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CTyankee

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2. Yes, she has mentioned that. She'll manage fine with A/C everywhere.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Mon May 9, 2022, 08:30 PM

May 2022

She's young, mid 20s. She'll go from air conditioned building to air conditioned car with no problem at all. She's living her dream. That makes all the difference.

AND, she is a strong DEMOCRAT.

I'll tell her the story of my uncle, Ephraim Davis, who led the effort to get Texas PAVED.

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My granddaughter is moving to Austin from Boston suburbs. As a 3rd generation Texan I have mixed [View all] CTyankee May 2022 OP

first things first Skittles May 2022 #1

Yes, she has mentioned that. She'll manage fine with A/C everywhere. CTyankee May 2022 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles May 2022 #3

A/C won't help if the grid fails again Skittles May 2022 #4

She is already talking about working for Beto. She comes from a very political family. Her dad is a CTyankee May 2022 #5

I lived in Austin seventeen years Skittles May 2022 #6

I thought that Dallas now has a very vibrant gay community which surprised me. I thought the city CTyankee May 2022 #9

Austin is blue she will be ok! N/T vrguy May 2022 #7

I've never lived in TX, but I did 20 years in the USCG, I attend evangelical churches, and I've LT Barclay May 2022 #8

Her dad is Jewish and that is how she was raised. She had a Bat Mitvah. CTyankee May 2022 #10

Good for her! LT Barclay May 2022 #15

First of all, ignore every stereotype you've ever read here about Texas. TwilightZone May 2022 #11

Thank you. I know she'll be just fine. At her age, 26, she has her whole life ahead of her. CTyankee May 2022 #12

Nicely put. Thank you. Paladin May 2022 #18

Stay away from I-35. Cracklin Charlie May 2022 #13

Hate I-35! LeftInTX May 2022 #16

She is going to love it. yellowdogintexas May 2022 #14

My middle child and her husband live in Austin with their two beardies LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 #17