[Kingofthehill]

Last week in this state and boy i tell ya, it can't come fast enough :evil:

After being born and raised here in Southern California, I want out of here asap and its finally going to happen.

The day i get there im heading over to get my ID and then as soon as possible im going to buy an XDm 9mm and build or buy my first Evil Black Rifle ;)

Going to sell all my 10 round mags and get "Standard" capacity mags :what:

Im so excited!...

JOe

[jpwilly]

What did you have to do to get out? Dig a tunnel, homemade hot air ballon, scale a large wall? Do they shoot a people trying to leave? Ha ha...

Congrats on your upcomming move!

[theotherwaldo]

What part of Texas are you heading for?

[3pairs12]

What part of socal? I moved here a few+ years back and try not to go back to Cali, unfortunately my family stayed there. What part of Texas you moving to? I am Dallas area. If you are going to be in or around Dallas pm me and we'll go shooting.

[Kingofthehill]

Im next to Magic Mountain in Valencia.. been here my whole life and just burnt out of it. Im actually a Teamster in the movie industry but the past 2 years with the writers and actors strike hurt so i ended up taking a job with a biomedical company that is moving to San Antonio that my g/f has worked at for 4 years now... so my union status is solid and she will move up being in a new building so we took their contract they provided us with and took them up on their offer to get the heck out of here.

So much filming has already left SoCal, it doesn't matter if i fly out of LAX or San Antonio airport.

So cheaper living, less trafic, friendly people, all of my hobbies (Offroad, firearms, muscle cars) seem more accepted there :)

Going to be exciting.

My work will be 1/4 from bass Pro shop!... im going to be so poor. hahahaha

[TT]

Congratulations. Wish I could get out of this dump too. :mad:

[3pairs12]

You'll get over BPS pretty quick. After a year or two of being over charged :)you'll find something better. They do always have a good selection though.

[Kingofthehill]

Yeah, im sure it will happen. But Even if its just for lunch at Isla Mirada (Sp) or an ammo box, its fine with me to go hang out :D

[theotherwaldo]

Welcome. San Antonio's one of the better parts of Texas. You chose well.

[xstuntman]

Welcome home;) X

[scndactive]

Don't forget to get your CCL. No OC in the Lone Star State, we're workin' on it though. heard you could OC unloaded in parts of socal, San Diego maybe?

Might try and sell them 10 rounders before you leave. Wont be worth much here.

And of course the unofficial ''Welcome to Texas'' song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMhaehb5AnE

Welcome!

[Fred Fuller]

Just got back from a short vacation in San Antonio- I think you're gonna like it there.

lpl

[jakemccoy]

Whatever you do, don't hate me because my state is more beautiful than yours. :)

These threads about "my state is better than your state" are great fun. :barf:

[cyclopsshooter]

just topped off some 30 rounders for my AR aahhh...:p

[browningguy]

And when people ask just tell them you weren't born in Texas, but you got here as soon as you could.

[Kingofthehill]

Whatever you do, don't hate me because my state is more beautiful than yours.

These threads about "my state is better than your state" are great fun.

Just like Snow isn't for a certain person, its personal preference. Im very happy to get out of CA and its not Gun Related, although its a nice bonus :)

And when people ask just tell them you weren't born in Texas, but you got here as soon as you could.

OH, I know it!..... Im leaving everything CA related about my past at the border.

Im an Offroading, gun shooting, Muscle car racing, Motor building Good ol' boy that happened to be born in the wrong state :) LOL

JOe

[nitetrane98]

And when people ask just tell them you weren't born in Texas, but you got here as soon as you could.

Yep, that's what I tell 'em. Been here 35 years. Coincidentally, I moved from Redlands, KA. The hardest part was realizing that I could just sloooow down a little bit and enjoy life. Sit on the porch and drink some iced tea and talk with folks.

Welcome to Texas, and remember, we don't care how you used to do it in **********.:<)

[Rosstradamus]

Whatever you do, don't hate me because my state is more beautiful than yours.

Jake, I lived in the Golden State in 76-77, the Monterey Peninsula in fact, which is about as scenic as you can get. It was beautiful, without a doubt. But a lot of blood has gone over the dam since then. I'm glad I'm not there anymore no matter what the view from my window used to look like.

King, you are on the right track. San Antonio is a very nice place. Don't forget to write GTT on your door when you leave. (Gone To Texas)

Gun related content: When you get here go shoot some hogs. They're taking over.

