xybciba

I've lived in Dallas Tx for 11 years. It's a pretty calm place to live, rather routine (I live in the outskirts). Standard of living is pretty good (middle-class). Houses are huge. Actually everything is huge. People are either really heavy or really skinny, but they're mostly warm and friendly. Just stay away from downtown. Oh yeah a negative is the extreme weather. It gets over 100 degrees in the summer (though I heard Arizona is worse) and can get really cold in the winter (which may not actually be that cold b/c I'm used to the heat).

ElectricTech

In addition to Austin, Dallas, and Houston, what is San Antonio like?

I'd also appreciate any input about the job markets in any of the states/cities. (Specifically for engineers)

iambored10

Job Market wise Houston , Dallas, or Austin are great cities for engineers especially Houston and Austin due to the wide array of top corporations (Exxon, Shell, AMD, Intel, IBM, Dell, Sanderson Farms). San Antonio is , in my opinion, an alright city. Theirs a prominent amount of Hispanics in San Antonio and most people say the weather down there is really hot/warm. Sea World is also in San Antonio! I live north of Dallas and i love it. My city is rapidly growing and the school system is pretty nice.

johnnyham89

houston hands down. its one of the best citys for work.