Anyone from the Austin Texas area?

NickyDeuces · Jan 25, 2005

Longtime Austin resident. My short description: The living is easy. Lakes, music, technology. It's live and let live. And pull for the Horns.

bigbet1234 · Jan 25, 2005

thanks WB, and everyone else.

my wife is wanting to settle down, beings we are getting a bit older and TRAVEL ALOT! which i dont blame her.

thanks again,

BB

WildBill said:
Atlanta is one of the few places I can't say much about having spent hardly any time there. Do you like nightlife and lots of city activity or are you a more burbs and Home Depot kind of guy? What kind of weather appeals to you and what can you tolerate? I am guessing if you lived in Ohio and Arizona you can tolerate just about anything!

One of the most important decisions though is your job and where you can do it. My job pretty much limits me to bigger cities if I want good opportunities. And above all else I suggest you stick to the places where you can get multiple choices. Nothing worse than stuck in a smaller town where you work at one of the few possible places.

No big deal on the race thing, everyone can make a choice on it if it matters to you. Just be warned I have been just about everywhere with a mild winter and every one of those cities has lots of latinos. Seattle has fairly few of them and is a very nice place to live, but you have to be able to handle cloudy weather. As long as clouds and rain don't bother you, it has a moderate climate. The nightlife and sports are good, both the spectator and outdoor variety. Schools are good if you and the misses have them or hope to have them. Lots of scenery too. Only downfalls are the traffic and cost of living.

ppeter · Feb 2, 2005

Austin totally fvcking ROCKS. I spent a significant amount of time there last year when I was doing reserve military duty at Ft. Hood, which is about 1 hour away (45 minutes if you drive 90 mph like most of the Texans). I got to enjoy the nightlife, lazy, hazy nights by the lakes, great eateries, and met some very nice people. Austin is by far the most liberal big city in Texas. It is also very pretty, with lots and lots of lakes and rivers and hills. All the rich people live on the hills.
The location is perfect for road-tripping as it is equa-distant from San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston. All are a day trip away.

You guys would love it.

ppeter · Feb 2, 2005

bigbet1234 said:
thanks WB, and everyone else.

my wife is wanting to settle down, beings we are getting a bit older and TRAVEL ALOT! which i dont blame her.

thanks again,

Come out to Honolulu, your wife would fit right in. No hispanics here, but lots of Filipinos.

Dante · Feb 2, 2005

I have been thru El paso texas about 8 years back...I liked that area also ...was gowing at the time

Kiss1 · Feb 2, 2005

Bigbet,

If I had a choice, I'd live between Carlsbad and Del Mar west of the PCH. Perfect weather, beautiful race track, big city sports action and most important ....

THE OCEAN ... :103631605