Texas is the only state I've ever been too where there are more people who identify with the state than identify with the country. A true testament to how unique the Texas culture is.
One of my cousins married a man from New Zealand (1955). Many of his family and friends came to Austin for the wedding. We exposed them to Texan culture including food and even a nearby rodeo . The New Zealanders were quite surprised at the opening rodeo festivities when the audience politely clapped as the cowgirls rode about with the American flag, but were wildly demonstrative, hooting, yelling whistling, etc. when the cowgirls rode by displaying the flag of Texas...says it all.
I was in Japan and when people asked where I was from I would say Texas while other Americans would say the U.S. and some of the Japanese caught on to it. "wait he says the state and you say the country."
We add the fact that Mexico is becoming a manufacturing superpower and Laredo, TX is becoming its logistics partner into the US. Texas is holding so many cards right now.
@@michaelbirdwell7985 Bad idea. That whole thing about the Cuba chokepoints not being blocked by a hostile foreign power doesn't apply to a Texas Republic.
The “affordability” of Texas though is quickly going away. The incomes are justifying the rapidly increasing housing cost and all the other costs that are shooting up
@@staywoke2198 bought my first house in 2002 for $147,000. That house is now worth over half a million, and it’s in Buda: a bedroom community 15 miles south of Austin. The condo downtown I bought in 2015 for $440k is now worth almost $700k even with interest rates at 5%+. It’s nuts.
DFW is now the 4th largest metro area in the US with over 8 million people! Houston metro is 5th. The growth is insane, but people know a good thing when they see it! Texas Proud! ⭐
Yeah, we long time natives don’t love the insanely rapid growth. I’m a 4th generation Dallas dweller and I’ve watched the traffic and crowding get worse and worse every year. I’d move to a smaller outlying town if my job and finances permitted it.
Living in Austin, TX my whole life I can tell you that the growth out here is insane. Every time I go off to college and come back for breaks, there’s 3 new apartment complexes and 2 more lanes of traffic paved
Moved into Gracywoods before the Domain was developed and it's a little crazy seeing the skyline of the Domain when exiting. It was more in the country before and there are still guinea birds roaming the neighborhood from the farms that existed before that actually have protected status in the city. Several of the Office Space movie scenes were filmed in the area in the late 90's.
My parents bought their home in austin for something like $80,000 in 1991. Last year their neighbor sold their home for $1 million. It's just a normal neighborhood built in the late 70s. That is wild to me.
@@Gerwulf97 it’s great for boomers but horrible for millennials and gen z. Housing shouldn’t b e a commodity bought and sold. Speaking of the boomers and silent generation that bought single family houses in the 60s-80s for the equivalent of $80k-200k today and are now worth 1m for the sake of location are now fighting any denser housing development like apartments that would house more people more affordably or fighting mass transit projects that will provide more affordable transportation.
Texas has some of the greatest bird diversity in the United States. Many birds use Texas as a transit in their migratory routes. The wildflowers in the state are beautiful, especially with blue bonnets. You see waves wildflowers in the highways and many in the country roads.
Great biodiversity, it’s beautiful. I feel fortunate to live on the Texas blackland prairie as I get to see all sorts of wildlife but I worry that it’ll continue to dwindle. Less than 1% of the prairie actually remains and lots of these methods mentioned for our energy needs are continuing to do more harm to life than good.
I agree. Winding, up and down country roads with fields of wildflowers is so soothing. I recently changed my commute from work to home in order to go through areas like this. No more highway and such a relaxing commute.
I've been in Texas since 2011. The growth from just 2011 to 2023 in San Antonio TX, where I live, has been immense. There are a lot more people here now. I don't regret the move from California to Texas, but it's getting crowded here. Texas has improved my life and my family's lives dramatically though. My son was born in Texas in 2016. I'll probably never leave. I really like it here.
Sadly too many people moving can be a bad thing. It drives up rent and home prices and the same issue just repeats that happened in California. Too much growth can be bad if you're not rich where you live.
I'm glad you brought up how much wind power we produce in Texas. It's a massive operation. You can't go down any highway out in the west of the state without seeing wind farms now.
Governor Abbott claimed ,the reason why Texas grid failed was because of wind and solar as he took $1 million bribe from the gas Industry. So what are you trying to say ? Your governor It’s cause more damage to your state than you will ever be able to repair. Good luck, Texas, dirt.
It'd sure be nice if our state government got the transmission lines out to all of them like they said they would. The amount of anti green energy people that harp about *still windmills* and how it is all a scam without factoring in that the windmills were built on time, it is the state dragging their feet getting the high density transmission lines fully built.
Didnt Trump say that windmills give you cancer? Also, no electrical grid, no point in windmills, Tesla cars, or rooftop solar panels. SUCK. MY. OILY. BITS -Texas probably.
yeah because the contracts sold a bazillion barrels of diesel "JUST IN CASE" that have to be processed every 3 years for contaminants and result in billions of dollars in infrastructure contracts no one actually has to complete because by the time any of it matters the entire system will be too expensive to run compared to extremely cheap alternatives already on the market. Bragging about Texas wind generation is like bragging about Trumps gold toilets. They are both just for shts. Literally.
As I Texan I love seeing my state grow and prosper but I also see it as a little bitter sweet. A lot of the things that make Texas special to me is is changing, lets hope its for the better!
They’d probably just join us, Texans and Oklahomans are basically cousins, and I’m not just saying that because I’m Texan and my cousins are literally from Oklahoma
I moved from downtown SF to Southwest San Antonio. People are so educated here, is lovely. I'm loving texas and the birds singing in the morning instead of homeless in drugs howling in pain and desperation at 5am. I JUST FUCKING LOVE TEXAS
@@grtgamer6807 both sides are equally just as bad for equally different reasons. Politicians do not look out for the average citizen but whatever business is willing line their pockets
I lived in Texas for about 6 years, and you can literally see the population growing on a month by month basis. I dated a girl that live nearly an hour away and I could see the traffic on 35 get heavier and heavier over the course of 2 years.
I lived in Houston in early 1970’s and roads which were two lanes are now 8 lane highways, the traffic here sucks, it’s why we moved to Central Texas..
If Lawmakers here can get some funding into public transit between and inside the Texas triangle, it would be a truly unstoppable metropolitan area. The main issue, as well as strength, with Texan transport is the hyper-focus on the road system, which provides a lot of benefits, but also detracts from attractiveness of the cities. Houston is infamously a nightmare, and Dallas is close in second with Austin getting worse by the day; I think Texas could benefit from a better planned or more well-rounded system that allows cars/trucks, trains, and pedestrians/bikers to coexist. American cities don’t need to be copies of other international cities, it’s a different situation, but there are some lessons to be learned from places like Paris and Tokyo.
That's not happening. 20 years living in this state and the prevailing sentiment I've heard about public transit is that it's too expensive, dirty, unsafe, and nobody here wants car traffic to be deprioritized one iota. People here are way too attached to their massive trucks and SUVs to ever allow real spending on public transit or biking infrastructure. Maybe in Austin, cause that's where most people go if they're more liberal, but DFW/Houston I just can't see it happening there.
Be honest it’s perfect that way it is. Different cup of tea for everyone. I like that it’s not trying to be like other cities around the world. It’s especially semi truck friendly. If one doesn’t like driving then Texas ain’t for them and that’s ok.
I moved to Texas in 2019 from Kentucky. I got my house in 2020 (during the pandemic) & this is the best thing I could've done (should've moved here years ago)
Where in Kentucky did you move from? I'm in Louisville and have been looking into changing states in 5 years or so. The biggest thing keeping me here though is how low the cost of living has remained compared to much of the rest of the US.
@@semaj_5022I moved from Jeffersonville Indiana (which is pretty much Louisville) to Texas. Texas is good but I will just say they different here. I can't really describe it but just different. And as big as Texas is there's A lot of land with hardly anybody there. I would suggest going into the areas outside of the city to live.
@@semaj_5022and the cost of living I think is less here than it is in Kentucky. And Texas is so big that if you didn't want to work a regular job you can lift or Uber and be all right.
As a native Texan, Texas is so big that we have 4 different biomes and just and hour drive from one city to the next gives you vastly different cultures
More than an hour, but yeah. Back when my brother was in college we'd regularly make the trip from a small town north of Austin to San Antonio and it took about 2 hours each way. From where we were living at the time it was 4 hours to Dallas and 3 to Houston. Even though I've lived here my whole life it's still a bit mind boggling how huge this state is, and it's not even the largest by land mass. Do you ever watch Daytripper?
Also don't forget once you pass I35 going west there's NOTHING. I'm from West TX and that is something that is missed everytime. Just how empty it is. You get near el paso and good luck finding someone
Texan born and raised. Although I do see major benefits to the growth of Texas. Please do not overlook the stress it put on native Texans. It pains me to see my brothers and sisters be priced out of their home towns.
It happened to me and now I am homeless .I sleep in my truck and work framing and foundation s .rent is unaffordable .so I build houses for people to feed my self to be homeless. This is progress mind you.
Same here, so many on the internet like to look at Texas with rose-tinted goggles, but overlook the issues we are facing because of that growth including us locals being unable to afford housing, the water shortages, the strain on the grid, and worst of all, many of these folks ignoring the growing authoritarianism in Texas.
It would’ve also been worth mentioning how there’s a huge chunk of our military-industrial sector in Texas along with a large amount of military infrastructure/bases
As a Texan myself i believe that i can speak for all Texans when I say that seeing Texas grow more and more over the years is a big accomplishment and seeing it get better just warms my heart also I wouldn't have known it was getting bigger with out you so thank you
I'm not even american, but out of the 50 states, Texas Is my favourite and I'm so glad that it's doing so well. I wish one day I'll be able to visit Texas, but my secret dream Is to live there ❤
@@creekmorenoelle well me personally I think China is a cool country, sure it had soome set backs in the past but hey, it's having a come back! But there are some people in Texas who don't take to kindly to others, but there republicans so you probably already knew that
Native Texan, old and gray. Frankly we were quite happy with the smaller population numbers. Part of the charm of living here, and those of us old enough to remember Texas as it was 50-60+ years ago miss that aspect of it. I recently had to make a trip to a small town roughly 100 miles north of Austin, good grief what a madhouse of people. The rural two lane highways were jammed, everyone drives like the seat of their britches is on fire and it's 50 miles to water.
I wish I got to see Texas when it was like that, I'm sure it was much nicer. I'm currently in Dallas, but only lasted for my year lease before deciding to hightail it out of the state to a less populated one. My issue with videos like this is they don't really go into the negatives that come with growth... The homeless situation in the DFW area is truly insane. Tent cities galore, almost any abandoned building you see being broken into and lived in by huge groups, drugs everywhere, crackheads everywhere, open prostitution, etc all run rampant here. I just went to 7/11 yesterday and a prostitute walked past my car wearing no underwear and an extremely short dress with her butt hanging out, I saw everything and my two young daughters were in the car. I even saw her pimp. In downtown Dallas, you see homeless folks sleeping on cardboard right outside ritzy hotels that cost hundreds a night to rent. It is a sad state of affairs here in the city; I'm sure it's nicer in smaller towns, but for how much longer? Will the depravity and sadness of the city leak to those places as well? I'm not sticking around to find out first hand, but I hope Texas gets a grip on the negatives that come with all this growth or people will eventually mass exodus out of Texas just like they are from California now.
I could tell this was made by a Texan well before you mentioned it. Born and raised in Houston and lived in Austin since 2010. The growth is equally as wild and exciting as it is sad. There was a charm and quirkiness to Austin in the 80s/90s that I sorely miss, but nothing gold can stay. One other note of Texas pride: NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston playing such a significant role on a global scale.
I moved here in 2010, and everyone was soo nice and friendly, but.... Comparing austin back then to now is like comparing heads to tails. It feels less like it used to. I don't know how it was in the 80s but well either way the amount that austin changes from decade to decade is incredible.@@C.O._Jones
@@sinusoidalKant It was basically a sleepy college town, you could see the Capitol from pretty much any vantage point, the streets were filled with one-of-a kind characters, and the music scene was organic. Watch Linklater's movie Slacker for a pretty solid capture of late 80s/early 90s Austin.
You did a pretty good job on getting most of the facts right. A lot better than most of the videos produced on TH-cam. One misconception that a lot of people have especially younger people is that fracking his new technology. I was working on fracking Cruise in the 1970s and it had already been around a long time. Perfecting horizontal drilling was the key that changed everything.
I don’t know how I feel about Texas growing like this. On the one hand, I feel an lot of pride in how this state has grown, on the other, I’m worried about becoming California 2.0
Nah. We won't be Cali 2.0. Cause we're worse. Granted Prices aren't ad high, and the people might be friendlier, but Cali has better Education, more progressive, and has better road ways and Mass transit. Texas has, Higher control on education, with overall worse education. The roads aren't as well maintained, the politicians add conservative as all hell, and the people often worse. Upside. Food is better, the hospitality most folks is better, and more people are carrying guns to settle disputes. But with the way Texas is holding against LGBTQ and Aborstion, and well as Decenct education studies, disheartens me more and more everyday. Texas won't be Cali 2.0 when it's worse.
@splintery9357 RLL has already explained why Cali has so many problems. Progressivism isn’t one of them; it’s mainly the lack of land & the high rate of NIMBY among residents resisting high density housing developments. :P
@@splintery9357 I love that "collapsing" = one of the largest economies in the entire world (literally still bigger than Texas), but yes. It's definitely collapsing.
The 1st OPEC minister, Abdullah Tariki, is an alum of the University of Texas. Khalid A. Al-Falih, the OPEC minister between 2016 -2019, is an alum of Texas A&M University. The petroleum engineering programs at both universities are considered word class and are known world wide for producing talented PE grads… for obvious reasons.
