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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know that area of Austin, it’s wealthy sprawling suburbia.  If you want more character and city feel, move to Old Enfield, Clarksville, Old West Austin, South Congress, Barton Hills, Hyde Park, even parts of Lakeway/Westlake which are more suburban but closer to downtown.  God knows the only people who can afford to live in those areas are wealthy tech people now.  The downside is most of the tech offices are North of the city and even the reverse commute is awful on Mopac.

Most of the part of Austin dominated by tech  feels like San Jose to me—just a big morass of suburban sprawl.  It’s also pretty politically moderate—used to be more Republican until Trump.

The cool/liberal/funky part of Austin is very small and expensive to live in.  I went to UT for grad school and the transformation in full throws at that time.[/quote]

Exactly. I've lived in Austin and Silicon Valley. This move was like moving to Morgan Hill and complaining its boring and bland. It's too far from all the "cool" stuff and traffic is horrific if you need to be DT or north to Round Rock. But, if he'd done his research he would know that. He had no clue what he was getting himself and his family into and can only blame himself. But if you want the brand new house on a lot of land, that's where you would go.[/quote]

Yup, I loved Austin, went to school there, bought our first house there, had our first baby there. Miss it terribly.

It's hard to imagine he even visited the area he moved to before picking it, given (apparently) what he values. Hell, besides the land he would have been in much better proximity to "cool" things but still have the 'burb and new house vibe in Circle C and have paid a fraction of the price.

Austin has a lot of wonderful amenities, including a ton of outdoor activities--including a lot to do on the water. I'm just sort of baffled by this. [/quote]

Have you lived in the Bay Area? I don't think Austin has as much varied outdoor activity and, if you don't like the weather--especially the heat, you may not be doing as much outside for large parts of the year.[/quote]

Well, I've spent a fair amount of time there but no, haven't lived there. Its not my favorite place in the country, but OK.

But this isn't really about the Bay Area vs. Austin (and I didn't claim one was better than the other in my post, if you read it again). Its about someone who clearly didn't do due diligence before uprooting their family--I don't object to anyone who prefers the Bay Area over Austin, but there didn't seem to be any real effort to learn more about the area he was moving his family to before doing so. His complaints seem to be mostly based on very basic things that he easily could have learned before moving. [/quote]

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