As a Texan, I can give some commentary about the town's you've listed. I've lived near or been through the towns very, very often growing up. But please remember that Texas is a very gun friendly state. If you see someone carrying a firearm, do not be alarmed as it is legally allowed here. Please go to a local gun range and take an introductory course for firearms! I promise you'd like it more than you think you would. It's truly a different way of life once you engage in gun culture down here! #5) Buffalo - accurate crime and infrastructure explanation. The weather is generally mild in the winter and a normal Texas summer being hot and humid between 10am and 5pm with less hot and just as humid between 5pm and 10am. #4) Honey Grove - Nice little place, quiet and not a sundown town like some people seem to think. Low crime, decent infrastructure and good job opportunities for young people with retirees and remote workers having no real issues, besides the Starlink vs. DSL issue lol. #3) Port Isabel - I hope you like the humidity from an ocean breeze, tacos and tequila. It's a wonderful place with good infrastructure, decent healthcare, close enough to the border to go shopping on the weekend for cheap prices in Mexico. It's awesome for a small beach community, but do prepare for hurricanes. #2) Ganado - Small and quiet, definitely a place for people that like the western feel or more relaxed, slower lifestyle. Remote workers that want to keep to themselves would love it. #1) Sonora - Great small town. I've contemplated moving there myself just for the slower pace of life while still having good access to healthcare, internet, etc.
Hey Dubya, I carry a gun too, but not open carry, as I'm kinda shy about doing that. I conceal carry it in my pants, commando style.... Sometimes, I like to pull it outta my pants and lovingly rub on its barrel 'till it shoots off
Every town in Texas is a sundown town I don't care. there's gonna be a small group of klansmen in every small town that has connections to local government.
Sonora rocks. We have nature trails, great home cooking restaurants, fabulous museums, a top notch health care facility and hospital. At crossroads of I10 and 277. We have The Caverns of Sonora too...world famous.
I'm originally from Texas. Grew up in a small town. It's really not hard to work anywhere - most people commute and larger towns aren't far in most areas. Take care, dear. We need you! 💝 Prayers for your health.
So sorry to hear you have Covid again. I pray you get completely well very soon! I live in Texas and I have not heard of some of these towns. This was very informative. Thank you for the video! God Bless😊💝
I'm sorry, but 80 percent of the towns are in East Texas. You should have done 5 rural towns east of I35 and then 5 west of I35. My home town of Ballinger, west, has interesting stories like Bonnie and Clyde started just outside of town, The Newton Boys ( Matthew McConaughey true story movie) robbed their last bank here, the person who wrote Home on the Range was from here and one of the most haunted places is here.
I am a 7th generation Texan and proud of it! I have lived a number of years in Dallas, Austin, and Houston as well as several smaller towns McDade, Huntsville, Matagorda, Conroe to name a few. Remember just because a town has a couple of doctors or a health clinic ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT say anything about the doctors, the facilities or level of quality and care available and provided. Go and look before you move there and just check out the doctor or clinics waiting room and see if its somewhere you would even WANT to go.... and if a nursing home is something you are interested in go check it out first too, cuz some can be really bad
@@jeffweed3947 You are absolutely correct. I live in Clear Lake area of Houston and it is a great city. 80+ years old and want to near the Medical District. Lots of small town near Houston.
Hope you're doing better-😊 I appreciate the small town reviews cuz my once small town in Texas is overrun in a short 13 years after moving here and I'm looking...too depressing seeing all the farms and ranches turned into subdivisions.
Born and raised here in San Antonio ..never heard of most of these towns 🤦🏼♀️ thanks for covering them ..San Antonio is getting to overly populated I wish people would stop moving here ..more people more problems 🤦🏼♀️
I wish I could afford to live my the missions. Right now the closest Catholic Church for me is 15 miles away give or take. I grew up walking to church and now out in the country priests have multiple churches and not as many activities in them.
You sounded congested in this video. I was going to wish you well. I noticed that the comment below said you have had Covid twice. I hope you make a full recovery! Thanks for all your hard work through this trying time...
We have a family ranch located about 10 miles from Buffalo, TX. Buffalo has grown quite a bit in the last 15 years, for the better. Not sure we'll ever live up there full time, but who knows? Nice video.
I heard the same thing from young folks from California that moved to Longview (East Texas). Said they earn less here yet now can put money in the bank after paying for their living expenses.
If almost homeless in Californication and now “rich” in Texas, quit complaining liberal…go back….Texans don’t complain….they appreciate their history and affordability.
I lived in Buffalo, TX on a work assignment for about 7 months (2019). It is indeed a nice enough town. There are a couple good restaurants there, but my biggest complaint is that there are no bars there. The two Mexican restaurants kinda serve as the de facto bars, which worked out fine enough, but don't really qualify for me as bars. There is a night club open on weekends, but I went back to Houston where I live on weekends. Most of the people I met there are very nice and welcoming.
That's due to the local residents voting to keep their precincts dry. Some will allow beer, wine and set-ups to be sold in restaurants and liquor in private clubs. Many of the residents have a drink every now and then at home so drive to the county line where several liquor stores are located along a busy highway or a wet precinct that's closer that has liquor stores and a few dives.
A lot of that land was selling for $300 to $1000 per acre 44 years ago so was snapped up by wealthy local residents that then leased the acreage to nearby farmers and ranchers as they waited for urban sprawl to reach their area. My friends did that in NWI during the mid-70's by buying up small farms in southern Lake and Porter Counties from their elderly owners. They updated the old farmhouses to live in then put in roads, water lines and an aerobic septic system for a trailer park so lot rents could pay for that and the farm. They leased the land to Pioneer for growing corn for seed that brought in additional income. Urban sprawl reached their areas in the late 90's as new housing developments started going up in their area. So far they've haven't sold any land to developers as their values continue to rise but have built small strip malls themselves on the corners of now busy streets where their kids run gas stations, small grocery stores and a pizza place that delivers. Behind those they've built self-storage units and larger building for storing boats and RV trailer campers.
Seriously depends on the area. All the Californians have jacked up land prices around Austin and some other areas because they are willing to buy at California like prices. Even plain farm land is getting bought up by greedy investors.
It must be tough when at first your employer says "Hey if you want to work from home and only come into the office once every quarter or so that's fine by me " and then after you bought a house hundreds of miles away thinking you'll be a remote worker mostly suddenly he says "IF you want to keep your job you have to do at least 40 hours a week in house"... Now what ?
@@andrewquint7962 That would be because they had compromised immune systems or underlying health conditions. To those, like myself, who are not compromised, it was nothing more than the sniffles and a minor annoyance.
Your videos are great but the average home prices are so far out of reach for us ~90% of the population. Maybe have videos of great towns with home prices with averages of less than $150k that are actually livable.
