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You might look at this website www.Texasrealestatemagazine.com . It has listings for East and West Texas and will give you listings and more websites to realtors.

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Stephanie

They say you are what you eat. Nuts must be more common in diets than we thought.

No, no, no. Don't listen to all them people. They don't know what there talking about.

Look, you said your husband was a fisherman, right? Then treat him nice and get a place close to Lake Texhoma. This lake is known for breaking fishing records for almost the last two decades and it's located on the Oklahoma/Texas state line. Right between Dallas/Fortworth and Oklahoma City.

Then in the fall when the fishing has slowed down you both can head north and watch a good game of Oklahoma Sooner football. (Just don't watch any of their bowl games)

Stillhere, I hope you don't mind if I hop on board with your questions. It's good to read so many positive comments about east Texas! DH & I had found a nice little house near Tyler on 10 acres of mostly hay fields in eastern TX for a good price, and I emailed the agent. She warned me that the allergen levels in eastern TX are quite high (DH has allergies). Being from the desert, the heat doesn't bother us. We get humidity in the summer, so although I'm sure it's worse in TX (being closer to the ocean and all) I'm sure we'd survive.

I'm concerned about two things; how bad ARE the allergens, and is the area prone to drought? We're on year 13 or 14 of drought here, and I wouldn't mind living somewhere greener and wetter!

First - "BUT:RED ANTS WILL MOST LIKELY INVADE ANY AND ALL GARDENS SO BEWARE! RED(FIRE) ANTS ARE A DANGER TO LIVESTOCK, PETS AND HUMANS AND ARE ALL OVER TEXAS." is a load of hooey. Fire ants at best are a nuisance.

Second - half the state of Texas wants to move to the Texas Hill Country. Do a google search on Kerrville, TX and Bandera, Texas and take a look at what is here.... Beautiful rivers, streams rolling hills, lower temps and humidity than surrounding areas - in fact if you look at a USDA zones for Texas you will find the Kerrville area in the tiny dot of zone 7b in a sea of zone 8. We average 32 inches of rain a year, but get nice sunny days on the order of 285 days. We have had about 5 days of over 100 in the last 3 years. A really cold night is about 20 - seldom into the teens and most winter days have a high in the 50-60's.

There is a horse farm for sale in east Texas in the Real Estate forum on these boards.

Allergy problems are bad, just about anywhere that it rains in Texas. So, that's everywhere except far south and west. We have lots of blooming things. Trees, grass, flowers. All year round.

The fire ants are easy to control if you remain vigilant, and I like them better than ticks. At least they don't carry disease!

Africanized bees have been a minor annoyance. We've had one swarm in the 30 years we've lived here.

Make sure you aren't in the projected pathway of the TransTexas Corridor. Politicians are more dangerous than fire ants or bees.

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OMG! If you want to live in a state with real fish and real lakes come to Minnnes....on second thought, check out Texas. We have enough people here the way it is.

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Rose, I totally agree with you! yep, politicians can be more dangerous for sure!

My DH has allergies big time. He gets his perscription every year and that makes it bareable. I think just about anywhere you land in Texas is a good spot. Except of course in a big city. But, that is just me, I want to be on dirt roads with lots of land buffering me on all sides!

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Just an FYI, Lake fork is in a Zone 7B. Thats what zone I am in


As for the hill country, I wouldnt mind it there just for deer hunting, but from what Ive seen, the price of land there is way too high.

As for the allergy question, I have severe allergies to almost everything. I had one of those scratch tests done two years ago and I was a 4 or 5 to almost everything they tested me for, lol. I had bad allergies in AR, but since weve been here I havent had it bad yet. but, weve only been here sicne July so havent gone through a spring yet. Just take my pill very day and hope for the best.

If you do come down this way to check the area out, shoot me a PM and I can take the fishing hubby out in my boat for a quick bass fishing trip. Well, as long as its not in the next month or so, as I cant really walk right now. But, should be good in two months or so, hopefully.

Yeah yeah! Yeahyeahyeah! That's MY farm!!! I replied to stillhere on the real estate forum all about the area! Even mentioned the Bass fishing without knowing your DH was a fisherman; too funny!

was that you who emailed me for pics, stillhere??

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"OMG! If you want to live in a state with real fish and real lakes come to Minnnes....on second thought, check out Texas. We have enough people here the way it is."

