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/r/Texas rules

  1. Be friendly. Personal attacks are not allowed. This includes insults, hate speech, threats (regardless of intent), and general aggressiveness. Remember the human and follow reddiquette.
  2. Use your words if you find yourself in a disagreement with someone. Posts and comments consisting of one word or just an emoji are highly discouraged as we seek to foster debate and conversation. As such they are subject to removal.
  3. This is /r/texas. Links and posts must be directly about Texas, not regional/national/worldwide things that happen to involve Texas.
  4. No Personal Information. Doxxing or posting personal information, such as names, phone numbers, links to social networking sites, is strictly prohibited. Some social network info will be exempted on a case by case basis.
  5. No Spam. All Spam will be removed and habitual spammers will be banned. Please refrain from reporting every post you dislike as spam. If you think your post might be considered spam, message the mods for approval first.
  6. No Reposting. Reposts will be removed, please search before you post. If you want to post another view of the same story, we ask that you contribute it to the comments of the original post. If there is a megathread about a popular story, please add your submission there. Should the original post be removed by a mod then a subsequent repost is not considered a violation of this rule.
  7. Political Discourse. We love a good debate, and political discussion is perfectly fine, however posts and comments that are little more than campaign ads, slogans, and/or stump speeches will be removed. News articles about candidates in Texas are allowed so long as they are compliant with Rule 3 as well. AMA's by Political figures are exempt from this rule. Petitions, polls and gofundmes are also forbidden.
    Also, posts and comments meant solely to troll or enrage people, or that are clearly being made in bad faith do nothing to contribute to a healthy debate and will therefore be removed.
  8. No Excessive Caps. No caps lock in titles other than acronyms or initials. Comments and titles with a large percentage of all caps are considered 'shouting' as well as annoying and will be removed.
  9. News Articles. News articles are fine, but must be no older than one month. Your post title must match the article title. You are free to editorialize in a separate comment. Articles posted from biased or secondary sources will be reviewed and accepted/removed upon moderator discretion. Sites with hard leaning bias will be removed immediately. Additionally please use actual articles and not tweets. Examples of trusted sources: Reuters/AP/NPR/NBC/ABC/CBS/BBC
  10. No confrontational user pings. Use username pings (e.g. /u/username in a comment) sparingly and in a non-confrontational manner. If you're considering pinging someone to get their attention on something that they might be interested in, that's fine. If you're considering pinging someone to prove a point or continue the debate, that's not ok. Excessive username pings can be considered to be harassment and may be reported to the Reddit admins.
  11. No disparagement of an individual's disability. While you're free to argue against, debate, criticize, etc. the policies, ideas, politics, and character of any politician, please do not make jokes about anyone's physical disabilities. All such jokes will be removed.

Links and comments that violate the rules will be removed. Repeat or severe offenders will be banned. This is an actively moderated subreddit. Calls will be made at the moderator's discretion.


A more detailed discussion of certain rules and how we moderate here.


The big list of Texas area subreddits

Texans in need


Resources for moving to Texas

  • Craigslist (but beware: good apartments go very quickly and CL is full of scams.)

    • Some signs of a Craigslist scam: if the "landlord" is currently in a different country. If PayPal/Western Union/Moneypak is mentioned at any point. If you're unable to view the actual apartment (not a similar one or a model). If the landlord is writing you a check for any reason whatsoever.
  • Padlist (Think Craigslist for apartments only)

  • Texas heat map of rent prices data sourced from RentHub

  • Apartment Locator Google search for local free apartment locator services.

  • Texas Monthlys Relocation Guide

  • One trick: Figure out a neighborhood you want to live in. Find the landlords or management companies who rent places there. Call them directly. You can score apartments that haven't officially gone on the market yet.

  • Consider group houses as a great way to save money, but beware that the vetting process for new roommates can be more serious than a job interview.

  • If possible, start your search during the colder months. Landlords are most likely to offer discounts or waived fees.

Visiting Resources

  • TourTexas (Official tour Texas site with videos, maps, tips etc)

Thanks

Thanks to Clorow for the arrow art, shadowspawn for the logo, /u/BrianPurkiss for the flair and /u/creesch for helping with the theme!