Top Pros and Cons list for McAllen TX & the Rio Grande Valley
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- Top Pros and Cons list for McAllen TX & the Rio Grande Valley
Find out if McAllen, Harlingen, or Brownsville are the places for you!
There are some real pros and cons to McAllen TX area be sure you know them and weigh them out. Joins us as we go through the Good and bad of McAllen TX.
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This stock footage is laughable. The RGV doesn’t look like this.
Explain
We dont have a canyon, or hills, and no cliffs to watch a sunset. We also DO NOT have the Roman Colosseum in McAllen. @AtenaCosmo82
@@Isaiah0528Liqifyel paso has mountains. Are there mountains nearby? Is El Paso safe? That’s the other side of the world for you.
You have never been to McAllen. You aren’t even using pictures FROM McAllen.
5:38 😂 We love the Valley but that bridge does not exist in our RGV
I stoped watching your video at 3:07
I am from the area for over 50 years, and your pictures show wrongly tall trees, mountains, long bridges on rocky terrain, and rocks in the water, which is totally false. If you want to express your opinions, don't just make up stuff. Ask the residents for content and show the actual area, not the nicer stock pictures. RGV is flat land, humid, and brushy environment.
B-roll. It’s common in vids like these but I, too, HATE seeing it. People very unfamiliar with areas will be misled through no fault of their own.
I will like to know more please, I’m planning to move there this summer, but I am never live in Tx, I’m in south Florida, family of 3.
@AnaGiselle777 Our Rio Grande Valley has been improving, as coming of more franchised businesses, road improvements, medical/ health at UT RGV education, a new large-scale Driscoll Childrens Hospital, besides 4 existing Universal health systems Hospitals, Resort type South Padre Island, plenty of a variety good places to eat out, and lots of car/house maintenance local services, very friendly people, a dominance of bilingual in a primary Spanish with a secondary English-speaking comunity.
@@AdanPMartinez01 Thank you so much for your kind comment, I have a son with mental illness, Autism high functioning, he has SSI because he is disabled, I would like to move there, to that area, but I am worried about the insurance issue, he has Medicaid and I have read people who say it is very difficult get approved for Medicaid in Tx and other services such as family counseling, therapies etc, even if you have legal documents. It is the main thing that worries me, I am not sure, I am not convinced that it is the best option to move there, because I do not want to wait more than 1 month for my son to be approved for state insurance. We are legal citizens, the processes should not be so long or complicated there.
I would love Florida to not be so expensive, otherwise we wouldn't leave here. I am looking for any other state that is affordable, and that has good and fast social services especially for families and single moms with like me with children with special needs.
Thanks Adan 😊
@AnaGiselle777 You are blessed with a wonderful caring heart! Your son will have the best health assistance from lots of available healthcare professionals . The RGV is considered low income. And by mentioning that; there are at least 45% of people qualified for Medicare/medicaid. and of course, medical professional specialists also accept major health insurance companies. There is plenty to choose from this area. My spuose had the best assistance experience 2 years ago when she suffered a TIA. The hospitals' ER were as angels who demonstrated their special care towards the patient. Not to forget the neurologist and his nurses who are super caring with her follow-ups.
2 pros you forgot to mention are the proximity to Mexico where there's great shopping, low cost prescriptions, and amazing food, and the other is that this area is rich in Mexican culture great music, strong family values, and some of the best local and family owned Mexican restaurants this side of the rio grande, as someone who actually grew up in the RGV theres one phrase that says it all PURO 956!
I didn't mention that? The food is great here. Thanks for the comment!
ALV cuhh
PLEASE DO NOT COME HERE FROM CALIFORNIA!!!!
Hello there! I am originally from California! Let's extend a warm Texas welcome to everyone.
@@LivinginMcAllenTX No. You're probably still in California since you know nothing about McAllen based on this video. Go back there and stay there and stop gentrifying the beloved valley. We aren't extending a warm welcome to people who wanna come here and change it all up and shit all over it.
