Salaam need advice about moving back to pakistan

khattichic · January 25, 2013, 4:14pm

Re: Salaam need advice about moving back to pakistan

Notice I said “we have become dollar chasers” myself included. So it was not really finger pointing but an analysis of the situation in which we are all included. People have opinions and they are going to vary, and I respect all of them as long as they are communicated respectfully. Speaking of accusations, if one feels that criticizing Pakistanis in the west for living there is an accusation, what are you saying about Pakistan and 180 million people living there when we call the country corrupt, polluted, unsafe and God knows what else. Are these not accusations too? And no Pakistan is not the the solution to some of the problems we have described, but I will tell you that Pakistan will never make me an apologetic Muslim, or take me to prison because my kids decided I over stepped the boundary and call the cops on me, my tax money won’t be contributing to the “liberation” of the Muslim world. Anyways. Someone mentioned Texas. I have heard a lot about the community there. Anyone in Texas right now wanna share about the community, housing, jobs , people etc.

I live in Dallas, Tx. It’s a wonderful place to raise a familiy. Housing market is extremely affordable in comparison to up north, and property values are stable as we never experienced the Real Estate bubble bust that hit after 2008 (I’m a Realtor), job market is stable too. It lacks the public transportaion infrastructure that you are used to in NY, and definitley is not as picturesque as other parts of the country, but it’s a wonderful quality of life here. The DFW metroplex is really just a bunch of suburbs, and pretty much each suburb you’ll find a thriving Muslim community, whith a multitude of activities (MAS youth activites, Muslim boy scouts. girls scouts, numerous cultural organizations) There is no shortage of Halal grocery stores/restaurants. There are very good Islamic private schools here too. People here are very friendly and sociable.