Review of Odessa, Texas


Odessa: where toughness builds champions
Star Rating - 1/3/2022
You need to be a friendly person who likes people, isn't afraid to work hard, and have a strength of character that can handle challenges to make it here. Odessa sits on top of one of the greatest oil and gas reserve in the world, and that has made it a place where fortunes are made but times can be raw and tough for some, going back to the beginning. If you're the adventurous type, you'll do fine. Champions are made here. Here are some things we don't have: forest fires, hurricanes, tornados (maybe every 100 years), earthquakes (except the little ones that go with oil drilling), floods (occasionally a little one), and severe cold weather that goes on for days. It's a place made for the friendly, the daring, and those who like contests of skill.
Ed | Odessa, TX
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This is helpful, thank you.
Jadie | Altadena, CA | Report Abuse

I totally agree with the post, "Odessa: where toughness builds champions", or at least that is the way it was. Odessa is out in the middle of nowhere, its people draw together to get through. It is much friendlier than near the Houston area I live in now. I left for a job. I wish I hadn't. Odessa had real people. You knew where you stood with them. No saying nice things then working behind you back to disparage you or stab you in the back. Odessa bred people with strength of character, whether you were physically strong or disabled. People respected you as a fellow human being. People would hold the door open for you. I hope Odessa is still that way, I know San Angelo is because I get back there frequently. (But its not for the faint of heart)
John | Brenham, TX | Report Abuse
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