@Vivienne Scarlet would u rather take a couple of million dollars or care about people who could care less about you. most people would take the former. don't think you are above that. most of our politicians that seem to "have your back" do the exact same thing on either side of the aisle.
Its crazy how the West is so empty, but when people do go West they flock to the same places. The Eastern U.S. still has about 80% of our population but Texas and California have stacks and stacks of people. Plus you have pretty large metropolitan areas like Phoenix, Seattle, Denver, Las Vegas, etc.
It's not only the west, ALOT of the USA's territory is really underpopulated, often because development is difficult and unprofitable to make building much of anything other than farms. If you ever travel away from the highways it's a whole another world. But nobody cares since the big cities are often the only places where businesses can build and turn profits. The west is just the logical extreme of states +2x times the size of Ohio, yet a tenth of the population. I suspect it will only get worse, espeically if those big cities are the only ones able to get fresh water. The resulting migration will just straight up ignore the 1,000s of small, dying towns trying to give away houses to cram into NE corridor, or sunbelt cities while complianing about how the sudden influx sent the cost of living skyrocketing again.
Fun fact as a native texan, if you go to Waco Texas there is a museum of where dr.pepper was founded. It's really something. They even have a ice cream bar and a food court as well as candy
The Dr. Pepper Museum! I love Waco…had many family members (both sides) living there over the years so my fondest memories are almost all from times I was there visiting. Most don’t know that the Branch Dividian was located outside of Waco-I never saw it. Chip and Joanna Gaines have brought Waco back into the national conversation but in a positive way. (They have a hugely successful show about their home renovation business, a popular store in downtown Waco, and even a magazine that Joanna created called Magnolia that comes out quarterly, I think).
@@Redcheeks66 you are allowed to visit and the residence are very welcoming, especially if you visit on April 19th, which is the anniversary of the siege. I may or may not have a piece of their swimming pool in my collection of macabre artifacts.
Great video! As a native Texan, I have lived through a lot of this growth and the ups and downs. My hope is that people moving into Texas will help preserve all the factors that made it such a desirable place to move to! I love my Texas!
All the people moving here from other states want to change texas to where they came from. It's not so special anymore. Especially austin. Liberal shithole.
I grew up in Texas and lived there through college then left for about a decade for higher education and work. Then decided to move back to raise my kids next to family that still live in Texas. I honestly never thought id move back but it's been the best decision I've ever made.
I’ve lived in a small town in Texas for my entire life, and let’s just say it’s been an EXPERIENCE seeing how much this once “small town” has changed. It’s now soooo over populated. I miss my small town😭
I grew up in Abilene in the 90s and 00s, and my whole life it seemed like it hovered around 90,000. I hated Abilene because it felt like there was nothing to do. 90,000 people isn't enough to get really cool stuff going, and the conservative nature of the city wasn't helping. Now, Abilene has grown 30,000 people in ten years and every time I visit my folks I can feel it. Being in my mid-30s I actually want my old, boring Abilene back. I really miss it, even though I took it for granted when I was young. This population growth is crazy. And scary.
I here ya. Im from Frisco TX and we thought we were big time when we got a McDonalds in the early 90s. Now Frisco is just one big mall full of Karens and Kens. This is due to companies being allowed to not pay taxes for 2-3 decades to move their HQ's/Operations to Texas. And this single reason is why Texas will never be the same.
As a native Texan and longtime subscriber, I was super surprised by the ending ad and finding out that you are from Texas as well...love your content. Thanks!
I am a Texan. My great grand parents were born in Texas. Personally, I do not want the population of Texas to grow larger. When driving across the beautiful open spaces of Texas there is a peace and calm that is not possible in crowded areas in other states.
@@SyrenaLopez even doubling the population wouldn’t really change that, given how most people will pretty much be concentrated in one area. Population density is crazy than you might believe. Remember, Germany has much, much more people than Texas and is much smaller, yet it’s not overcrowded with plenty of beautiful countryside. I don’t want my lone star state to be too heavily populated either, but land is the least of the concern.
I heard in The Great Awakening,,,,,,,TEXAS will be part of SAVING THE WORLD,,,,,,,,,,dont ask me more, cause i dont know,,but the person who said this has been Right on all the other stuff they are saying. The Ken Paxon story is way BIGGER than anyone know's,,,,,,,,,,Nothing can stop what is Coming,,,,,,,,,,,,Q
As long as Republicans control the state, Texas will never gain power. The IDIOTS running the state only hold a small majority of voters but gerrymandering tilts the state their way. They re going down the Florida path of passing laws that allow government sanctioned discrimination, rob women of their rights, an target the LGBTQ community. Inclusion in the path to power but Republicans haven't found a CULTURE WAR they aren't willing to start and fight. Even if it is based on LIES. I would not live in Texas or Florida if you PAID me A LOT.
The only thing that I think was missed was the Texas Medical Center located in Houston. It's one of the largest and most advanced medical centers in the world. Other than that, this was very informative!
It's the largest medical center in the world. Let that sink in. There are more CT scanners in just one hospital (MD Anderson) than many first-world nations have. Let that sink in. The scale of the Medical Center in Houston is mind-boggling. I want a whole RLL video just on that!
interestingly, it's Houston Methodist rather than TMC which is more highly rated (#81 on Newsweek's list of world's top hospitals) Dallas' UT Southwestern, next highest in Texas, is way down at @239. teaching hospitals tend to be the most bleeding edge - pardon the expression. 😁
At the beginning of the pandemic my family and I had just moved out of Houston to Texas City to be near family and get out of the city but it seems the city has followed us because the expansion even out here is crazy .
The south in general has seen a massive uptick in population. People are moving out of the east and west and filling up southern states. Wish I would have bought property in some TX suburbs in 2019...
@@phillipromero7591 it's kinda cool to see one these videos about our area . It's fun to know that the sights we see everyday might be cool to others , like our refineries almost next door .
@@vr6one Pennsylvania, easily has the potential to see a population uptick as well the cost of living up here is pretty low compared to other parts of the US and there are a ton of jobs up in our state thanks to the natural gas boom
I got my degree in chemical engineering in California. One of my professors said, "if you want a job in chemical engineering, move to the gulf". Not only does Texas have the greatest energy industry in the USA, it also has the greatest chemical engineering industry. I couldn't possibly quantify the number if chemical goods that are produced in the region. The industry is massive!
Literally every other person I know in right now is going into some form of engineering- even getting an engineering degree at a small, public college is enough to get a job here
Ive lived in Texas all my life im from the RGV. I will say it has grown so fast in such a small amount of time. I love Texas so much, im so proud to be Texan. 💯
Texas also has proximity to Mexico, allowing cheaper labor for manufacturing of certain lower skill components. And Texas has HEB, the greatest grocery chain in America.
I finally get to move from Texas to Washington state next month. I'm really going to miss HEB. Everything else can stay, if I could have my HEB and open carry.
@@babakgasimzade4176 OP in the context of this video is short for "overpowered". And separately, when people refer to the "op" in the comments, they mean "original poster".
I think you are missing 2 major industries that are key to the rapid growth of Texas, more specifically Houston. The medical and the aeronautics industries. The Texas Medical Center in Houston is the largest medical center in the world, attracting people from everywhere to work. Then you have NASA and the work revolving around them.
I was born and raised in the Dallas area. Spent the last 4 years overseas and recently came back to the DFW area. I am blown away by how many people are just…everywhere. It’s insane. New housing under construction everywhere you look.
My family moved from the Houston area to Collin County in the mid 80's. The area has always been growing, but it exploded in the early 2000's, and continues to do so.
Me too...we had 14 acres in the Dallas City limits...now, not an open piece of land for miles and miles....I moved to South Texas...no people for miles
Before I moved to Texas in 2004 I had this weird love when I saw Texans. Whether it was on TV, in movies or in real life. They had an aura to em and a spirit. Then I moved to Texas and it's been the best place I've ever lived in and experienced. A close runner up has to be Okinawa, JP.
@@rival.888 It's a lot like Texas. Japanese people are so damn nice and respectful, the food is fantastic and the weather is great 90% of the year. 10/10 would recommend to anyone.
@@rival.888 Of all the military guys I've met who were stationed in Japan and Germany, they said Americans are treated very well. Kind and respectful are the Japanese, and the Germans like having good times. I say "make your dream happen " !
@@mergat2970what you mean Texas is still great go to any other state and it doesn’t compare to Texas I’ve traveled all 50 states and none of them compare to home here in Texas
Despite not being from the U.S.A , Texas has got to be my most favorite state and this video proves why it is , if l were not broke l would've migrated over there .
I was born and raised in Wichita Falls, Tx and I'm about 120 miles north of DFW and our population has been booming and I love how much Texas has stayed self sufficient, I miss the small town, polite, hospitable , courteous demeanor of the people. I've noticed people have been so rude and hateful in grocery stores. This was not the usual way of life here. plus the traffic is horrible . Our prices have skyrocketed along with housing costs . the more we develop and in habitat, the higher our prices go .
People in Amarillo are some of the nicest anywhere, but I have noticed people being not so courteous. I cringe whenever I see a car with California or Colorado license tags. We also have started to see beggars at the intersections. Never had that before.
We have many German settlement towns, where some of the residents still speak our own German-Texan style of German. German food, beer and music being very popular in Texas. Some of my favorite Texas towns are Fredericksburg, New Braunfuls, Schulenburg, Luckenbach, (Great song about Luckenbach by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson) ,Gruene, Boerne, Muenster, Weimar, New Berlin the list goes on! Tejano music wouldn't be what it is today without German influence!
Don't forget the Czechs. What would we do with out kolaches? My great grandparents immigrated from there in the 1800's. I live in the hill country and love it!!
In my opinion, a housing market crash is imminent due to the high number of individuals who purchased homes above the asking price despite the low interest rates. These buyers find themselves in precarious situations as housing prices decline, leaving them without any equity. If they become unable to afford their homes, foreclosure becomes a likely outcome. Even attempting to sell would not yield any profits. This scenario is expected to impact a significant number of people, particularly in light of the anticipated surge in layoffs and the rapid increase in the cost of living.
I suggest you offset your real estate and get into stocks, A recession as bad it can be, provides good buying opportunities in the markets if you’re careful and it can also create volatility giving great short time buy and sell opportunities too. This is not financial advise but get buying, cash isn’t king at all in this time!
@@fresnaygermain8180 This all looks and sounds like a good way to pitch this professionals services. I have been seeing this quite a bit in YT comments. Last time I took advice from a professional financial advisor and purchased a certain stock, it plummeted.
I've been hearing this since 2019. I really did think it would crash at one point between 2021-2022 but I honestly don't think there will be a major housing market crash, especially in California.
The rapid development of Texas has been astonishing, having watch it all happen growing up in a small suburb city, Irving. I watched farmlands be turned into industrial warehouses, townhouses, you name it. And currently we have the star of the city Las Colinas, an urban powerhouse that's rapidly growing with many major businesses settling there. Currently as of recent events, Gordan Ramsey moved his American HQ to Las Colinas. What took many cities decades to achieve, Texas has done it in the shorter spans at times as highways are rapidly built (Enjoy the gore that is Texas Highways), major housing projects of mostly townhouses with no backyards (An honest tragedy there), and so much more. You can say that Texas can be crowned the Golden State, rather black gold as much of the coastal cities here are Oil Cities, with thousands of oil workers living in them.
Having no backyards is the best thing that can happen to a city. We need walkable, densely populated neighborhoods with access to everything within a 15 minute walk or public transit. We don’t need 3,000sqft houses for 2 people
I moved to Texas a decade ago..I got recruited by Peterbilt and moved to Midland, Texas in 2013. Then opened my Diesel Shop the following year during the beginning of the fracking boom. Companies were throwing money in the Permian Basin just trying to keep up with the demand. Currently living in San Antonio and don't plan on going anywhere for a long time. Great detailed video. Really enjoyed it, thank you. Just earned a new Subscriber 💪🏾
Whoa didn't know you lived in Midland, I'm still here but glad you got out, it's getting crazy with the amount of people moving here. Also the fracking is causing earthquakes lol
I grew up in the, statistically, poorest county in the state of Texas. It’s in east Texas, next to Louisiana, and you would be amazed at the difference 3 hours does from the fringes of the Houston and DFW metroplexes. In the last 25 years, the state has become more international and more business minded, but also more insular of its own state identity comparatively to America. “Make Texas a country again” is a very common saying and the state pride is unlike any other state by a mile. However, socially, Texas has a lot of concerning issues that are far too deep to get into on a comment. Great job on the video! Always nice to remember home.
"Texas has a lot of concerning issues that are far too deep to get into on a comment. " Well tell us a short version then? People like myself who have never even been to the US would like to know.
@@lawrencefrost9063 If I had to take a stab at it (having done d2d sales in the DFW area since the start of the year, ive gotten to get a ton of different perspectives), it has become so culturally and ideologically diverse so quickly that the "melting pot" (i.e. people from different cultures integrating into the larger culture as a whole) hasn't been able to take effect. This has created quite a bit of friction, and people here generally aren't quite as friendly as they used to be on the whole. Native Texans see it as Texas is losing its identity. On the flip side, however, I would also say that people like myself moved to Texas because of that Texan pride. I always loved the unapologetic pride, yet undeniably welcoming nature of the people in the state. It is why I moved here from central Illinois, I wanted to be a part of, to add to, and reinforce that aspect of the culture. And I am far from alone, so many people have moved here because there is a sense of hope and freedom here. Would be curious to hear the OPs thoughts
East Austin is developing suburban density: residences are packed together, but commercial zoning is extremely restricted. As a result, people are forced to drive to shopping centers, which exacerbates the traffic problem. The tactic consolidates wealth by favoring big box stores and making commercial real estate ownership virtually impossible for local retailers and restauranteurs. It's a reason so many local businesses operate out of food trucks and ghost kitchens. The city raises money through property tax collection, though, so zoning restrictions and subsequent wealth consolidation works in their favor. It's a real bummer.
