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05-29-2007, 06:38 PM
1slow01z71

How do you honestly like it there? I got a damn good job offer up near Denton for the North Texas Tollway deal being and inspector up there for the duration of the project and well it pays good but I LOVE Austin and Im not so much a fan of the DFW area. My GF lives up there and my best friend from Austin will be my supervisor for the job so Im pretty much going to be along up there. Im just wondering how bad the traffic really is and what the hell there is to do up there. Down here in Austin there is just so much outdoors stuff to do it unreal. Im very big on being outdoors so thats kind of what I mean when "What is there to do". I know lake Luiseville(sp?) is up there but thats it. Who all on here is from the DFW area I know there are quite a few?
05-29-2007, 06:53 PM
GMCwantsLS1

Traffic sux, but it does in Austin too! There is alot of fun things to do in Dallas!
05-29-2007, 10:53 PM
1slow01z71

Guess everyone in Dallas hates me :laugh:
05-29-2007, 10:55 PM
ducky

Traitor
05-29-2007, 10:57 PM
1slow01z71

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Traitor
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Money talks and bullshit walks :hshake: :smile:
05-29-2007, 11:18 PM
ducky

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Money talks and bullshit walks :hshake: :smile:
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Come work at CVS pharmacy with me off Bee Caves road. I ALMOST make in the double digit for pay, and you get to work at the photo lab printing peoples photos :thumb:
05-29-2007, 11:26 PM
1slow01z71

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(duckysbht @ May 29 2007, 11:18 PM) [snapback]95199[/snapback]</div>

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Come work at CVS pharmacy with me off Bee Caves road. I ALMOST make in the double digit for pay, and you get to work at the photo lab printing peoples photos :thumb:
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For my age you cant beat the job Ill be doing and what it pays. I dont have it for sure yet but just wanted to see what was out there before I accept it if I get the call this week.

I bet you get to see all kinds of "cool" pictures :drool:
05-29-2007, 11:28 PM
ducky

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For my age you cant beat the job Ill be doing and what it pays. I dont have it for sure yet but just wanted to see what was out there before I accept it if I get the call this week.

I bet you get to see all kinds of "cool" pictures :drool:
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:laugh: there are definitely some weird people out there in the west lake area
05-29-2007, 11:36 PM
RedHeartbeat

Well, sports-wise we have the Cowboys, the Mavs, two soccer teams, the Rangers, the Frisco Roughriders and another minor league team at LaGrave field in FtWorth, the Stars...yada yada yada... There are lakes all around here but not the quality of Travis if you're a diver. You have a way to make trips to Austin if you want to dive. Dragstrips, we have Kennedale, Northstar, Redline, Caddo Mills, TexasMotorplex. We have bars running out the Wazoo if you like the bar scene. Car shows are plentiful on weekends and you have the Monday night gathering in N.Dallas of the guys related to Ricekiller.com. Plenty of concert halls with big name bands. Not to mention we have your sweetheart up here, too. North of DFW isn't too bad to travel within. I assume you'll be working on 121 towards McKinney or are you working on the one going from N.Central all the way up to McKinney? Up in those areas the traffic really sucks right now because of the tollway construction.

What other kind of stuff do you like to do?
05-29-2007, 11:56 PM
COWL327

Too bad all our sports teams SUCK!
05-30-2007, 12:04 AM
1slow01z71

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Well, sports-wise we have the Cowboys, the Mavs, two soccer teams, the Rangers, the Frisco Roughriders and another minor league team at LaGrave field in FtWorth, the Stars...yada yada yada... There are lakes all around here but not the quality of Travis if you're a diver. You have a way to make trips to Austin if you want to dive. Dragstrips, we have Kennedale, Northstar, Redline, Caddo Mills, TexasMotorplex. We have bars running out the Wazoo if you like the bar scene. Car shows are plentiful on weekends and you have the Monday night gathering in N.Dallas of the guys related to Ricekiller.com. Plenty of concert halls with big name bands. Not to mention we have your sweetheart up here, too. North of DFW isn't too bad to travel within. I assume you'll be working on 121 towards McKinney or are you working on the one going from N.Central all the way up to McKinney? Up in those areas the traffic really sucks right now because of the tollway construction.

What other kind of stuff do you like to do?
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Thanks thats the kind of info Im looking for. I dont know what section Ill be assigned to yet, they have to call me back and go over the financial side of it before I for sure take the job. I just wanted to make sure there was stuff to do that Im interested in before I sign my life away for atleast the next 7 years up there. My GF lives about 2 minutes from you, she lives right outside of Denton. :laugh: I do alot of hunting, fishing, cooking on my smoker and beer drinking. Ill probably buy a boat after I get some other financial stuff lined out. I forgot about all the car shows/street racing ya'll have up there. Im not too big into bars more country and western dancing but Ill go to the occasional abr and get plastered. Traffic around the tollway wont be a problem Ill just do like I did when I work on the SH45 project here in Austin, flip on the whirly birds and go behind the cones, the cops never pulled me over :rock: How are the property prices up there? Im going to try and move into a rent house for a 6mo to a year then buy a house up there somewhere. Working on trucks till early in the morning and living at an apt complex dont mix :nutz:
05-30-2007, 12:11 AM
RedHeartbeat

Rent depends on location. Smaller out of the way towns have some nice places for $500 a month up if you can live in a 40-60 year old house on pier and beam. If you want to be in town in the exclusive areas you could be paying $1500 a month. You just have to shop around.
05-30-2007, 06:46 AM
1slow01z71

Main thing I guess now is I need to find out where they are going to put me on the project then Ill be able to make a better decision on where Im going to live.
05-30-2007, 06:54 AM
DamnYankee

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Come work at CVS pharmacy with me off Bee Caves road. I ALMOST make in the double digit for pay, and you get to work at the photo lab printing peoples photos :thumb:
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Hey we made your signs Ducky. Look at 'em sometime - there should be Chandler Signs stickers on them.
05-30-2007, 09:13 AM
ducky

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Hey we made your signs Ducky. Look at 'em sometime - there should be Chandler Signs stickers on them.
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where would they be at? like in the bottom corner?
05-30-2007, 10:17 AM
sprayed99

Dallas is great. the traffic is bad but not as bad as Austin. There are plenty of bars,sporting events, lakes, and other activities. I've been in DFW for 21 years and have always loved it...but it all depends on where you want to live. I'm in wylie it is northeast of downtown about a 1hour or so. It's quiet out here and never any real crime . my only advise would be that you always live well north of the DFW area. too much bullshit happens down in the southern area of the city.
05-30-2007, 10:28 AM
DamnYankee

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where would they be at? like in the bottom corner?
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On the pylons, they should be way up on the cabinet. On directionals, they'd be down by the j-box. On channel letters, they'll be on the bottom left of the letters. They're pretty small stickers. I've surveyed so freakin many of those CVS, when you said you worked there, I had to pipe up - no biggie...
05-30-2007, 12:42 PM
TxStVanWilder

i like it better than austin...... but i like san marcos better than dallas
05-30-2007, 12:57 PM
1slow01z71

Found out today if I go Ill be working near Lake Louiseville so what are my options near there(within 30ish miles) for a nice place. Im really looking for a house to rent rather then an apartment.
05-30-2007, 01:53 PM
RedHeartbeat

It all depends on which side of Lake Lewisville you'll be working. If you're working on the toll bridge across the lake, you should find out where the company office is going to be located. If on the west side fo the lake then Lake Dallas, that's a nice place. If it's on the east side, there are a lot of small towns over there with decent rental property. 30 miles is a big radius. Find out more details. I was going to move to Oak Point before we moved to Denton, it's a nice community.