I live in a small town in WV. There’s no jobs. The crime and drug use is soaring. A house just sold here for $400 k. I don’t understand it. Who is giving people these loans? Where in this economy are the jobs to afford this? It’s insane
East texas is very nice and selling like crazy . Livingston (has second largest lake in Texas) to Woodville and to Lufkin (close to beautiful lake Sam Rayburn) areas have heavily wooded and hilly terrains . Medical and internet are improving quickly . Was and still Is one of the last best land deals around . With the hill country and north Texas bulging at the seams east Texas is a pretty alternative. But that’s changing fast too.
My family is from East Texas (Mineola, Lone Oak), great area. I wish I could talk my wife into leaving California, I would head to East Texas. The weather isn;t always the greatest, but the fishing is awesome.
@@gottadrivem5878 I moved from Chicago to Longview in 1977 since it had a booming economy and is located in the wettest part of the state. Drove thru Texas earlier in the Spring and noticed that everything was brown due to drought except for East Texas. Now I live by Lake o' the Pines where one can buy land and homes for less due to being economically depressed since Lone Star Steel closed down decades ago.
Fun fact, in the 90s when the Dallas Cowboys played the Buffalo Bills in the two Super Bowls, the town changed it's name to Blue Start those two weeks leading up to the two Super Bowls.
I once paid a visit to Sonora, TX for work. The thing that stuck out to me, is that at the company I was visiting, very few of the people who worked there were local. The company had a daily shuttle that brought most of them in from San Angelo about an hour north.
@@texaskidzuk There are zillions of small towns that provide "jobs". This video was about small towns to retire in. An ugly town is not my idea of a place to retire. Sonora may have very nice people. But esthetically the parts of Sonora I have seen are downright ugly.
I like your videos, Briggs, 'been subscribed a long time. But a great town for me right now is any place that has a cheap, reasonably price house i can buy. These hyperinflated house prices are leaving me no choice but to leave my home state. I think the camper and RV nomads have it right-- "Just say no." (as Nancy Reagan advised).
Briggs next series of videos do up an coming cities an towns of each state. So not just ones good to move to. But good ones to invest in the community or bring a business there for good treatment an living what’s a growing town that I may want to grow in
I've been to Port Isabel several times over the years and have considered moving there myself. It is a definite possibility. It is connected to South Padre by a bridge over the ocean and has a lot more going on than any of the other towns mentioned. It is about a third of the cost to buy than South Padre. It is as far south as Miami so expect the same temps.
Port Isabel is just an awesome place. Was there several years ago for work (phone company contract employee) and wish I had never had to leave...it felt like Gilligan's island only nobody was interested in trying to get off the island. Just such a "chill" place
@@z-z-z-z the golf course...God, help me but the golf course captured me and held me spellbound...forget the lagoon I "balled" every hole on the course
Honey Grove. You mistakenly referred to that veterans home in Bonham as a VA facility; it is actually a state facility contracted out to private management and staffing. All seven veterans homes in the state belong to the Texas Veterans Land Board. The one in Bonham used to get two star ratings, but a recent check shows an improvement.
As my Dad died in VA neglect in a Houston VA contracted nursing home, I would do lots of research before choosing any nursing home and consider VA Healthcare as a last resort. The social workers at the Houston VA aided and abetted in elder fraud and abuse and the state licensing board did nothing when I reported it.
In the late 60s before I-45 was completed there was a gap that included Buffalo, Texas... Mostly people just drove through to get back to where the highway started again and I remember as a kid Buffalo was the lunch stop.for the bus between Dallas and Houston.
I wonder when you are going to make a video where the home prices are affordable for people who only get $800 month. Those "cheap" mortgage rates are out of reach for us.
port Isabel is really nice...only thing is the possible hurricanes...but hell...that's a risk ya take when living on the gulf coast I live in Houston...but I've had the wonderful opportunity to go over the road with the hubby and I've gotten to experience to see most of our great state....texas has so much to offer just huge
I have only lived in Ganado (second A is a long A) for 6 months, but I have yet to find those mountains. Also, never been to Honey Grove, but I have not seen mountains in north Texas either. The reason people correct you is that there are numerous errors in your videos...but I still like them even though they are not totally accurate.
Yes those are probably not even Texas mountains. having lived most of my life in North Texas or on the Gulf Coast , I have never seen more than lush rolling hills East of I 35. The hill country is rocky but the Mountains don't start til you get to Big Bend area and El Paso.
Nacogdoches Texas is where it’s at!! University town beautiful area reasonable housing prices schools are great low or no crime. Medical is very good. Oldest town in Texas with great history. Downtown is cool.
I've been everywhere man. As a long haul truck driver, I've been on thousands of different highways and seen thousands of different towns. And that's just in Texas. But there is no way in hell to see every single hole in the wall town here. More paved road miles than any state by far, and 75% need repair. We just build new ones instead of fixing the old ones. Effing crazy.
People need to check out the local water supply if they're considering moving to Texas. Many of the popular regions rely upon wells that tap aquifers which are recharged by rainfall. Many of those regions experience droughts so are placed on water usage restrictions when the level in the aquifers reach a certain level. That's due to the aquifers feeding springs that merge to make rivers that provide water for towns, cities and ag irrigation downstream. Then you have cities like San Antonio that ran a water pipeline 90 miles to a rural region where their wells are lowering the level of the aquifer by 10 feet each year. The region's residents now have to spend $4,000 to $5,000 to have their water wells drilled deeper thanks to San Antonio growing water needs. I'm sure more of the growing cities in the Hill Country will be doing the same thing fairly soon to keep people moving in.
I use the bank in Honey Grove and do some light shopping at the Dollar General. It's a comfy place with a lot of historic, remodeled two-story houses from the 1800s; and they also mostly preserved the old downtown square (brick buildings from the 1800s).My only issue is that it doesn't have many restaurants. There was a roadhouse style diner called "The Red Onion", but it shut down a few years ago; and there's a decent Mexican restaurant called El Mocajete, but other than that, all they have is gas station food. However, like you said, Bonham and Paris are both a relatively short drive away and they have lots of restaurants and shops, and they both have a movie theater.
Great video, and interesting picks for small town Texas. Covid again?? This is why the jab was a bad idea. It points your immune system to the first strain of Covid only. That’s it. Us that didn’t get the jab and got Covid don’t keep getting it. Sorry you have to go through it again. Stay healthy!
Some of the things that influence me, beside your list, is zoning restrictions, and available water. If you don't have water, even if you have to drill for it, what good is it if you don't have adequate drinkable water? If you got restrictions out the ears you can't even think of homesteading without butting heads with neighbors or officials. If you want to just put up a garage/barn/workshop/greenhouse for your private use you got to jump through someone's hoops just to make sure you don't have a conflicting use or worse, you intend puttimg up a "nuisance or eye sore" to the neighborhood. Doesn't matter your neighbor has a 1970's trailer with a couple of cars on blocks in the yard, that all got "grandfathered in".
