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I have been surprised at how many of the same retail places are in both LA and Dallas. They are even arranged the same way inside. That can be creepy sometimes, like a spatial form of deja vu. Of the places that I have gone to frequently in LA, these are the same in Dallas: Lowes, Home...

"Seeing what?s happening in CA makes me wonder if we made the right decision to come back to here?.." I know. The State was a client of mine at my former job. I know their finances in a lot of detail. The hole the State is in in very deep, and they didn't realize how much of their...

I am near a number of private elementary and high schools. Some of them look like colleges. I decided to take a look at some of their websites. A couple of them have the same tuition as UCLA (for people who aren't CA residents). $22k/year. Depending on your tax bracket, mortgage...

I found an interesting tool on Weather.com , http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/weddings/setthedate/average/compare?from=wed_setdate_compare&clocid1=75229&clocid2=91364 This allows you to compare climate from two zip codes, using the same source data. When comparing Woodland Hills (a...

Here is another unusual thing in Dallas. Automatic shopping cart stoppers, which keep people from taking the carts outside of the parking lot. http://carttronics.com/ A lot of places have them here. Today, I was surprised when the Kroger one wouldn't even make it to the Target next door...

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I have just found something which is much more annoying in TX. Imagine your landlord pays all of the utilities. The power goes out, and your landlord's voicemail is full. And there are at least 6 possible electric utility companies serving you. They appear to have no central way of...

I have come across an interesting comparison. Irving, TX versus Irvine, CA. Population: Irvine 201,160, Irving 199,505. Almost identical. Density: Irvine 4356 people per square mile, Irving 2968. As you would expect, Irvine has crammed more housing units in per square mile. Median...

While shopping at a few hardware stores over the past couple of weeks, I have noticed there are no day laborers hanging out in Dallas. They seem ubiquitous in Los Angeles.

Dallas is petfriendly in a different way. Cats and small dogs probably live longer. I haven't seen any coyotes here. In LA, I frequently saw them in Beverly Hills, Woodland Hills, and Malibu. A Malibu saying: "There are two kinds of cats here. Indoor cats and 'Have you seen Fluffy?'...

Have you been out to the new indoor bark park? I heard a story about it on NPR last month and thought what a fun day that must be for the dogs.</blockquote> Yes, I went to Unleashed this weekend. Nice place. About 30 dogs at a time playing. They have a good set of agility props too.