Things I've learned so far on my cross-country move to California
 

1. Louisiana swamp-stink smells like dirty vaginas, but they have decent to very good boudin damn near anywhere you stop.

2. Outside of Austin, Dallas, and Houston, there really is nothing in Texas but steers and queers

3. I?ve peed in so many gross places that I can now hold it in like a camel. They should administer tetanus shots after you leave rest area bathrooms.

4. Never, ever, EVER stop in Canton, TX for the night. They?re a dry county (:mad:) and when you ask for a glass of wine with dinner, they look at you like you?ve just shot the President.

I just took a shower and had a relaxing dinner in Alberquerque, New Mexico and I'm off to Arizona in the morning! :banana:banana

Texas? Who the fuck goes to Texas?!

wait? your comming to so cali? im getting the drinks ready!

steers n' queers :winkwink:

Whooops! I forgot to notify my West Coast brotha from another mutha

And Nor Cal, not south

dont drive at night otherwise you will miss some beautiful country.

you should've asked for apple martini

You mean like this?

http://www.afrekete.com/gfy/newmexico.jpg

have driven the old I-10 from coast to coast so many times.

one of the best drives Americans can take.

back and forth between NOLA and Cali is awesome.

once those plains open up and you drive through the roads cut out of rock, it shows the determination our ancestors had to during Manifest Destiny.

Is Texas really that bad???

I went through a lot of boring, shitty little towns. We stopped for lunch in Vernon, TX and it looked like a ghost town. Downtown businesses all empty and boarded up. No one with teeth to be found for miles.

However, I have family in Austin and that city is AMAZING. I also went through Dallas and have been to Houston and those are obviously booming cities.

The funny thing is that we would be driving with nothing around for miles and then out of nowhere you see this empty lot with an adult bookstore. Porn really is everywhere! :winkwink:

Texaa from border to border is 24 hours of the drive. From Beaumont, Texas, to El Paso Texas is quite a haiul...

From New Orleans to Los Angeles is 32 hours or so.

Texas is BIGGEr than France, so driving through it sucks.

All they have is dead armadillos and christian radio stations LOL

Austin should not even be part of Texas its so much nicer and different than the rest, but that is due to the college.

Get lost stupid cunt. Did you see where your brothers live in Detroit, MI?

http://dave.alleyes-gaming.org/kevin/nigga.jpg

Who the fuck you think you are? Did you look at yourself in a mirror?

Ugly bitch, cheap whore.

Hey now easy on Texas i lived thier for 30+ years but that being said I just moved to california so i can compare:

Texas:
Bad things:
1. Bible Belt
2. Very Flat
3. Long stretches of nothing between cities and towns
4. not a whole hell of alot to do activity wise with friends
5. Porn is bad thier....very bad lol
6. Shit schools

Good things
1. Cheap living
2. 3000sf house 250k on acres and with pool :)
3. No state income tax

Calfornia
Bad things:
1. Housing cost is retarded
2. State Tax 9.3% ouch my ass still hurts
3. Traffic Traffic Traffic
4. Gas
5. Overall alot higher to live.

Good things:
1. High rated public schools
2. Laid back people
3. lots to do here with family and friends
4. anything you want close by shopping or eatting wise
5. Beautiful scenry

Would i go back to texas even though it would save me $xx,xxx.oo per year in taxes alone? .... um no

and taco bell tastes the same, no matter what state you are driving through.

nice, i never drove cross country i would love to go, can u believe i've never been to cali and have never seen the west coast, im a nyc girl

you forgot the best thing about Tx... taco Cabana!

love the bean and cheese!!!!

Have a safe trip!

You are on one "SHIT DRIVE!!!!!"
(well, if going by hwy 10(after hwy 20))

And you have seen the best. New Mexico, Arizona, California desert is left.

You will see nothing but fucking rocks until you get to LA.

You will get blown off the road in a dust storm in Arizona if you don't grip the wheel.

Damn, good luck.


PS: Dont ever stop anywhere outside a major city in Texas.
Unless you want you own personal episode of "Deliverance".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068473/

Prepare to FREEZE your ass off with the weather and the water.

Who would have guessed they have shit schools?

Haha thats a funny list

I dunno, Did that drive from Yuma to SD, and enjoyed the dunes and also the mountains... only thing is that you need to be sure to have good cd's / mp3s because for most of the drive you only get shitty Mexican radio channels.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh


When I drove through texas I remember nothing but dust. Have a great trip... whatevers left of it. Just think , you have Los Angeles to look forward to:Oh crap:thumbsup:1orglaugh

driving through Texas is beautiful though... its SO clean. "Don't Mess with Texas!"

here is a pic I dug up from 2006. I do miss the road.

http://www.cherrylula.com/texas.jpg

Ask yourself the same question and let us know what you come up with. :1orglaugh

Looks like a lot of people are leaving Florida. I just moved back to NYC from FL last week. The drive wasn't bad except for the farm town in N.C. I got off at to get gas in the middle of the night and there was nothing but corn fields.

Thanks for the well wishes y'all. New Mexico was gorgeous. I'm in Holbrook, Arizona now and I'll be in Cali soon!

I lived in houston for a couple of years. The state definately has some beautiful landscapes, but what i disliked the most about the place was the people. Being from rural montana, i grew up around farms, ranches, etc. So in tx, seeing people with 4 door two wheel drive duely pickups with a 6" lift kit on it, that they use as a grocery getter, justifying the vehicle with thier 5 acres and a horse with 3 hooves in the grave (they figure that makes them a rancher i guess) bugs the hell out of me. I shouldnt let it irritate me, but it does. its just so freakin retarded.

shoulda told me! I woulda moved with ya!

When I drove cross country from MD to CA I stopped in Arizona for the night. I had never seen so many stars before in my entire life. It was amazing!

Enjoy the rest of your trip, everyone should do it at least once in their lives.

that's what I remember about phoenix. Big sky ... awesome. The lighting storms

Welcome to California!!!!!!!!!!
 

Driving thru Texas feels like half the drive.

San Bernadino is the worst way to welcome someone to the beautiful state of CA.

casue it is :P

Dont forget to stand on the corner in Winslow, Arizona.

Too late for that. I'm already in Cali. I spent the night in Needles, CA

welcome to westcoast babe ;) i am below you though in a colder area
called Canada haha

damn... more people in the west coast....

Welcome to CA:)

Nice to see your almost to your new home!!!