I live outside of Austin. This is the city to live in if you like lakes, young ladies,parks and recreation. This is the capital of the world when it comes to lLive Music. Los Lonely Boys are always playing in the area along with about 200-300 other bands on any given week.
Dell computer is in Round Rock, just north of Austtin. That's where the Dellionaires work at.
Dell computer is in Round Rock, just north of Austtin. That's where the Dellionaires work at.
Look at what Happened to Rickey Williams
He lived there and look at how he turned out. The town is nice, the girls are nice,6th street is great. Music is awesome but it is a Young party town. Jobs so so. Housing market sucks. If you are trying to get away from hispanics you better goto Mexico because most are already in Texas.. Not being racist just stating a fact. Nothing worng with hispanics but if you are looking for a place with fewer Texas (Austin) or anywhere in Texas is not the answer.
He lived there and look at how he turned out. The town is nice, the girls are nice,6th street is great. Music is awesome but it is a Young party town. Jobs so so. Housing market sucks. If you are trying to get away from hispanics you better goto Mexico because most are already in Texas.. Not being racist just stating a fact. Nothing worng with hispanics but if you are looking for a place with fewer Texas (Austin) or anywhere in Texas is not the answer.
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Lives there for a short time. Now live about two hours north. Go back and forth every two weeks. Live in the winter about 5 hours south on the tex- mex border. If you want to get away from the cold cold weather, it is a good place . You never know in Texas-75 one day 40 the next. You get quite a variety. The summers are really hot, but i love the hot weather. Great golf coarses, probably the best in Texas.Lots of water activities during the summers.During the school year it really gets crowded. The only problem i ever encounter is the interstructure of hwys and back roads, they are running about ten years behind the sudden growth. If you now the back roads , there is no problem. Any other questions, just holler. Buddym
Lives there for a short time. Now live about two hours north. Go back and forth every two weeks. Live in the winter about 5 hours south on the tex- mex border. If you want to get away from the cold cold weather, it is a good place . You never know in Texas-75 one day 40 the next. You get quite a variety. The summers are really hot, but i love the hot weather. Great golf coarses, probably the best in Texas.Lots of water activities during the summers.During the school year it really gets crowded. The only problem i ever encounter is the interstructure of hwys and back roads, they are running about ten years behind the sudden growth. If you now the back roads , there is no problem. Any other questions, just holler. Buddym
Good luck BB, there isnt a warm city in the country without 20% hispanic population. Even much of the deep South has that now. Phoenix has a little higher percentage, but just like every town you can stay in a white part of town if that is what you really want. I went with my Mexican wife to Scottsdale a month ago and after hearing Spanish spoken everywhere else we kinda noticed there aren't too many Mexicans around Scottsdale. I have to think it works the same in most cities.
What do you want in a town? I have lived in many and travelled to many more. Of course job and family considerations come first but I could suggest many places if I knew what you wanted and didn't want.
What do you want in a town? I have lived in many and travelled to many more. Of course job and family considerations come first but I could suggest many places if I knew what you wanted and didn't want.
I'm made of NY and typically brush aside most places I've visited in this country (and that's a lot of cities); however, Austin, is a very manageable, clean city with nice people and a sound economy.
Could I live there? I doubt it, but then again I couldnt see myself living in any other place besides NYC (except for maby NOLA -- and I'm not talking about the FQ).
Could I live there? I doubt it, but then again I couldnt see myself living in any other place besides NYC (except for maby NOLA -- and I'm not talking about the FQ).
Yeah, lived in Scottsdale, was nice, but wasn't my cup of tea. Again, I am not racist, but it seems the higher hispanic/mexican population, the more run-down the surrounding areas are, but I guess that goes with just about everywhere in the US.
to answer your question, I really dont know what i am looking for. one bad thing, is my family is here in OH. ., my wife has family in Augusta. We have thought about atlanta, but i do know, i like ohio, but getting tired of it.
you seemed to emphazie you wife was mexican, well....my wife is filipino. just wanting to clear, no racial tension here.
thanks for the info
BB
to answer your question, I really dont know what i am looking for. one bad thing, is my family is here in OH. ., my wife has family in Augusta. We have thought about atlanta, but i do know, i like ohio, but getting tired of it.
you seemed to emphazie you wife was mexican, well....my wife is filipino. just wanting to clear, no racial tension here.
thanks for the info
BB
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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.
