Kyle, San Marcos questions (San Antonio, Austin: apartment, leases, daycare)

[chrish03]

The company I work for is relocating to San Marcos, Texas next month and we will be moving to Texas at the end of February. I can't find too much on here about Kyle or San Marcos so please help answer a few questions. It is going to be my wife, my 4 1/2 year old daughter and me moving and we are relocating from Las Vegas, Nevada. Based on all of my research so far it seems like Kyle is the area we would be looking to live in.

Are the schools in Kyle good? I haven't found anything negative about them like I have about San Marcos. My daughter will be starting Kindergarten next year.

Is there a lot of traffic between Kyle and San Marcos in the morning?

Are there areas of Kyle we should avoid looking to live in?

We are looking to buy a house but we also think we might lease something short term first....If we end up having to lease an apartment can anyone offer any recommendations on good areas or complexes that offer short term leases?

Can anyone offer any preschool recommendations in Kyle or San Marcos, my daughter will need daycare until she starts school in September?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[10scoachrick]

Might be best to do a search. Here's one thread on the subject from a few months ago...
//www.city-data.com/forum/austi...kyle-buda.html

There is plenty of traffic all along IH35 virtually any time of day. You may get some info about 'hot spots', but I've never been on it when it wasn't busy with truck traffic as well as passenger vehicles.

[Austinite101]

The schools in Kyle are fairly decent. Not the best, not the worst.

[ognend]

Originally Posted by chrish03

The company I work for is relocating to San Marcos, Texas next month and we will be moving to Texas at the end of February. I can't find too much on here about Kyle or San Marcos so please help answer a few questions. It is going to be my wife, my 4 1/2 year old daughter and me moving and we are relocating from Las Vegas, Nevada. Based on all of my research so far it seems like Kyle is the area we would be looking to live in.

Are the schools in Kyle good? I haven't found anything negative about them like I have about San Marcos. My daughter will be starting Kindergarten next year.

Is there a lot of traffic between Kyle and San Marcos in the morning?

Are there areas of Kyle we should avoid looking to live in?

We are looking to buy a house but we also think we might lease something short term first....If we end up having to lease an apartment can anyone offer any recommendations on good areas or complexes that offer short term leases?

Can anyone offer any preschool recommendations in Kyle or San Marcos, my daughter will need daycare until she starts school in September?

Thanks in advance for any help.

If your company will be moving to San Marcos, why move to Kyle?

San Marcos is a very nice town with a large University. It (still) has a lot of charm, in my mind. Then there is Wimberley which is a small village about 15-20 miles from San Marcos, in the (famed) Hill country.

There are small towns on both sides of I-35 all along the I-35 corridor, both N and S.

I would visit as soon as I can and make up my mind.

In my humble opinion, Kyle is slowly being turned into a cookie-cutter collection of replicated (ugly) neighborhoods (or should I say, it has already been turned into...?). If you are looking for that, it might be a fit for you. It is also busy, busy, busy (proximity to Austin and being off a major interstate).

As for the drive from Kyle to San Marcos, you will have no issues. The nasty traffic starts about exit 227 going north towards Austin, you will be well south of all that mess.

Then there are the "back" roads in between the two (farm roads or ranch roads as they are called around here).

OD

[Komeht]

Originally Posted by chrish03

Are there areas of Kyle we should avoid looking to live in?

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All of them.

[EzPeterson]

Originally Posted by chrish03

The company I work for is relocating to San Marcos, Texas next month and we will be moving to Texas at the end of February. I can't find too much on here about Kyle or San Marcos so please help answer a few questions. It is going to be my wife, my 4 1/2 year old daughter and me moving and we are relocating from Las Vegas, Nevada. Based on all of my research so far it seems like Kyle is the area we would be looking to live in.

Are the schools in Kyle good? I haven't found anything negative about them like I have about San Marcos. My daughter will be starting Kindergarten next year.

Is there a lot of traffic between Kyle and San Marcos in the morning?

Are there areas of Kyle we should avoid looking to live in?

We are looking to buy a house but we also think we might lease something short term first....If we end up having to lease an apartment can anyone offer any recommendations on good areas or complexes that offer short term leases?

Can anyone offer any preschool recommendations in Kyle or San Marcos, my daughter will need daycare until she starts school in September?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Traffic between Kyle and SM is reverse commute, so it's pretty light. The random wreck will slow it down, but that'll be fairly rare.

I'd second the rec to take a look at Wimberly if you want more of a "country" feel - Kyle itself is pretty sterile, but hardly "busy" if you're comparing to Vegas. I wouldn't rule out San Marcos at all - it's a pretty neat little college town.

[verybadgnome]

Originally Posted by Komeht

All of them.

I wouldn't say that exactly but then again I don't see any upside to living on the east side of Kyle besides price/sq. foot.

On the west side there is Plum Creek which has a great assortment of housing.

Still I would say do an exhaustive search of San Marcos first. Yes most neighborhoods have lots of students, but I'd imagine that the faculty at TSU live in some pretty nice areas in SM.

[Komeht]

Originally Posted by verybadgnome

I wouldn't say that exactly but then again I don't see any upside to living on the east side of Kyle besides price/sq. foot.

On the west side there is Plum Creek which has a great assortment of housing.

Still I would say do an exhaustive search of San Marcos first. Yes most neighborhoods have lots of students, but I'd imagine that the faculty at TSU live in some pretty nice areas in SM.

San Marcos at least is a pleasant little town, nicely situated between Austin and San Antonio. Kyle is a pretty awful exurb where people trade lives for square footage.

[janejanejanejanejane]

Having went to college in San Marcos and I drive there once a year or so to go down memory lane, I would NEVER live there and NEVER raise my child there. It's dirty and rather unattractive in the main part of town.
I would look into Kyle, or see what other areas in between Kyle and Austin look attractive. You could look into New Braunfels, which is the other way- closer to San Antonio. OR you could look closer into San Antonio- Shertz area, etc. Schools are better there- NEISD and NISD or even Comal ISD.

[ognend]

Originally Posted by janejanejanejanejane

Having went to college in San Marcos and I drive there once a year or so to go down memory lane, I would NEVER live there and NEVER raise my child there. It's dirty and rather unattractive in the main part of town.
I would look into Kyle, or see what other areas in between Kyle and Austin look attractive. You could look into New Braunfels, which is the other way- closer to San Antonio. OR you could look closer into San Antonio- Shertz area, etc. Schools are better there- NEISD and NISD or even Comal ISD.

I am in San Marcos regularly and live nearby. It is NOT dirty and it is a rather nice place with plenty of things to do.
OD