The state of Texas has a low opinion over building restrictions on private land. The state courts will go along with neighborhood building restrictions/bylaws if those are reasonable. My small development that was just outside the Longview city limits required backyard storage buildings to resemble the structure in front of it (roofing, paint to match the brick and trim) and to be built on a slab. That was a reasonable demand so folks followed it. South of town there were rural neighborhoods of new homes on large lots that were all Black. Their restrictions included no fencing on the properties and all outbuildings to be certain size, of iron and steel panel construction that were erected in the center of the property in the back where a gravel road marked the utility easement/ROW. They allowed guard dogs to stay outside to roam around 24/7 to deter crime. No fencing meant that the dogs could see what was going on the street over then run over there fast if trouble arose. Most of the metal building were 3 car garages that held fishing boats and old cars/pickups being restored or customized. A few were shops for tradesmen working out of their homes.
I'm sorry you have covid take care of yourself and thank you for covering my home state I've been here 60 years and have only heard of 2 of those towns so it's easy very interesting, feel better soon 🙏
Dallas was humid enough for me. I left after 45 yrs and moved 300 miles away, not saying where bc I love love my town and want it to stay tiny ❤ and got my 2 bedroom, 1 bath, dining room, central AC n heat and a huge back yard, 3 yr old roof, hardwood floors and completely liveable though i need new kitchen tile for 40k cash!!
I've been fishing in Port Isabel since the 60s and wish I could upload a picture of 50+ "Whiting" I caught one moring in about 3 1/2 hrs. This is the place to move to if you like saltwater fishing year round.
I love stumbling across videos like this and learning about what towns you think are the best to retire or live or whatever.. and some of your filler shots i could see that were of far west Texas in the Big Bend area.. I grew up in the best little town in Texas called Alpine and all though i now reside in Dallas i would still move back and retire there.. Health care is great and crime is low. so keep up what you are doing but go west and check it out.
Mabank, Texas and Gun Barrel City on Cedar Creek Lake, are both growing like crazy, (especially with retirement age) but they both still have a rural small town feel with all of the shopping you may need and a nice ER, and there are several good internet options.
I've worked temporary private nursing shifts in Buffalo. It's a cute little town. I enjoyed seeing full grown 🦌 lying in people's front lawns right in town.
I love Sonora. I went there a few times as a kid to see relatives. I've thought about retiring there eventually. They had a bad flood in 2018. Took them quite a long time to recover from it. Other than that, it's a great place.
They had a bad flood in 2018. --------------------------------------------- The Dry Devils River? What I have seen of Sonora is everything along highway 277, on the south side of town. I would hope other parts of Sonora are nicer.
I live in Venus Texas it's never mentioned but it's still a good town low crime rate a lot of people are moving out here but I live on the outskirts on farm and ranch Land. maypearl Texas is also good it looks like you're going out to the wild West in that town Midlothian Texas waxahachie Texas has Baylor Scott & Wyatt Methodist hospital and basically every business out here is hiring
I'm sorry but I can't recommend Port Isabel. Don't get me wrong as I live in Corpus Christi on the Gulf Coast just like they do 150 miles south of me but up here it's a different world. We have the same weather challenges not just with hurricanes and tropical storms but droughts as well. We have a very similar culture with our blend of Texan, American, and Mexican culture. But I'd never live closer to the Border than I live now in Corpus Christi. Ever. I'm sorry but it's just not safe down there now and it hasn't been safe for 20+ years Don't let moving there ruin your retirement. You can't go to some local beaches because not only will local police and DPS won't go there - neither will the Migra!!
If you are looking into Port Isabel, I'd highly recommend Laguna Vista instead. Just a bedroom community, so not much to do, however 1000x safer than Port Isabel, and just a 15-20 min drive from town.
I live in Plano (DFW), but for a year and a half, I was serving as a worship pastor (Ie, music guy - check out our channel! 😁) in La Grange (yes, a La ZZ Too & Dolly/Burt). So, my wife and I would commute back and forth each weekend. La Grange is a great little town, but I was leaving this comment to say we drove through Buffalo on most of our trips down and back for a year and a half, 2020-2022. Great little town, and convenient enough to get to the big city amenities. But be prepared in any of these small towns for limited restaurant options in town, and almost zero options later than about 8pm, or 10 on the weekends.
Like watching your texas videos. I'm an old texas Grammy lived here all my life except a few teen years in Alamogordo NM. My home town is Big Spring in west texas. Never on any list but it's unique. Not flat like most of west texas. South mountain has private golf course, scenic mountain has small park on top and lots of walkers. And Comanche Trail city park with outdoor amphitheater and public golf. There's also a VA hospital. Not sure about schools, so better for retirees.
FYI, from a 1965 Graduate of Ganado High School, it is a nice quiet community, the name was Spanish, but has englished over the years and is pronounced GaNADO. The theatre has been closed for a few years during COVID, but the owner is an older gentleman and I'm not sure he is or will be able to reopen any time soon, if ever! A good clean town with new schools and a stable population!!!
I'm asking again Briggs ... begging you actually,,, please include the distance to the nearest Walmart. That may sound trivial / but I assure you that it's not.
Thank you so much for providing this information! I’m planning on retiring in three years ( @ 66 or hopefully earlier). We currently live in Melbourne Florida, however contrary to rumor, due to expensive healthcare, now higher taxes & cost of living , and overcrowding…. I don’t consider this a good retirement state so we’re evaluating our options which provides us where we will be able to live on what we will have money wise. So far , Sonora has got my attention ( I lived in Del Rio long ago for two years so I’m familiar with that part of Texas…). V/R Pat Lis
Some of those are in hurricane alley though anywhere down on the coast of Texas, you're likely to get hit by the dirty side of hurricane at some point. Cleveland, Livingston, Dayton/Mont Belvieu, old river, Liberty those are all rural areas that you can still get affordable land to build on and not far from Beaumont or Baytown and within an hour or so of Houston.
I’ve lived in small towns in Texas. Most of the small incorporated towns are quaint on the outside. Some times the leadership in the city government, police department and local school districts are subjected to incompetent or corrupt leadership and management. Local families, that have lived in the towns since the founding, have streets named after them and are members of the local city council can be difficult to deal with. Provincialism is rampant as locals want things the way it was when their grandparents walked them to local drug store for an ice cream.Local younger people are often reluctant to move away because of fear of leaving the tutelage of family and friends. Also, when moving to a small town, within a week, the locals will know where you live, your personal background and your shoe size. I worked as a police officer in one small town of about 1600 people, that knew the name of my cat.
