I can relate to some of what you are going through. My husband and I moved to the RGV from CT just over 10 years ago. While he was going to school here he spent 3 summers with our son up in CT living with family and working a retail job that here would have paid $4 something an hour but up there paid $8-$10 an hour. The funny thing is that due to the cost of living we couldn't have afforded to live there as a family which is why we ended up here.
I've been in the valley for just over 10 years now. It wasn't until the last two that I began to not only appreciate the culture in the valley but have also come to enjoy the variety now offered due to the growth the valley has experienced.
Hi, Wendy. Thanks for reading and I appreciate your shared experience. Things have improved tremendously in the RGV in recent years. My only desire is that there would be more well-paying jobs in the RGV to match.