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Old 10-29-2013, 07:31 AM
 
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I am planning on retirement in five years and visit Georgetown/Sun City about once a year. I have always enjoyed the small town vibe and the relaxed atmosphere. Well my visit last weekend really opened my eyes! There is contruction everywhere! Noise and diesel fumes where a constant reminder that this small town is basically being reborn into something totally different. It seems to be getting a southern
California type vibe with fake New York cowboys wearing designer jeans and posh stores! I am starting to wonder if this place will be the relaxed oasis I am looking for in retirement. I would appreciate what ,others think about what is happening to Georgetown and the future potential of the city.
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Old 10-29-2013, 07:55 AM
 
Location: Sacramento Mtns of NM
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Seems that there is more than just East Austin that has "economic development" and urban sprawl to blame for changes.
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Old 10-29-2013, 07:57 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Georgetown lost most of the 'small town vibe' back in, oh, maybe the 90s? When the big box stores moved in and they built the frontage road along the interstate. And adding a second HS just furthered the end of 'small Georgetown'. That said, it still is a more conservative, quieter place than most of Austin. It is much further from the SoCa vibe than Austin or RR or CP.

If you are looking to retire to a more 'traditional' small town, TX, then look to Johnson City, Fredericksburg, Burnet, Llano, etc.
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Old 10-29-2013, 08:17 AM
 
Location: central Austin
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Try Smithville!
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Old 10-29-2013, 08:21 AM
 
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When I moved to Round Rock in the 90s, I liked the "small town" less hectic vibe, but I was close enough to Austin to enjoy it when I wanted. I moved in 2011 and it was getting bad. Visited this year and I couldn't believe how even in two years how much more hectic it got. Going to the movies was like Christmas shopping as far as parking and traffic. That whole area is just the definition of urban sprawl at its worse. I can't wait to see the mess they've created in 10 years.
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Old 10-29-2013, 09:22 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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"When I moved to Round Rock in the 90s, I liked the "small town" less hectic vibe"

That makes me smile...in the 80s, we all (in G'town) hated how RR had lost that small town vibe and was urban sprawl...
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Old 10-29-2013, 01:30 PM
 
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"When I moved to Round Rock in the 90s, I liked the "small town" less hectic vibe"

That makes me smile...in the 80s, we all (in G'town) hated how RR had lost that small town vibe and was urban sprawl...
That makes me smile that you thought Round Rock of the 80s was the definition of Urban Sprawl .......
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Old 10-29-2013, 01:50 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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That makes me smile that you thought Round Rock of the 80s was the definition of Urban Sprawl .......
Well, when you compare it to the RR of the 70s and 60s, it was :P
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Old 10-29-2013, 05:15 PM
 
Location: central Austin
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You are both right!! Census figures show the population in 1990 to be 30,000. In 2012 it was 106,000. BUT "The 1960 figure was 2,458 and crept up to 2,811 by 1970 (Scarbrough 346). Between 1970 and 1980, the exponential growth began. The 1980 population was 12,740, an increase of almost 400 percent. Rapid growth continued in the 1980s with the current (1990) population figure set at 30,923, an increase of almost 150 percent from the 1980 figure." City of Round Rock - Growth and Demographics
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Old 10-29-2013, 05:56 PM
 
Location: Sacramento Mtns of NM
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Two largely overlooked small towns that are just waiting to be rediscovered are Mason and Menard.
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