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You know, Austin hasn't come up as a potential relo spot for us (we've had mostly "big city" options so far), so I haven't done much research on it yet. I had always assumed it would work for us, because of the nice housing stock and the managable size of the city. [/quote]

we have family in TX, so that is why we looked there.  It is the most laid back, liberal part of TX - I think the university being there helps with that.  The schools have their issues, but there are areas of town with good schools.  They have a magnet school for the Austin City students that is ranked in the top 100 nationally, and many of the suburban HS's are also in the top 100 or so (Westlake and the schools just North of Austin come to mind).  It is also a rather outdoorsy place - lots of parks that they are quite proud of, including Town Lake.  There are also the music festivals that bring people from all around the country.

Unfortunately for us, my husband is in a fairly specialized field of defense/security contracting that just doesn't exist in Austin (better known for IT).  The jobs in TX for him would be in San Antonio, Fort Hood or some other backasswards military town that I have no interest in moving to.  So, since we couldn't come to an agreement on a telework option for my husband and he isn't an IT guy, we stayed here.[/quote]

We're actually trying to get back to Denver, but we consider other options as they pop up. Austin seems like it has a lot of the things going for it that we liked about living in Colorado. Unfortunately, the more desirable the city, the harder it is for us to move there. Our current options are Omaha and Fort Worth. We're passing. [/quote]

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