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05 Jan 2021, 7:43 pm

auntblabby wrote:
ALL the best quirky places tend to be high cost-of-living. places like NYC, Seattle, Olympia [WA], Bellingham [WA], San Fran, L.A., various places in new mexico, nevada, oregon, rhode island, texas [esp. austin and san antonio], the city of new orleans.


San Antonio isn’t that expensive. It’s cheaper than Dallas or Houston.

The Rio Grande Valley is currently the most affordable area in the U.S. right now, except maybe Detroit.


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06 Jan 2021, 1:14 am

San Francisco


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06 Jan 2021, 1:54 am

Tim_Tex wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
ALL the best quirky places tend to be high cost-of-living. places like NYC, Seattle, Olympia [WA], Bellingham [WA], San Fran, L.A., various places in new mexico, nevada, oregon, rhode island, texas [esp. austin and san antonio], the city of new orleans.


San Antonio isn’t that expensive. It’s cheaper than Dallas or Houston.

The Rio Grande Valley is currently the most affordable area in the U.S. right now, except maybe Detroit.

i loved san antonio, when i was stationed there in the mid-80s, though, my enlisted pay was not enough to make apartment rent even when paired with another GI.



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06 Jan 2021, 3:43 pm

Interesting question. I only know from my own experiences. I've lived in Austin, TX; Brooklyn, NY, DFW TX (where I currently reside), and Israel (which I realize is not in the US, lol).

New York was the worst place for me. People were rude, short tempered if I took more than 5 seconds to respond. Definitely the least understanding place I've lived as a whole. And every day was a sensory overload. I was ok in the orthodox community though. People there were awesome, kind, and accepting of my differences. But anywhere outside those areas was stressful and I don't want to go back.

Austin was pretty great. People are pretty accepting even if you seem weird or off. :D

DFW is hit or miss. Some areas are really easy going and good about giving southern hospitality to everyone fairly equally. And some places treat you like you're a moron if they think you're different, slow, have a mental illness, or ASD etc. For the most part I'm comfortable here.

Israel was by far the best place I've ever lived. Felt the most comfortable and accepted there! Its the only place I ever felt as peace.


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06 Jan 2021, 11:02 pm

Spunge42 wrote:
Interesting question. I only know from my own experiences. I've lived in Austin, TX; Brooklyn, NY, DFW TX (where I currently reside), and Israel (which I realize is not in the US, lol).

New York was the worst place for me. People were rude, short tempered if I took more than 5 seconds to respond. Definitely the least understanding place I've lived as a whole. And every day was a sensory overload. I was ok in the orthodox community though. People there were awesome, kind, and accepting of my differences. But anywhere outside those areas was stressful and I don't want to go back.

Austin was pretty great. People are pretty accepting even if you seem weird or off. :D

DFW is hit or miss. Some areas are really easy going and good about giving southern hospitality to everyone fairly equally. And some places treat you like you're a moron if they think you're different, slow, have a mental illness, or ASD etc. For the most part I'm comfortable here.

Israel was by far the best place I've ever lived. Felt the most comfortable and accepted there! Its the only place I ever felt as peace.


I currently live in DFW as well. It's alright, not the best but certainly not the worst. Like you said, people here are pretty diverse so I don't find it too hard to find a group of ppl I'd want to associate with if I looked moderately hard enough. I've moved quite a bit in my life and I wanted to solicit others' opinions before sharing mine. Here's how I'd rank the places I've lived from best to worst in terms of the people and not, say, cost of living, climate, anesthetics, etc:

- San Francisco Bay Area (esp Berkeley, CA)
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Los Angeles, CA
- Orange County, CA
- Sacramento, CA
- DFW, TX
- Detroit Metro. MI
- Rolla, MO
- Xi'an, China (my birthplace but I only lived there till I was 3 but I still revisit every decade or so till the pandemic.)

<Huge Gap>

- Midland, TX


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06 Jan 2021, 11:06 pm

Define "quirky"?

America is diverse and you will find every region has its quirky places.



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06 Jan 2021, 11:26 pm

Actually some cities are known for tolerating eccentricity: Province Town, San Francisco, Key West, and New Orleans.

And if you have geeky autistic traits than I would assume that Silicon Valley would be tolerant of you.



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07 Jan 2021, 12:44 am

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Actually some cities are known for tolerating eccentricity: Province Town, San Francisco, Key West, and New Orleans.

And if you have geeky autistic traits than I would assume that Silicon Valley would be tolerant of you.


Unfortunately, all those places (except maybe NOLA) are out of reach unless one makes major $$$$$$


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07 Jan 2021, 12:55 am

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09 Jan 2021, 10:24 pm

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I currently live in DFW as well. It's alright, not the best but certainly not the worst. Like you said, people here are pretty diverse so I don't find it too hard to find a group of ppl I'd want to associate with if I looked moderately hard enough. I've moved quite a bit in my life and I wanted to solicit others' opinions before sharing mine. Here's how I'd rank the places I've lived from best to worst in terms of the people and not, say, cost of living, climate, anesthetics, etc:

- San Francisco Bay Area (esp Berkeley, CA)
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Los Angeles, CA
- Orange County, CA
- Sacramento, CA
- DFW, TX
- Detroit Metro. MI
- Rolla, MO
- Xi'an, China (my birthplace but I only lived there till I was 3 but I still revisit every decade or so till the pandemic.)

<Huge Gap>

- Midland, TX


I find the big gap then midland hilarious. I've spent a decent amount of time in East Texas, thats where my brother is currently living. And I dont feel to comfortable there a lot of the time. I know midland is west Texas but the feel is similar that far out. Some areas of east Texas I'm honestly afraid to advertise I'm Jewish. I mostly stay on my brothers land when I'm there and only go into the small bed and breakfast town he lives in because their pretty accepting of outsiders. ... but and this is a big but, outside those 2 places I dont really feel at ease. My brother is always making jokes about deliverance and the hills have eyes. I'm like why are here than? Because the land is cheap?. He's happy but he's also served in the military and he's funny, so people accept him easily.

BTW as far as dfw goes. I find if I bring Appa my pyr/shepard mix with me anywhere I'm allowed (and some place I'm not, 8O ) I'm pretty easily accepted, even if i act weird. Lol. Or maybe its because Appa is huge and people are afraid to mess with me. :lol:


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