Where should I move to down south ?
Best pool playing cities in the south ?
Any great pool rooms looking for a house pro ?
Best pool playing cities in the south ?
Any great pool rooms looking for a house pro ?
Moving down south somewhere !
- Thread starter Shawn Putnam
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kevin s said:
I was just down there a month or so ago, and was told that in order to get any action, you had to go an hour or two south to the new place diamonds. I'm sure that there is stuff going on there, I just didn't find it.-Matt ps- Shawn, move to Greenville or Atlanta, there seems to be a shortage of good players at both, lol:thumbup:
I had a small one bedroom apartment. The rent was 550 a month. I believe the Florida market is a buyers market. The cost of home owners insurance is the only thing out of line. I lived there a while and its about the same as Tennessee. IMHOribdoner said:
Theres lots of poolroom. Lots of tournaments. You can get action but not if your a stranger. You have to work your way into that circle.
Shawn Putnam said:
Dont come to ATL. There are no Open events around here..
Go to California. I need a good start-up TD out there.
You would have the whole region; CA, WA, OR, AZ, NV and NM, I would throw in Utah to but that would encourage you to have 8 or 9 wives and no time to run the events.
Mj
Austin isn't that cheap anymore. It's probably the highest average cost of living in the state and significantly higher than some of the other cities, but I guess it's still cheap compared to some parts of the country. It's a college and tech city. The pool market here is so so I would say.ribdoner said:
San Antonio has one of the best housing markets in the country, and the cost of living is very low. It does not have a great pool scene for the size of the city though (8th largest in the nation I think?), but Shawn might do ok selling cues here, especially since he has mentored some with Woody Woodworth who is still held in high regards in the area since he got his start here. The only cue maker currently anywhere in the area only makes low end cues with no points and no inlays, so there is a big opening in the market, although the market is not as big as the city size suggests.
Houston is probably the biggest pool town in Texas, but the downside would be that there are several top pros living here so the housepro market might be saturated? Crime is the worst in this area overall too.
I don't know much about Dallas but from what I know the pool scene is ok, and the population in the area is huge. Not sure what house pro opportunities might be available. CJ Wiley is in the area and owns a couple of rooms, and a couple of other fairly unknown pros also reside here.
Texas does have the Fast Eddies Tour which holds one event per month, all open and large fields, so that is one definite upside to the state.
ribdoner said:
in the tampa area the cost of living is actually pretty low and housing is pretty cheap as well
My vote goes to San Antonio .
San Antonio is a very inexpensive place to live but being a military based town, there is very little money around which means little to no action. A huge bet is this town is a $200 set.
And no one in this town would have a clue what the term "house pro" means.
Sad, but true.
I believe Cliff Joyner was the house pro at Bogie's in Houston for a while. Fairly good action there and it is a players' room. It might be worth a call.
Shawn, I'd love to see you come to Texas and stir things up a little.
Stones
And no one in this town would have a clue what the term "house pro" means.
Sad, but true.
I believe Cliff Joyner was the house pro at Bogie's in Houston for a while. Fairly good action there and it is a players' room. It might be worth a call.
Shawn, I'd love to see you come to Texas and stir things up a little.
Stones
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Houston would be a good spot. San antone would be another good choice, Houstons got alot of top players and lots of good rooms.
From what I hear AZ is hard to beat for action.
Atlanta is home to a few pro's like yourself the action here isn't great,but I'm not far from FL,SC,NC,AL....and the airport here is a hub for any large citie's and countrys.Take your pic of rooms Gwinnett Pool Room all Gold Crowns,Q's 2all new Gold Crowns,The Marietta Billiard Club a mix of tables with Gold Crowns.