I moved to Texas in 2019 and the amount of growth that has occurred in this short period of time is insane! Texas is a great state; however, traffic is becoming unbearable in almost every direction. They have been widening the roads, doing construction and such, but I can only imagine what Texas will look like in a few more years. I love Texas and have no plans to leave 😊.
@@watema3381 Me personally, I would never take public transport. I'm not gonna get robbed, I get to listen to music/have a conversation/have quiet, I always have a seat, I can have privacy if I'm driving with a passenger, I have comfortable storage space. And also I think cars are cool so there's that too.
The thing with public transport is Texas is too yuge. It works if you live and work inside downtown, many people choose to remain outside city limits. Hence the “Texas triangle”.
@@DeRico1337 That's why is has to be _viable_ in order to work. Have highspeed mass transit train lines connecting major hubs, with smaller trams connecting smaller hubs, along with busses connecting even smaller areas.
I’ve lived in Texas for the past 17 years, spent my entire 13 year stint in the Navy in three of its NOSCs, and I have loved every second of it. I’m just sad that I may have to leave after marrying into Active Military. Hopefully we can come back home after retirement.
A dirty secret not mentioned here; Texas has some of the highest property taxes in the entire country. Makes it more expensive than the sticker price shows to own a home.
This isn't mentioned enough. Yes, zero income tax and zero capital gains, but property taxes are huge. I thought the NE would be bad with their income tax, etc. But I found Pittsburgh to be even more affordable, shockingly. I suppose Pittsburgh is more Midwest though.
Born and raised in McAllen, Texas. Then lived in Houston for 4 years and Dallas Fort Worth area for 42 years. Visited abilene often for 15 years. Never wanted to move from Texas, just don't like traffic congestion.
I'm a life long Texan and I've noticed the growth even in small towns. A lot of it (from what I've seen) is from people leaving California, Florida, and Oklahoma to come to Texas.
Yep! I live in smaller town 40 mins outside dfw and as of recently, almost every empty field/land I’ve ever known is either in construction at the moment or has already been built over. I’d say 3 out of 4 of everything built were rich people neighborhoods.
@fatboysgarage7984: I know the feeling. I moved to Seattle in 1993. Back then, Seattle was very quirky, independent and beautiful. Fast forward to 2024 and now it's filled with people mostly from Cali who have utterly destroyed the PNW. I moved to Anna, TX (Collin County) in 2020 and loved it. Then came the same people from Cali who destroyed my beloved Seattle area. I came to Texas to assimilate and to retire. I respect the culture and (for now at least) is still a great place to live. I've also noticed that while many blue state transplants are better off financially, they are miserable. They refuse to change their ways and I see many transplants who don't last a year in Texas. Let's keep Texas, Texas. Red. Free. Prosperous. And independent from the tyranny of our US government.
One massive thing forgotten in this video is the ever growing relation between US-Mexico that is providing enormous oportunities to the south of Texas and is bound to become a very strategic location as Chinese-US relation deteriorates further.
@@fstringer1486There's a lot of manufacturing in northern Mexico right across the border from Texas. Some Chinese companies have started moving there.
I work in a hotel in Las Vegas and the nicest people I've interacted with are Texans, also the best tippers. They have this aura that makes you feel light hearted. Always polite and friendly.
I spent a year in Del Rio learning how to fly. It was also a chance to be part of a culture that was embracing and warm. Many later trips to every airport and the hospitality was so awesome. I always knew that I could find a fellow Texan who would show me the town and best eats. While the population grows, I think that distinct hospitality will always live with Texans.
@@jonathanhildebrand2161 I understand. Last time to Laughlin was over 2 decades ago, flying the t38. We were trying to fly into Randolph in San Antonio, but the weather was below mins for fog and we didn’t have a lot of gas to loiter. Diverted into Laughlin and spent a few hours chilling until we had decent weather in San Antonio. It was really a weird feeling returning after 20 years into a pilot training base again. I’m sure you have the same observations returning to old training bases.
I'm glad he finally mentioned Corpus Christi after showing its biggest port in TX and refineries at least 5 times previously. I'm surprised though he didn't mention the beaches as a growing travel destination. We continue to see more and more Canadians, Asians, and Europeans vacation here.
The beaches? Bro, I am many generations Texans, I have spent a large portion of my life on all the beaches of Texas, I live here now, in POC, but from north Houston so Crystal Beach, Galveston, dads a fisherman so Port Aransas, Matagorda, I was young once so Corpus, Padre, etc. our beaches aren’t great for being beaches, good fishing though
One thing about Texas I've found fascinating is the fact everybody who wants to work can find a job🎉... Being a disabled American I have lived in six other States and have found it extremely difficult to find fulfilling employment. Since I moved to Texas in the 90s I have always been able to work and make a reasonable income. Having purchased a home and finding roots I have been very satisfied with being a resident in Texas 🎉
I’ve lived in 38 US States and worked in 89 countries. Texas is best place in the world. ❤ However, the people moving here have ruined parts of our culture with liberalism, rudeness when driving, homelessness
lol how stupid. most homeless are locals who have been PRICED OUT OF RENTING BY THE NEW ARRIVALS DRIVING UP PRICES ! true in any state with lots of influx and housing demand.
I definitely have big pride as a Texan! Its just getting really scary watching housing costs skyrocket being that all the people from other states are moving here, i hope we can find a balance with that really soon. In about 1 year, the cost of housing in Austin jumped at least 3 fold
I've lived in Texas my whole life my family has been here for multiple generations, and I've been priced out of Arlington and am hoping I can go back home one day. I don't ever want to leave Texas but these terrrible people moving here are changing the place increadibly fast. I've never seen more road rage and just ugly behavior and always from a california plate, a utah plate, or a colorado plate but especially the California plate drivers will be rude and cut you off and drive more of those crazy giant trucks than any other type of plate. Its like the republican hipsters are moving here and ruining the culture of the place. Its not a monolith here we love our home and we dont want these people to come and ruin our towns.
One more factor for Texas growing economy is Mexico industrialization and US-Mexico trade. Laredo is now one of the biggest port like Los Angeles and Chicago as a small inland city, and more land ports are under development.
Yeah, and this Texan growth has contributed to the northern mexican city of Monterrey's rapid growth too. It recently became the second biggest city in Mexico (in population and economy) and a Tesla mega factory is getting built. It's all very interesting.
As a texan I had no idea how incredibly rich we were seeing that many of us are living paycheck to paycheck & can barely afford rent, groceries, gas or even a home. What good is it if we can’t reap what we sow. I wanna be proud how far we’ve come but the Texas we built was not meant for us, but for the highest bidder. How sad.
It's all the out of state people coming here with the money they saved and the real estate industry knows that so they raise the price because these people can afford it. I wish they weren't here, texas used to be the best state in the country and now we're this unrecognizable monster. I hate it so much, I would love to leave but I wouldn't even know where to go..maybe Wyoming or Alabama I don't even know.
This is not by accident. I remember back in the early 2000s commuting in my car in silicon valley hearing then Texas governor Rick Perry advertising seminars on moving CA business to Texas. This has been a vision of Texas leadership for decades and we are seeing the fruition of these efforts now and yes I now live in Texas.
Houston has the big 3 industries: Energy, Medical, and International Trade. People often forget that the Houston has the largest medical complex in the world, which also benefits from the cutting-edge technologies being created by the IT boom in Austin, and the energy sector in Houston. People fly in from around the world just to get treatment there. The energy sector and international trade facilitated by the Houston port are important, of course. But people really underestimate just how important the medical center is to Texas's economy as well.
I got a little too excited when I heard my job being the second busiest airport in the country. I work with cargo and planes at DFW international! Great to hear some positive things about the state.
Not much more you could as for from a state, I’m from Oklahoma and glad I get to go to Texas, espically for Buccees. I’m actually going to my family on Friday after finals.
Been here 30 years from Los Angeles and have nothing but praise for the state. Have a property here in Houston and one outside Austin in the hills and could not be happier.
I think maybe some of it is that we are required to take Texas history in school usually 7th grade or so. I don’t know if other states have this but I believe it gives us that historical grounding. We’re proud of our history and merging of cultures. Not proud of everything that happened but proud that it’s made us this wonderful state.
Maine does it. It used to be Mass until 1820, has 16 counties, Augusta is the capital, its loggers and paper mills upstate, they used to send them down Milo River into Bangor then around the world, same with granite blocks. Now its mostly fisherman and tourists on the coast. Blueberries and potatoes and pumpkins and lobsters are the exports. There thats a half year class summed up in one paragraph. The guy who posts these videos would take half an hour to tell you the same thing I just did.
The thing that I love most about Texas (and this is in other states as well but imo Texas is king) is that life can be extremely different based on WHERE in texas you live. Life in Beaumont vs life in amarillo is basically another country. Life in Texarkana vs El Paso likewise. Texas is basically multiple states in one. Texas is part of multiple regions of the nation. The great plains, the south, the gulf coast, the southwest. Texas encompasses all these regions. If you move from Arizona to El Paso, life wouldn't be that much different. If you moved from Kansas, Oklahoma,Nebraska, etc to amarillo, life wouldn't be much different. It all depends on where you come from and where you go in texas, and you can have a vastly different experience
@M G thats funny San Antonio is basically the Chicago of Texas. You have nice upperclass homes across the street from the actual cartel you should feel at home 🤣
Even with this crazy housing rate going on, my Real estate business in Dallas has not slowed down much. I get a lot of out of state clients from California and New York I show them what they can afford here in Texas land and they always say “this could triple the price in my state”. As my Texan clients are starting to have some trouble keeping up with the prices.
@BabyRainbowFriendexactly, california housing should only be bought by californians, same with new york, and LA! So ridicious to see Texans in other states when they can stay in their own
@@jdos5643 Cheap is a deceptive term. If you sell out in California and move to Texas, the houses are cheap. But when you decide to sell your house and leave Texas the resale value is cheap too. It's a lot harder to leave Texas than it is to come there. And many people tend to make that decision to leave at the same time, compounding the problem. Just when a lot of people need to sell their homes the housing market crashes. Of course that's only logical, but still people are surprised to find out they actually lost equity while paying for their home. If you thought the house was cheap brand new during a boom, wait till you see what it sells for not-so-new during a bust.
I’ve grown up in DFW and it’s amazing to travel west and see the expanse of sprawling land and oil wells that go on forever. You can drive for hours and see thousands of pumps, wind turbines. It’s truly insane how much energy Texas produces.
I grew up in Abilene, 1972- 1989. Back then it was more sparse and central/west Texas use to be alot of cotton farming and yes, cattle and the oil fields. I roughnecked on the oil rigs for about 4 years, back then.
I remember the first time I drove home from Dallas to Lubbock and ran into the HUGE wind farm west of Abilene. I was shocked. It was at night and they each had a red warning light at the top. It was like something like War of the Worlds.
@@sifridbassoon That wind farm was built after I left Abilene. My sister still lives in Abilene so I encouraged her to go out there and take a look. My girlfriend and I were up in Nova Scotia, Canada a few years ago and we walked up to and under several windmills in a windmill farm, it was awesome. That slow chunk-chunk of air being moved and the whine of the turbines. An experience most should try to have.
I grew up in Frisco, Tx which is a small but growing town north of Dallas… sometimes I cannot comprehend the growth here. Frisco is now a very booming bougie big town. Moved to Austin and Austin is growing more than the infrastructure can handle.
I grew up in Plano and watched frisco get built. 25 years ago frisco was brush fields and farmland. Now you cant tell when you leave frisco and enter plano.
Georgetown is supposedly the fastest growing town in the U.S., perhaps because it's seen as an Austin suburb, a bit like Frisco, Southlake, Colleyville, & Grapevine are DFW "suburbs".
I have a young cousin who went to Baylor. She met a cute man her first day there and married him after they graduated. The moved to a ranch out near Ft. Davis so he could help manage it. They had two lovely kids. When the husband turned 35, his daddy informed him of his inheritance. That ranch had been granted to his 6th great grandfather by the Republic of Texas for his service in the Texas Navy. It started as a 1 million acre grant. Various generations since have sold parts of it so that only 250,000 acres remain. At the same population density as Los Angeles, there is enough real estate in Texas to house every human on Earth.
I seriously doubt this guy onlyh learned his family owned at 250K acre ranch at 35-he was told about this in the womb. And if you think Texas is big enough to build 8 Billion homes I got ocean front property in Arizona I will sell you cheap buddy.
@@garyshan7239 You could actually take every person on Earth fit them onto Rhode Island and still have room left over before crossing state lines. Texas probably could in fact house all 8 billion humans.
I'm out of touch with what is taught in school these days, but when I was in 7th grade (1964) in San Antonio, we had the required Texas history class as taught by a native Texan, as were most of us back then. San Antonio was more than half Mexican, descended from families who lived there since Texas was part of Mexico. I left Texas for a few years for NY state and Chicago but came back home. In those places, I never saw the state pride and welcoming homey feeling. Texas used to be like a big spread out town...everyone was so neighborly. It's lessened over the years a little. It harder in the bigger cities to catch the Texas aesthetic. But I plan to stay here the rest of my life if I have my way.
