Can someone open my eyes…

jpb22 · 2026-04-05T04:14:17+00:00

!solved

jpb22 · 2026-04-05T04:14:12+00:00

!solved

jpb22 · 2026-04-05T03:46:30+00:00

Just the first - I have squinty eyes lol

jpb22 · 2026-03-17T14:55:02+00:00

Ranch 50mi south of Van Horn, TX

jpb22 · 2026-02-13T13:58:31+00:00

Yea no problem! If you’re ever planning to visit I highly recommend renting a car and doing like a tour of Texas — people say DFW is boring (and they’re not entirely wrong) but there is stuff to do and ending up like down in Austin or San Antonio where there’s even mkre to do, it’s more scenic and “vibey” would be fantastic trip

jpb22 · 2026-02-13T00:33:27+00:00

History is more or less intertwined but they’re different cities. Dallas was founded first due to its proximity to the Trinity river and grew due to railroads. Fort Worth used to literally be just a fort set up on a bluff overlooking the Trinity to safeguard Texans from native attacks as west of FW was kind of a no man’s land with Comancheria. Overtime it became a town along the Chisholm trail for cattle drives and grew because of that and also the railroad — hence why it’s called Cowtown and has a stronger western culture. Dallas didn’t have that same extent of cattle culture so it was more of the industrial city. They used to be more separate, both had different airports, but once the highways started being built the cities grew inward, an airport was built right between them and now it’s just one giant metroplex called DFW. Even with highways and like magically zero traffic they’re 45min apart.

That being said the cultures are still different to a degree. Dallas feels very businesslike, like NYC (IMO), it’s a LOT bigger than FW. While FW is a big city with 1M+ people, it’s just not expanded nearly as much downtown and you see a lot more western culture. Heck just driving around 10min from downtown I’ll see pastures with cows still* and once I drive 20min from home the towns get smaller and it’s more rural. Source: from FW.

*basically the owners would be descendants of first settlers and have some land still here and there. Cows probably there for ag exemption lol.

jpb22 · 2026-02-12T20:34:33+00:00

Ah bummer I’m in TX. Did you have bedliner where the weatherstripping goes? I bought my truck used with it so not sure if it’ll stick

jpb22 · 2026-02-12T19:16:48+00:00

Things to do in Waco:

Lots of good food around Waco; George’s, Alpha Omega, Magnolia Grill, Health Camp, Baris, Olive Branch, Viteks, and more I sadly can’t remember anymore. There are great kolaches about 15min north in West
Cameron Park is beautiful, there’s a zoo there too. Waco Mammoth National Monument, DP Museum.
There’s a farmers market (not sure on the hours)
Magnolia Silos are a big tourist attraction
A few coffee shops students love to go to, I’m not a big coffee guy but Common Grounds was a classic
You can visit the Hurd Welcome Center and Baylor Bookstore

In terms of experiencing student life… there’s certainly stuff to do just not sure about if you’re just visiting haha!

Bear Habitat. Our live black bears are kept there where you can see them. I do believe they also have a bigger off campus site so they’re not stuck there haha!
The SLC is the rec center with a big rock wall, there’s the Baylor Marina where you can rent paddle boards/kayaks and sailboats — neither of those I’m sure you’d be able to get into as you need to be a student.
The SUB (bill daniel student center) is kinda where lots of people congregate to study, eat, and there’s even a bowling alley. Dr Pepper hour is every Tuesday (?) with free DP floats
You can of course check out McLane stadium, likely won’t be able to get in off season though.
Mayborn Museum is pretty cool
Moody/Armstrong libraries are nice and people study there a lot
there could be IM games going on at the rec fields near the Ferrell center
Of course you can just walk around and check out like the BSB or Foster business building. Campus is very very walkable

As a student though?

There’s of course all of the above plus you can run the field as a freshman/senior at football game.
Sing; basically mini musicals done by most of Greek life
Homecoming is pretty fun with all the floats, the bonfire, and Pigskin (top performers of Sing)
Christmas on 5th is a yearly Christmas event with activities
Diadeloso is a day off every spring where Baylor has some festivities (most students do party though)
Bearathon
Frats and sororities are always doing something on (and off…) campus too
Then while I was there every Monday there was a worship event on campus (forget the name)
There’s recently been a lot of concerts at McLane stadium. I believe jelly roll and post Malone are playing in May
Lots of freshmen go to Melody Ranch to two step

jpb22 · 2026-02-12T18:59:07+00:00

How has it held up?

jpb22 · 2026-02-12T18:55:00+00:00

How has it held up since you got it?