Just be sure you have your own backup generator and fuel for a month as well as bulletproofing on house and car. And a pickup truck if you don't want to be run off the road. Tattered flag optional.
I like Honey Grove and miss driving through there since they bypassed it with 4 lane US 82. When I have time after appointments at VA in Bonham , I take the time to reminisce the almost weekly trips from Ft Worth to Paris in the seventies when I was at Carswell AFB. It’s hwy 56 now . There seems to be a lot of job opportunities there due to solar farm projects and a new lake. I’m afraid a Mc Mansion ghetto will infect the area since it’s within daily driving distance from north Dallas,Collin , Denton counties. I think you overestimate the real estate prices but,being upper middle low class by birth and preference, I would be satisfied with what I could buy for $100K.
Mr. Briggs, Sorry to hear you have Covid again. I hope you get feeling better soon. I know what it's like to be out of breath, but I have COPD. Anyway, take care of yourself and do what your doctor says.
Sorry you got COVID twice hope you feel better soon My friend Lisa moved to a small town in Texas called Herne she and her husband loves it in between College station and Bryant Texas
Buffalo is really nice. Spend some time there, and you’ll have a very high probability of running into Tom Araya, from the thrash metal band Slayer. he & his family have a small ranch there.
Great picks, I've been to pretty much all of em. I think I like Buffalo the best. Sonora is a really nice town with really nice people and the live oaks still grow there so I wouldn't call it desert but any town west of there on I-10 would be desert. I actually like Junction, TX a little better cause it's only a hour from Kerrville and a couple of hours from San Antone, but then it's probably more pricey for real estate there too.
Texas sounded like a great idea. Then I visited for two weeks. Good luck. Weather sucks. Air crappy. Property taxes insane. System overloading. Bad weather power goes out and you freeze or rent rooms. Good luck.
Hi Briggs. Bit of a shocker there at the end. Hoping you're doing ok and taking a bit of a break. I enjoy the hell out of your videos but if it takes a bit of time for the craft beers to start smelling good and tasting better then so be it.
A large chunk of East Texas is connected to the central grid. We have gas-fired generation plants fueled by NG from our many NG fields plus coal-fired plants that burn lignite from nearby strip mines. We get from 45 to 60 inches of rain each year so have plenty of lakes and ground water.
Good video. Have you done “Top 10 Medium Size Towns on Texas” list? All the places on this one were population under 2,000. I live in Brenham which is about half way between Houston and Austin and 40 minutes to College Station / Bryan with their major medical hospital systems (St. Joesph and Scott & White) and Texas A&M….our population is around 10-12,000. Affordable housing and low crime…. Just a thought.
Surprised with Sonora at #1.. Junction, just down the road, is a better option imo. I grew up in San Angelo and spent my high school years in Ozona, which is just 30 miles west of Sonora. I am also surprised that a town like Canadian in the panhandle didn't make the list!!
The proper pronunciation of Ganado is your second (long second a). Yes, the ONE person is correct. But that pronunciation is only used by locals so we can tell ourselves from out of area types. Ganado is, as is Pt. Isabel, on the coast, so in hurricane alley. Build/buy with that in mind - it should make property less.
As a Texan, I can give some commentary about the town's you've listed. I've lived near or been through the towns very, very often growing up. But please remember that Texas is a very gun friendly state. If you see someone carrying a firearm, do not be alarmed as it is legally allowed here. Please go to a local gun range and take an introductory course for firearms! I promise you'd like it more than you think you would. It's truly a different way of life once you engage in gun culture down here!
#5) Buffalo - accurate crime and infrastructure explanation. The weather is generally mild in the winter and a normal Texas summer being hot and humid between 10am and 5pm with less hot and just as humid between 5pm and 10am.
#4) Honey Grove - Nice little place, quiet and not a sundown town like some people seem to think. Low crime, decent infrastructure and good job opportunities for young people with retirees and remote workers having no real issues, besides the Starlink vs. DSL issue lol.
#3) Port Isabel - I hope you like the humidity from an ocean breeze, tacos and tequila. It's a wonderful place with good infrastructure, decent healthcare, close enough to the border to go shopping on the weekend for cheap prices in Mexico. It's awesome for a small beach community, but do prepare for hurricanes.
#2) Ganado - Small and quiet, definitely a place for people that like the western feel or more relaxed, slower lifestyle. Remote workers that want to keep to themselves would love it.
#1) Sonora - Great small town. I've contemplated moving there myself just for the slower pace of life while still having good access to healthcare, internet, etc.
Good to hear the thoughts of a native Texan who really knows these towns.
What can you say about Brookeland? Next to the lake?
Your "gun culture" assertion is greatly overblown.
Hey Dubya, I carry a gun too, but not open carry, as I'm kinda shy about doing that. I conceal carry it in my pants, commando style.... Sometimes, I like to pull it outta my pants and lovingly rub on its barrel 'till it shoots off
Every town in Texas is a sundown town I don't care. there's gonna be a small group of klansmen in every small town that has connections to local government.
Sonora rocks. We have nature trails, great home cooking restaurants, fabulous museums, a top notch health care facility and hospital. At crossroads of I10 and 277. We have The Caverns of Sonora too...world famous.
I'm originally from Texas. Grew up in a small town. It's really not hard to work anywhere - most people commute and larger towns aren't far in most areas.
Take care, dear. We need you! 💝 Prayers for your health.
Ty
I grew up in Cash TX, close to Lake Tawakoni myself.
So sorry to hear you have Covid again. I pray you get completely well very soon! I live in Texas and I have not heard of some of these towns. This was very informative. Thank you for the video! God Bless😊💝
Have you lived in the states long
I'm sorry, but 80 percent of the towns are in East Texas. You should have done 5 rural towns east of I35 and then 5 west of I35. My home town of Ballinger, west, has interesting stories like Bonnie and Clyde started just outside of town, The Newton Boys ( Matthew McConaughey true story movie) robbed their last bank here, the person who wrote Home on the Range was from here and one of the most haunted places is here.
Ballinger, Tx, where the Walmart sign is as big as the store. Been through there several times, many years ago.
I live in San Angelo, and I love Ballinger. It’s a great town.
Not to mention that the majority of the contestants on "The Jerry Springer Show" hail from East Texas... lol
@@organican No one cares what you think.
@@jimmaynard3 well, apparently you care... lol
I am a 7th generation Texan and proud of it! I have lived a number of years in Dallas, Austin, and Houston as well as several smaller towns McDade, Huntsville, Matagorda, Conroe to name a few. Remember just because a town has a couple of doctors or a health clinic ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT say anything about the doctors, the facilities or level of quality and care available and provided. Go and look before you move there and just check out the doctor or clinics waiting room and see if its somewhere you would even WANT to go.... and if a nursing home is something you are interested in go check it out first too, cuz some can be really bad
Good advice.