[3pairs12]

The hardest part was realizing that I could just sloooow down a little bit and enjoy life
I know what you mean my job in Palm Springs started at 7 the same job out here 8:30.

On a side note if you dove hunt we don't have a 15 day first season.

[shiftyer1]

And lotsa movies are filmed here so maybe you could get some side work close to home.

[SaxonPig]

I fled CA in 1992 because I was fed up with the Draconian gun laws and ultra Liberal politics. Quit my job, sold my house, left my family and friends. bounced around being unemployed and underemployed in 3 states before finally settling down in AR. I don't regret it a bit.

You will be amazed at how different things will be in a free state.

I wish you and your GF (after all this still only GF status?) all the best in your new life.

[Kingofthehill]

I wish you and your GF (after all this still only GF status?) all the best in your new life.

THank you very much.

We have been together for 6 years. Things have been hectic between life, family, Family members passing and in suffering for a long while, other weddings, ect going on before we could really get serious about it.

She's awesome and is a shooter herself and we are on the same page. We are just trying to get some stability before we make another drastic change to our lives.

JOe

[Erik M]

Whatever you do, don't hate me because my state is more beautiful than yours. :)

The mountains of Northern Cali are beautiful. Its the southwest part that needs to slide into the ocean most of us take fault with, me thinks :D

I did not know that TX did not allow OC. There is a field office there that handles the same work that I do in KY that I will be visiting in the future. I really need to prush up on Lonestar state laws.

[theotherwaldo]

I loved Northern California, too. Used to live in Happy Camp, up on the Klamath River.

Wouldn't go back, though. Things have changed.

And, yeah, no OC, no "Bowie" knives. For now. Things change.

[Deltaboy]

Welcome to TEXAS I have been here since 1993.

[Officers'Wife]

Welcome to the United States.

[harrygunner]

One warning, people in San Antonio are friendly. Catches a Californian off guard.

There's a few places where I've found myself sitting, exchanging real conversation with someone I did not know five minutes ago. San Antonio tops the list.

[gunnutery]

Congrats!!! Enjoy your new freedoms (black rifle included)!

[ccsniper]

dont take this personal just some humor

you know the difference between a Californian and a damned Californian?
Californian comes down and takes a camera out
a damned Californian comes down and takes out a couch from a u haul truck.:neener:

glad to hear your getting out of that ANTI state.

[biblefreak]

Welcome to the Lone Star State. As I mentioned in your other thread:

GOD BLESS TEXAS!!!! :D

[doc2rn]

Been out since '96 and havent gone back! I like the midwest just fine!

[chieftain]

Going to visit my Daughter in Austin next week. She's going to graduate school at UT.

I like that Texas like my home state of Florida doesn't have any state income tax either.

I married a Los Angles girl when I was in the Corps, when I got out I refused in the late 70's to live in **********. In those 33 years, not once did I ever question my decision. It was one of the best decisions of my life.

I like the free state of Arizona, I am sure you will like San Antonio, I do.

Good luck, and God Speed.

Fred

[jim in Anchorage]

I wasn't born there perhaps I'll die there Animals San Franciscan nights

And when people ask just tell them you weren't born in Texas, but you got here as soon as you could.

[jim in Anchorage]

When I first moved to Alaska from NY the fact that I could walk into a gun shop and buy a handgun with just a drivers license amazed me. No permit? No explaining to a judge Why I need this gun? you will like it believe me.

[statelineblues]

Better hurry - it's rumored the 'govenater' is going to balance the state budget by imposing a tax on everybody leaving the state!

:D:D:D

[LeonCarr]

Welcome to America

LeonCarr

[HomeandRanch]

Welcome, but please leave California behind. You can always go visit Austin if you get homesick.

[wil-c]

Moved to Tx from the PRK over a year ago, I don't miss that place one bit. and there is no way to describe the feeling of going to the range with an AR and not having to worry about the laws.

[krs]

KingoftheHill - Congrats!! And good choice in San Antonio. I fell in love with the prettiest young cowgirl for a while in a honkytonk bar in that town many years ago and have a fond memory of the landscape too.
No kidding - folks in Texas are different - Good different! Heart like you don't find too many places, except Georgia. :)




jakemccoy: Whatever you do, don't hate me because my state is more beautiful than yours
You think California, that place overrun with crowds and foriegners is beautiful? You need to schedule a vacation in the Northwest ,son.