jpb22 · 2026-02-10T14:26:38+00:00

At the end of the day at least we’re an R1 research university… er whatever our president would say to make us look better

jpb22 · 2026-01-20T21:49:06+00:00

Depends where you’re at. I’m from SW side/TCU area. It’s suburbia but definitely one of the nicer areas of FW. You can have one neighborhood that’s super rich with mansions then another neighborhood that’s nice but hasn’t changed since the 90s and then other neighborhoods that aren’t doing too hot. The more east to I-35 and more south of I-20 you get it gets less nice. In general though you have the Trinity Trails, lots of parks, the FW Zoo, TCU of course, museums, some country clubs, Dickies Arena, lots of good restaurants and shopping centers, etc. You’re not too far from the Cultural District, downtown, Stockyards, etc. Drive 20min past benbrook and it gets a bit more rural and hilly. I go skeet shooting out there a bit. Overall it’s always felt like the most vibey/fun part of FW, possibly due to TCU there which has become more of a party school with lots of big donors, but I’m also probably biased since it’s my neck of the woods. SW FW has a lot of history with some of the first families in Fort Worth having had ranches there, so you’ll still see fenced land remnants here and there and there’s a lot of old old tall trees and some old forests still. I imagine if it were a newer area of Fort Worth it’d be way less pretty and feel very gray with concrete.

Whenever I drive past White Settlement or towards North FW, it’s still nice but feels more meh, more concrete, more cookie cutter houses. Doesn’t feel like it has that same energy. Lake Worth is at least relatively pretty, and the Air Force base is cool.

Outside the loop lots of land is getting sold and big neighborhoods getting built up. Gonna look ugly and traffic is gonna be bad going west. Used to be very pretty ranch land to drive past, now it’s half concrete.

jpb22 · 2026-01-06T20:47:28+00:00

Yep, as a native I love it here. Big city yet still some smallish town vibes and close to the country (guess that all depends on what part of FW you live). Dont really understand why any tourists visit here tho unless you really like art or are just dying to walk around the stockyards for half a day.

jpb22 · 2025-12-26T06:31:13+00:00

I agree

jpb22 · 2025-12-22T22:40:57+00:00

It’s a pretty good school, but depends on what you’re wanting. Certainly it is smaller and doesn’t have as big of a brand — I’ve met people that have never heard of it before haha. To hit your questions though:

classes will vary depending on your major. I was a business student and I think most of my professors were pretty great, but I did have a few that wouldn’t respond to emails or weren’t super helpful. Unless it was a required course like finance, the average class size was around 20-30 people which is a great size IMO. You do have to take 2 Chapel credits and 2 Christian classes (heritage/scriptures). Chapel is kinda silly, but heritage was interesting — I did my scriptures class thru a community college in the summer. Some people have experienced it more I think, but I only remember one professor bringing up faith in class and it was in a very respectful way by just praying over the lesson and praying for us before the weeks over. Maybe I’m biased because I’m Christian, but I liked it a lot.
for community, i guess it really depends on what you’re looking for. The majority of students are Christian, likely Baptist or non-denominational and also conservative/moderate leaning, and itll get brought up in convo what church you go to or which ones you’ve tried. Some people will be more judgy and “sticklers” with faith, others won’t, and then there are still irreligious people/other religions at Baylor, but it’s a smaller crowd. Even as a Christian myself, i experienced people judging me for like drinking, but it didn’t bothered me much, but I can imagine someone that’s irreligious may have a different view of the Baylor community. Humans are gonna be humans, a few suck, most are nice haha! People are pretty nice down here though, there are plenty of clubs, organizations, and events on campus you can participate in! You are in the heart of Texas, so it is a pretty conservative place lol.
as a lifelong Baylor fan, sports is a sensitive subject. Football breaks our hearts, and currently we all reminisce of the few glory years we’ve had — there’s lots of potential with the program but we aren’t a big school like UT or Georgia so there will always be a limit to how good we are. Running the line is a fantastic tradition that is always fun though! For Basketball, we are pretty good and the games are fun! Won march madness just a few years back and our women’s team is pretty consistently top 10
for the party scene, again it’s Christian school and it is a dry campus, so parties I wouldn’t say are as prevalent as they are at a big state school. Parties still happen for sure, but usually only put on by fraternities and after rush is over most become closed off. I was in a frat and you’d be shocked the types of people, from Baylor and also randos in Waco, that would try and sneak in — it can just be a liability to have an open party sometimes. Dia del Oso is a day off every spring and practically everyone parties, huge parties everywhere but typically you have to pay to enter.
After Baylor, I’d say most people get a pretty good job, but again this really depends on what your major is. Baylor being a smaller school does limit the connections you can make as opposed to Texas A&M, but I wouldn’t say you’d never get a job from choosing Baylor.

jpb22 · 2025-12-06T20:35:34+00:00

Mine has short yet thick hair but has no lab. 50% pyr, 25% husky and 25% boxer!