@@johnmourer5747 The ideal? A small town near Houston due to its "Texas Medical Center"
@@jeffweed3947 You are absolutely correct. I live in Clear Lake area of Houston and it is a great city. 80+ years old and want to near the Medical District. Lots of small town near Houston.
Hope you're doing better-😊 I appreciate the small town reviews cuz my once small town in Texas is overrun in a short 13 years after moving here and I'm looking...too depressing seeing all the farms and ranches turned into subdivisions.
Which town?
My number one consideration for where I will retire is accessible, quality healthcare.
Google "Texas Medical Center" Houston
I have said it before and I'll say it again. Briggs is the best on RUclips for these kinds of awesome nerdy videos.
Also, "blood and doilies everywhere" is now one of my favorite quotes ever.
Born and raised here in San Antonio ..never heard of most of these towns 🤦🏼♀️ thanks for covering them ..San Antonio is getting to overly populated I wish people would stop moving here ..more people more problems 🤦🏼♀️
Amen
Yeah, I know what you mean. The CA Evacuees descended upon the DFW Area like the swarm of locusts they are and did their best to ruin our area.
I was on Randolph AFB from 85-89. Loved the area, can't imagine how it is there now.
@@thullraven1 I hate them so much
I wish I could afford to live my the missions. Right now the closest Catholic Church for me is 15 miles away give or take. I grew up walking to church and now out in the country priests have multiple churches and not as many activities in them.
You sounded congested in this video. I was going to wish you well. I noticed that the comment below said you have had Covid twice. I hope you make a full recovery! Thanks for all your hard work through this trying time...
We have a family ranch located about 10 miles from Buffalo, TX. Buffalo has grown quite a bit in the last 15 years, for the better. Not sure we'll ever live up there full time, but who knows? Nice video.
I spent my whole life in California
Retired to Coleman Tx
It sucks here
But it’s so cheap.
I was almost homeless in California
Here I feel rich.
So, leave Coleman if it sucks so bad.
I'll be glad when it gets hot
I heard the same thing from young folks from California that moved to Longview (East Texas). Said they earn less here yet now can put money in the bank after paying for their living expenses.
If almost homeless in Californication and now “rich” in Texas, quit complaining liberal…go back….Texans don’t complain….they appreciate their history and affordability.
@@williamzee7748 not complaining. Learn how to read
I lived in Buffalo, TX on a work assignment for about 7 months (2019). It is indeed a nice enough town. There are a couple good restaurants there, but my biggest complaint is that there are no bars there. The two Mexican restaurants kinda serve as the de facto bars, which worked out fine enough, but don't really qualify for me as bars. There is a night club open on weekends, but I went back to Houston where I live on weekends. Most of the people I met there are very nice and welcoming.
That's due to the local residents voting to keep their precincts dry. Some will allow beer, wine and set-ups to be sold in restaurants and liquor in private clubs. Many of the residents have a drink every now and then at home so drive to the county line where several liquor stores are located along a busy highway or a wet precinct that's closer that has liquor stores and a few dives.
When there were Blue Laws, you cant buy , Beer or Wine until after 12pm. No Hard liquor no Sundays.
$850k for 8 acres in Texas is ridiculous - normally 8 undeveloped acres is $18-22k - even developed $160k-$240k
freaking hilarious
Thank the fuckin out of staters.
A lot of that land was selling for $300 to $1000 per acre 44 years ago so was snapped up by wealthy local residents that then leased the acreage to nearby farmers and ranchers as they waited for urban sprawl to reach their area.
My friends did that in NWI during the mid-70's by buying up small farms in southern Lake and Porter Counties from their elderly owners. They updated the old farmhouses to live in then put in roads, water lines and an aerobic septic system for a trailer park so lot rents could pay for that and the farm. They leased the land to Pioneer for growing corn for seed that brought in additional income. Urban sprawl reached their areas in the late 90's as new housing developments started going up in their area. So far they've haven't sold any land to developers as their values continue to rise but have built small strip malls themselves on the corners of now busy streets where their kids run gas stations, small grocery stores and a pizza place that delivers. Behind those they've built self-storage units and larger building for storing boats and RV trailer campers.
Should be 80 acreas!
Seriously depends on the area. All the Californians have jacked up land prices around Austin and some other areas because they are willing to buy at California like prices. Even plain farm land is getting bought up by greedy investors.
Hope you get better soon-great of you to push through to get this video up for us.
Texas Is Beautiful From The Sky..
This is the best review I've seen about Texas so far.
It must be tough when at first your employer says "Hey if you want to work from home and only come into the office once every quarter or so that's fine by me " and then after you bought a house hundreds of miles away thinking you'll be a remote worker mostly suddenly he says "IF you want to keep your job you have to do at least 40 hours a week in house"... Now what ?
Covid cant last forever the world still moving
@@debbiecomer594 Covid certainly can last forever. It has for 1 million Americans. They all died!
Wouldn't matter to a young retiree like me. My income comes with me wherever I go.
@@andrewquint7962 That would be because they had compromised immune systems or underlying health conditions. To those, like myself, who are not compromised, it was nothing more than the sniffles and a minor annoyance.
Your videos are great but the average home prices are so far out of reach for us ~90% of the population. Maybe have videos of great towns with home prices with averages of less than $150k that are actually livable.
I live in a small town in WV. There’s no jobs. The crime and drug use is soaring. A house just sold here for $400 k. I don’t understand it. Who is giving people these loans? Where in this economy are the jobs to afford this? It’s insane
That would be the panhandle flat and dry. Dirt cheap compared to Dallas.
You didn't mention that Port Isabel is 6 miles from the SpaceX Launch Facility, which is way cool for we nerds.
East texas is very nice and selling like crazy . Livingston (has second largest lake in Texas) to Woodville and to Lufkin (close to beautiful lake Sam Rayburn) areas have heavily wooded and hilly terrains . Medical and internet are improving quickly . Was and still Is one of the last best land deals around . With the hill country and north Texas bulging at the seams east Texas is a pretty alternative. But that’s changing fast too.
My family is from East Texas (Mineola, Lone Oak), great area. I wish I could talk my wife into leaving California, I would head to East Texas. The weather isn;t always the greatest, but the fishing is awesome.
@@gottadrivem5878 I moved from Chicago to Longview in 1977 since it had a booming economy and is located in the wettest part of the state. Drove thru Texas earlier in the Spring and noticed that everything was brown due to drought except for East Texas. Now I live by Lake o' the Pines where one can buy land and homes for less due to being economically depressed since Lone Star Steel closed down decades ago.
how is buda Texas? I'm in Michigan and we are moving to east Texas this June. we do not know where yet. but it is set in stone lol.
