Not that great! - 10/26/2021

This place is nothing great! It's my own fault since I have been here going on 16 years. The Air Force brought me here which wasn't my fault but when I retired from active duty I decided to stay for awhile, which was my fault. Should have decided to leave 10 years ago. Kids were in school and wife and I didn't want to make them move again. Now kids are gone and wife and I are still stuck here. Fortunately I can retire from the Air Force a second time in a few years and then CYA! I always tell people who come here that there are two things that you can count on being in Texas. A crappy climate and out of control sky high property taxes!! Only good thing I can really say about Wichita Falls is there is no traffic issues to speak of.

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Just... don't - 7/24/2020

I've lived all over the country (relocated for work) and this is without a doubt the worst place I've ever had the misfortune to land. You will meet plenty of people who love it, but that's because they're from here and have never left to see that there are other options. It's hot as hell most of the year and everything is brown and scorched and then it's freezing and everything is dead from cold. You've got about 2 weeks of tolerable weather. The most exciting thing to do is to leave - go to Dallas or Oklahoma City, which are both 2 hours away. Now about food. I learned to cook here because you have to unless you want Tex-Mex, BBQ or burgers. If you want something more exotic, you're out of luck. There is NO diversity here - of people, of food, of music (it's all redneck country crap), of anything. Give up hope all ye who enter here.

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Hate it - 12/9/2017

I wish very much i could 0 star ...this dry ugly hot, poor, crime, and dog fighting, welfare dependant, cold to scorchin hot and back again hell hole ....i moved from beautiful Ky to here in wichita falls 2 years ago...(mandatory) and i would NEVER recommend this place or any other place in tx really to anyone to live permanently...unless youre forced to live in this dry ugly state stay away, thats my advise, i could never say enough on how much i want out of this state to a real one with actual seasons and green lawns....rivers...creeks....cool days and comfortable nights...that's what i was used to....here its dry..ugly ....flat....trees are twigs...lawns are brown....no real winter.....and then summer all year round again until the half assed winter swings back around....did i mention its the ugliest place ive ever seen?......

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JGT El-School, the best - 2/24/2017

I am Colombian, I arrived in Wichita Falls in 1992 and lived there for a year, before returning to Colombia. I attended my fourth grade at John G. Tower Elementary School. I didn't speak any English back then, and they got me into ESL. In less than 3 months, at age 9-10, I was already fluent in English. Mrs. Maria Cook was my ESL teacher. Mrs. Mary Easter was my 4th grade teacher, and Mr. Ray was the principal. My mother did not have any income, so I got my breakfast and lunch for free. I even made it to the Honor Roll by the end of the year, excelling in Math and Computer Sciences, the latter, thanks to the efforts of Mrs. Webb. They really took good care of me, and challenged me to be better everyday. I have so much to thank this school, because it really changed my life. After learning English the way I did, all the doors opened to me. I went to Med school, then became an Ophthalmologist, and later I specialized in Strabismus surgery. Most of all scientific articles out there are in English, and John G. Tower was the beginning of everything my career would be.

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Wichita Falls - 10/3/2014

Great place to raise a family! Small enough (100,000) to know about critical issues, but large enough to have variety of businesses. Multi-year drought has created serious water issues. These are affecting employment and housing sales.

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Economy - 2/18/2009

Wichita Falls has a good economy, short commmuting time, sunny days, and little violent crime!

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WFT - 9/12/2008

geographic location ok

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Cost of Living - 9/10/2008

It is not too expensive.

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A good place to raise a family. - 8/21/2008

Wichita Falls is a great place to live and raise a family if you aren't the type that likes to "keep up with the Joneses." It's just big enough (103,000 population) to have all the important things but without the traffic jams. We lack a little in culture but if you really need that D/FW is only 2 hours away. When we go to bigger cities we are always glad to come home!

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Jobs - 11/3/2007

I have lived in Wichita Falls for over a decade. The main problems with the economy her is jobs. About the only new opportunities are service jobs, especially restaurants and hotels. If you are in that line of work, you will have good opportunities but if you aren't you will struggle financially. There are very few science jobs and the ones that are rarely come open. Accounting jobs are available, but the accounting firms want to pay below average wages, work you to death during tax season and then let you go; that is, if they hire you in the first place. The accounting firms will only hire you if your personality appears to be one that will tolerate that kinds of behavior. If you come across as confident and can think for yourself they will not hire you because they just want drones that don't ask questions and work 18 hours a day.

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great weather! good place to settle down. - 9/4/2007

i lived in wichita falls for a short period from very late august 2005 to the last week of december 2005. even from being there a short time, i'm convinced that i would enjoy living there again! i lived at the roadrunner apartments next to sheppard afb- only the friendliest people there! the owner of the apartments was so polite and made me feel at home. the people just tend to be like that there- no complaints! there are SOOO many things to do there, and the weather will hardly ever go against you when you a plan a day out in the sun. i got there at the end of summer, but it was still very nice and the sun was always shining- even towards the winter. there was very little snow, but still enought to make a girl from chicago happy :)

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got potential - 5/6/2007

Not much to do in this town but 2hrs from Dallas and OK city. East of I-44 is a economic disaster. Where most other city's would have forced demolition this one is interested in taxes. The city code enforcement seems to be on the take. Crime is where you expect it. The city is taking an agressive approach to the latin gangs with cutting edge laws. Dont get me wrong this is not Dallas or LA just a bunch of local wanna be's that have potential to do whats been done to most larger Tx cities. Drivers are passive agressive. The citys survival hinges on the air base,PPG,and few other industry's. Most new housing and business is west of I-44. Housing rates are stable, with good schools that are just getting the needed funds to upgrade.Overall a good place to raise a family.

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much better - 12/29/2006

I visited Wichita Falls in the summer of 2006 and fell in love with the place and the people that I met there. I came back to Michigan and immediately put my house up for sale. It is now January and I am set to move to this beautiful city, bought a house, and already have a new job lined up. Compared to Michigan the economy is booming. Jobs are plentiful and the people are so nice.

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hot - 8/12/2006

nice small town if you can stand the heat

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just moved here - 4/20/2006

Wichita Falls is Ok. Cheap houses

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lawenforcement - 8/9/2005

The patroling enforcement, have no respect for civilization. They act as though a person who makes a small traffic violation is the scum of the earth, like they've never made mistakes. The laws we are suppose to abide by, do not pretain to them. If people were perfect (like they claim to be) how would they earn a paycheck? No mistakes, no taffic violations, no money, would led to no paycheck. So instead of downgrating the public for their mistakes, shouldn't they thank the lawbreaker for putting food on their table? They are also more worried about the drug problem in the town, than solving the numerous unsolved murders. The drugs have $$money$$ envolved, unlike a innocent victim whos life has been taken. Drug dealers choose to sell drugs, drug users choose to use drugs, but do victims choose to be a victim?

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