Good suggestions also. We drove up to Glen Rose to let the kids see the dinosaur park a few years ago, and it's beautiful up that way.fickman wrote:Tyler would be great for your criteria. Also consider the north Texas hill country west and southwest of Fort Worth (Cleburne, Brownwood, Granbury, Mineral Wells, Wetherford).
Also the Hillsboro through Waco area could be what you're looking for.
Good luck!
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You're not going to find much "hills" that is also good growing land in Texas. Most of the hills are rocky.
If you can give up the hills/view, the land EAST of the general Central Texas/Austin area is VERY rich farm land, prices are decidedly lower than west of Austin area etc., and you should still be able to live within an hour of a Costco (especially when new one opens in Cedar Park next year) and be out in the sticks. Plenty of sports opportunities around this area. And I-35 is THE major trucking route in the state.
Really any area you like along I-35 would give you the trucking needs - and plenty of it is good farm land too.
My other suggestion would be the rich farmland in all directions around Bryan/College Station. This is similar to what's east of Austin (and the two sorta merge together at some point), but being an hour away from conservative B-CS (no Costco, but they do have a Sam's Club) is likely more pleasant. You do lose the major trucking route though, unless you go east of B-CS toward I-45.
If you can give up the hills/view, the land EAST of the general Central Texas/Austin area is VERY rich farm land, prices are decidedly lower than west of Austin area etc., and you should still be able to live within an hour of a Costco (especially when new one opens in Cedar Park next year) and be out in the sticks. Plenty of sports opportunities around this area. And I-35 is THE major trucking route in the state.
Really any area you like along I-35 would give you the trucking needs - and plenty of it is good farm land too.
My other suggestion would be the rich farmland in all directions around Bryan/College Station. This is similar to what's east of Austin (and the two sorta merge together at some point), but being an hour away from conservative B-CS (no Costco, but they do have a Sam's Club) is likely more pleasant. You do lose the major trucking route though, unless you go east of B-CS toward I-45.