@@dominicpecoraro6074 Buda is considered the hill country, not east Texas .
Pretty area , can be expensive and going fast .
Any insight on the Cedar Creek Lake area?
I’ve never been to Texas, but I would love to visit and perhaps move there one day. That’s why I watch your videos. Thanks
It's a great state I knew that with his video
Main con I’ve had living in Texas is the heat
Are you a democrat?
Fun fact, in the 90s when the Dallas Cowboys played the Buffalo Bills in the two Super Bowls, the town changed it's name to Blue Start those two weeks leading up to the two Super Bowls.
alan - i remember that; how time flies...
I once paid a visit to Sonora, TX for work. The thing that stuck out to me, is that at the company I was visiting, very few of the people who worked there were local. The company had a daily shuttle that brought most of them in from San Angelo about an hour north.
Sonora, Texas is beautiful.
@@texaskidzuk It is? Have you been to the south side of Sonora recently? There doesn't seem to be anything in that town except the petroleum industry.
@kenthompson5723 And that means jobs. There's nothing wrong with that.
@@texaskidzuk There are zillions of small towns that provide "jobs". This video was about small towns to retire in. An ugly town is not my idea of a place to retire. Sonora may have very nice people. But esthetically the parts of Sonora I have seen are downright ugly.
I like your videos, Briggs, 'been subscribed a long time. But a great town for me right now is any place that has a cheap, reasonably price house i can buy. These hyperinflated house prices are leaving me no choice but to leave my home state. I think the camper and RV nomads have it right-- "Just say no." (as Nancy Reagan advised).
Strange you should say that. I am not ruling that out either. 👍
When I had Covid I couldn’t put to word’s together. Sounds like you got a mild variant. Be thankful. You’re probably well and over it by now!
Go for some sunshine, vit.D, zinc, and some actual rest! Get well soon! 🙏🏼🤗☕
Briggs next series of videos do up an coming cities an towns of each state. So not just ones good to move to. But good ones to invest in the community or bring a business there for good treatment an living what’s a growing town that I may want to grow in
I've been to Port Isabel several times over the years and have considered moving there myself. It is a definite possibility. It is connected to South Padre by a bridge over the ocean and has a lot more going on than any of the other towns mentioned. It is about a third of the cost to buy than South Padre. It is as far south as Miami so expect the same temps.
Would you consider it similar to port a?
@@patrickodell7654 Closer to Aransas that Arthur.
Briggs, do you purposely post pictures of west Texas desert scenes when you're talking about east Texas? It's good for a laugh, so thanks for that.
Port Isabel is just an awesome place. Was there several years ago for work (phone company contract employee) and wish I had never had to leave...it felt like Gilligan's island only nobody was interested in trying to get off the island. Just such a "chill" place
Artie - were you not afraid of the headhunters? or, were you and ginger always preoccupied down at the lagoon?
@@z-z-z-z the golf course...God, help me but the golf course captured me and held me spellbound...forget the lagoon I "balled" every hole on the course
Honey Grove. You mistakenly referred to that veterans home in Bonham as a VA facility; it is actually a state facility contracted out to private management and staffing. All seven veterans homes in the state belong to the Texas Veterans Land Board. The one in Bonham used to get two star ratings, but a recent check shows an improvement.
As my Dad died in VA neglect in a Houston VA contracted nursing home, I would do lots of research before choosing any nursing home and consider VA Healthcare as a last resort. The social workers at the Houston VA aided and abetted in elder fraud and abuse and the state licensing board did nothing when I reported it.
In the late 60s before I-45 was completed there was a gap that included Buffalo, Texas... Mostly people just drove through to get back to where the highway started again and I remember as a kid Buffalo was the lunch stop.for the bus between Dallas and Houston.
Hey Cuz! You are absolutely correct. Just a place to eat and use the bathroom, not much else.
I can remember when homes cost $40,000 up to $80,000. Now the cost of home are priced like they are coated in gold.
Sonora has some of the most beautiful sunsets in Texas!
Obviously you've never watched one from the west side of the Franklin Mountains in El Paso.....
I wonder when you are going to make a video where the home prices are affordable for people who only get $800 month. Those "cheap" mortgage rates are out of reach for us.
port Isabel is really nice...only thing is the possible hurricanes...but hell...that's a risk ya take when living on the gulf coast
I live in Houston...but I've had the wonderful opportunity to go over the road with the hubby and I've gotten to experience to see most of our great state....texas has so much to offer just huge
My husband is an electrician and can probably find work anywhere. I myself work remotely.
I have only lived in Ganado (second A is a long A) for 6 months, but I have yet to find those mountains. Also, never been to Honey Grove, but I have not seen mountains in north Texas either. The reason people correct you is that there are numerous errors in your videos...but I still like them even though they are not totally accurate.
Yes those are probably not even Texas mountains. having lived most of my life in North Texas or on the Gulf Coast , I have never seen more than lush rolling hills East of I 35. The hill country is rocky but the Mountains don't start til you get to Big Bend area and El Paso.
Born and raised in south Texas…have never heard it called Ganahdo. It’s GanAdo.
PLEASE don’t try to pronounce Placedo! Or Mexia.
@@saltydog7988YES!
Nacogdoches Texas is where it’s at!! University town beautiful area reasonable housing prices schools are great low or no crime. Medical is very good. Oldest town in Texas with great history. Downtown is cool.
I hope you feel better soon, Briggs. Blessings and Love.
Thank you
I've been everywhere man. As a long haul truck driver, I've been on thousands of different highways and seen thousands of different towns. And that's just in Texas. But there is no way in hell to see every single hole in the wall town here. More paved road miles than any state by far, and 75% need repair. We just build new ones instead of fixing the old ones. Effing crazy.
Wishing you a speedy recovery, keep up the good work!
People need to check out the local water supply if they're considering moving to Texas. Many of the popular regions rely upon wells that tap aquifers which are recharged by rainfall. Many of those regions experience droughts so are placed on water usage restrictions when the level in the aquifers reach a certain level. That's due to the aquifers feeding springs that merge to make rivers that provide water for towns, cities and ag irrigation downstream. Then you have cities like San Antonio that ran a water pipeline 90 miles to a rural region where their wells are lowering the level of the aquifer by 10 feet each year. The region's residents now have to spend $4,000 to $5,000 to have their water wells drilled deeper thanks to San Antonio growing water needs. I'm sure more of the growing cities in the Hill Country will be doing the same thing fairly soon to keep people moving in.
