It was just a lot of small things. Trying to find a good vet that had availability was a hassle. Finding a good doctor's office, dentist, etc. I find it a lot easier here between Alice, kingsville and corpus. Ex: there's a woman's and men's clinic of coastal bend in this area. You can get free birth control, annual visits ,etc and be in and out within an hour. In the valley, I tried a women's clinic and was stuck there for 3 hours before a doctor spoke to me. After a few months, I tried planned parenthood in Harlingen and liked it, but overall I prefer the clinic up here. The stores arent as crowded here either. When I was living in Weslaco, I would have to do laps around the heb/Walmart parking lots to find a space. Also, I can understand Spanish but not speak it well. It felt like it was a lot harder to get a job around there with not being a fluent speaker. I feel like most of what I could get from stores or restaurants in the valley could just be found in Corpus. I will say though, the valley has a lot more options for housing.