I have an Uncle that was a 1st Marine division Sergeant on Gualad Canal, after 3 or so months of fighting he's watching a jungle clearing and hears machinery coming, he figured so late in the battle that it had to be American. A tank flying a big Texas flag gets close and his favorite cousin is hitching a ride! He said talking Spanish with his favorite person, they talked mostly about the fighting they'd been thru, was a great comfort. They both made it back to Texas and lived long and healthy, one in C.C., the other in Beaumont
Gilbert loved the service and also made jumps in Korea. He cried telling me about a fellow Marine that went on patrol and was never found, the man had four daughters and my uncle begged him that night to let him take his place since he didnt have a family at the time. Hey South, have a nephew went MM Academy down the, thankfully they taught him about GC and he got to visit with Tio some. My folks are originally from Brownsville and Los Fresnos
Many thanks to your uncle and his cousin for their heroic service. As a fourth generation Anglo-Texan, it's obvious to see that the success and prosperity of Texas today would not have been possible without the essential contributions of the millions of tough, smart, hard-working Tejanos in our state - it couldn't have been done without you!
I love new people coming to Texas and embracing our culture and western history! One thing people don't realize is how many different cultures there are in both the cities and rural areas, you're gonna have a completely different experience in Ft Worth than Austin or San Antonio, and folks living over in the Rio Grande Valley have a different culture than those over in the west Texas or the Panhandle. But all of us still love the lone star state and are proud of her ⭐️
Where are you living?? Nobody embraces our culture lol they perpetuate the culture from the place they fled. People are running from blue states and toward red ones. Changing the red, to purple and finally to blue. Blue states are such garbage because of the policies they pass. They move to red states and pass the same garbage policies, thus turning em blue and eventually destroying that very state/city too. Creating yet another exodus
As someone who is living in midland, the oil industry is only getting bigger. It keeps growing and growing. To go along with that, the high exports of sand from here is high. And then the unemployment rate here being one of the lowest in the country. The Permian basin is a huge economic hub for Texas.
My dad grew up in West Texas (Andrews) and his step-dad worked in that industry and made great money. He and my grandma were able to travel a lot once they retired and had their own fishing house at Lake Amstead near Del Rio. So yeah, definitely a huge industry.
I am a life long resident of Texas, moving here as a baby in 1956. This video is a very accurate and balanced history of Texas. As an oil and gas geologist the discussion on the O&G ups and downs in Texas are spot on. The downturns were very painful for thousands of people in Texas.
It's a snake eating its own tail. Anywhere with jobs and affordable housing will be flocked to until the housing is no longer affordable. And of course if you like certain things, like the outdoors, Texas can't compete with either coast.
I grew up in DFW my entire life and I had to leave for north west Arkansas. The growth has created a lot more competition. If you live in an area with a high house hold income, everything else is conversely more expensive, such as apartments, homes, etc.. I moved to northwest arkansas and make roughly 90k a year in one of the lowest cost of living states. I'm 34 and my wife gets to stay at home with our son and soon to be second son. I never would have been able to afford this opportunity in DFW. We have a brand new house built on a quarter acre lot.
I just came back from NW and NE Arkansas. The beauty and wildlife is way under rated in the national picture, I was shocked to see herds of elk in Arkansas of all places and it has much better trout rivers than Colorado or other western states better known for them. Also Its people are every bit as openly friendly and approachable as they are in my home of San Antonio. Unfortunately its been discovered and the real estate prices reflect it. I'll have to stick with visiting.
@@kingranches You are correct, in the past 3-5 years certain areas of arkansas have been discovered. Northwest very specifically, it you look at home prices in 2012 versus 2023, most have doubled. But to be honest, what I have here, I could never have in Dallas. You have to have two people making atleast 90k a year in a house hold just to make ends meet and not live in a 30 year old home with a 30 year old roof and a 15 year old hvac system. This place has been slowly inching closer and closer to being unaffordable. Ive been telling everyone who has grew up in this area that they better get a house now because NWA is another one of those areas that is exploding. They won't be able to afford property for much longer. 8 years ago you could get an acre for 4-5k. Now an acre is selling for 25k/acre here. Recently Fayetteville was ranked #9 best city to live in, in the U.S.
@@pearlperlitavenegas2023 The property taxes account for less than $100 a month. Arkansas has a state income tax, they don't rely as much on property taxes as much as Texas does. But in the end they're going to get your money whether you're paying property taxes or state income taxes it all comes out the same in the end
@@bruhbutwhytho may be a good thing, or a bad thing, maybe there will be less states in the future or maybe new state borders are drawn for the better
The union as a whole is not stronger today though. Has little to do with the growth or decline of states. But everything to do with the federal government.
@@bruhbutwhytho That will always happen to some degree. It's just part of the way people and businesses move around. Those states that lose people and have losses in business will make whatever changes and eventually people will catch on to growth trends there, and start moving to them. An endless give and take cycle.
Prior to moving to Texas from my birth state of Oklahoma in late 2021, I once wanted to move to California for international flights across the Pacific Ocean, but my mother wouldn’t let me do so due to my disabilities and lack of income. I also refused to move to Florida due to frequent violent crimes and hurricanes even though my mother once took residency in the state between the early 70s and the early 90s before moving to the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. I somehow managed to convince my mother to move to Galveston County in the Greater Houston area for a relaxing time at the beach near the Gulf of Mexico, my mother also promised me to travel abroad once she finally managed to sell the house in Oklahoma since Houston itself actually has its own intercontinental airport that could take me and my mother to a country as far away as India.
Texas is the only state I've ever been too where there are more people who identify with the state than identify with the country. A true testament to how unique the Texas culture is.
When my wife and I travel abroad we just say we're from Texas lol
One of my cousins married a man from New Zealand (1955). Many of his family and friends came to Austin for the wedding. We exposed them to Texan culture including food and even a nearby rodeo . The New Zealanders were quite surprised at the opening rodeo festivities when the audience politely clapped as the cowgirls rode about with the American flag, but were wildly demonstrative, hooting, yelling whistling, etc. when the cowgirls rode by displaying the flag of Texas...says it all.
Until they need government aid when there power grid goes down.
I was in Japan and when people asked where I was from I would say Texas while other Americans would say the U.S. and some of the Japanese caught on to it. "wait he says the state and you say the country."
It was its own country before becoming a state.
We add the fact that Mexico is becoming a manufacturing superpower and Laredo, TX is becoming its logistics partner into the US. Texas is holding so many cards right now.
Texit!
@@michaelbirdwell7985 Bad idea. That whole thing about the Cuba chokepoints not being blocked by a hostile foreign power doesn't apply to a Texas Republic.
Not really a good thing if you're playing UNO
Pfp bros
its because texas isnt a woke'ard state ,go woke go broke
The “affordability” of Texas though is quickly going away. The incomes are justifying the rapidly increasing housing cost and all the other costs that are shooting up
That's the bad part about affordable houses.
The more people know about it the less affordable it becomes.
Yeah it sucks. I bought my first home in Austin in 2018 for 270k. Worth closer to 600k now. Maybe even more
@@staywoke2198 bought my first house in 2002 for $147,000. That house is now worth over half a million, and it’s in Buda: a bedroom community 15 miles south of Austin. The condo downtown I bought in 2015 for $440k is now worth almost $700k even with interest rates at 5%+. It’s nuts.
As a Oregonian, I can tell you that you can still suffer from affordability problem even with so munch land.
We have always paid more in property tax than any state and the growth and foreign land ownership is killing us and DFW will be san fran in 5 years.
DFW is now the 4th largest metro area in the US with over 8 million people! Houston metro is 5th. The growth is insane, but people know a good thing when they see it! Texas Proud! ⭐
I loved my life in Arlington but it's all grown too fast !!
Yeah, we long time natives don’t love the insanely rapid growth. I’m a 4th generation Dallas dweller and I’ve watched the traffic and crowding get worse and worse every year. I’d move to a smaller outlying town if my job and finances permitted it.
Living in Austin, TX my whole life I can tell you that the growth out here is insane. Every time I go off to college and come back for breaks, there’s 3 new apartment complexes and 2 more lanes of traffic paved
yeah, my family is from the east side and man it's unrecognizable these days haha.
Here in Pflugerville there are tens of thousands of people living in areas that were farm land 5 years ago 😂
I visited for a few weeks 12 years ago when it was a small college town. I drove through recently and I was shocked with how much larger it was
Moved into Gracywoods before the Domain was developed and it's a little crazy seeing the skyline of the Domain when exiting. It was more in the country before and there are still guinea birds roaming the neighborhood from the farms that existed before that actually have protected status in the city. Several of the Office Space movie scenes were filmed in the area in the late 90's.
No more room for people go to Louisiana Lmao
My parents bought their home in austin for something like $80,000 in 1991. Last year their neighbor sold their home for $1 million. It's just a normal neighborhood built in the late 70s. That is wild to me.
Same, my parents got their home here in 2007 for $300,000 and now it’s valued well over a million
Great for your parents terrible for millenials and zoomers who just want to be able to afford a starter home at some point in their life.
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@@Gerwulf97 it’s great for boomers but horrible for millennials and gen z. Housing shouldn’t b e a commodity bought and sold. Speaking of the boomers and silent generation that bought single family houses in the 60s-80s for the equivalent of $80k-200k today and are now worth 1m for the sake of location are now fighting any denser housing development like apartments that would house more people more affordably or fighting mass transit projects that will provide more affordable transportation.
It's doing that here in the greater beaumont area . Prices are rising stupid fast .
Texas has some of the greatest bird diversity in the United States. Many birds use Texas as a transit in their migratory routes. The wildflowers in the state are beautiful, especially with blue bonnets. You see waves wildflowers in the highways and many in the country roads.
I always go down to Aransas to see the whooping cranes
Great biodiversity, it’s beautiful. I feel fortunate to live on the Texas blackland prairie as I get to see all sorts of wildlife but I worry that it’ll continue to dwindle. Less than 1% of the prairie actually remains and lots of these methods mentioned for our energy needs are continuing to do more harm to life than good.
I agree. Winding, up and down country roads with fields of wildflowers is so soothing. I recently changed my commute from work to home in order to go through areas like this. No more highway and such a relaxing commute.
not for long :D or not in the triangle at least.
My dad would agree I lived in Texas for all my life
I've been in Texas since 2011. The growth from just 2011 to 2023 in San Antonio TX, where I live, has been immense. There are a lot more people here now. I don't regret the move from California to Texas, but it's getting crowded here. Texas has improved my life and my family's lives dramatically though. My son was born in Texas in 2016. I'll probably never leave. I really like it here.
Sadly too many people moving can be a bad thing. It drives up rent and home prices and the same issue just repeats that happened in California. Too much growth can be bad if you're not rich where you live.
If Texas can somehow prevent Californian woke ideology from infecting the land the state should do well.
I'm glad you brought up how much wind power we produce in Texas. It's a massive operation. You can't go down any highway out in the west of the state without seeing wind farms now.
Governor Abbott claimed ,the reason why Texas grid failed was because of wind and solar as he took $1 million bribe from the gas Industry. So what are you trying to say ? Your governor It’s cause more damage to your state than you will ever be able to repair. Good luck, Texas, dirt.
Cool!
It'd sure be nice if our state government got the transmission lines out to all of them like they said they would. The amount of anti green energy people that harp about *still windmills* and how it is all a scam without factoring in that the windmills were built on time, it is the state dragging their feet getting the high density transmission lines fully built.
Didnt Trump say that windmills give you cancer? Also, no electrical grid, no point in windmills, Tesla cars, or rooftop solar panels. SUCK. MY. OILY. BITS -Texas probably.
yeah because the contracts sold a bazillion barrels of diesel "JUST IN CASE" that have to be processed every 3 years for contaminants and result in billions of dollars in infrastructure contracts no one actually has to complete because by the time any of it matters the entire system will be too expensive to run compared to extremely cheap alternatives already on the market.
Bragging about Texas wind generation is like bragging about Trumps gold toilets. They are both just for shts. Literally.
As I Texan I love seeing my state grow and prosper but I also see it as a little bitter sweet. A lot of the things that make Texas special to me is is changing, lets hope its for the better!
Its not for the better. Just ask anyone from Phoenix...
Gentrification + globalisation = a lack of identity.
aoc will move to texas and improve the state lmao
@@johansjournal tell me that’s a joke aoc is a literal communist and she wants control over everything
@@SA.................. If that is all it is to you, that is sad.
"The gap in land size between Texas and Alaska can never be filled"
*Texas has declared war on Oklahoma*
When has it not?
We should take back more of Mexico
They’d probably just join us, Texans and Oklahomans are basically cousins, and I’m not just saying that because I’m Texan and my cousins are literally from Oklahoma
It would still be smaller than Alaska afterwards 😂
No that's NM (hint: History)
I moved from downtown SF to Southwest San Antonio. People are so educated here, is lovely. I'm loving texas and the birds singing in the morning instead of homeless in drugs howling in pain and desperation at 5am. I JUST FUCKING LOVE TEXAS
San Antonio, Dallas, and Austin are the coolest places in Texas. Most other areas the people are mean spirited and uneducated form my experience.
@@acegikm this is by far the dumbest comment. The cities you mention a blue cities, therefore you must be a liberal therefore a bigot
@@acegikmstill infinitely better then California
Please vote differently if you came to Texas to keep it better than Cali.
@@grtgamer6807 both sides are equally just as bad for equally different reasons. Politicians do not look out for the average citizen but whatever business is willing line their pockets
I lived in Texas for about 6 years, and you can literally see the population growing on a month by month basis.
I dated a girl that live nearly an hour away and I could see the traffic on 35 get heavier and heavier over the course of 2 years.
I just moved to Sioux Falls SD and it’s the same here. I can see every month how the city is growing
A long time ago, you could do San Antonio to Dallas in 3.5 hours. 😢
The drive from dripping springs to San Marcos literally doubled in the span of 6minths
Yeah today (a Wednesday) the traffic was unbelievable even on 287
I lived in Houston in early 1970’s and roads which were two lanes are now 8 lane highways, the traffic here sucks, it’s why we moved to Central Texas..