I use the bank in Honey Grove and do some light shopping at the Dollar General. It's a comfy place with a lot of historic, remodeled two-story houses from the 1800s; and they also mostly preserved the old downtown square (brick buildings from the 1800s).My only issue is that it doesn't have many restaurants. There was a roadhouse style diner called "The Red Onion", but it shut down a few years ago; and there's a decent Mexican restaurant called El Mocajete, but other than that, all they have is gas station food. However, like you said, Bonham and Paris are both a relatively short drive away and they have lots of restaurants and shops, and they both have a movie theater.
Great video, and interesting picks for small town Texas. Covid again?? This is why the jab was a bad idea. It points your immune system to the first strain of Covid only. That’s it. Us that didn’t get the jab and got Covid don’t keep getting it. Sorry you have to go through it again. Stay healthy!
I’m in SETX in a what use to be a small town & we still have people walking around in masks.
@@perrylc8812, masks don't help. Sad.
There is something and someplace for every taste in Texas. Great video, thanks for just increasing their inbound migration rate!
Thanks, Briggs! I've been waiting for this one! Been looking, bit so many have crime problems!
Some of the things that influence me, beside your list, is zoning restrictions, and available water. If you don't have water, even if you have to drill for it, what good is it if you don't have adequate drinkable water? If you got restrictions out the ears you can't even think of homesteading without butting heads with neighbors or officials. If you want to just put up a garage/barn/workshop/greenhouse for your private use you got to jump through someone's hoops just to make sure you don't have a conflicting use or worse, you intend puttimg up a "nuisance or eye sore" to the neighborhood. Doesn't matter your neighbor has a 1970's trailer with a couple of cars on blocks in the yard, that all got "grandfathered in".
The state of Texas has a low opinion over building restrictions on private land. The state courts will go along with neighborhood building restrictions/bylaws if those are reasonable. My small development that was just outside the Longview city limits required backyard storage buildings to resemble the structure in front of it (roofing, paint to match the brick and trim) and to be built on a slab. That was a reasonable demand so folks followed it. South of town there were rural neighborhoods of new homes on large lots that were all Black. Their restrictions included no fencing on the properties and all outbuildings to be certain size, of iron and steel panel construction that were erected in the center of the property in the back where a gravel road marked the utility easement/ROW. They allowed guard dogs to stay outside to roam around 24/7 to deter crime. No fencing meant that the dogs could see what was going on the street over then run over there fast if trouble arose. Most of the metal building were 3 car garages that held fishing boats and old cars/pickups being restored or customized. A few were shops for tradesmen working out of their homes.
I'm sorry you have covid take care of yourself and thank you for covering my home state I've been here 60 years and have only heard of 2 of those towns so it's easy very interesting, feel better soon 🙏
Can you do videos on rural towns, with good schools for young families
Dallas was humid enough for me. I left after 45 yrs and moved 300 miles away, not saying where bc I love love my town and want it to stay tiny ❤ and got my 2 bedroom, 1 bath, dining room, central AC n heat and a huge back yard, 3 yr old roof, hardwood floors and completely liveable though i need new kitchen tile for 40k cash!!
I've been fishing in Port Isabel since the 60s and wish I could upload a picture of 50+ "Whiting" I caught one moring in about 3 1/2 hrs. This is the place to move to if you like saltwater fishing year round.
I love stumbling across videos like this and learning about what towns you think are the best to retire or live or whatever.. and some of your filler shots i could see that were of far west Texas in the Big Bend area.. I grew up in the best little town in Texas called Alpine and all though i now reside in Dallas i would still move back and retire there.. Health care is great and crime is low. so keep up what you are doing but go west and check it out.
Kudos! I left Alpine in 1961 when my dad got another job. Have missed it almost every day since.
Love your videos better than National Geographic
Mabank, Texas and Gun Barrel City on Cedar Creek Lake, are both growing like crazy, (especially with retirement age) but they both still have a rural small town feel with all of the shopping you may need and a nice ER, and there are several good internet options.
I've worked temporary private nursing shifts in Buffalo. It's a cute little town. I enjoyed seeing full grown 🦌 lying in people's front lawns right in town.
Awesome, finally Texas and we're looking !
I love Sonora. I went there a few times as a kid to see relatives. I've thought about retiring there eventually. They had a bad flood in 2018. Took them quite a long time to recover from it. Other than that, it's a great place.
They had a bad flood in 2018.
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The Dry Devils River? What I have seen of Sonora is everything along highway 277, on the south side of town. I would hope other parts of Sonora are nicer.
I live in Venus Texas it's never mentioned but it's still a good town low crime rate a lot of people are moving out here but I live on the outskirts on farm and ranch Land. maypearl Texas is also good it looks like you're going out to the wild West in that town Midlothian Texas waxahachie Texas has Baylor Scott & Wyatt Methodist hospital and basically every business out here is hiring
Utilities and shopping are other issues that need addressing when considering these towns.
What place doesn't have utilities?
Shopping, there's always Amazon.
I'm sorry but I can't recommend Port Isabel.
Don't get me wrong as I live in Corpus Christi on the Gulf Coast just like they do 150 miles south of me but up here it's a different world.
We have the same weather challenges not just with hurricanes and tropical storms but droughts as well.
We have a very similar culture with our blend of Texan, American, and Mexican culture.
But I'd never live closer to the Border than I live now in Corpus Christi.
Ever.
I'm sorry but it's just not safe down there now and it hasn't been safe for 20+ years
Don't let moving there ruin your retirement.
You can't go to some local beaches because not only will local police and DPS won't go there - neither will the Migra!!
If you are looking into Port Isabel, I'd highly recommend Laguna Vista instead. Just a bedroom community, so not much to do, however 1000x safer than Port Isabel, and just a 15-20 min drive from town.
I live in Plano (DFW), but for a year and a half, I was serving as a worship pastor (Ie, music guy - check out our channel! 😁) in La Grange (yes, a La ZZ Too & Dolly/Burt). So, my wife and I would commute back and forth each weekend. La Grange is a great little town, but I was leaving this comment to say we drove through Buffalo on most of our trips down and back for a year and a half, 2020-2022. Great little town, and convenient enough to get to the big city amenities. But be prepared in any of these small towns for limited restaurant options in town, and almost zero options later than about 8pm, or 10 on the weekends.
Like watching your texas videos. I'm an old texas Grammy lived here all my life except a few teen years in Alamogordo NM. My home town is Big Spring in west texas. Never on any list but it's unique. Not flat like most of west texas. South mountain has private golf course, scenic mountain has small park on top and lots of walkers. And Comanche Trail city park with outdoor amphitheater and public golf.
There's also a VA hospital. Not sure about schools, so better for retirees.
FYI, from a 1965 Graduate of Ganado High School, it is a nice quiet community, the name was Spanish, but has englished over the years and is pronounced GaNADO. The theatre has been closed for a few years during COVID, but the owner is an older gentleman and I'm not sure he is or will be able to reopen any time soon, if ever! A good clean town with new schools and a stable population!!!
