if you moved to Austin recently, are you happy with your decision? (Fort Worth: schools, living)

[steph410]

i'm just curious, if you recently moved to Austin:

where did you move from? and

are you happy with your decision? (Also, what part of Austin did you move to)?

any details would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

[Jennibc]

Moved here from Seattle in January of 2009. We live in SW Austin. We haven't regretted it for a moment. We did live here in 1999-2001 so we had a good idea about what we were getting ourselves into. We are very grateful to be living here.

[asena]

I did about seven months ago,gettin out of here this weekend for good.I try to love this city but I couldnt. I think I am still in love with east coast.Moving to georgia, around savannah area.I just cant wait. Good luck to you.

[artsyguy]

I also moved out of Austin several years back. People don't know what a really good city truly is.

Here is as hilarious blog about Fort Worth vs. Austin. For a small city Fort Worth seems to have more than Austin:
http://www.dfw.com/2010/03/16/250234...weird-ill.html

Originally Posted by asena

I did about seven months ago,gettin out of here this weekend for good.I try to love this city but I couldnt. I think I am still in love with east coast.Moving to georgia, around savannah area.I just cant wait. Good luck to you.

[Naomi Manischewitz]

I am doing it in June. I will let you know then

[bgrn198]

Originally Posted by Naomi Manischewitz

I am doing it in June. I will let you know then

Hey I sent you a message

[asena]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

I also moved out of Austin several years back. People don't know what a really good city truly is.

Here is as hilarious blog about Fort Worth vs. Austin. For a small city Fort Worth seems to have more than Austin:
Commentary: Keep Austin weird; I'll take Fort Worth

That was preety funnyy

[Runemaster]

Originally Posted by Naomi Manischewitz

I am doing it in June. I will let you know then

And we'll be right behind ya.

[AMYL0452]

Everyone has different reasons why they love or hate a city. I personally love living here, even moving form the Bay Area in CA. Everyone is so much more friendly here and welcoming. I live in SW Austin doward Dripping and love it. But I love my community and have met some great people, and love the schools for my child. So, a single person may not feel the same way. I guess I think the size is perfect. And I can live "out", but only 20 minutes from downtown.

[austin-steve]

i'm just curious, if you recently moved to Austin:

For the purposes of answering, I "deem" 1985 to be "recent".

Yes, I love it here so much I've remained for 25 years and plan to never leave.

I will say that there are certain types of people for whom the move might not turn out great.

1) Those who underestimate or didn't fully realize the impact of leaving family and/or close long term friends behind. I know of some examples of this, where people just miss the place and people they left so much, that it wouldn't matter how great Austin is, they want their family/friends back again.

2) People who come from cultures (some California areas for example) where their sense of status, well being and "fitting in" is defined more by what they do for a living, economic position, and their consumer consumption habits than it is their personality and core being. It's a bummer to show up in Austin thinking you're hot sh*t only to find out nobody cares about your superficial veneer. The result is, some find it hard to make friends because they've never learned to connect with people in the manner most common in Austin.

3) People who have unrealistic expectations, or think that pulling a "geographical" to Austin will somehow cure their general unhappiness with life and themselves. We get a lot of those whiners on the forums here. Yes, Austin is a great city in many ways, but in many other ways, it's just as plain vanilla as Anywhere USA once you leave the central core areas.

And no matter where you go, there you are. Negative, unhappy, friendless people will remain so in Austin, not because of Austin, but because of themselves. But they'll of course tell you about all of Austin's shortcomings.

Finally, if you are a person who asks not what Austin can do for you, but what you can do for Austin. If you are one who likes to contribute to your community and be part of it through your participation and giving back, Austin offers abundant and ample opportunity to fulfill that life mission no matter your demographic category or economic status.

Come on in, the water is great!

Steve