I wish there was a blog or substack group that I could find that talks about this type of life transition. I am one of those who moved from Maryland to Texas. We were told by two financial advisors to move out of the state if we wanted to be lower middle-class. I remember as a child moving from Florida to Maryland and even as a child I t…
I wish there was a blog or substack group that I could find that talks about this type of life transition. I am one of those who moved from Maryland to Texas. We were told by two financial advisors to move out of the state if we wanted to be lower middle-class. I remember as a child moving from Florida to Maryland and even as a child I thought “this is not a good place.” We talked about where we should go. A lot of places were just no (no more snows no more cold weather) eventually we landed in Texas and to say it was/is a culture shock is mildly putting it. Different politics, lots more religion, and yes we are in the boonies. It was what we could afford. While town is three miles away there are dollar stores, two feed stores, a ton of gas stations, a small town square, and for the most part genuinely nice people. When people asked where we came from they are surprised because they say we don’t act like we know it all and know better. I tell them that we moved because we know what is right and wrong and work from there. We are not here to change the city or county we currently reside in, it is up to us to adapt to Texas not vice versa. Yes things are different, one grocery store that is super expensive so we shop the next town over, we have a well, two dogs instead of one, a rancher as opposed to a two store cape cod. We are simply living a better life here and worried that outside influences will change the area for the worse. We have a border issue, water issues, housing is hard to come by, no apartments complexes (we have some apartments, but the are small and not convenient). We have learning that time and appointments work differently here. No electricians, no repair people, and word of mouth who works and shows up and who doesn’t.
Would I trade this to go back to Maryland, no. I adapt, Amazon has become a necessity, used clothing stores are gold mines, and we don’t need a lot. We just wished we had moved here earlier. We are in our 60’s and early 70s. This is our life now.
I wish there was a blog or substack group that I could find that talks about this type of life transition. I am one of those who moved from Maryland to Texas. We were told by two financial advisors to move out of the state if we wanted to be lower middle-class. I remember as a child moving from Florida to Maryland and even as a child I thought “this is not a good place.” We talked about where we should go. A lot of places were just no (no more snows no more cold weather) eventually we landed in Texas and to say it was/is a culture shock is mildly putting it. Different politics, lots more religion, and yes we are in the boonies. It was what we could afford. While town is three miles away there are dollar stores, two feed stores, a ton of gas stations, a small town square, and for the most part genuinely nice people. When people asked where we came from they are surprised because they say we don’t act like we know it all and know better. I tell them that we moved because we know what is right and wrong and work from there. We are not here to change the city or county we currently reside in, it is up to us to adapt to Texas not vice versa. Yes things are different, one grocery store that is super expensive so we shop the next town over, we have a well, two dogs instead of one, a rancher as opposed to a two store cape cod. We are simply living a better life here and worried that outside influences will change the area for the worse. We have a border issue, water issues, housing is hard to come by, no apartments complexes (we have some apartments, but the are small and not convenient). We have learning that time and appointments work differently here. No electricians, no repair people, and word of mouth who works and shows up and who doesn’t.
Would I trade this to go back to Maryland, no. I adapt, Amazon has become a necessity, used clothing stores are gold mines, and we don’t need a lot. We just wished we had moved here earlier. We are in our 60’s and early 70s. This is our life now.