Yeah sure - but here in Texas we can fish the lakes for more than 3 months a year. Do they have Black Flies in Minnesota?? Gardening is a 12 month a year project - in Minnsota they don't even have tomatoes planted by the time I am already eating mine. 200 gallons of propane keeps my house and my greenhouse warm for a year. How is your politics - about like Wisconsin I suspect. Texas except for the Austin area is pretty conservative - we will be the last place you can own guns pretty soon.

Well YFR, speaking of conservative politics, I'm willing to bet that the next Republican candidate for vice president will be our governor!

And your lakes may be fishable....by boat...all year long, but don't kid yourself, we still fish all year long too!

200 gallons of propane for heat, huh? Our last two months gas bills came to exactly $199 and that includes gas for heating water, cooking, and drying clothes. And YFR, you strategically left out the amount you pay for the electricity to run your air conditioner!

And Texas has lakes? Tell me of one real natural lake that Texas has....just one. I bettcha can't do it onaccouta they're all man-made, except Caddo Lake. And, I've been to Caddo Lake...around here we'd call that a swamp!

And, I'll take our mosquitos and deerflies and horseflies over your fire ants, scorpions, and poisonous snakes.

But there is one thing you and I agree on. Anyone looking for a new place to live, look to Texas or any other State besides Minnesota.....please!

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yeah but Texas has TONS of rivers which I'm sure would suit you just fine.

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The poster said 200 gallons a year.

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No way! That's where all the poisonous snakes and gators live.

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Yeah, I know. I bet that 200 gallons of propane costs him more than the total of my annual natural gas bill if I subtracted out the gas used for cooking, heating water and clothes drying.

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Darn Cabin Fever, you're making MN look better and better! Maybe we'll have to set our sights up north....

Yea, real fish. But most of the time you've got to dress up like a dang eskimo and cut a hole in the ice to get to 'em. So be sure and visit Minnesota in February. Or January, or December, or most of November, or even March. Bring your long johns and furry hat cause you'll need 'em!

The Lake Fork area is fantastic. There are tons of other good bass lakes in northeast Texas to choose from. Lake Fork is generally close enough to the Dallas area if you need to commute. But for trophy hybrid bass, it's just about the top lake in the country. For stripers, nearby is Lake Tawakoni. For sand bass, you could go to nearby Lake Ray Hubbard. Great crappie fishing and catfish at most area lakes as well. The Tyler area has a number of good lakes too, and that city offers much of what Dallas has to offer such as good restaurants, movies, etc.., without the traffic congestion. I own property on Lake Ray Hubbard and also in East Texas near Tyler. There's also a little lake in Purtis Creek State Park in Henderson County that has been producing some huge hybrids. Feel free to PM me if you like.

Edited to add: East Texas is definitely horse country. When we're at our place in Athens, and go to dinner at the local steak house, there's as many people in their still wearing their spurs as not.

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Believe it or not, winter is my favorite season!

Now, just look at how much fun these pretty 20-something Texan gals are having in Minnesota last February when the actual temp was -22ºF. (Ya have to click the photo below to watch the video)

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Could be north or central Alabama, too, or southern Tennessee. LOTS of TVA lakes. Check out the area around Lake Guntersville...beautiful! You will be within 4 hours' drive or less of a whole bunch of lake bass fishing, there are pro events here all the time, and horses and chickens are no problem. Your own farm might have bass in the ponds...mine does. Then there's the Tennessee River, too.

The best part is, you will be able to buy a LOT MORE PLACE in Alabama or in southern Tennessee along the AL border for what you get for your place up in NJ. That might make it easier to leave, and you might wind up building new here. In TN, check out Giles County, Lincoln County, and Franklin County...all beautiful places with hills and trees. Taxes are low in AL, but the biggest benefit of working in TN is there is NO state income tax. Property taxes are low.

In the North Alabama/South Tennessee area, you are within 100 miles of Nashville and Atlanta. Northwest Georgia may be someplace you want to check out, too. Athens area is nice, and they have the University of Georgia there. It is kind of a writer's paradise, with many novelists owning property in town.

It kind of depends on what you are after. We do get some winter, but it is ASBOLUTELY NOTHING like up North. An inch of overnight snow will be gone by next afternoon, and followed by days in the 50s and 60s. Snow is rare.

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