If Lawmakers here can get some funding into public transit between and inside the Texas triangle, it would be a truly unstoppable metropolitan area. The main issue, as well as strength, with Texan transport is the hyper-focus on the road system, which provides a lot of benefits, but also detracts from attractiveness of the cities. Houston is infamously a nightmare, and Dallas is close in second with Austin getting worse by the day; I think Texas could benefit from a better planned or more well-rounded system that allows cars/trucks, trains, and pedestrians/bikers to coexist. American cities don’t need to be copies of other international cities, it’s a different situation, but there are some lessons to be learned from places like Paris and Tokyo.
That's not happening. 20 years living in this state and the prevailing sentiment I've heard about public transit is that it's too expensive, dirty, unsafe, and nobody here wants car traffic to be deprioritized one iota. People here are way too attached to their massive trucks and SUVs to ever allow real spending on public transit or biking infrastructure. Maybe in Austin, cause that's where most people go if they're more liberal, but DFW/Houston I just can't see it happening there.
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Agreed. As a resident of the triangle, I’d give anything to be able to hop on a train and go to another triangle city
A train system connecting our big cities would be cool. I wouldn’t use public transit in a city though.
Be honest it’s perfect that way it is. Different cup of tea for everyone. I like that it’s not trying to be like other cities around the world. It’s especially semi truck friendly. If one doesn’t like driving then Texas ain’t for them and that’s ok.
As a German I‘m impressed that Texas is literally bigger than Germany entirely, at least geographically
Texans are very good at secession. No other state hates the United States more than Texas
It takes 12hrs to cross Texas. How long does it take to drive across the longest part of Germany?
@@H8onG 7 days because of stau(traffic jams)
Texas is about the size of france
@@H8onG very little, because you can drive 160 mph legally, up there...😂
I moved to Texas in 2019 from Kentucky. I got my house in 2020 (during the pandemic) & this is the best thing I could've done (should've moved here years ago)
Welcome! Glad to have you and yours.
Where in Kentucky did you move from? I'm in Louisville and have been looking into changing states in 5 years or so. The biggest thing keeping me here though is how low the cost of living has remained compared to much of the rest of the US.
@@semaj_5022I moved from Jeffersonville Indiana (which is pretty much Louisville) to Texas. Texas is good but I will just say they different here. I can't really describe it but just different. And as big as Texas is there's A lot of land with hardly anybody there. I would suggest going into the areas outside of the city to live.
@@semaj_5022and the cost of living I think is less here than it is in Kentucky. And Texas is so big that if you didn't want to work a regular job you can lift or Uber and be all right.
As a native Texan, Texas is so big that we have 4 different biomes and just and hour drive from one city to the next gives you vastly different cultures
More than an hour, but yeah. Back when my brother was in college we'd regularly make the trip from a small town north of Austin to San Antonio and it took about 2 hours each way. From where we were living at the time it was 4 hours to Dallas and 3 to Houston. Even though I've lived here my whole life it's still a bit mind boggling how huge this state is, and it's not even the largest by land mass. Do you ever watch Daytripper?
I'm a native Texan and am tired of seeing different cultures invade my homeland.
Also don't forget once you pass I35 going west there's NOTHING. I'm from West TX and that is something that is missed everytime. Just how empty it is. You get near el paso and good luck finding someone
Born and raised and only left the state a handful of times haha
One of the things I love about Texas is you can't be bored here! Just move to a different part 😂
Texan born and raised. Although I do see major benefits to the growth of Texas. Please do not overlook the stress it put on native Texans. It pains me to see my brothers and sisters be priced out of their home towns.
It happened to me and now I am homeless .I sleep in my truck and work framing and foundation s .rent is unaffordable .so I build houses for people to feed my self to be homeless. This is progress mind you.
Welcome to Colorado
Sucks. Get better jobs
Don't you like capitalism?
Same here, so many on the internet like to look at Texas with rose-tinted goggles, but overlook the issues we are facing because of that growth including us locals being unable to afford housing, the water shortages, the strain on the grid, and worst of all, many of these folks ignoring the growing authoritarianism in Texas.
It would’ve also been worth mentioning how there’s a huge chunk of our military-industrial sector in Texas along with a large amount of military infrastructure/bases
That is because if th3 oil industry and its use for training in arid climates
Why would that be worth mentioning? California is the biggest military presence in the country. So in comparison, it's not worth mentioning.
@@ZefOrath came here to say the same thing thing. Most of the military bases are in California
@@ZefOrathdemocrats are slow
@@ZanesFacebookya but they isn’t respect the military so it doesn’t count
As a Texan myself i believe that i can speak for all Texans when I say that seeing Texas grow more and more over the years is a big accomplishment and seeing it get better just warms my heart also I wouldn't have known it was getting bigger with out you so thank you
We just have to figure out the border issue and we’ll be good.
Americans should be proud of their country and the Americans who live in Texas that made this possible.
I'm not even american, but out of the 50 states, Texas Is my favourite and I'm so glad that it's doing so well.
I wish one day I'll be able to visit Texas, but my secret dream Is to live there ❤
Texas is without a doubt the most American state in my mind. As a Chinese, I am curious about what the people of Texas think about China.
@@creekmorenoelle well me personally I think China is a cool country, sure it had soome set backs in the past but hey, it's having a come back! But there are some people in Texas who don't take to kindly to others, but there republicans so you probably already knew that
Native Texan, old and gray. Frankly we were quite happy with the smaller population numbers. Part of the charm of living here, and those of us old enough to remember Texas as it was 50-60+ years ago miss that aspect of it. I recently had to make a trip to a small town roughly 100 miles north of Austin, good grief what a madhouse of people. The rural two lane highways were jammed, everyone drives like the seat of their britches is on fire and it's 50 miles to water.
I agree. Having lived in Houston for most of my life it’s grown so much it’s mind boggling… looking forward to moving out toward rural parts of Texas.
Wyoming, Alaska and others are still like that.
I wish I got to see Texas when it was like that, I'm sure it was much nicer. I'm currently in Dallas, but only lasted for my year lease before deciding to hightail it out of the state to a less populated one. My issue with videos like this is they don't really go into the negatives that come with growth... The homeless situation in the DFW area is truly insane. Tent cities galore, almost any abandoned building you see being broken into and lived in by huge groups, drugs everywhere, crackheads everywhere, open prostitution, etc all run rampant here. I just went to 7/11 yesterday and a prostitute walked past my car wearing no underwear and an extremely short dress with her butt hanging out, I saw everything and my two young daughters were in the car. I even saw her pimp. In downtown Dallas, you see homeless folks sleeping on cardboard right outside ritzy hotels that cost hundreds a night to rent. It is a sad state of affairs here in the city; I'm sure it's nicer in smaller towns, but for how much longer? Will the depravity and sadness of the city leak to those places as well? I'm not sticking around to find out first hand, but I hope Texas gets a grip on the negatives that come with all this growth or people will eventually mass exodus out of Texas just like they are from California now.
I remember it like that, I'm 47. Raised around Marble Falls and a bunch of other areas in Texas. I miss it too.
When I was born in Texas, the entire state population was 9.6 million. Now we have 30 million.
as a Texan, this was a 30 minute ego boost lol. incredibly made video. really enjoyed it!
Right on brotha 🤘🏽
Hi raj it’s been a while , we went to school together but I’m sure u don’t remember 😂 funny to find u here
@@ivan-1689 bro let's go😂Ivan from elementary school?
Helps that he didn’t mention the power grid disasters, high property taxes, and housing costs outpacing incomes.
As a fellow Texan, this slightly boosts my confidence in going forward with my desires of starting a small trucking company in the state.
I could tell this was made by a Texan well before you mentioned it. Born and raised in Houston and lived in Austin since 2010. The growth is equally as wild and exciting as it is sad. There was a charm and quirkiness to Austin in the 80s/90s that I sorely miss, but nothing gold can stay. One other note of Texas pride: NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston playing such a significant role on a global scale.
Truth! I can’t stand Austin these days. It’s awful.
I moved here in 2010, and everyone was soo nice and friendly, but.... Comparing austin back then to now is like comparing heads to tails. It feels less like it used to. I don't know how it was in the 80s but well either way the amount that austin changes from decade to decade is incredible.@@C.O._Jones
no mention of Kilgore for oil! Worse, creator's emphasis of Dallas over Houston - that burns!
@@sinusoidalKant It was basically a sleepy college town, you could see the Capitol from pretty much any vantage point, the streets were filled with one-of-a kind characters, and the music scene was organic. Watch Linklater's movie Slacker for a pretty solid capture of late 80s/early 90s Austin.
Democrats and their vision from the 80/90s have done nothing but hurt Austin in ALL(most) categories.
You did a pretty good job on getting most of the facts right. A lot better than most of the videos produced on TH-cam.
One misconception that a lot of people have especially younger people is that fracking his new technology. I was working on fracking Cruise in the 1970s and it had already been around a long time. Perfecting horizontal drilling was the key that changed everything.
That is what I was going to say, as well as bringing the two technologies together.
I don’t know how I feel about Texas growing like this. On the one hand, I feel an lot of pride in how this state has grown, on the other, I’m worried about becoming California 2.0
Nah. We won't be Cali 2.0.
Cause we're worse.
Granted Prices aren't ad high, and the people might be friendlier, but Cali has better Education, more progressive, and has better road ways and Mass transit.
Texas has, Higher control on education, with overall worse education. The roads aren't as well maintained, the politicians add conservative as all hell, and the people often worse.
Upside. Food is better, the hospitality most folks is better, and more people are carrying guns to settle disputes.
But with the way Texas is holding against LGBTQ and Aborstion, and well as Decenct education studies, disheartens me more and more everyday. Texas won't be Cali 2.0 when it's worse.
@@Zelia_Wolf and your the reason Cali is collapsing, good job
@@splintery9357 would you like to elaborate?
@splintery9357 RLL has already explained why Cali has so many problems. Progressivism isn’t one of them; it’s mainly the lack of land & the high rate of NIMBY among residents resisting high density housing developments. :P
@@splintery9357 I love that "collapsing" = one of the largest economies in the entire world (literally still bigger than Texas), but yes. It's definitely collapsing.
The 1st OPEC minister, Abdullah Tariki, is an alum of the University of Texas. Khalid A. Al-Falih, the OPEC minister between 2016 -2019, is an alum of Texas A&M University. The petroleum engineering programs at both universities are considered word class and are known world wide for producing talented PE grads… for obvious reasons.
@Jocob Cohen THE University of Texas is better!
Thanks for that information...I am IMPRESSED!!!!
@Vivienne Scarlet would u rather take a couple of million dollars or care about people who could care less about you. most people would take the former. don't think you are above that. most of our politicians that seem to "have your back" do the exact same thing on either side of the aisle.
Too bad the Pro-Rape, Pro-Incest Republikkkans will ruin Texas
Roy Moore is already looking for his next victims there
@Jocob Cohen Nope. Hook 'em horns 🤘🧡
Its crazy how the West is so empty, but when people do go West they flock to the same places. The Eastern U.S. still has about 80% of our population but Texas and California have stacks and stacks of people. Plus you have pretty large metropolitan areas like Phoenix, Seattle, Denver, Las Vegas, etc.
California/West is tech hub of USA like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix for example so many more
I hate the city system. I’d never want to live in a Large metro area
All the libs moving and making the places they moved to EXACTLY what they escaped from
The west is America's Siberia
It's not only the west, ALOT of the USA's territory is really underpopulated, often because development is difficult and unprofitable to make building much of anything other than farms. If you ever travel away from the highways it's a whole another world.
But nobody cares since the big cities are often the only places where businesses can build and turn profits. The west is just the logical extreme of states +2x times the size of Ohio, yet a tenth of the population. I suspect it will only get worse, espeically if those big cities are the only ones able to get fresh water. The resulting migration will just straight up ignore the 1,000s of small, dying towns trying to give away houses to cram into NE corridor, or sunbelt cities while complianing about how the sudden influx sent the cost of living skyrocketing again.
Spent the best 16yrs of my life lovin Irving. God bless Texas .
Fun fact as a native texan, if you go to Waco Texas there is a museum of where dr.pepper was founded. It's really something. They even have a ice cream bar and a food court as well as candy
I wanna go to Waco and see the remains of the Branch Davidian cult compound
ive been, its actually pretty cool
I literally lived in Waco and never went to either 💀
The Dr. Pepper Museum! I love Waco…had many family members (both sides) living there over the years so my fondest memories are almost all from times I was there visiting.
Most don’t know that the Branch Dividian was located outside of Waco-I never saw it.
Chip and Joanna Gaines have brought Waco back into the national conversation but in a positive way. (They have a hugely successful show about their home renovation business, a popular store in downtown Waco, and even a magazine that Joanna created called Magnolia that comes out quarterly, I think).
@@Redcheeks66 you are allowed to visit and the residence are very welcoming, especially if you visit on April 19th, which is the anniversary of the siege. I may or may not have a piece of their swimming pool in my collection of macabre artifacts.
Great video! As a native Texan, I have lived through a lot of this growth and the ups and downs. My hope is that people moving into Texas will help preserve all the factors that made it such a desirable place to move to! I love my Texas!
Then you need to close down Austin right away. Basically the California transfer center.
Yes ma’am, I agree 100%!
I worry about that as well.
All the people moving here from other states want to change texas to where they came from. It's not so special anymore. Especially austin. Liberal shithole.
Thats being hopeful lol
I grew up in Texas and lived there through college then left for about a decade for higher education and work. Then decided to move back to raise my kids next to family that still live in Texas. I honestly never thought id move back but it's been the best decision I've ever made.
texas is the best
our fatherland is beautiful, we mustn't forgot the sacrifices to form this land, or to build us to the superpower of a state we are
Welcome Home
Being close to your support network is the most valuable thing you can have.