You cali folk are weird
@@LivinginMcAllenTXbusiness is business
Lots of nepotism and favoritism if you don’t know anybody in the valley, you don’t belong here been here 2 1/2 years and I am leaving quick already bought a house in the hill countries of Westlake beautiful lakes
Sadly, this is true.
Get deep pockets and nepotism doesn’t matter 😉
Is it dangerous for blacks I've heard stories about the Valley
@@mikelee9612 not sure about that, two black people go to my church and seem happy living here. I am sure they face racist people. I also see black people at HEB and Walmart. Many white (Anglo) people face racism, I know I have many times. Most likely a black person probably faces it even more down here than I do.
@mikelee9612 I've personally never faced any blantant racism, I do notiably get pulled over multiple times a month, I haven't gotten a "ticket" though, Just warnings. I suspect it's mostly just couriosity, and investigative. As far as people, I don't speak spanish either so can't confirm if there's conversations or whispers about me in a racist way with the locals. I live in a particually smaller city, not far from McAllen in the RGV. I've lived here for over 3yrs and I still, to this day, get stared at, or asked by random people if I live here, or where I'm headed to. I've found that people either assume that 1. I'm involved in drugs, 2. I'm a Fed, 3. I'm in the military. and/or 4. I'm visiting from Houston. There is a Black population in McAllen and there's an organization that meets regularly designed to preserve and celebrate our culture called "Village in the Valley"... I haven't been to an event yet, but I've spoken with people that has, and they had great things to say.
In in conclusion to your orginal question, is it dangerous for blacks? I don't think it's as "dangerous" for black people in the Valley as anyone else. What you do, and who you involve yourself with determines the dangers you may face. Me? I mind my business, work, and I'm as careful as possible about who I choose to align myself with.
Do I see myself living here for 3 more years? probably not, it's a bit slow for me, lacks diversity, and job prospects for what i'd like to do in the future is limited.
McAllen is nice, i worked there for a year! And your video has so much wrong info and pictures.
I have parrots in my trees ❤ Brownsville Tx
They fly around all day at my home. Loud lil suckers.
Don’t forget the really good food! So affordable it got rated most obese city in Texas. Born and raised in the valley and I’ve seen the city go from small town to large city with too much traffic and a never ending roadwork on the expressway
Most obese city in the nation!
Traffic is so light compared to other cities! I'm from California, and may I never have to face traffic there again!
@@LivinginMcAllenTXTrue, it’s heaven if your from other large cities. Im bias and spoiled 😂
@@Psangela3 100%
Please don't move to my hometown! We're full and don't want our wonderful traditional home town changed!
Tell that to the illegals crossing from Mexico. Aint nobody living anywhere in the United States moving to McAllen
In 2022 it was on the top 20 list of places people moved to... shocked me too
@@LivinginMcAllenTXits a hidden gem
Always people like u selfish, you're no owner of nothing😅😅
Not yours
Rent is now 1,00-1,200 minimum wage is 9.00 need to go to college to live here or small business too many rude people need to know Spanish in warehouse environment so dont get mad if a Mexican with no papers is ur boss 🎉
Starbase is not a pro especially for people living in Boca Chica😂😂😂😂
I live in Rio Hondo TX 30 miles from South Padre Island. Great fishing and hunting all through the Rio Grande Valley, great schools, and plenty history
Thanks for sharing! There is a lot to see and do here.
Rio Hondo high here!!
"Great spot if you wanna bury someone" 😂😂😂😂
Im glad you clarified the type of burial... Now I have to find somewhere else. LOL
You forgot to mention hurricanes. Even though McAllen is not on the water, it does get the effects of hurricanes, including flooding. And like other's have said, a lot of those stock photos you show are not from the RGV. Cost of living is the lowest in the US, but it can be a big culture shock for people coming here from other states.
Bruh we barely any of that is always cloudy or sunny you trippin
Space X McAllen? I think this guy is confused.
Hes off by about 60 miles or more.
He means in the Valley. The video was about McAllen and things close by.