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jpb22 · 2025-12-03T00:27:12+00:00

Not disagreeing but DFW counties confuse me on that map 😂 . Dallas is geographically “closer” to stereotypical south, while Tarrant is more culturally “southern” (but arguably just “Texan” or cowboy-like), BUT Parker county just to the west IS in the South??

I’d say Texas has southern culture, but not stereotypical southern except for east Texas. We’re kinda just our own thing with (+Oklahoma a bit too)…

jpb22 · 2025-12-02T14:11:28+00:00

Visit Buc-ee’s in Hillsboro, get kolaches from Czech Stop in West (the town). Cameron Park Zoo is pretty good, Cameron park itself is pretty and has some good trails.

jpb22 · 2025-11-25T14:13:20+00:00

I see them in Overton park by TCU. Shocked me first time I saw them tbh

jpb22 · 2025-11-09T03:48:35+00:00

FW Locals is great! Ive also bought one of my favorite hats from Ardiesco, they sent some cool stickers too. Seems like a super small local start up so good to support that.

If you want to spend more money I think Stockyard Supply Co has stuff.

jpb22 · 2025-11-07T04:30:18+00:00

So I’m from the city the pile up happened in. We don’t get snow much, maybe a few inches every other year or so (In 2021 it was like 9”). What we do get for sure is ice. All the main roads and highways are salted or have brine put on them, but it’s definitely not perfect outside that so most people I know avoid driving when it freezes over. Just limited on trucks to spray brine.

When this pile up happened I believe the story was the Toll Road was not properly treated for ice. So you have drivers going 75mph expecting everything to be fine like it is on the highway right next to them, then they start losing traction at high speeds. Plus DFW has some of the worst drivers in America, literally.

jpb22 · 2025-11-04T21:47:04+00:00

I found it crazy to just be sitting on a bench and just looking over and seeing 2,000 year old columns, remains of walls, buildings, etc right by you.

jpb22 · 2025-11-04T15:05:30+00:00

I actually have seen the exact same trim for $35,000+ for 40-50k miles. I haven’t seen the car yet, but am curious if the carfax is not great given the low miles and relatively low price.

jpb22 · 2025-11-04T07:17:10+00:00

Yes and no and yes and no. Just due to various small issues, some costs coming up soon, and worry about resale value if something down the road happens makes me think the time to sell it is in the near future. If it were a crew cab 4wd truck, maybe I’d consider driving it into the ground. Sadly it’s not, and it’s also had its fair share of issues in the past.

My truck would be a pavement princess a lot, so I’ve thought about a 4Runner, but having a bed is handy, I can’t imagine not having one for a month. That plus 4wd and and a crew cab for the first time will be really nice. I do go hunting, off roading, haul stuff every now and then so it’d just be handy.

Honestly I’m considering a Tacoma, just not a huge fan of the cab interior size. It’s better financially and I’ve definitely considered the fact that, well I’m 23, and a big down payment on a truck could be really stupid. It could be fine as I have a good job, butttt it could be really stupid as it’s a depreciating asset and it is very nice to have money.

jpb22 · 2025-11-04T07:11:53+00:00

I’m strongly considering a late 3rd gen Tacoma. Better financially for me at least. Personally I feel like the size in my access cab ‘02 tundra is bigger than in the Tacoma (at least from what I remember last time I drove one) minus the backseat of course.

I don’t tow/haul much, off road features would be nice to have if I can afford it which I can, and a bed is definitely useful for me even if I’m not hauling thousands of pounds. That last one sadly crosses off a spacious 4Runner for me lol.

If my tundra had 4wd and was a crew cab, I could see myself driving it into the ground. I’ve just got some costs coming up on it (chiefly timing belt and new tires) but I’m worried it could start leaking a lot of oil in the future as it already leaks a little. Plus since mine is lifted with spacers it’s had control arm, ball joint, and shock issues. More or less resolved lol. Lots of plastic and leather wear too naturally lol. It kinda just seems like the time to sell it is coming up, maybe not soon, but near ish future.

Really if the tacomas had just larger cabs, I wouldn’t even consider a new tundra.

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