Top Pros and Cons list for McAllen TX & the Rio Grande Valley 

This stock footage is laughable. The RGV doesn’t look like this.

5:38 😂 We love the Valley but that bridge does not exist in our RGV

Lots of nepotism and favoritism if you don’t know anybody in the valley, you don’t belong here been here 2 1/2 years and I am leaving quick already bought a house in the hill countries of Westlake beautiful lakes

Don’t forget the really good food! So affordable it got rated most obese city in Texas. Born and raised in the valley and I’ve seen the city go from small town to large city with too much traffic and a never ending roadwork on the expressway

I stoped watching your video at 3:07 I am from the area for over 50 years, and your pictures show wrongly tall trees, mountains, long bridges on rocky terrain, and rocks in the water, which is totally false. If you want to express your opinions, don't just make up stuff. Ask the residents for content and show the actual area, not the nicer stock pictures. RGV is flat land, humid, and brushy environment.

You have never been to McAllen. You aren’t even using pictures FROM McAllen.

McAllen is nice, i worked there for a year! And your video has so much wrong info and pictures.

I’ve been here all my life. If you like gang members from Mexico 🇲🇽 ,walking distance border wall, murders on the daily, tires always stolen, 98% talking Spanish (no English) then yes. Come to RGV

Something very interesting about Anglo white people living in the Rio Grande Valley in the 1900s when I was a kid was they were just like any other people from small towns in Texas, even though they are to this day only about 10-15% of the population.

I live in Rio Hondo TX 30 miles from South Padre Island. Great fishing and hunting all through the Rio Grande Valley, great schools, and plenty history

my husband works in IT, we are looking to relocate from CA. We are tired of the overreach in state government and the laws are largely against parents... its been a long time coming but we are basically just looking for affordability & health for our family.

"Great spot if you wanna bury someone" 😂😂😂😂

We dont need a Six Flags, just go to the airport on one of the 300 days out of the year when it's windy.

Washington DOES NOT have state taxes

Direct flights from McAllen TX to Las Vegas , thru Alligant Airlines

I’m moving here

Leaving The Valley was the best choice I've ever made

First thing you said was wrong. We aren’t on the river….thats Hidalgo TX. We’re 8 miles from the river.

Let me guess the creator from this channel is from California and is trying to get people to move to the valley using his realtor company. Those homes being constructed in a rush with lots of issues and paid off home inspectors. Nice!

McAllen and the RGV in general is definitely growing into a metroplex and it’s amazing to see how fast things are happening! UTRGV Football alone is going to help put the Valley on the map and it’s just an exciting time to be here ✊

How about that bronze bull

Oh yeah I'll be moving to mcallen. Regardless pro or cons.

Just moved from SA area

You guys should really work on your editing and the responses. Some of your questions were answered completely different.

Wait until you pay for property tax and insurance 😂😂😂

The reason it's safe is because there's no whale whale whale. I spelled that wrong on purpose. Replace whale with "well" lol

When you move to TX, leave your politics behind Californians lol

Please don't move to my hometown! We're full and don't want our wonderful traditional home town changed!

Might be moving to McAllen from Minneapolis. I'll have no friends. Wanna have a beer?

Harlingen has like 5+ new carwashes 🤔

In McAllen I heard it’s the most obese city in America

I live in Colorado, Income is $120K Home value is $750K Income tax + home tax is $8K. In texas a $750K home tax would be $15K. Think I'll stay in Colorado.

I have lived here all my life and it's the best place to live here

Please don’t move here! It’s getting way too crowded thanks to all these Californians!

I’m thinking it’s Jobs only for people who also speak Spanish.

Yeah dont come cause we speak spanglish and you'll regret it.

I grew up in McAllen, and was just back visiting a couple of weeks ago. The footage in this video is super false. The residents are super resentful of tesla because it's f*cking up Boca Chica and the wetlands/shoreline, and people are pushing out the culture when muskrat imports them to work for his wh*te supremacist companies. If you don't speak Spanish, you will need to become fluent in a hurry, and if you speak it poorly and with your bland accent, don't expect anyone to help you do anything. The area is 92% Mexicano/Tejano who have been there for several generations - no one is going to do you any favors, especially if you're from the Pacific Northwest, where they already don't like multicultural people to begin with - and yes, I know Puyallup, it's where one of the Concentration Camps for Japanese people was located during the second world war, Camp Harmony, where the fairgrounds are now located. Texas looks affordable on its face, but the property taxes will nullify that. There is no regulation with power companies and you will have to negotiate your energy consumption rates every few months, with no guarantee that you'll be warm during inclement weather when it occurs. Weather... it was 110°F and 95% humidity during my visit in early May. It's not even July or August yet. ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) is already asking people to turn off their air conditioning to conserve power and it's not even the hottest part of the year yet. Then there's cartel activity... Don't move there. These youtube people and real estate people would love to sell you an idea of a place, but it's all false. Unless you're going to spend a month down there in August to see what it's REALLY like, don't let these sales people take advantage of you because you won't be able to get out of the bad investments in which you'll inevitably get yourself caught up. I know it doesn't seem like it, but Florida is actually better for your investment dollars. Don't let yourself get taken for a ride by these people.

the car washes are for the cartell to wash they money xD

That’s not the ocean. It’s the Gulf of Mexico

PLEASE DO NOT COME HERE FROM CALIFORNIA!!!!

I live In McAllen since 1980. I live here.... All Neighborhoods in McAllen and their roads are well maintain and will take you anywhere in the city. There is No con to this. Since thirty years, McAllen airport has been expensive to take off from to go up north upstate or the rest of the country. If money is not your problem, fly direct from McAllen, otherwise you must go to Harlingen International. That's a well deserve con. But in the past twenty years the Expressway 83 has been widened and faster, all the way to Harlingen and Brownsville and it's much quicker to day in 2024, Unlike 1997 or so. 14:07 District 15 just turn RED!!! that's must of Hidalgo county finally went conservative. All our region is still conservative. If you Hate conservatism, don't move to McAllen. The crime in McAllen is low. It's safe. Don't believe let lies and ignorance that the Drug cartels of Mexico's have roadblocks in McAllen, how moroninc is that!!! You'll love the food of our regions, it grew in isolation from the rest of Texas. Authentic TEXMEX cousin e and we also have major outlets of Restaurants like any other big city in Texas or America, we have it! Entertainment? We have a History of it for over 40 years, from Disco/80s, Rock, Reggaton, HipHop, Norteño, tropical Alternative dance music from trance House, techno To Grunge Indie Goth and COUNTRY... NIGHT Life on the weekends! McAllen even has a entertainment dance district on 17th street downtown! NOW you know!

Texas will nickel and dime you. Property, sales tax, gas, utilities. So you're not saving much unless you're taking home upwards $75k or own a business.

Drugs Drugs Drugs

I don't know what kind of drunk nonsense you pulled this crap from. It doesn't even average over 100 here in the summer, and it averages with lows in the 50s in the winter and highs in the lower 70s. Whoever made this channel clearly doesn't live anywhere near McAllen or the valley.

Obesity town😢

The place is trash , the entire valley is boring and dead , I lived there for 25 years and am so glad I moved away, will never set foot in that place again, going to sell my house and never look towards that state ever

Stay of Texas, go back

alot of korruption & racism .

Texas we officially closed access to California's and any liberals. We love our traditional and morals. Faith, family, guns , freedom.

Do not come here if you’re educated . They only want Spanish speakers. The weather is above 110 in the summers. There is almost no winter except for three days to six days. No job really pays well above 40,000 most people live out here on 20,000 or less. You are better off in San Antonio or further north. Crime is bad and so is the quality of living.