Review of Midland, Texas


Terrible City
Star Rating - 3/4/2013
Midland, TX is NOT the place for you if you want to find a career in anything but oilfield work. Midland does not welcome poor people. Midlanders look down on people that don't make six figure salaries. The rent for a two-bedroom apartment in a ghetto neighborhood is over $1k. Housing is scarce, thus goes to the highest bidder. You might spend $300k on a house that shouldn't be worth more than $100k. You DON'T want to buy a house here if you don't plan on living here for the rest of your life, because you will likely end up losing a lot of your hard earned money.
Cindy | Midland, TX
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Cindy: I am glad to be reading this, we are supposed to be moving there next month. My fiance has been offered a job with a major oil company in Midland, BUT the housing is insane and i feel they are ripping people off. I refuse to move where our situation could be worse off and we live in southern Illinois. Odessa seems ok or Big Spring but housing is scarce. This has been very informative because i have been getting cold feet about this move. They act like everyone should be rich who comes there and we are just getting started. And the relocation company is Cartus i know nothing about this, and i am very concerned. Thanks for the info
Debbie | Ogden, UT | Report Abuse
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