God must hate Texas.
I'm reconsidering Texas as a retirement location. Drought & fires, now floods. When are the locusts due?
God must hate Texas.
Every now and then, huge swarms of crickets do show up, had the misfortune of having one of my stores being in a swarm-central shopping center. I don't think God cares one way or the other about Texas, He just as soon let it sort itself out on its own. All my insurance rates went down when we moved from Dallas to Oakland, then back up when we returned.
That has very little to do with losses, the ins industry purchased the state government years ago. Texas politicians are faithful, once bought they stay bought and dance with the ones that brung em. Texan for 63 years in FL now, same applies here.
I'm reconsidering Texas as a retirement location. Drought & fires, now floods. When are the locusts due?
I'm reconsidering Texas as a retirement location. Drought & fires, now floods. When are the locusts due?
That has very little to do with losses, the ins industry purchased the state government years ago. Texas politicians are faithful, once bought they stay bought and dance with the ones that brung em. Texan for 63 years in FL now, same applies here.
=====================================Beg to differ about the losses, not the politicians. I've lived and done business all over the country. On property, Texas has big issues with hail storms, high winds, tornados... not just every now and then like earthquakes and tornados, but every year. The relative losses are real. Catastrophes: U.S. | III
Workman's comp is also high, and Texas is one of the, if not THE most litigious states in the country.Still a great place to do biz; if I was starting a national company it wouldn't take me but a minute to decide to locate it in DFW or Austin.
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Obviously you are behind the curve. Texas does not have workman compensation. They have employer protection. You work in Texas with no recourse, cannot sue and the system will make sure you will go through hell before collection is possible, no matter how disabled you are. Personal experience, 2 cousins ruined physically on the job through no fault of their own.
Litigious??? I doubt that, they have pulled the teeth of trial lawyers to the point through "tort reform" there is no recourse but to bend over and take it.
I am in FL now. This is truly a litigious state, TX, not even close.
Actually, I support loser pays. You sue, you lose you pay the other party's legal fees as determined by state approved formula, based on av fees state-nation wide. The underdog in Texas, currently is completely hamstrung.