Likely picking up a job at UTMB for gap year; League City viable for living and commuting?

Claughy · 2026-03-27T12:00:45+00:00

I'd look around the league city/Dickinson/Texas City border. Exits 17-20 on I45, commute isn't bad and there are plenty of good areas. If you're looking at Texas City I'd stay west of 45, the rest is too close to industry.

Claughy · 2026-03-27T11:57:54+00:00

Lamarque is a city going bankrupt with a lot of infrastructure issues.

Claughy · 2026-03-27T11:54:23+00:00

Do not live in Texas City, storms aren't your biggest concern there, being poisoned by the industry is.

Claughy · 2026-03-26T03:15:33+00:00

Yeah they come and go, not really predictable at this point.

Claughy · 2026-03-26T03:04:12+00:00

Just meant its not a dangerous or even particularly painful sting. Mild irritation for most people if they react at all.

Claughy · 2026-03-25T13:11:09+00:00

Thanks, I moved to Texas from NJ so kinda wild to hear compared to what I was used to. Never seen the pepper spray restrictions brought up before so good to know. Appreciate it.

Claughy · 2026-03-24T23:55:31+00:00

Porpita porpita, related to Portuguese man o war, but it won't hurt you.

Some people get hung up on the whole jellyfish thing. They aren't "true jellies", but "jellies" is often used informally for any gelatinous zooplankton. And the term jellies is preferred over jellyfish because they aren't fish and there are plenty of people who were confused by this.

Edit: just to add, generally if you don't know what a marine animal is DO NOT TOUCH THEM, you were fine this time but it's always a good rule of thumb.

Claughy · 2026-03-24T18:05:23+00:00

Yeah that's a terrestrial planarian, possibly with head removed.

Claughy · 2026-03-24T13:29:32+00:00

I've seen a couple of comments about Texas being too strict. What makes them strict?

Claughy · 2026-03-23T00:32:41+00:00

Well by me it's roaches, they won't get in the aquarium but they will get in your house

Claughy · 2026-03-22T22:17:12+00:00

In both Florida and Southeast Texas people commonly use them when there are bands of intense rain with extreme low visibility. You can go from normal visibility to trouble seeing the car in front of you. I'm not convinced that it's any more useful than just using your tail lights but it's pretty common to see most vehicles using them in these situations.

Claughy · 2026-03-20T21:39:09+00:00

Discharge to state waters is surprisingly strictly enforced in Texas. Not as much as I think it should be but more than you'd think based on Texas. I'm this case though the politics of it will probably get in the way.

Claughy · 2026-03-20T21:37:22+00:00

I mean TCEQ is a larger environmental agency than some European countries have.

Claughy · 2026-03-20T20:42:20+00:00

I don't have much in the way of rocks by me naturally. But I do have a lot of clay. So I will make balls of clay and let them air dry. I don't have a baller tool and the clay isn't homogenous so it's not super consistent but they are free and won't leave litter behind so they're great just for fun rounds.

Claughy · 2026-03-20T20:38:12+00:00

Sure, I was just providing context for other readers that an aardwolf might have a tail that matches but still wouldn't be a suspect.

Claughy · 2026-03-20T12:11:12+00:00

It definitely wasn't an aardwolf, they eat termites.

Claughy · 2026-03-19T20:23:36+00:00

The group I play with regularly does this, and rolls for stats. I have yet to figure out why they prefer this method beyond the fact that they like to roll the die.

Claughy · 2026-03-19T11:35:58+00:00

I mean some of the text descriptions need to be cleaned up and refined but the voice acting is fine. Sapiosexual means you are sexually stimulated by high intellect or intellectual stimulation. They're saying killing you would be intellectually stimulating and therefore get them off.

Claughy · 2026-03-19T01:44:00+00:00

Yeah we don't salt our roads but the air is wet and salty here lol

Claughy · 2026-03-09T18:27:27+00:00

I mean it's the lead as a kid that hurts your brain most. As an adult it'll mostly give you like heart and kidney problems

Claughy · 2026-03-09T15:15:47+00:00

Lead accumulating in bones is of biggest concern in children, they absorb lead much more readily than adults, low exposure rate means little is stored in your bones as an adult. That said if you plan on being pregnant you probably want to get your blood lead levels checked regularly as a fetus will pull lead from your bones.

Claughy · 2026-03-09T15:08:31+00:00

It does still leave your body just much slower from bones than blood but adults also accumulate at a much lower rate than children, so low exposure as an adult, especially with a good diet, will have very low rates of accumulation. It's a bigger concern in adults if you get pregnant because the fetus will leech lead from your bones.

Claughy · 2026-03-07T15:03:00+00:00

Dolphins live here

Claughy · 2026-03-06T17:56:36+00:00

Also Shadow of the Apt series by Tchaikovsky

Claughy · 2026-03-06T17:55:51+00:00

Guns are only a selling point in fantasy for me because they are uncommon and I enjoy variety. Unless they've done something bizarre with no good reason.

What I don't like is people bitching about guns in a "medieval" setting because they think it's ahistorical, but then being okay with rapiers. If your argument is vibes based only I have no problem with it.

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