We full down in the 956 so yall can move to SA or Corpus🤣🤣
They’re full too. Most of Texas’s big major cities Austin, Houston, DFW and SA are full
Leaving The Valley was the best choice I've ever made
Why? if you don't mind tell me.
@@AnaGiselle777For some people it's very hot, i moved to Virginia but still go there every winter.
@@AnaGiselle777not a lot to do,great to retire to but you are certainly income capped
More details please
the car washes are for the cartell to wash they money xD
I grew up in McAllen, and was just back visiting a couple of weeks ago. The footage in this video is super false. The residents are super resentful of tesla because it's f*cking up Boca Chica and the wetlands/shoreline, and people are pushing out the culture when muskrat imports them to work for his wh*te supremacist companies.
If you don't speak Spanish, you will need to become fluent in a hurry, and if you speak it poorly and with your bland accent, don't expect anyone to help you do anything. The area is 92% Mexicano/Tejano who have been there for several generations - no one is going to do you any favors, especially if you're from the Pacific Northwest, where they already don't like multicultural people to begin with - and yes, I know Puyallup, it's where one of the Concentration Camps for Japanese people was located during the second world war, Camp Harmony, where the fairgrounds are now located.
Texas looks affordable on its face, but the property taxes will nullify that. There is no regulation with power companies and you will have to negotiate your energy consumption rates every few months, with no guarantee that you'll be warm during inclement weather when it occurs.
Weather... it was 110°F and 95% humidity during my visit in early May. It's not even July or August yet. ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) is already asking people to turn off their air conditioning to conserve power and it's not even the hottest part of the year yet.
Then there's cartel activity...
Don't move there. These youtube people and real estate people would love to sell you an idea of a place, but it's all false. Unless you're going to spend a month down there in August to see what it's REALLY like, don't let these sales people take advantage of you because you won't be able to get out of the bad investments in which you'll inevitably get yourself caught up.
I know it doesn't seem like it, but Florida is actually better for your investment dollars. Don't let yourself get taken for a ride by these people.
Homes in Florida are getting expensive too and they’re not raising minimum wage and young Floridians are moving up north as far as Colorado
Something very interesting about Anglo white people living in the Rio Grande Valley in the 1900s when I was a kid was they were just like any other people from small towns in Texas, even though they are to this day only about 10-15% of the population.
We dont need a Six Flags, just go to the airport on one of the 300 days out of the year when it's windy.
Direct flights from McAllen TX to Las Vegas , thru Alligant Airlines
Love Allegiant!
my husband works in IT, we are looking to relocate from CA. We are tired of the overreach in state government and the laws are largely against parents... its been a long time coming but we are basically just looking for affordability & health for our family.
Give us a call!
McAllen and San Antonio are the best places in Texas to live. The cost of living is so low. Bring your CA monies to McAllen, where you can buy a house outright and cross over to Mexico and purchase items highly cheap. Finally, you can live like a queen and king in McAllen and the people are good folks. Your husband can start his own IT co. in the Texas Valley.
Don't move down here, to frkn hot, winter doesn't last, and jobs pay you minimum wages and cost of living is too high. Businesses rip you off. Overall, it sucks down here.
This is just a commercial for Tres Lagos
I make videos of a lot of neighborhoods.
Why did you not take any actual video of the area! 😂why all the stock video?
McAllen and the RGV in general is definitely growing into a metroplex and it’s amazing to see how fast things are happening! UTRGV Football alone is going to help put the Valley on the map and it’s just an exciting time to be here ✊
@@TheRioGrandePodcast Football at UTRGV seems like a big waste of money
When you move to TX, leave your politics behind Californians lol
I’m moving here
That's great! When?
Let me guess the creator from this channel is from
California and is trying to get people to move to the valley using his realtor company. Those homes being constructed in a rush with lots of issues and paid off home inspectors. Nice!
You were close. He is from the greater Seattle Washington area.
@@thisguy4209 he says he is from Cali in a comment up there.
@@st.upid_fr0g470 Well, then I guess he was lying when he said he's from Washington State right here -----> 2:40
@@thisguy4209 yeah, but he say in the comment of @Psangela3 he is from California, who knows if he says the truth on any of the 2 statements, The only sure thing is that the dude wants to sell houses in McAllen, lol.
