Sell me on Austin (Georgetown, Jacksonville: suburban, land, metro area)

[Roadking2003]

Originally Posted by axorb

And if you just decide to end up buying a house in leander or cedar park or whatever i don't get the point. You could easily do that in any suburb of Dallas, Houston or San Antonio.

The point is that many of us prefer to live in a suburb. And yes, suburbs in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio are just as nice if not nicer than in Austin. Except for west Austin hill country.

Round Rock is no different than Plano or Lewisville.

[Need4Camaro]

FWIW over half of Austin’s MSA population is suburban. It doesn’t stand out in any way, shape or form in this aspect than DFW, Houston, San Antonio or anywhere else USA. One would argue that Austin proper has 1 million people, well yeah because it’s city limits are so large, but even there most of that is very suburban.

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

FWIW over half of Austin’s MSA population is suburban. It doesn’t stand out in any way, shape or form in this aspect than DFW, Houston, San Antonio or anywhere else USA. One would argue that Austin proper has 1 million people, well yeah because it’s city limits are so large, but even there most of that is very suburban.

Where is that statistic from? Or are you just guessing again?

[Need4Camaro]

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

Where is that statistic from? Or are you just guessing again?

Oh I don’t know... Try googling it

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

Oh I don’t know... Try googling it

I could but I want to know the right phrasing to get the statistic you’re citing

[Need4Camaro]

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

I could but I want to know the right phrasing to get the statistic you’re citing

The only place in Austin that I really consider urban is Downtown. Outside of that it becomes lower density pretty quickly with SFH’s and apartment complexes and further away, subdivisions. Austin’s core area only has about 7.8k residents in a city proper of about 971,000 people but the city limits of Austin proper extend a large range around its downtown so it encompasses much more low density development and that to me is suburban.

https://austintexas.gov/faq/how-many...-live-downtown

[riaelise]

Originally Posted by ATX Wahine

Have you ever visited Bangalore? I’m thinking ... not.

I think he's Indian and was born there.


Anyway, honestly, I'd prefer Round Rock over say, Prosper. I saw the homes there...absolutely flat lots with not a tree in sight except for the twigs placed in the front yards...now the newer areas of RR are guilty of the same thing as Katy, Prosper, etc. - huge houses on postage stamp lots with no trees..but there are also some nice older gems that give me the nod. The homes along Brushy Creek, fronting the creek, are pretty. It's not Hill Country or anything, but I wouldn't mind my living room windows overlooking that. There are also some hidden older neighborhoods and the homes along downtown round rock have nice character.

I came to Austin for love....I'm not sure if I would be drawn otherwise, even now. I wouldn't have left my family and professional base for "coolness". Some of the most attractive areas in Austin are the suburban areas that tend to have awesome views of nature...those areas appeal to me the most. Since I can't afford million dollar homes, I'll commune with nature in my backyard

Austin does though offer an overall great quality of life whether you live in the CoA or surrounding suburbs. I have a great quality of life when compared to New York, where I'm from. Here I get to have a nice sized SFH with big wooded backyard, something unheard of that wasn't a million dollars in the NYC suburbs.

[VAF84]

Having grown up in the Austin area; friends and family are the only thing that continue to tie me to Austin. I've spent considerable time in and around the Houston area, and would be more likely to settle there if I was starting from scratch. I'd also look strongly at San Antonio because homes are better priced in both the central area and what one would consider hill country (whereas Austin homes in the hills are expensive w/ lots of traffic). Austin and Dallas aren't much different to me, and I'd probably lean towards Dallas because it has more to offer. I'd only pick Austin if I were to live downtown or could afford a nice ($X million) house in the Westlake to Windsor areas. All of the major cities in Texas offer fun stuff to do. The other ones have more culture and "class" if that's your style. Austin offers "outdoors", which are now packed with people. So if you're young and like crowds (or just like crowds) come to Austin. Young professionals and up will be fine in any of the other cities.

[10scoachrick]

Originally Posted by Roadking2003

The point is that many of us prefer to live in a suburb. And yes, suburbs in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio are just as nice if not nicer than in Austin. Except for west Austin hill country.

Round Rock is no different than Plano or Lewisville.

However, Austin suburbs have the nicer winter weather compared to Dallas...many fewer ice storms, for example. AND most of Austin doesn't worry about floods like much of Houston.

[Need4Camaro]

Originally Posted by 10scoachrick

However, Austin suburbs have the nicer winter weather compared to Dallas...many fewer ice storms, for example. AND most of Austin doesn't worry about floods like much of Houston.

Yes. Camaro owners such as myself don’t do ice