I grew up in Texas, 1972- 1989. We all hold that Texas pride for our whole lives.
Proud of Texas! Proud of being a resident of Texas for more than thirty years!
I’ve lived in a small town in Texas for my entire life, and let’s just say it’s been an EXPERIENCE seeing how much this once “small town” has changed. It’s now soooo over populated. I miss my small town😭
I grew up in Abilene in the 90s and 00s, and my whole life it seemed like it hovered around 90,000. I hated Abilene because it felt like there was nothing to do. 90,000 people isn't enough to get really cool stuff going, and the conservative nature of the city wasn't helping. Now, Abilene has grown 30,000 people in ten years and every time I visit my folks I can feel it. Being in my mid-30s I actually want my old, boring Abilene back. I really miss it, even though I took it for granted when I was young. This population growth is crazy. And scary.
New braunfels?
@@buckleupteddy Georgetown
I here ya. Im from Frisco TX and we thought we were big time when we got a McDonalds in the early 90s. Now Frisco is just one big mall full of Karens and Kens. This is due to companies being allowed to not pay taxes for 2-3 decades to move their HQ's/Operations to Texas. And this single reason is why Texas will never be the same.
In El Paso the desert that I rode horses and drove 4x4 in has become neighbors for miles and miles in every direction but south.
As a native Texan and longtime subscriber, I was super surprised by the ending ad and finding out that you are from Texas as well...love your content. Thanks!
Same
I think he's from Dallas, too. Which is cool!
I am a Texan. My great grand parents were born in Texas. Personally, I do not want the population of Texas to grow larger. When driving across the beautiful open spaces of Texas there is a peace and calm that is not possible in crowded areas in other states.
A Big Amen to that. Love my Texas!
@@SyrenaLopez even doubling the population wouldn’t really change that, given how most people will pretty much be concentrated in one area. Population density is crazy than you might believe. Remember, Germany has much, much more people than Texas and is much smaller, yet it’s not overcrowded with plenty of beautiful countryside. I don’t want my lone star state to be too heavily populated either, but land is the least of the concern.
I heard in The Great Awakening,,,,,,,TEXAS will be part of SAVING THE WORLD,,,,,,,,,,dont ask me more, cause i dont know,,but the person who said this has been Right on all the other stuff they are saying. The Ken Paxon story is way BIGGER than anyone know's,,,,,,,,,,Nothing can stop what is Coming,,,,,,,,,,,,Q
As long as Republicans control the state, Texas will never gain power. The IDIOTS running the state only hold a small majority of voters but gerrymandering tilts the state their way. They re going down the Florida path of passing laws that allow government sanctioned discrimination, rob women of their rights, an target the LGBTQ community. Inclusion in the path to power but Republicans haven't found a CULTURE WAR they aren't willing to start and fight. Even if it is based on LIES. I would not live in Texas or Florida if you PAID me A LOT.
@@-xnnybimb-9398 still, we here don’t really like change, it is very hard to get us all to agree on something (at least where I am from lol)
Me and my family recently moved to Dallas and we love it here!
Welcome to Dallas
Welcome! 🙏
The only thing that I think was missed was the Texas Medical Center located in Houston. It's one of the largest and most advanced medical centers in the world. Other than that, this was very informative!
It always boggled my mind driving through Downtown how the Med Center was essentially it's own city within a city
It's the largest medical center in the world. Let that sink in. There are more CT scanners in just one hospital (MD Anderson) than many first-world nations have. Let that sink in. The scale of the Medical Center in Houston is mind-boggling. I want a whole RLL video just on that!
Yeah and the ridiculous prices they charge
interestingly, it's Houston Methodist rather than TMC which is more highly rated (#81 on Newsweek's list of world's top hospitals) Dallas' UT Southwestern, next highest in Texas, is way down at @239.
teaching hospitals tend to be the most bleeding edge - pardon the expression. 😁
im so happy that i wanna work in medicine and i happen to live in houston lol
At the beginning of the pandemic my family and I had just moved out of Houston to Texas City to be near family and get out of the city but it seems the city has followed us because the expansion even out here is crazy .
The south in general has seen a massive uptick in population. People are moving out of the east and west and filling up southern states. Wish I would have bought property in some TX suburbs in 2019...
Ayo yea Texas City has been growing so fast with new apartments and neighborhoods being built everywhere! Also tons of construction on 45!
@@phillipromero7591 it's kinda cool to see one these videos about our area . It's fun to know that the sights we see everyday might be cool to others , like our refineries almost next door .
@@vr6one Pennsylvania, easily has the potential to see a population uptick as well the cost of living up here is pretty low compared to other parts of the US and there are a ton of jobs up in our state thanks to the natural gas boom
@phillipgodkin2493 yea people visiting are always astonished seeing the flames from the plants when they open the door 😅
I got my degree in chemical engineering in California. One of my professors said, "if you want a job in chemical engineering, move to the gulf". Not only does Texas have the greatest energy industry in the USA, it also has the greatest chemical engineering industry. I couldn't possibly quantify the number if chemical goods that are produced in the region. The industry is massive!
One of the largest in the world.
Somehow they still can’t keep the lights on…
@@IAmAllEyes electricity is unreliable everywhere and everyone in the U.S. will become total electric soon, except Texas.
Literally every other person I know in right now is going into some form of engineering- even getting an engineering degree at a small, public college is enough to get a job here
@@IAmAllEyes for a day lol good luck this summer California 😁
Ive lived in Texas all my life im from the RGV. I will say it has grown so fast in such a small amount of time. I love Texas so much, im so proud to be Texan. 💯
Texas also has proximity to Mexico, allowing cheaper labor for manufacturing of certain lower skill components. And Texas has HEB, the greatest grocery chain in America.
HEB is an institution in Texas
As a 2 year partner, and my father surpassing his 27 year. I can confirm, no store does more than my HEB.
I finally get to move from Texas to Washington state next month. I'm really going to miss HEB. Everything else can stay, if I could have my HEB and open carry.
What does op mean (op state)? I can't find the meaning of it.
@@babakgasimzade4176 OP in the context of this video is short for "overpowered". And separately, when people refer to the "op" in the comments, they mean "original poster".
I think you are missing 2 major industries that are key to the rapid growth of Texas, more specifically Houston. The medical and the aeronautics industries. The Texas Medical Center in Houston is the largest medical center in the world, attracting people from everywhere to work. Then you have NASA and the work revolving around them.
You forgot it's becoming the new silicon valley too
Raytheon also has a large footprint in Texas.
Absolutely correct, @martins. MDAnderson is opening a branch in Austin soon. Expansion from Houston. Dallas will be next IMHO.
Speaking of NASA, our uncle John Aaron was one of the first EECOM engineers at NASA. Apollo missions. A steely-eyed missile man, Uncle Bud.
I love how captivating and informative these videos are. Sometimes I find myself wanting more, even after watching a 15-30 min plus video.
Great news!!! [Insert ad for curiosity stream here] (both comments read in a bad acting voice)
Born in Texas and have lived in Texas my whole life. Never plan to leave.
I was born and raised in the Dallas area. Spent the last 4 years overseas and recently came back to the DFW area. I am blown away by how many people are just…everywhere. It’s insane. New housing under construction everywhere you look.
My family moved from the Houston area to Collin County in the mid 80's. The area has always been growing, but it exploded in the early 2000's, and continues to do so.
Me too...we had 14 acres in the Dallas City limits...now, not an open piece of land for miles and miles....I moved to South Texas...no people for miles
@@laurahoward5426 what part? I need to move to another part of Texas
@@michele5695 Good Luck
That's everywhere basically
Before I moved to Texas in 2004 I had this weird love when I saw Texans. Whether it was on TV, in movies or in real life. They had an aura to em and a spirit. Then I moved to Texas and it's been the best place I've ever lived in and experienced. A close runner up has to be Okinawa, JP.
Texans are a breed unto themselves, jus ta good bunch of people. I grew up in Texas, 1972- 1989. Texas pride gets instilled into us.
As a Texan I want to go to Japan, how is it there?
@@rival.888 as a Japanese I want to go to Texas someday in the future
@@rival.888 It's a lot like Texas. Japanese people are so damn nice and respectful, the food is fantastic and the weather is great 90% of the year. 10/10 would recommend to anyone.
@@rival.888 Of all the military guys I've met who were stationed in Japan and Germany, they said Americans are treated very well. Kind and respectful are the Japanese, and the Germans like having good times. I say "make your dream happen " !
It feels good to hear positive facts about my home state. ❤ Born and raised Texas proud from the ATX. Now, let's pray for some rain. 🌧 🙏🏼
From Detroit to Dallas ad opportunity to buy my house. Love texas,would equate It as my born state. Hardworking state
This comment aged horribly
Well we got the rain, but it was not pretty… But still going strong 💪
@@mergat2970what you mean Texas is still great go to any other state and it doesn’t compare to Texas I’ve traveled all 50 states and none of them compare to home here in Texas
HTX🤝ATX
Despite not being from the U.S.A , Texas has got to be my most favorite state and this video proves why it is , if l were not broke l would've migrated over there .
I was born and raised in Wichita Falls, Tx and I'm about 120 miles north of DFW and our population has been booming and I love how much Texas has stayed self sufficient, I miss the small town, polite, hospitable , courteous demeanor of the people. I've noticed people have been so rude and hateful in grocery stores. This was not the usual way of life here. plus the traffic is horrible . Our prices have skyrocketed along with housing costs . the more we develop and in habitat, the higher our prices go .
sounds like California.
IOW: California
It's the Californians carpet bagging here.
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People in Amarillo are some of the nicest anywhere, but I have noticed people being not so courteous. I cringe whenever I see a car with California or Colorado license tags. We also have started to see beggars at the intersections. Never had that before.
We have many German settlement towns, where some of the residents still speak our own German-Texan style of German. German food, beer and music being very popular in Texas. Some of my favorite Texas towns are Fredericksburg, New Braunfuls, Schulenburg, Luckenbach, (Great song about Luckenbach by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson) ,Gruene, Boerne, Muenster, Weimar, New Berlin the list goes on! Tejano music wouldn't be what it is today without German influence!
Don't forget the Czechs. What would we do with out kolaches? My great grandparents immigrated from there in the 1800's. I live in the hill country and love it!!
That explains A LOT of why Tex Ass is the way it is.
@@knoahbody69 stay mad
And Alsatian in Castroville
Neat. Texas is 37% white, and among children it's 15% white.
In my opinion, a housing market crash is imminent due to the high number of individuals who purchased homes above the asking price despite the low interest rates. These buyers find themselves in precarious situations as housing prices decline, leaving them without any equity. If they become unable to afford their homes, foreclosure becomes a likely outcome. Even attempting to sell would not yield any profits. This scenario is expected to impact a significant number of people, particularly in light of the anticipated surge in layoffs and the rapid increase in the cost of living.
I suggest you offset your real estate and get into stocks, A recession as bad it can be, provides good buying opportunities in the markets if you’re careful and it can also create volatility giving great short time buy and sell opportunities too. This is not financial advise but get buying, cash isn’t king at all in this time!
California is a shit state ran by a terrible governor. Left wing policies makes everyone poor and no one actually like them
@@fresnaygermain8180 This all looks and sounds like a good way to pitch this professionals services. I have been seeing this quite a bit in YT comments. Last time I took advice from a professional financial advisor and purchased a certain stock, it plummeted.
@alexsteven.m6414, God forbid! I bless Texas in Jesus name! Nothing is impossible with God! I hold on to Jeremiah 29:11 amen! God is faithful.
I've been hearing this since 2019. I really did think it would crash at one point between 2021-2022 but I honestly don't think there will be a major housing market crash, especially in California.
Hello from Brazil....I spend hours on Google Earth looking at that. Happy I have stumbled upon your channel.🎉
The rapid development of Texas has been astonishing, having watch it all happen growing up in a small suburb city, Irving. I watched farmlands be turned into industrial warehouses, townhouses, you name it. And currently we have the star of the city Las Colinas, an urban powerhouse that's rapidly growing with many major businesses settling there. Currently as of recent events, Gordan Ramsey moved his American HQ to Las Colinas.
What took many cities decades to achieve, Texas has done it in the shorter spans at times as highways are rapidly built (Enjoy the gore that is Texas Highways), major housing projects of mostly townhouses with no backyards (An honest tragedy there), and so much more.
You can say that Texas can be crowned the Golden State, rather black gold as much of the coastal cities here are Oil Cities, with thousands of oil workers living in them.
Having no backyards is the best thing that can happen to a city. We need walkable, densely populated neighborhoods with access to everything within a 15 minute walk or public transit. We don’t need 3,000sqft houses for 2 people
I live in Allen and yes it's been wild seeing the rapid growth all round DFW.
I moved to Texas a decade ago..I got recruited by Peterbilt and moved to Midland, Texas in 2013. Then opened my Diesel Shop the following year during the beginning of the fracking boom. Companies were throwing money in the Permian Basin just trying to keep up with the demand. Currently living in San Antonio and don't plan on going anywhere for a long time. Great detailed video. Really enjoyed it, thank you. Just earned a new Subscriber 💪🏾
Fellow Midlander here
BUSHMAN! Keep up the videos! They always make my day! Respect from Nevada.
Whoa didn't know you lived in Midland, I'm still here but glad you got out, it's getting crazy with the amount of people moving here. Also the fracking is causing earthquakes lol
@@isaacreyes1181 pretty sure earthquakes are from the swd wells not fracking.