@@st.upid_fr0g470 😹
First thing you said was wrong. We aren’t on the river….thats Hidalgo TX. We’re 8 miles from the river.
Thanks for Correcting me, be sure to watch all my videos and let me know where we slip up on the info...
Please do your research and then post the content, but don't make stuff up only to promote your business. @@LivinginMcAllenTX
@@LivinginMcAllenTXmaybe do your research first cuz
I’ve been here all my life. If you like gang members from Mexico 🇲🇽 ,walking distance border wall, murders on the daily, tires always stolen, 98% talking Spanish (no English) then yes. Come to RGV
I've been here 6 years. No stollen tires. Haven't met the gang members, just a lot of regular folk. Sorry your experience has been negative
we know English we just prefer Spanish.
I taught at the most colina fed schools here and never experienced or heard any of that.
@@victorguerra1430 murder on the daily, your tripping !
I have lived here all my life and it's the best place to live here
Texas will nickel and dime you. Property, sales tax, gas, utilities. So you're not saving much unless you're taking home upwards $75k or own a business.
That is not the beach in SPI with that stock film 😂😂😂
The place is trash , the entire valley is boring and dead , I lived there for 25 years and am so glad I moved away, will never set foot in that place again, going to sell my house and never look towards that state ever
Oh yeah I'll be moving to mcallen. Regardless pro or cons.
Heck yeah! let us know how we can best serve ( :
From where and why?
We don’t need people bringing their traditions here we are good
You will regret it lol
In McAllen I heard it’s the most obese city in America
Never heard that
Yes it is
Well the same is said about the USA vs the world
People have diabetes and they still buy dessert high in sugar with a redbull
Or you dont want to acknowledge it. Find Jesse the TH-cam influencer bruh. He keeps it real.
That’s not the ocean. It’s the Gulf of Mexico
You must ride the short bus
So hilarious and original
Yeah dont come cause we speak spanglish and you'll regret it.
Washington DOES NOT have state taxes
you are in brownsville, not mcallen
Just moved from SA area
Welcome! If you have any questions, I'd be happy to help
Right now I'm just doordashin and thinking about trying to find a job that pays well.
Good luck on the job hunt, pay suxs@@delanomcgee2923
Our area does not look like these pictures 😂😂😂
The valley is 100% who you know. The valley is also 100% Hispanic culture if you come here and try and change things you will be hated. The valley is also Patriotic. If you go to jail from the valley you will once again findout hispanics literally rule this area.
Yes, it is who you know, but that is true of almost anywhere.
The RGV patriotic? U cud not b further outta reality.
The reason it's safe is because there's no whale whale whale. I spelled that wrong on purpose. Replace whale with "well" lol
Racist much?
I live in Colorado, Income is $120K Home value is $750K Income tax + home tax is $8K. In texas a $750K home tax would be $15K. Think I'll stay in Colorado.
Colorado is so beautiful but there are some folks who don't like snow. They love the weather here.
Yes that’s same in Seattle property taxes twice Les then in TX. I guess it is another misconception about conservative state. The only good this we can sell her and buy with cash in TX.
Hey genius, your 715k house would cost 350k in Texas
@@clashwalker6764 Maybe but the house in Texas wouldn't have my Million Dollar view of Pikes Peak (Not Taxes). Like I said "Think I'll stay in Colorado" I'll visit Texas in my RV.
Drugs Drugs Drugs
Not a issue,unless you’re in the slums
I’m thinking it’s Jobs only for people who also speak Spanish.
Maybe
Ain't nobody got time for all that
yep, that's what I remembered. Fled the area two decades ago.
😊
You guys should really work on your editing and the responses. Some of your questions were answered completely different.
Napoleon Dynamite?
Do not come here if you’re educated . They only want Spanish speakers. The weather is above 110 in the summers. There is almost no winter except for three days to six days. No job really pays well above 40,000 most people live out here on 20,000 or less. You are better off in San Antonio or further north. Crime is bad and so is the quality of living.
