Anyone live in Austin Texas ?

munsch121
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Edited Date/Time 6/7/2013 9:41am
So I am a NYer all my life, just tired of living here and being priced out of a decent life. The schooling in my area is shit and all my kids are being held from their potential thanks to the elimination of honors programs in their school !!

My wife has friends who lived in Austin and say it was fantastic, would move back in a heartbeat but they just found more money in NYC in their specific professions.

We are Just looking for someone who lives there and can give me some info and maybe some guidance. My wife and I plan on taking a week to go down and check it out and do some interviewing see what our options are in late July maybe august. any help would be GREATLY appreciated. feel free to email me

munsch328@yahoo.com

thank you much
Jeff
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bsm121 6/7/2013 6:45am
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Austin is a great town. Leave your politics in NY.

Traffic sucks.
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TX24 6/7/2013 8:37am
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My stepdaughter lives there. I'm sure not compared to NY, but the price of a house compared to most parts of the country is high. Also look around a little to the West or South.
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Huevos 6/7/2013 8:59am
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The housing market in the Fort Worth area is great here, but I'm a ways away from Austin.
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RACERX69 6/7/2013 9:16am
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bsm121 wrote:
Austin is a great town. Leave your politics in NY.

Traffic sucks.
^^^^^This^^^^^

If you voted for B.O in the last election or even lean that direction, please stay in NY.
If not, come on down.

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Racer92 6/7/2013 9:24am
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Texas is full.

¡ No hay vacante !
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WhKnuckle 6/7/2013 9:41am
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Traffic is the only bad thing. There's one big Interstate and it is really bad sometimes. But if you live in an area where you don't have to commute too far, it's a great place to live.

Moto-wise, Austin isn't as good as Houston or DFW, but there are some pretty good places to ride. Cycle Ranch is the best but it's about 75 miles from Austin. ADVMX is good, and there's a new place near Bastrop that is supposed to be good but I haven't been there yet.

There are some real beautiful places around Austin, although the topography tends to be a little arid for my taste. I like green, lush areas, but lots of people like things to be drier.

Watch out of allergies - Cedar in the winter and Oak in the summer is very high.

There's a lot of night life if you're interested in that. And women. LOTS of women. No, let me rephrase that - LLLLOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTS of women. Not that I ever noticed.

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