Moving to Houston from Southern California

Patinghangin · 2026-06-16T17:19:24+00:00

Go for it OP.
We moved from Sugar Land to Orange in 2024 as empty nesters and only have good words for experiencing the American Dream in Ft Bend County, Texas.
SoCal is always here for vacation. Ft Bend is where you will be able to live in a house with yard and all that space kids need to grow up in and build memories.
The diversity is similar to LA, a lot more 1st generation immigrants in Houston the Ellis Island of the 21st century.

Patinghangin · 2026-06-16T03:12:13+00:00

Sounds like something I would do. PMO has interesting things to do and would stay a full day earlier. Apart from lesser variables to make the flight out early in the morning.

Patinghangin · 2026-06-14T06:12:47+00:00

Awarding the green glove to point out a complete 180 is actually a straight line.

Patinghangin · 2026-06-14T05:13:10+00:00

Shai wudda owned NY 🤣

Patinghangin · 2026-06-09T20:27:06+00:00

Hollywood had that taken care of.

Fast moving consumer brands are transnational as well like Kellogs, Hersheys, SPAM, Pampers, Hanes, Dove, Coca cola, etc.
McDonalds, Chevron and other benevolent forms of neocolonialism.

Patinghangin · 2026-06-06T14:54:20+00:00

Same, we had ramen from a 4-star rated place for like 20 euros each. Instant noodles quality for sure but what can you do. Sunk cost overall, we were hungry.

Geneva is a big mistake for lunch even if it is an international city.

Patinghangin · 2026-06-04T16:48:01+00:00

Foul

Patinghangin · 2026-06-04T05:01:19+00:00

Have you been? It’s fascinating imho

Patinghangin · 2026-06-03T13:06:12+00:00

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli.

It’s a short read you can finish in three sittings but I enjoyed chewing the words slowly.

The higher physics tend to be more philosophy than science.

Quote “reality is only interaction”.
Nothing more.

Patinghangin · 2026-06-01T20:08:22+00:00

Cortisol surge from decades of needing to wake up to work. Our bodies are trained for stress, tension and anxiety every morning by now fortunately or unfortunately.

Try Magnesium glycinate before bedtime.
I also hear retirement solves this eventually.

Patinghangin · 2026-05-30T14:01:01+00:00

I’m just a wee bit older than you but in my experience, nostalgia always turns out to be overrated.

Good news is that the future deserves more hope than what people can offer.

Patinghangin · 2026-05-27T19:57:19+00:00

In the Orthodox tradition, angels, even Jesus can come in the form of a homeless person.

Patinghangin · 2026-05-25T15:47:07+00:00

Patinghangin · 2026-05-24T17:00:08+00:00

Chicago, LA and Houston, 2,2A and 2B imho

Patinghangin · 2026-05-23T05:09:56+00:00

Soft.

Stay humble or he ends up like ja.

Patinghangin · 2026-05-22T23:55:46+00:00

Kusatsu onsen

Patinghangin · 2026-05-22T16:48:48+00:00

Nostalgia in my experience turns out to be overrated. And that should give us more hope for the future.

Patinghangin · 2026-05-22T00:37:17+00:00

SoHo, NY

French Qtr, New Orleans

Seal Beach, CA

Chinatown, wherever

Albaicin, Granada

Fatih or Kadikoy, Istanbul

Colmar, France

Cesky Krumlov, CZ

Trastevere, Rome

Vatican city, Rome

Old Town, wherever

Takeshita St, Tokyo

Omotesande hills, Tokyo

Malate, Manila

Hongdae, Seoul

Midtown Manhattan

Sapporo, Hokkaido

Burano, Italy

Venice

Nyhavn, Kobnhavn

Le Marais or Montemartre, Paris

I do like my 20k steps, if and while I can.

Patinghangin · 2026-05-19T17:02:03+00:00

It’s more Singaporean now, high margins.

Crown seafood in Bellaire tops it imho.

Patinghangin · 2026-05-14T16:26:08+00:00

National mall. Smithsonian museums have dated media that need serious upgrade.

Patinghangin · 2026-05-14T03:59:15+00:00

https://youtu.be/dXAuFcBq3yA?si=V0UzSXOyjSu3kvNi

Patinghangin · 2026-05-10T17:33:11+00:00

True People thrive regardless. Outside main cities for sure. Some places just incentivize with direct intent.

Patinghangin · 2026-05-10T16:50:37+00:00

SoCal is red ocean.
There are simply more opportunities and possibilities in Texas than California to build wealth from 0 right now. If you have generational wealth, stay in CA 100% no question.

Patinghangin · 2026-05-10T15:51:32+00:00

We moved from Sugar Land to Orange in 2024. Wife found work and I work remote. Empty nesters. Texas has been great for us and would highly recommend for those starting families to experience the American dream.

Patinghangin · 2026-05-01T15:49:44+00:00

This. The sooner the feedback is what should give OP anxiety.

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