I grew up in the, statistically, poorest county in the state of Texas. It’s in east Texas, next to Louisiana, and you would be amazed at the difference 3 hours does from the fringes of the Houston and DFW metroplexes. In the last 25 years, the state has become more international and more business minded, but also more insular of its own state identity comparatively to America. “Make Texas a country again” is a very common saying and the state pride is unlike any other state by a mile. However, socially, Texas has a lot of concerning issues that are far too deep to get into on a comment. Great job on the video! Always nice to remember home.
"...the state pride is unlike any other state by a mile."
*New Jersey has entered the chat*
@@MikeDiEva Bro, even New Jersey residents don't like New Jersey. 🤣
I really hope Texas does not become a country 😓
"Texas has a lot of concerning issues that are far too deep to get into on a comment. " Well tell us a short version then? People like myself who have never even been to the US would like to know.
@@lawrencefrost9063 If I had to take a stab at it (having done d2d sales in the DFW area since the start of the year, ive gotten to get a ton of different perspectives), it has become so culturally and ideologically diverse so quickly that the "melting pot" (i.e. people from different cultures integrating into the larger culture as a whole) hasn't been able to take effect. This has created quite a bit of friction, and people here generally aren't quite as friendly as they used to be on the whole. Native Texans see it as Texas is losing its identity.
On the flip side, however, I would also say that people like myself moved to Texas because of that Texan pride. I always loved the unapologetic pride, yet undeniably welcoming nature of the people in the state. It is why I moved here from central Illinois, I wanted to be a part of, to add to, and reinforce that aspect of the culture. And I am far from alone, so many people have moved here because there is a sense of hope and freedom here.
Would be curious to hear the OPs thoughts
East Austin is developing suburban density: residences are packed together, but commercial zoning is extremely restricted. As a result, people are forced to drive to shopping centers, which exacerbates the traffic problem. The tactic consolidates wealth by favoring big box stores and making commercial real estate ownership virtually impossible for local retailers and restauranteurs. It's a reason so many local businesses operate out of food trucks and ghost kitchens. The city raises money through property tax collection, though, so zoning restrictions and subsequent wealth consolidation works in their favor. It's a real bummer.
then talk to your city council and your neighbors to make a difference on that.
you'd rather live close to higher traffic areas and have urban sprawl? thankfully, there are choices.
I moved to Texas in 2019 and the amount of growth that has occurred in this short period of time is insane! Texas is a great state; however, traffic is becoming unbearable in almost every direction. They have been widening the roads, doing construction and such, but I can only imagine what Texas will look like in a few more years. I love Texas and have no plans to leave 😊.
Road widening never solves it. Viable public transport is the solution.
@@watema3381 Me personally, I would never take public transport. I'm not gonna get robbed, I get to listen to music/have a conversation/have quiet, I always have a seat, I can have privacy if I'm driving with a passenger, I have comfortable storage space. And also I think cars are cool so there's that too.
The thing with public transport is Texas is too yuge. It works if you live and work inside downtown, many people choose to remain outside city limits. Hence the “Texas triangle”.
@@DeRico1337 That's why is has to be _viable_ in order to work.
Have highspeed mass transit train lines connecting major hubs, with smaller trams connecting smaller hubs, along with busses connecting even smaller areas.
@@watema3381 knowing txdot that’ll take as long as widening 35 🤣🤣
I’ve lived in Texas for the past 17 years, spent my entire 13 year stint in the Navy in three of its NOSCs, and I have loved every second of it. I’m just sad that I may have to leave after marrying into Active Military. Hopefully we can come back home after retirement.
Good luck and stay safe.
We need folks like YOU here in Texas. Please return
Hello Sir ,i am interested in joining the military. I am new in Texas
A dirty secret not mentioned here; Texas has some of the highest property taxes in the entire country. Makes it more expensive than the sticker price shows to own a home.
Even with a higher property tax rate, it is still vastly cheap than most states.
Not for much longer the way prices are jumping.
This isn't mentioned enough. Yes, zero income tax and zero capital gains, but property taxes are huge. I thought the NE would be bad with their income tax, etc. But I found Pittsburgh to be even more affordable, shockingly. I suppose Pittsburgh is more Midwest though.
NY property taxes are higher
@@jjd-lx5vr
Actually it's not. NY property taxes are at 1.72%, Texas property taxes are 1.80%.
Born and raised in McAllen, Texas. Then lived in Houston for 4 years and Dallas Fort Worth area for 42 years. Visited abilene often for 15 years.
Never wanted to move from Texas, just don't like traffic congestion.
I'm a life long Texan and I've noticed the growth even in small towns. A lot of it (from what I've seen) is from people leaving California, Florida, and Oklahoma to come to Texas.
Yep! I live in smaller town 40 mins outside dfw and as of recently, almost every empty field/land I’ve ever known is either in construction at the moment or has already been built over. I’d say 3 out of 4 of everything built were rich people neighborhoods.
FL as well?
@@azerko Yup. My manager is originally from Florida and moved here in 2018.
@fatboysgarage7984: I know the feeling. I moved to Seattle in 1993. Back then, Seattle was very quirky, independent and beautiful. Fast forward to 2024 and now it's filled with people mostly from Cali who have utterly destroyed the PNW. I moved to Anna, TX (Collin County) in 2020 and loved it. Then came the same people from Cali who destroyed my beloved Seattle area. I came to Texas to assimilate and to retire. I respect the culture and (for now at least) is still a great place to live. I've also noticed that while many blue state transplants are better off financially, they are miserable. They refuse to change their ways and I see many transplants who don't last a year in Texas. Let's keep Texas, Texas. Red. Free. Prosperous. And independent from the tyranny of our US government.
And Louisiana too
One massive thing forgotten in this video is the ever growing relation between US-Mexico that is providing enormous oportunities to the south of Texas and is bound to become a very strategic location as Chinese-US relation deteriorates further.
Wtf?
@@fstringer1486There's a lot of manufacturing in northern Mexico right across the border from Texas. Some Chinese companies have started moving there.
mexico is about to become allie’s with china buddy 💀
The pivot to Mexico is quite overstated, I think. South Texas will remain a backwater indefinitely, hopefully.
What?
I work in a hotel in Las Vegas and the nicest people I've interacted with are Texans, also the best tippers. They have this aura that makes you feel light hearted. Always polite and friendly.
Sounds like the opposite of Californians lol
Texans are the rudest people we meet here in Germany
I’m from the Permian basin born and raised there tbh I do see we are getting more people here in Texas so yeah.
I'm from there as well, and you are correct.
MOJO! ❤
I spent a year in Del Rio learning how to fly. It was also a chance to be part of a culture that was embracing and warm. Many later trips to every airport and the hospitality was so awesome. I always knew that I could find a fellow Texan who would show me the town and best eats. While the population grows, I think that distinct hospitality will always live with Texans.
Ayyy DR represent!!! Those are my peoples.
Does all the hot air down there make it easier for planes to takeoff?
@@charleswieand4445 Is that a legit question or a sarcastic quip? If the air is hot it's usually less dense and less efficient for a plane to fly in.
@@jonathanhildebrand2161 yes.
@@jonathanhildebrand2161 I understand. Last time to Laughlin was over 2 decades ago, flying the t38. We were trying to fly into Randolph in San Antonio, but the weather was below mins for fog and we didn’t have a lot of gas to loiter. Diverted into Laughlin and spent a few hours chilling until we had decent weather in San Antonio. It was really a weird feeling returning after 20 years into a pilot training base again. I’m sure you have the same observations returning to old training bases.
I'm glad he finally mentioned Corpus Christi after showing its biggest port in TX and refineries at least 5 times previously. I'm surprised though he didn't mention the beaches as a growing travel destination. We continue to see more and more Canadians, Asians, and Europeans vacation here.
and Spanish speakers
The beaches? Bro, I am many generations Texans, I have spent a large portion of my life on all the beaches of Texas, I live here now, in POC, but from north Houston so Crystal Beach, Galveston, dads a fisherman so Port Aransas, Matagorda, I was young once so Corpus, Padre, etc. our beaches aren’t great for being beaches, good fishing though
You mean to tell me there are Europeans who prefer Texan beaches to Spain, France and Croatia?
@@bala007rapidfire ask them but they sure come here to Corpus.
And spaceX in boca raton
One thing about Texas I've found fascinating is the fact everybody who wants to work can find a job🎉... Being a disabled American I have lived in six other States and have found it extremely difficult to find fulfilling employment. Since I moved to Texas in the 90s I have always been able to work and make a reasonable income. Having purchased a home and finding roots I have been very satisfied with being a resident in Texas 🎉
Same here in California…
That's great to hear. Proud to be an American.
California is light years ahead of Texas.
@@mmmd3429 it's a competition. Or it should be.
@@thetroytroycanMeanwhile Texas is moving backwards.
I’ve lived in 38 US States and worked in 89 countries. Texas is best place in the world. ❤ However, the people moving here have ruined parts of our culture with liberalism, rudeness when driving, homelessness
lol how stupid. most homeless are locals who have been PRICED OUT OF RENTING BY THE NEW ARRIVALS DRIVING UP PRICES ! true in any state with lots of influx and housing demand.
the liberalism scares me most.
That was so informative 😮. I have been admiring your channel for 1 year and it does provide value .
I definitely have big pride as a Texan! Its just getting really scary watching housing costs skyrocket being that all the people from other states are moving here, i hope we can find a balance with that really soon. In about 1 year, the cost of housing in Austin jumped at least 3 fold
It’ll only get worse
housing jumped everywhere u closed off hick Texans... yall think the world is Texas and blab too much about it.
It's only getting started... Y'all soon will be getting the new York experience
I've lived in Texas my whole life my family has been here for multiple generations, and I've been priced out of Arlington and am hoping I can go back home one day. I don't ever want to leave Texas but these terrrible people moving here are changing the place increadibly fast. I've never seen more road rage and just ugly behavior and always from a california plate, a utah plate, or a colorado plate but especially the California plate drivers will be rude and cut you off and drive more of those crazy giant trucks than any other type of plate. Its like the republican hipsters are moving here and ruining the culture of the place. Its not a monolith here we love our home and we dont want these people to come and ruin our towns.
Yes. My first house was $114,000 just a few years ago and now it’s worth almost $300. Wish I hadn’t moved!
One more factor for Texas growing economy is Mexico industrialization and US-Mexico trade. Laredo is now one of the biggest port like Los Angeles and Chicago as a small inland city, and more land ports are under development.
Yeah, and this Texan growth has contributed to the northern mexican city of Monterrey's rapid growth too. It recently became the second biggest city in Mexico (in population and economy) and a Tesla mega factory is getting built. It's all very interesting.
@@outlawreaderI heard it was Nuevo Leon ????
@@ngx3649 Monterrey is Nuevo Leon's capital city
@@outlawreaderMonterrey has a been a power house since it’s founding in 1500’s.
@@ngx3649nuevo león is the state, monterrey is the city and capital of it
As a texan I had no idea how incredibly rich we were seeing that many of us are living paycheck to paycheck & can barely afford rent, groceries, gas or even a home. What good is it if we can’t reap what we sow. I wanna be proud how far we’ve come but the Texas we built was not meant for us, but for the highest bidder. How sad.
It's all the out of state people coming here with the money they saved and the real estate industry knows that so they raise the price because these people can afford it. I wish they weren't here, texas used to be the best state in the country and now we're this unrecognizable monster. I hate it so much, I would love to leave but I wouldn't even know where to go..maybe Wyoming or Alabama I don't even know.
This is not by accident. I remember back in the early 2000s commuting in my car in silicon valley hearing then Texas governor Rick Perry advertising seminars on moving CA business to Texas. This has been a vision of Texas leadership for decades and we are seeing the fruition of these efforts now and yes I now live in Texas.
Glad to have ya here. Welcome
Part of California’s long-term plan to turn Texas blue.
Houston has the big 3 industries: Energy, Medical, and International Trade.
People often forget that the Houston has the largest medical complex in the world, which also benefits from the cutting-edge technologies being created by the IT boom in Austin, and the energy sector in Houston. People fly in from around the world just to get treatment there.
The energy sector and international trade facilitated by the Houston port are important, of course. But people really underestimate just how important the medical center is to Texas's economy as well.
Houston also got nasa lol
@@Ace-002 NASA hasn't been doing much in the last 20 years though
Houston has been a leader in cancer treatment for 50 years already. MD Anderson.
Houston’s economy is not that diverse though. If Oil industry hit a wall Houston would too considering Houston lacks a lot of industries
@@YayaFeiLong Aren't they launching a new space station in 2027?
I got a little too excited when I heard my job being the second busiest airport in the country. I work with cargo and planes at DFW international! Great to hear some positive things about the state.
Nice to hear you work at DFW, what airline do you work for?
Not much more you could as for from a state, I’m from Oklahoma and glad I get to go to Texas, espically for Buccees. I’m actually going to my family on Friday after finals.
2nd busiest in the world not the country
I grew up in Abilene, you can't take someone seriously if they badmouth Texas. I'm a Texan 'till I die .
@@billycarpenter4740 Good to hear my fellow Texan, let us keep our state pride.
Been here 30 years from Los Angeles and have nothing but praise for the state. Have a property here in Houston and one outside Austin in the hills and could not be happier.
I think maybe some of it is that we are required to take Texas history in school usually 7th grade or so. I don’t know if other states have this but I believe it gives us that historical grounding. We’re proud of our history and merging of cultures. Not proud of everything that happened but proud that it’s made us this wonderful state.
I am not sure if they still do, but the state of Georgia had us learn the History of GA as part of 8th grade history class.
Louisiana did this too
Maine does it. It used to be Mass until 1820, has 16 counties, Augusta is the capital, its loggers and paper mills upstate, they used to send them down Milo River into Bangor then around the world, same with granite blocks. Now its mostly fisherman and tourists on the coast. Blueberries and potatoes and pumpkins and lobsters are the exports. There thats a half year class summed up in one paragraph.
