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<blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1016242" data-attributes="member: 17953"><p>We're in Weslaco, TX. Seven miles from the border. A large international bridge nearby. Our TV stations are listed as Brownsville-Weslaco- McAllen. You'll love the weather report. They talk about cold waves when it's 55 degrees outside. LOL</p><p></p><p>We came here as what they call "Winter Texans." It's just like "Snow Birds" in Florida. We have sub-tropical weather, and even though it gets a tad cool now and then, we usually have weather in the 70s most days all winter. Our outdoor pool is open year round, and my Wife and I often go down there at about 8 AM on nice days and take a dip.</p><p></p><p>Almost everybody who comes here walks across the bridge, or drives into Mexico for shopping. A lot of it is people getting their medications. As an example, I use an albuterol inhaler. In the US it costs over $80, and I get them in Mexico for $7.50.</p><p></p><p>We're about an hour away from South Padre Island, which is a really nice Gulf of Mexico vacation spot. During spring break, with colleges, it's overrun with kids having a great time. Some have estimated well over 100,000 of them end up there because it's so nice, and some just sleep outside, next to their cars around the area because everything is full. </p><p></p><p>It's a different world down here though, compared to what we were used to. Being from Wisconsin, the four seasons, and the forests are something you don't get here.</p><p></p><p>So how warm is it down here, normally. For the last 8 years, I have only worn long pants 4 days, and that was when we had the worst cold weather down here in history, and the electrical grid went down. Other than that, I wear shorts.</p><p></p><p>If you like Mexican food, this is the place for it. Amazingly good, and it's the real thing, not Taco Bell. LOL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voyageur, post: 1016242, member: 17953"] We're in Weslaco, TX. Seven miles from the border. A large international bridge nearby. Our TV stations are listed as Brownsville-Weslaco- McAllen. You'll love the weather report. They talk about cold waves when it's 55 degrees outside. LOL We came here as what they call "Winter Texans." It's just like "Snow Birds" in Florida. We have sub-tropical weather, and even though it gets a tad cool now and then, we usually have weather in the 70s most days all winter. Our outdoor pool is open year round, and my Wife and I often go down there at about 8 AM on nice days and take a dip. Almost everybody who comes here walks across the bridge, or drives into Mexico for shopping. A lot of it is people getting their medications. As an example, I use an albuterol inhaler. In the US it costs over $80, and I get them in Mexico for $7.50. We're about an hour away from South Padre Island, which is a really nice Gulf of Mexico vacation spot. During spring break, with colleges, it's overrun with kids having a great time. Some have estimated well over 100,000 of them end up there because it's so nice, and some just sleep outside, next to their cars around the area because everything is full. It's a different world down here though, compared to what we were used to. Being from Wisconsin, the four seasons, and the forests are something you don't get here. So how warm is it down here, normally. For the last 8 years, I have only worn long pants 4 days, and that was when we had the worst cold weather down here in history, and the electrical grid went down. Other than that, I wear shorts. If you like Mexican food, this is the place for it. Amazingly good, and it's the real thing, not Taco Bell. LOL [/QUOTE]
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