I thought the same thing!! This is coming form an industrial graduate from 2010.
I'm asking again Briggs ... begging you actually,,, please include the distance to the nearest Walmart.
That may sound trivial / but I assure you that it's not.
That's a relative metric, especially out in the Big Bend in West Texas.
One place had Dollar General
Thank you so much for providing this information! I’m planning on retiring in three years ( @ 66 or hopefully earlier). We currently live in Melbourne Florida, however contrary to rumor, due to expensive healthcare, now higher taxes & cost of living , and overcrowding…. I don’t consider this a good retirement state so we’re evaluating our options which provides us where we will be able to live on what we will have money wise. So far , Sonora has got my attention ( I lived in Del Rio long ago for two years so I’m familiar with that part of Texas…).
V/R
Pat Lis
Hoping you feel better.Covid sticks.Go Texas.
Great video Mr.Briggs, hope you get a speedy recovery🙏🏾
Please do same kind of video for Missouri. Thanks
Some of those are in hurricane alley though anywhere down on the coast of Texas, you're likely to get hit by the dirty side of hurricane at some point. Cleveland, Livingston, Dayton/Mont Belvieu, old river, Liberty those are all rural areas that you can still get affordable land to build on and not far from Beaumont or Baytown and within an hour or so of Houston.
I’ve lived in small towns in Texas. Most of the small incorporated towns are quaint on the outside. Some times the leadership in the city government, police department and local school districts are subjected to incompetent or corrupt leadership and management. Local families, that have lived in the towns since the founding, have streets named after them and are members of the local city council can be difficult to deal with. Provincialism is rampant as locals want things the way it was when their grandparents walked them to local drug store for an ice cream.Local younger people are often reluctant to move away because of fear of leaving the tutelage of family and friends. Also, when moving to a small town, within a week, the locals will know where you live, your personal background and your shoe size. I worked as a police officer in one small town of about 1600 people, that knew the name of my cat.
Just be sure you have your own backup generator and fuel for a month as well as bulletproofing on house and car. And a pickup truck if you don't want to be run off the road. Tattered flag optional.
@@BitcoinTo100K it was very tongue and cheek. I forgot 'make sure your kids are past school age.'
I like Honey Grove and miss driving through there since they bypassed it with 4 lane US 82. When I have time after appointments at VA in Bonham , I take the time to reminisce the almost weekly trips from Ft Worth to Paris in the seventies when I was at Carswell AFB. It’s hwy 56 now .
There seems to be a lot of job opportunities there due to solar farm projects and a new lake. I’m afraid a Mc Mansion ghetto will infect the area since it’s within daily driving distance from north Dallas,Collin , Denton counties.
I think you overestimate the real estate prices but,being upper middle low class by birth and preference, I would be satisfied with what I could buy for $100K.
Mr. Briggs, Sorry to hear you have Covid again. I hope you get feeling better soon. I know what it's like to be out of breath, but I have COPD. Anyway, take care of yourself and do what your doctor says.
Dallas Texas native you nailed it man
Briggs you got it really helpful 😎
Sorry you got COVID twice hope you feel better soon My friend Lisa moved to a small town in Texas called Herne she and her husband loves it in between College station and Bryant Texas
Excellent presentation currently living lake livingston area
Hello Briggs if your back I'm happy your back if not enjoy yourself 😍😍😍😍
Great work here, as always Briggs! :)
I have literally been to every town on your list and most of the other towns in Texas other that aren't. of course I am native.
Buffalo is really nice. Spend some time there, and you’ll have a very high probability of running into Tom Araya, from the thrash metal band Slayer. he & his family have a small ranch there.
I have been to Buffalo and had a tire blowout there. Nice town nice people.
There’s a top ten list. V.A. facilities in the country.
Would it make sense to discuss the cellular situation; reception quality, how many bars, etc.?
Thanks Briggs. I'm familiar with with a couple of these.
Great picks, I've been to pretty much all of em. I think I like Buffalo the best. Sonora is a really nice town with really nice people and the live oaks still grow there so I wouldn't call it desert but any town west of there on I-10 would be desert. I actually like Junction, TX a little better cause it's only a hour from Kerrville and a couple of hours from San Antone, but then it's probably more pricey for real estate there too.
I stopped in Buffalo at Subway on my way back to Houston from Dallas!!!!
Texas sounded like a great idea. Then I visited for two weeks. Good luck. Weather sucks. Air crappy. Property taxes insane. System overloading. Bad weather power goes out and you freeze or rent rooms. Good luck.
Exaggerate much?
Completely correct please look elsewhere
Weimar, TX. Right in the middle of the Golden Triangle. 90 miles to the Big Three.
Hi Briggs. Bit of a shocker there at the end. Hoping you're doing ok and taking a bit of a break. I enjoy the hell out of your videos but if it takes a bit of time for the craft beers to start smelling good and tasting better then so be it.
My Aunt Charlotte lives in Honey Grove and has a hair salon in Bonham. Charlotte's Clipping Post. Both are cute smaller towns with great people.
Don't move to Texas. A lot of the small tourists towns are EXPENSIVE!!! The median house cost is around half a million.
Dear Mr World. I think you should include water and power on your list. These things are becoming more and more important these days.
Well, there's plenty of rain and power in central, south and east Texas.
A large chunk of East Texas is connected to the central grid. We have gas-fired generation plants fueled by NG from our many NG fields plus coal-fired plants that burn lignite from nearby strip mines. We get from 45 to 60 inches of rain each year so have plenty of lakes and ground water.
Buffalo is nice, pass by there a few times on road trips down to houston and stayed in a hotel there a few times, has a nice homey feel
Good video. Have you done “Top 10 Medium Size Towns on Texas” list? All the places on this one were population under 2,000. I live in Brenham which is about half way between Houston and Austin and 40 minutes to College Station / Bryan with their major medical hospital systems (St. Joesph and Scott & White) and Texas A&M….our population is around 10-12,000. Affordable housing and low crime….
Just a thought.
Surprised with Sonora at #1.. Junction, just down the road, is a better option imo. I grew up in San Angelo and spent my high school years in Ozona, which is just 30 miles west of Sonora. I am also surprised that a town like Canadian in the panhandle didn't make the list!!
how about shopping? like food, hardware, the things most need. not the fancy way the (*) over price specialty places. and yes weather.
The proper pronunciation of Ganado is your second (long second a). Yes, the ONE person is correct. But that pronunciation is only used by locals so we can tell ourselves from out of area types. Ganado is, as is Pt. Isabel, on the coast, so in hurricane alley. Build/buy with that in mind - it should make property less.