The guy who posts these videos would take half an hour to tell you the same thing I just did.
@@drewcleaver815 yea they still do
Washingtonian here, we were required to take WA state history in either 8th or 9th grade. I believe most states have this.
The thing that I love most about Texas (and this is in other states as well but imo Texas is king) is that life can be extremely different based on WHERE in texas you live. Life in Beaumont vs life in amarillo is basically another country. Life in Texarkana vs El Paso likewise. Texas is basically multiple states in one. Texas is part of multiple regions of the nation. The great plains, the south, the gulf coast, the southwest. Texas encompasses all these regions. If you move from Arizona to El Paso, life wouldn't be that much different. If you moved from Kansas, Oklahoma,Nebraska, etc to amarillo, life wouldn't be much different. It all depends on where you come from and where you go in texas, and you can have a vastly different experience
I am multi generation from California, it's like that here too with both People and climate..
East Texas is like a more populated Louisiana when Cajun and Mexican culture, where boudin and burritos are popular.
I’m moving to San Antonio from Chicago.
@M G thats funny San Antonio is basically the Chicago of Texas. You have nice upperclass homes across the street from the actual cartel you should feel at home 🤣
I’m sorry but Texarkana and El Paso couldn’t be more different lol
I’m from Texas, born and raised. No matter were you are in the world when two Texans run across each other there is a common bond.
100%
Howdy
Secede
You mean like in a brokeback mountain way?
And shit starting😂😂
I love my Texas!!! TEXAS PROUD! ❤
Even with this crazy housing rate going on, my Real estate business in Dallas has not slowed down much. I get a lot of out of state clients from California and New York I show them what they can afford here in Texas land and they always say “this could triple the price in my state”. As my Texan clients are starting to have some trouble keeping up with the prices.
People are too greedy for that. But nice wishful thinking.
@BabyRainbowFriendexactly, california housing should only be bought by californians, same with new york, and LA! So ridicious to see Texans in other states when they can stay in their own
_"my Texan clients are starting to have some trouble keeping up with the prices."_
What a surprise that is.
Keep in mind ppl move to texas as last resort. Not because the weather is great or that is has a lot to offer. The houses are cheap.
@@jdos5643
Cheap is a deceptive term.
If you sell out in California and move to Texas, the houses are cheap.
But when you decide to sell your house and leave Texas the resale value is cheap too. It's a lot harder to leave Texas than it is to come there.
And many people tend to make that decision to leave at the same time, compounding the problem. Just when a lot of people need to sell their homes the housing market crashes.
Of course that's only logical, but still people are surprised to find out they actually lost equity while paying for their home. If you thought the house was cheap brand new during a boom, wait till you see what it sells for not-so-new during a bust.
I’ve grown up in DFW and it’s amazing to travel west and see the expanse of sprawling land and oil wells that go on forever. You can drive for hours and see thousands of pumps, wind turbines. It’s truly insane how much energy Texas produces.
I grew up in Abilene, 1972- 1989. Back then it was more sparse and central/west Texas use to be alot of cotton farming and yes, cattle and the oil fields. I roughnecked on the oil rigs for about 4 years, back then.
Yet the price of gas is $4 a gallon, it shows you how greedy Texans are and how they don’t give s damn about other states inflation.
u like seeing that?
I remember the first time I drove home from Dallas to Lubbock and ran into the HUGE wind farm west of Abilene. I was shocked. It was at night and they each had a red warning light at the top. It was like something like War of the Worlds.
@@sifridbassoon That wind farm was built after I left Abilene. My sister still lives in Abilene so I encouraged her to go out there and take a look. My girlfriend and I were up in Nova Scotia, Canada a few years ago and we walked up to and under several windmills in a windmill farm, it was awesome. That slow chunk-chunk of air being moved and the whine of the turbines. An experience most should try to have.
I grew up in Frisco, Tx which is a small but growing town north of Dallas… sometimes I cannot comprehend the growth here. Frisco is now a very booming bougie big town. Moved to Austin and Austin is growing more than the infrastructure can handle.
I grew up in Plano and watched frisco get built. 25 years ago frisco was brush fields and farmland. Now you cant tell when you leave frisco and enter plano.
Georgetown is supposedly the fastest growing town in the U.S., perhaps because it's seen as an Austin suburb, a bit like Frisco, Southlake, Colleyville, & Grapevine are DFW "suburbs".
So cool having a video talking about west Texas. Especially the Permian basin. Oil truly does dictate everything around here
I have a young cousin who went to Baylor. She met a cute man her first day there and married him after they graduated. The moved to a ranch out near Ft. Davis so he could help manage it. They had two lovely kids. When the husband turned 35, his daddy informed him of his inheritance. That ranch had been granted to his 6th great grandfather by the Republic of Texas for his service in the Texas Navy. It started as a 1 million acre grant. Various generations since have sold parts of it so that only 250,000 acres remain. At the same population density as Los Angeles, there is enough real estate in Texas to house every human on Earth.
I seriously doubt this guy onlyh learned his family owned at 250K acre ranch at 35-he was told about this in the womb. And if you think Texas is big enough to build 8 Billion homes I got ocean front property in Arizona I will sell you cheap buddy.
@@garyshan7239 You could actually take every person on Earth fit them onto Rhode Island and still have room left over before crossing state lines. Texas probably could in fact house all 8 billion humans.
How many are you housing there? Just asking for a friend...and the rest of Texas..kthx
I googled there is only one Texas ranch of that size and it's 255K acres
Absolutely!!!
I'm out of touch with what is taught in school these days, but when I was in 7th grade (1964) in San Antonio, we had the required Texas history class as taught by a native Texan, as were most of us back then.
San Antonio was more than half Mexican, descended from families who lived there since Texas was part of Mexico.
I left Texas for a few years for NY state and Chicago but came back home.
In those places, I never saw the state pride and welcoming homey feeling.
Texas used to be like a big spread out town...everyone was so neighborly.
It's lessened over the years a little.
It harder in the bigger cities to catch the Texas aesthetic.
But I plan to stay here the rest of my life if I have my way.
Everybody was required to take Texas History in class since the 1960's. I think it's still is. I left middle school in 1987. To go to high school.
I have an Uncle that was a 1st Marine division Sergeant on Gualad Canal, after 3 or so months of fighting he's watching a jungle clearing and hears machinery coming, he figured so late in the battle that it had to be American. A tank flying a big Texas flag gets close and his favorite cousin is hitching a ride! He said talking Spanish with his favorite person, they talked mostly about the fighting they'd been thru, was a great comfort. They both made it back to Texas and lived long and healthy, one in C.C., the other in Beaumont
Love that story
Incredible that they both made it back. That was a horrific battle.
Howdy, from Deep South Texas
Gilbert loved the service and also made jumps in Korea. He cried telling me about a fellow Marine that went on patrol and was never found, the man had four daughters and my uncle begged him that night to let him take his place since he didnt have a family at the time. Hey South, have a nephew went MM Academy down the, thankfully they taught him about GC and he got to visit with Tio some. My folks are originally from Brownsville and Los Fresnos
@@gumecindogarcia1070 that’s where I’m from lol
Many thanks to your uncle and his cousin for their heroic service. As a fourth generation Anglo-Texan, it's obvious to see that the success and prosperity of Texas today would not have been possible without the essential contributions of the millions of tough, smart, hard-working Tejanos in our state - it couldn't have been done without you!
I love that Texas is harnessing its chaotic weather and turning it into energy
I love new people coming to Texas and embracing our culture and western history! One thing people don't realize is how many different cultures there are in both the cities and rural areas, you're gonna have a completely different experience in Ft Worth than Austin or San Antonio, and folks living over in the Rio Grande Valley have a different culture than those over in the west Texas or the Panhandle. But all of us still love the lone star state and are proud of her ⭐️
Where are you living?? Nobody embraces our culture lol they perpetuate the culture from the place they fled.
People are running from blue states and toward red ones. Changing the red, to purple and finally to blue. Blue states are such garbage because of the policies they pass. They move to red states and pass the same garbage policies, thus turning em blue and eventually destroying that very state/city too. Creating yet another exodus
I don't love the people that come here and bring their politics with them. Why move here and try to change it to the crap where you came from?
I hate all of these people moving to Texas. It's driving up all the prices on just about everything.
@@yamahasuperbike2202 the housing and rent is gonna skyrocket 😔
Not everyone is embracing Texas ideas. Some of them still can’t help wanting us to change into the places they ran away from!
As a Texan who’s lived in Texas all her life, I gotta say I love my state. BUT THEM SUMMERS TEMPS GOT ME REAL EFFED UP 🥲💕
As someone who is living in midland, the oil industry is only getting bigger. It keeps growing and growing. To go along with that, the high exports of sand from here is high. And then the unemployment rate here being one of the lowest in the country. The Permian basin is a huge economic hub for Texas.
Boom and bust town along with Odessa.
@@Teporame At least they'll have their boom. And you, sir, where are you from?
@@TeporameCalifornian detected
My dad grew up in West Texas (Andrews) and his step-dad worked in that industry and made great money. He and my grandma were able to travel a lot once they retired and had their own fishing house at Lake Amstead near Del Rio. So yeah, definitely a huge industry.
@@SelfReflectivehe is from the town of Buttfuck in the state of Nowhere
Thank you for this video. It is very informative.
Best part about Tejas landscape is the beautiful wide open sunsets. Plenty of sky to see the painted clouds.
I am a life long resident of Texas, moving here as a baby in 1956. This video is a very accurate and balanced history of Texas. As an oil and gas geologist the discussion on the O&G ups and downs in Texas are spot on. The downturns were very painful for thousands of people in Texas.
@A B How are geologists destroying the environment?
It's a snake eating its own tail. Anywhere with jobs and affordable housing will be flocked to until the housing is no longer affordable. And of course if you like certain things, like the outdoors, Texas can't compete with either coast.
Any advice for Texas moving forward?
I grew up in DFW my entire life and I had to leave for north west Arkansas. The growth has created a lot more competition. If you live in an area with a high house hold income, everything else is conversely more expensive, such as apartments, homes, etc.. I moved to northwest arkansas and make roughly 90k a year in one of the lowest cost of living states. I'm 34 and my wife gets to stay at home with our son and soon to be second son. I never would have been able to afford this opportunity in DFW. We have a brand new house built on a quarter acre lot.
I just came back from NW and NE Arkansas. The beauty and wildlife is way under rated in the national picture, I was shocked to see herds of elk in Arkansas of all places and it has much better trout rivers than Colorado or other western states better known for them. Also Its people are every bit as openly friendly and approachable as they are in my home of San Antonio. Unfortunately its been discovered and the real estate prices reflect it. I'll have to stick with visiting.
@@kingranches You are correct, in the past 3-5 years certain areas of arkansas have been discovered. Northwest very specifically, it you look at home prices in 2012 versus 2023, most have doubled. But to be honest, what I have here, I could never have in Dallas. You have to have two people making atleast 90k a year in a house hold just to make ends meet and not live in a 30 year old home with a 30 year old roof and a 15 year old hvac system. This place has been slowly inching closer and closer to being unaffordable. Ive been telling everyone who has grew up in this area that they better get a house now because NWA is another one of those areas that is exploding. They won't be able to afford property for much longer. 8 years ago you could get an acre for 4-5k. Now an acre is selling for 25k/acre here. Recently Fayetteville was ranked #9 best city to live in, in the U.S.
Property Taxes?
@@pearlperlitavenegas2023 The property taxes account for less than $100 a month. Arkansas has a state income tax, they don't rely as much on property taxes as much as Texas does. But in the end they're going to get your money whether you're paying property taxes or state income taxes it all comes out the same in the end
@@CompPerformanceFreak nice TX property taxes are insane
From California and watching this gave me more respect for people from Texas
Yeah but let’s be honest not by much and the bar was pretty low to begin with..
As an American, I am glad many states are growing. Every state that goes stronger means a more stronger union.
A state that elects Ted Cruz benefits nobody. Texas sucks because it’s filled with Texans.
But there are also many that are shrinking.
@@bruhbutwhytho may be a good thing, or a bad thing, maybe there will be less states in the future or maybe new state borders are drawn for the better
The union as a whole is not stronger today though. Has little to do with the growth or decline of states. But everything to do with the federal government.
@@bruhbutwhytho That will always happen to some degree. It's just part of the way people and businesses move around. Those states that lose people and have losses in business will make whatever changes and eventually people will catch on to growth trends there, and start moving to them. An endless give and take cycle.
Prior to moving to Texas from my birth state of Oklahoma in late 2021, I once wanted to move to California for international flights across the Pacific Ocean, but my mother wouldn’t let me do so due to my disabilities and lack of income. I also refused to move to Florida due to frequent violent crimes and hurricanes even though my mother once took residency in the state between the early 70s and the early 90s before moving to the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.
I somehow managed to convince my mother to move to Galveston County in the Greater Houston area for a relaxing time at the beach near the Gulf of Mexico, my mother also promised me to travel abroad once she finally managed to sell the house in Oklahoma since Houston itself actually has its own intercontinental airport that could take me and my mother to a country as far away as India.
boi you better be grateful for yo mama
nah your better in texas i’m in cali and i dont really like it herr
Glad to hear you got away from Oklahoma at least lol
That's good but I would not go to Galveston for the beaches. But at least you are closer to better beaches further south too.
Its Ironic that this video came to my mind on the "watch later" list with the events currently happening in Texas.
you forgot to mention that Texas has one of the best medical industries in the US as well! It’s Houston’s 2nd largest industry
Texas Medical Center is the largest in the world and M.D.Anderson Cancer Center, is considered best in the world.
@@hash8169 Would you like to show us on the doll where the scary Texan touched you? LOL