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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]

Lakeway was a retirement community up until about 15 years ago. Now it's filling up with younger families since the closer in areas are less affordable. But if you're into the "Keep Austin Weird" vibe then its not where you should end up. He should have talked to more people, spent more time there to get the feel for it. I don't get the "school choice" complain either. Sounds like he was looking for private schools which there aren't many very close to there.  Why wasn't he ok with the publics? Again, if school was important to him researching the options prior to the move would have been helpful.[/quote]

His school choice critique was very specific and not about private schools.
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There's also little public school choice. In California there are charter schools, two day schools, public schools, cash/combo charter school/homeschooling, you name it. In west Austin, just public schools. Don't know why, but I heard that the high school football industrial complex opposed charter schools.[/i][/quote]

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