Clearly you don't live "here" then.
Yes, speaking multiple languages is for the stupid.
@@LegendJR7 there's much more crime in San Antonio
Winter time 80 maybe 70 wtf 😂
Wait until you pay for property tax and insurance 😂😂😂
Stay of Texas, go back
Gulf of Mexico not the ocean.
It's only cons, so is Brownsville
I live In McAllen since 1980. I live here.... All Neighborhoods in McAllen and their roads are well maintain and will take you anywhere in the city. There is No con to this. Since thirty years, McAllen airport has been expensive to take off from to go up north upstate or the rest of the country.
If money is not your problem, fly direct from McAllen, otherwise you must go to Harlingen International. That's a well deserve con. But in the past twenty years the Expressway 83 has been widened and faster, all the way to Harlingen and Brownsville and it's much quicker to day in 2024, Unlike 1997 or so. 14:07 District 15 just turn RED!!! that's must of Hidalgo county finally went conservative. All our region is still conservative.
If you Hate conservatism, don't move to McAllen. The crime in McAllen is low. It's safe. Don't believe let lies and ignorance that the Drug cartels of Mexico's have roadblocks in McAllen, how moroninc is that!!! You'll love the food of our regions, it grew in isolation from the rest of Texas. Authentic TEXMEX cousin e and we also have major outlets of Restaurants like any other big city in Texas or America, we have it!
Entertainment? We have a History of it for over 40 years, from Disco/80s, Rock, Reggaton, HipHop, Norteño, tropical Alternative dance music from trance House, techno To Grunge Indie Goth and COUNTRY... NIGHT Life on the weekends!
McAllen even has a entertainment dance district on 17th street downtown!
NOW you know!
How about jobs? Pay rates?
Here is one link about that.
www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/-in-McAllen,TX
Hi David, It’s sounds really good to me! I am planning to move there this summer from South Fl. I was very worried about the issue of the border with Mexico and the cartels, if it was dangerous…
Do you know what is the best high school in McAllen or Hidalgo County that is not far from McAllen?
And how efficient is the health care system there?
thanks in advance. 😊
What about African American people?
How about that bronze bull
Yeah, how about it
Dont move here. Better yet, move out!
Texas we officially closed access to California's and any liberals. We love our traditional and morals. Faith, family, guns , freedom.
Yea it sucks here, so don't move here to the valley its horrible 😅😅😅
LOL
Obesity town😢
I don't know what kind of drunk nonsense you pulled this crap from. It doesn't even average over 100 here in the summer, and it averages with lows in the 50s in the winter and highs in the lower 70s. Whoever made this channel clearly doesn't live anywhere near McAllen or the valley.
alot of korruption & racism .
dude stay out of my city with your BS
Do not come here, you will not like it.
The Communist CaCaFORNIA it is not a REFERENCE for NOTHING.
Just moved from California and bought my house brand new and cheaper. There's nothing like Texas!!!
Please don’t move here! It’s getting way too crowded thanks to all these Californians!
CA People are Moving everywhere for sure
That’s what you get for living in TX 😉
People that say dumb crap like that act like someone is just gonna listen to some random person on the internet. I’ll move where I want to and you can continue working at Walmart 😂😂😂
Thats what I'm saying Jailene! Hell yeah girl! Dont want these fools messing up my valley culture. Tan todos joto a la chingada.
I thought the CA people are moving to bigger Texas cities like Dallas, Houston and especially Austin since a lot of hi-tech companies there and people want to live by the hills and Lake Travis
Harlingen has like 5+ new carwashes 🤔
Definitely a growing trend around the entire valley, yeah
Can you say money laundering
@@notaliberalfromcali6245 wasn't that the way they did it in Breaking Bad lol
@@Rambosa19 Sure was!
Might be moving to McAllen from Minneapolis. I'll have no friends. Wanna have a beer?
Sure
Leave your politics in Minneapolis.
A beer with a side of 14 kilos of pure Colombian cocaine.