Born in Sausalito and raised in Tiburon. Still own a house in Santa Cruz but sold my father's $12,500 (1952) house in Tiburon for you wouldn't believe how much!

Retired from a Santa Clara you know what company at age 47, moved in with my now wife to Alameda.

Three years later were were married and hauled ass out of the state, selling her house at that time. Neither one of us has had to work a day since. Thanks California, and KMA!

I haven't even BEEN in California for ten years now, and the last time I was there I got a ticket for pulling my empty trailer faster than 50 mph on I5 no sooner than I'd crossed the Oregon border. I was on our last trip to retrieve our stuff. Talk about the nice place to be FROM.

[ldyates]

I was born here and other than a little time in the PRK while serving in the USMC, I have never lived anywhere else. I have had the luxury of visiting 40+ states and there are only a handful of places I would consider "on par" with the People, Cost and Freedom.

SA is my second favorite city just behind Fort Worth. Dallas (where I live) is way overrated and has lost its Texas culture for the most part. Houston is just too darn big for my taste, but it is a great town.

Here are some of my local haunts in SA that are must do's.

Chris Madrid's - Good food and coldest beer in the State
La Fogata - Outstanding food
Mi Tierra - Outstanding food
Gruene Hall - Old school music
Wurstfest - New Braunfels (coming up in Nov)
NIOSA - look it up
Comal River
Guadalupe river - Tube below the dam at Canyon lake
Pedernales falls
Canyon Lake

Get a nice 200 yard rifle and take aim at some pig ears. Millions of them in the State and they are good eating too.

PS. The city is Spurs crazy. Sort of on the same level as Okies are with Zero U. Get used to it.

PSS. Austin is a bunch of liberals so if you get homesick, just spend a day in that S hole of a city.

One warning: It is H-O-T right now and unusually dry, so you are entering at a time of extremes. It will get better.

Welcome to the Republic of Texas my brutha.

[harmonic]

I did the same. Traded kalifornistan for the beauty of 4000 table gunshows and machine gun shoots (Tulsa).

But be advised. 100 degrees in kalifornistan desert is not the same as 100 degrees with 80% humidity. Sometimes I think they must be taking those readings from underwater.

Oh yeah, you have to treat yourself to a Bohanan's filet when you get there.

[WinchesterAA]

Texas looks a lot like California. Sure, you can have guns and the like, but the Texas spirit has been replaced by people not from or about Texas. It's Texas in name only.

There are but a million and one different things a person who supports the, "Screw you and your odds, we're doing it MY WAY" philosophy would view as a fatal flaw within this state.

such as mandatory vaccines, screwed up schools, failing infrastructure, and hell.. the alamo isn't even sure how to report its history anymore.. Could be because it's been turned into a BS memorial that's less about Texas and more about money, but you know..

can't blame a guy for trying to make a living.


There aint really any place left to run from your crappy situation. Too many people everywhere.

[4v50 Gary]

Congratulations on moving to a free state. California is pretty, but the politics suck and there's too many anti-gun leftists here to suit my taste.

[harmonic]

There aint really any place left to run from your crappy situation.

Well, there is, but we're not talking. Too many liberals spreading their pus filled infection to what used to be nice places to live.

[Elbert P . Suggins]

I have a cousin who is 78 who was born and raised in Idaho and graduated from the U of I. She has lived, worked and is now in retirement along with her second husband in San Rafael just across the bay from San Fransicko. I call her once a year just to say Hi and I asked her along with her husband who was on speaker phone what they thought of Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer. They got upset because they knew where I was headed and commenced to tell me they were the greatest Congress People they have ever had to represent them. They even commenced to tell me I was crazy for even having a gun in my house. I have a daughter and her family in Lancaster north of LA in the Air Force and have bought a house this year. I want to get them out of that insane asylum as quick as I can and it drives me crazy to see what it does to people that live there. Nobody is minding the store in that state, the caufers are empty, half speak no English, and the Zombie population is not getting any smaller. So I can sympathize with anyone that wants to leave that place and never come back.

[nathan]

I got my first gun in West Tx in 1995 , a Colt series 80 . Then a Ruger .22 pistol . Then a Russian SKS . And many more guns... Then moved here in Houston and many more guns. Thanks Texas for the right to bear arms.

