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I appreciate everyone's responses. I am going to go ahead and interview for the position. If offered, I'll be back in touch with more questions I'm sure.

minytrker wrote:Another issue with CS is the price of houses vs the pay scale. If you work in CS with a normal job you will probably have a hard time finding a house in a good neighborhood that's in your price range. There isnt anywhere really close to A&M that I would want to live where you could use public transportation. Alot of the apartments have shuttle services but that also means they are most likely full of college kids. There are still some nice subdivisions not run over with college kids but no matter where you look in CS nothing's going to be cheap. Since I sold my house there just a cople years ago I cant even count how many apartment building and duplexes they have built. Its nonstop construction of apartments around 2818, welbourne, rock prairie area.

They really haven't talked numbers with me yet so not sure what the pay will be like. If they can't make the numbers make sense obviously I will not be moving...
Are there not areas close that are too expensive for student blood but not overly so? No middle ground?

Ryan wrote:

techguy85 wrote: Once in response to 2 fake "gas workers" who proceeded to try a home invasion when I opened the door (yes, I know, I should have called the gas company first).

Once when a crackhead came in my kitchen when someone that lived with me left the door unlocked to go get the mail.

And once when an anti-gunner tried to take my (concealed) handgun from me when I accidentally brushed past too close in a grocery store and he felt it under my sweater.

Was he trying to get shot? Because that's how you get shot! I would say this is unbelievable, except that I know how dumb the general population is. And then add on to that, "Anti-Gunner"

The stupidity is strong with this one.

I don't really think he was trying to get shot, but he came really darn close to it. More like he was just so angry that I had a gun that he just had to try and take it without considering the potential outcomes.
He went from yelling at me that I shouldn't have a gun to "give that to me!"
At the point he reached out to grab it I took a step toward him, grabbed his arm and pushed him away. I then stepped back and drew on him while basically screaming get back, get away from me...
He started advancing on me and at that point I was stuck between him and some other shoppers with no real easy way to retreat any further. It was at that moment he was closest- I had actually put my finger on the trigger when he finally seemed to realize and he gave it up.
There was an officer working special duty in the store- he arrested him and the guy couldn't believe he was the one in trouble. The prosecutor didn't carry through though, and they ended up dropping the charge.

warnmar10 wrote:

techguy85 wrote:... I'm ~30-ish and have been carrying a handgun since I was old enough to get a CHL. I have had to draw my gun a few times but thank God have never had to shoot anyone. ...

How would you define "a few times"?

Once in response to 2 fake "gas workers" who proceeded to try a home invasion when I opened the door (yes, I know, I should have called the gas company first).
Once when a crackhead came in my kitchen when someone that lived with me left the door unlocked to go get the mail.
And once when an anti-gunner tried to take my (concealed) handgun from me when I accidentally brushed past too close in a grocery store and he felt it under my sweater.

SewTexas wrote:You'll probably want to find a carpool situation. Which probably won't be too difficult.
Texas isn't exactly known for being mass transit friendly. We tend to vote "no" on anything that says "we're going to take your money".

I vote that way here too but it just doesn't ever seem to go my way :-) I figured I could just find someone that lives close by and offer some money in exchange for rides if worse came to worse.

I appreciate the other replies as well-- I currently work for another large University but don't live super close to campus so don't have to deal with much of the kinds of stuff that come with student housing being around and such. Does College Station not have areas that are away from the party scene? I'll need to remain relatively close by since I don't drive so will need to rely on public transit. (either that or my wife will have to do a lot of driving around which I'm sure she'll be thrilled with).

The Annoyed Man wrote:I don't want to sound insensitive to your eyesight issues, but are you able to see well enough to pass the range qualification for your Texas LTC? If not, you might want to consider converting the Ohio license you already have into a non-resident license, which will be valid for most things here (the notable exception being the federal gun free safety zone act). Just a thought....

The only issue I think I might have is with the furthest distance. I shouldn't have any issues making good hits in the first 3 and 7 yard segments. In fact, I should be able to hit all of the requirements in those first two. From a practical standpoint I guess the only way to know is to come down and take a class. I have 2 other licenses that would be valid in Texas for the time being so I would have some time to deal with that eventuality.

Just wanted to stop in and say hello as there is a possibility that I will be moving to Texas to take a job at TAMU in the next month or two.
I've already reached out to a Texas native that used to live in my home state of Ohio but thought I would ask a few questions of the group.
First a little bit about me. I'm ~30-ish and have been carrying a handgun since I was old enough to get a CHL. I have had to draw my gun a few times but thank God have never had to shoot anyone. I am a firm believer in the RKBA but didn't come by that viewpoint in a good way.
I am legally blind which makes me a somewhat non-standard gun guy but I became a gun guy only after having been targeted for violent crimes a few times. I came to gun ownership via a local police officer that told me after the second time he had responded to something happening to me that I should get a concealed carry license and start carrying a gun.
Onto my questions:
What is the local situation in College Station like-- is it a good place to live, are there really bad areas to avoid, what are local attitudes about gun ownership? What is law enforcement like out that way?
Also interested in general cost of living information. Any tips about TAMU would be appreciated as well.
I'm active in my state's fight to restore self-defense and RKBA and if I do end up in TX will plan to be active there as well.