Not sure how much this will help but I moved from California to Oklahoma City 10 years ago and I am pretty familiar with the Dallas area. I came here for the Air Force but have stayed back here because of the better quality of life. The Dallas area has many of the luxuries, stores, attractions, and restaraunts (including In and Out Burger soon) that California has at half the cost. There are all of the major sports, plenty of shopping, theme parks, and other recreation in abundance. The people back here are awesome, much friendlier and live at a slower pace. Texas is hot with some humidity and has some amount of snow and ice in the winter but not much. I do not think you would be disappointed with the move. Hope this helps at least a little.
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