I lived in Horseshoe Bay(NW of Austin) for a year, and must say that Austin lives up to it's billing as one of the top cities to reside in.
It is clean, new, strong economically despite the tech market's yo-yo of recent years, it has great food, fabulous music/club scene(especially if into Country, Alt-Country, Cowpunk, Alternative, Blues, Tejano-Rock,etc..), nice LCRA man-made fake lakes, excellent schools, solid work force, intelligent, fit, & good looking people abound, low-humidity/sunny weather, great affordable golfing, triangulated with close proximity to SA/Hou/Dal, and is super-amenities strong due to per capita income, largest college town, and hip-factor.
On the downside, it is uber-expensive to live in Austin proper, as most of it's housing is being built in burbs all around the edges(with as mentioned above the NE and NW burbs being most Anglo), it has a rocky uneven landscape w/puny trees(mostly mesquite), requires grading of lots, and yards that require tons of water to keep green(like LV and Az), plus due to growth and contour/topography is hellish for traffic(lacks loops), and it's growth(like LV, Phoe, Atl, Bost,etc..) is making current infrastructure quickly obsolete and worn, yet is also being addressed.
I have friends in NE Atlanta, and there are many Ohio transplants in the ATL, as my buddy's wife is from there, also have an ex-girlfriend whom's sister is married to an Ohio man she met after moving there for a job at CNN. The area my chum is in is Buford/Gwinnnett, and it is absolutely exploding in growth, yet is very well zone-restricted, with much uniformity..very much burbish with lights out at 9PM, yet nice!
Downtown Atlanta(Buckhead) is where ATL gets it's "Hotlanta" after dark reputation.
I will wind up in back in familiar haunts of LV, Atl, Austin, or H-town before it's all said and done.
It is clean, new, strong economically despite the tech market's yo-yo of recent years, it has great food, fabulous music/club scene(especially if into Country, Alt-Country, Cowpunk, Alternative, Blues, Tejano-Rock,etc..), nice LCRA man-made fake lakes, excellent schools, solid work force, intelligent, fit, & good looking people abound, low-humidity/sunny weather, great affordable golfing, triangulated with close proximity to SA/Hou/Dal, and is super-amenities strong due to per capita income, largest college town, and hip-factor.
On the downside, it is uber-expensive to live in Austin proper, as most of it's housing is being built in burbs all around the edges(with as mentioned above the NE and NW burbs being most Anglo), it has a rocky uneven landscape w/puny trees(mostly mesquite), requires grading of lots, and yards that require tons of water to keep green(like LV and Az), plus due to growth and contour/topography is hellish for traffic(lacks loops), and it's growth(like LV, Phoe, Atl, Bost,etc..) is making current infrastructure quickly obsolete and worn, yet is also being addressed.
I have friends in NE Atlanta, and there are many Ohio transplants in the ATL, as my buddy's wife is from there, also have an ex-girlfriend whom's sister is married to an Ohio man she met after moving there for a job at CNN. The area my chum is in is Buford/Gwinnnett, and it is absolutely exploding in growth, yet is very well zone-restricted, with much uniformity..very much burbish with lights out at 9PM, yet nice!
Downtown Atlanta(Buckhead) is where ATL gets it's "Hotlanta" after dark reputation.
I will wind up in back in familiar haunts of LV, Atl, Austin, or H-town before it's all said and done.
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America is a melting pot, I am glad for the diversity, as a strong hispanic population means a strong taqueria market, which means I don't have to eat pre-fixe tex-mex chain restraunt meals, but rather authentic ala-carte mexican fare.
It is why the west coast and the seaboard are so blessed with asian food, why Miami has Cuban food, why the deep south has soul food, etc..
I love El Arroyo, Gueros, Z-Tejas, Maudies, Pappasitas,etc..as much as anybody, but sometimes Taqueria Arandas, Vallarta, Bejucos, Marisca, etc..are the right call.
Viva La Raza..Garza & Escovedo Familias!
It is why the west coast and the seaboard are so blessed with asian food, why Miami has Cuban food, why the deep south has soul food, etc..
I love El Arroyo, Gueros, Z-Tejas, Maudies, Pappasitas,etc..as much as anybody, but sometimes Taqueria Arandas, Vallarta, Bejucos, Marisca, etc..are the right call.
Viva La Raza..Garza & Escovedo Familias!