I just hate the summer heat though. If only the climate is like Colorado, so much the better. But nothing is perfect .

[CountGlockula]

Someone hasn't read the THR Rules....NO CA Bashing.

[Kingofthehill]

Someone hasn't read the THR Rules....NO CA Bashing.

Im not CA Bashing... Im just happy to get out of here....

CA has a lot of good things going for it, it just happens to be none of those things interest me :)

JOe

[nathan]

I have a bro and nephew in LA and a bro in San Diego. The one in Sn Diego is like me, collected several firearms in his own right. YEs, I hate bashing Califonia and if i do , I keep it to a minimum and in private if at all possible. It s the politicians who run it thats the problem.

[TxState101]

Chris Madrid's - Good food and coldest beer in the State
La Fogata - Outstanding food
Mi Tierra - Outstanding food
Gruene Hall - Old school music
Wurstfest - New Braunfels (coming up in Nov)
NIOSA - look it up
Comal River
Guadalupe river - Tube below the dam at Canyon lake
Pedernales falls
Canyon Lake

Adding to this, San Marcos/New Braunfels is great for floating the river(Medina Lake and Lake LBJ are also places near and dear), A Place to Shoot is one of my favorite ranges, and Floore's Country Store has some great food and even better tunes.

And for some good grub, try the BBQ Station, Texas Pride BBQ, and the Josephine St. Cafe are some of the best.

Welcome to San Antonio, and avoid the 281/1604 intersection at all times.

[OcelotZ3]

I loved Northern California, too. Used to live in Happy Camp, up on the Klamath River.

Wouldn't go back, though. Things have changed.

Really? Happy Camp has changed? They must have gotten a stop light & a pizza place...!

[harmonic]

They even commenced to tell me I was crazy for even having a gun in my house.

Then by all means the bay area is the perfect place for her to be. And please make her and her ilk stay there.

And if they ever decide to move east, tell them all states except Massachusetts, New York and Illinois have disappeared. And those that haven't disappeared are closed.

Maybe we could get everybody else who feels the way she does to move to San Fran.

[ldyates]

OMG... I forgot The Salt Lick BBQ in Dripping Springs.

It is rather commercial now, but the food still rocks. Hit it on your way back from Austin to SA.

[eatont9999]

I hope all goes well with your move. You are lucky to have a job to go to. I was born and raised in my home state of Texas. We moved a lot, but I spent most of my time in Houston or Sealy and the surrounding towns: Brenham, Bellville, Katy, etc. I still remember my two favorite places to eat or get food: Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant and Brenham sausage, Co. The epitome of great food. Unfortunately, my mother, sister and I were forced to leave because of domestic issues. I have lived in the People's Republik of Mass-holes for WAY too long. I have been trying to relocate back to the Austin area for about a year now. I don't have the money to finish college here, so there is no reason to stay. I have a decent job as a Systems Technician for a fairly large newspaper company, but I am having trouble finding a job in the Austin area. I have applied for at least a hundred jobs so far. Full cover letter and resume; no playing around. But nothing has turned up. I think I am going to have to bite the bullet and just move down there and get an apartment and see if I have better luck as a local resident. If anyone has any advice, I would appreciate a PM so as not to hijack this thread, which I may have already done... Anyway, Kingofthehill, I know you will enjoy the great state of Texas. I hope it has not changed too much in the last decade that I have been away. Let us know how the San Antonio area is.

[ezypikns]

"That's right you're not from Texas, Texas wants you anyway!"

A big welcome to a Great State!

[jordan1948]

All this talk about Texas is making me home sick. Moved this past January from Abilene out to Knoxvegas, TN. Hopin' I'll move back some day. San Antonio had to be my favorite city of all in Texas.....PERIOD.

[TAG2501]

Slow down and enjoy the life here. Stay away from the ********** wannabe cities and life is good. SA isn't too bad. Dallas and Houston counties suck.

[EHL]

Welcome to Texas! Gumble grumble.....(Too many Californians invading this great state..)

[danprkr]

Welcome to Texas, and remember, we don't care how you used to do it in **********

Amen brother. At least one of us will tell you, "If you like it that way go back there."

Good luck, here, and enjoy your new home. If you find yourself in the Austin area drop me a note, and we'll burn some powder.

[MarineOne]

Congrats on your move! I've got friends from the SA area and they rave about it, so I have a feeling it'll be a good thing for you.

