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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved from the DC area to Austin. Kept the same salaries, and kept our DC-based jobs. Daycare is half the cost. We have a great 2400 sq foot house for 380k (bought before the current boom) with 1/3 acre and great schools within walking distance. No waitlist for daycare, no waitlist for aftercare, no waitlist for summer camp. I can avoid the traffic bc everything I need is nearby. Awesome hiking. There are disadvantages to living in TX for sure, but we don't regret moving for a second (other than leaving friends behind).[/quote]

Where in ATX did you buy a house for $380K? And are the schools actually walkable? I find that my TX friends/family living within walking distance to school but don't actually walk because no sidewalks or walking culture. [/quote]

Austin person here. We bought the house 3 years ago, so now it is valued at about 580 because of the crazy increase. But, I assure you, all 3 schools are walkable, and there are no buses for these schools for us because we are under a mile from each of them. Kids are walking/biking every morning to get to whichever school they are trying to get to. This is NW Austin, so about 20 min from the city center.[/quote]

When you say "NW Austin" you definitely mean Cedar Park, which is not 20 minutes from downtown in any normal amount of traffic. 580K in NW Hills now gets you a 1900 square foot townhouse: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8114-Middle-Ct-Austin-TX-78759/29430642_zpid/

:roll: Sure. Let me just provide you my address here to prove that I'm not making things up. ?

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