if you water it and keep it high, it's great, otherwise it will burn and look horrible.
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Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Okemos, MI
No, people just don't know how to take care of their lawns. St. Augistine grass is everywhere and it totally sucks. People need to be planting bermuda and watering it, instead they get something else and let it burn and look like ****. My parents are guilty of this. The whole back yard is St Augistine and if you water it and keep it high, it's great, otherwise it will burn and look horrible.
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 99
From: Houston
i was in MI over the weekend and everyone had a different type of grass. it was very nice. its much nicer than st augustine.
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Joined: Oct 2000
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From: Kilgore TX 75662
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Joined: Oct 1998
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From: Jackstandican
As I recall it was October or November, and it was over 80 degrees and dry as hell. 80 isn't terrible, but 80 in October means 110 in July, and that's too damn hot. Regardless, people's front lawns were brown and patchy, and that means it's too dry. This would have been 1999 -- maybe that was an exceptionally dry year?
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Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 3,371
From: Kilgore TX 75662
I almost wish the grass in my yard would just die! Instead I've got weeds sticking up a few feet high that I need to mow down. I am pretty sure that is the result of a sewer line leakage though... I also have more than a dozen trees on my property that do a pretty good job keeping the place cool.
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Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 1,215
From: Coppell, Texas
It usually gets over 100 about 3-5 days during the summer on average, maybe less. A/C was invented for a reason. DFW goes through a drought every couple of years, but for the most part the spring is pretty wet and July-August is ***** hot and fairly dry. Nothing that bad though. Anybody that says it sucks is a wuss 