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seeclick8 t1_itrd1dh wrote

Reply to comment by thesleazye in UMaine Presque Isle by thesleazye

Where in West Texas? I moved from West Texas to Presque Isle and then Caribou back when I was 29.

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thesleazye OP t1_itrd91e wrote

I'm from Houston, but did a small stint for work out in the Permian: Pecos and Odessa. That's a pretty big move - how'd you like Maine in comparison?

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seeclick8 t1_itrdvgg wrote

We lived in San Angelo. Both my husband and I grew up in that area but wanted something new and different and moved in 1980 to Presque Isle and then Caribou and five years later to southern Maine. He worked at BU in Boston. Still here. Love it. So glad we left Texas. I have family in Houston. And I have good friends in Seattle whose daughter and son in law moved to League City. They love it there after growing up in Seattle. I guess it’s all about trying something new. I do miss cheap good Tex Mex.

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thesleazye OP t1_itrf7yy wrote

How cool! San Angelo is very nice, but I understand the desire to get out. New England has a charm that I have always loved. It's far more kind than Southern California, where we are currently. It's nice, but fake here. I'd rather someone yell at me for doing something stupid and correct me than the opposite.

Houston is my heart. It's a lot easier lifestyle than where we are in California, but for as big as it is, it can be small and not have a lot of touristic options. It has a lot of restaurants and jobs, but didn't have the right opportunities for my wife, and that's why we moved.

Check out this book:https://www.amazon.com/Homesick-Texan-Cookbook-Lisa-Fain/dp/1401324266

It helped me when I was in Connecticut ;-)

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seeclick8 t1_itrfqyu wrote

Thanks! I’ll check out the cookbook. Trying to explain Okra to people here is a list cause. Back in the late sixties I had a boyfriend at U of H and used to hitchhike from San Marcos, where I was in school, to Houston. Many adventures in that part of the state. Way back when since I am 71 now. Crazy days when I had hardly a lick of sense. Lol

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thesleazye OP t1_itrim62 wrote

Ah, you're a SWTS Bobcat! Good school :) You do funny things when you're young.

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