I moved out of the DPRK in 2005 when we had all that rain. The El Prado Dam almost burst (Chino Hills area in the Inland Empire by the 71 and 91 freeways) and all the dead wood from the bark beetle infestation did no good at preventing the mud slides. Conservationists 0, common sense 1.

I moved the family to Idaho, just outside of Boise. My kids don't take "allergy" medicine anymore (IMHO, I think it was the smog affecting them) and buying a firearm is like buying a good bottle of bourbon .... show some ID, pay, and off you go.

There is nothing quite like having desert to ride 4 wheelers in, hot springs to soak in while camping, and the beautiful Sawtooth Mountains to climb and enjoy the scenic views. We even have snow into May and June most of the time.

Oh, and I visit the in-laws in Oceanside once in a while ..... when I miss the ocean enough.



Kris

[Jon Coppenbarger]

I left KA in 98 and only went back to visit family. but now I have no one to visit so I have not been back for any reason since 02. yes I lived in the northern part and do miss the mountains but I have them here in co. also.

I believe when you leave to make sure of a few things. Do not tell them you are leaving the state untill you have all of you money from any real estate deal in CA in your pocket.
Make sure if you have sold anything like a rtv or anything else that the state has agreed with paperwork you no longer own it.

First thing I did after moving was get a new drivers license and plates for my vehicals.

[shooter58]

And while you're in San Antonio, run up to Lockhart and have some of Kruez Bro. sausage. That is absolutely the best Texas sausage there is. Pretty good barbecue too. Short trip and well worth it. Welcome to Texas.

[Kingofthehill]

Damn, im hungry now.... lol!....

Can't wait for some Texas BBQ!

JOe

[RiverCity.45]

Welcome to San Antonio. I'll see you at the firing range (there are several around town).

[Kingofthehill]

RiverCity- Can your recommend a decent range for handguns?... Do any have memberships that are worth getting?

Also im looking into getting into some longer range rifle stuff, longest out here is like 100yards i do with an M1... so i NEED new gear if i can find something longer out there :) hehehehehe.

Also, any reputable shops to buy stuff? I'll finally be able to do some online stuff without restrictions but im looking to buy my "welcome to Texas" XDm right when i get my ID :) No more of this 10round BS... YAY!

JOe

[MagnumDweeb]

Good luck on the move, by reading the posts, it sounds like you are welcomed and will be a good fit. The only shame of leaving the anti states is that the antis spread into the pro states still because the pro states funny enough have better standards of living, better employment(or unemployment rates rather) rates(from some research I've been doing on tax rates and all), just seems eventually the antis will overrun us all lol from the way their states are going. I've been getting more and more students(I'm an NRA certified pistol instructor and Florida born and bred southern son) from New York city, Illinois(Chicago a few of them), and the rare Californian, and they all have things to tell me about what's wrong with my state. So please, and I'm sure you won't, don't go picking tempers and comparing states. Other than that welcome to the free states and enjoy yourself.

[Eyesac]

Well I made the move from CA to NV (a free state) about 5 years ago, and I don't know much about you or TX but you did the right thing...

[scndactive]

And while you're in San Antonio, run up to Lockhart and have some of Kruez Bro. sausage. That is absolutely the best Texas sausage there is.

Don't believe him man, everyone knows the best sausage in Texas is made SOUTH of I 10 in Hillji, at Praseks Hillje Smokehouse!!:D:neener:

[TAG2501]

The Czechs make some great sausage. Try Nemeceks in West.

[I whittles what I see]

Welcome to Texas! There are only three rules

1. There is a two drink minimum.
2. You must own a revolver
3. You must talk about how you are going to shoot someone based on your basic castle doctrine rights.

(I'm just joking hope you like it here) congrats!

[flynlr]

Congrats..:D I defected from the PRK to Utah in 2001, the 250.00 a month electric bill for a 1 bedroom apt at the time pushed me over the edge. Best move of my life.

[jim in Anchorage]

Congrats.. I defected from the PRK to Utah in 2001, the 250.00 a month electric bill for a 1 bedroom apt at the time pushed me over the edge. Best move of my life.

Are you serious? Thats the total bill for a 4 unit apt. building I own.

[flynlr]

Are you serious? Thats the total bill for a 4 unit apt. building I own.

was during the power/Enron regulation whatever it was called at the time. the rate skyrocketed for a short time.