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Old 11-26-2007, 01:27 PM
 
Location: Hutto, Tx
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sberdrow,
You're probably right. My husband is constantly online looking at lots in the foothills and saying "If we moved back to Colorado, what do you think about Castle Rock etc...." When we lived there, he talked one of his Houston friends into moving up there. He lived with us until we moved back, and he said he wasn't coming with us and we'd never get him to move back to Texas. Have you been up to gray's peak yet? Golden? Idaho Springs? Georgetown? Estes Park? The bike trails in Boulder? Red Rocks? Morrison? Telluride? Further West? The whole topography changes from region to region although it is all mountainous. Grand Lake is pretty too.
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Old 11-26-2007, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Everywhere
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sberdrow,
You're probably right. My husband is constantly online looking at lots in the foothills and saying "If we moved back to Colorado, what do you think about Castle Rock etc...." When we lived there, he talked one of his Houston friends into moving up there. He lived with us until we moved back, and he said he wasn't coming with us and we'd never get him to move back to Texas. Have you been up to gray's peak yet? Golden? Idaho Springs? Georgetown? Estes Park? The bike trails in Boulder? Red Rocks? Morrison? Telluride? Further West? The whole topography changes from region to region although it is all mountainous. Grand Lake is pretty too.
oh yes, I have been to all those places except telluride or Idaho Springs. I was just walking the bike trails of Boulder after my failed attempt to hike the flat irons of Boulder...I needed something a little bit more tame. I Love Estes Park. If your husband is looking at the lots, that means you don't have long in Texas, just ask my wife. The only Georgetown I have been to is the one next to you in Texas....which is my favorite town in all of texas.
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Old 11-30-2007, 08:10 PM
 
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Talking Moving To Cedar Park

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This thread has been interesting for me. Even though I'm moving from Hawaii, I was born and grew up in LA. I'm looking forward to my move, I believe any relocation must be faced with a positive attitude. It will be four of us, myself, my hubby, my youngest - 21-year old son and a 7-year old grandson. I'm positive I'll find a great Church and I'm looking forward to my new neighborhood in Cedar Park.

Mahalo, for all the good info, and views in this thread!

My daughter lives in the Silverado area of Cedar Park for a year. What part do you live in?
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Old 12-02-2007, 11:16 AM
 
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Wages may be higher in California, but they are not high enough to make up for the increase in the cost of living.
This is the conventional thinking but, IMO, people really need to research this carefully. Yeah ... if I lived on the coast this would probably be true but we bought our inland California house really cheap and ... California housing prices are now falling really fast. Especially in inland areas.

But the pay cut I would have to take to move to Texas would be HUGE in my particular profession so ... obviously it largely depends on individual circumstances.
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Old 12-02-2007, 11:25 AM
 
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I have met so many fellow Californians who moved here and griped about how Austin isn't California.
I lived in Austin and now live in California so ... I agree that you can't expect the entire culture of a state to change just because you moved there.

Texas will always be Texas IMO ... even if you live in Austin. To expect Texas to be anything else ... especially California ... is ridiculous.
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Old 12-05-2007, 05:07 PM
 
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California roads make no sense to me. Texas has the best roads I've ever seen, and I've driven all over the USA plus in four foreign countries. I haven't seen a system laid out more sensibly than ours.
HA ha ha ha ha ha ha....your seriously kidding with this right????? I've never seen such a confusing mess as I have seen out here in Texas. Even basic parking lots and driveways don't make any sense out here!! I think the San Diego area is much more efficient....better lit too...I hate driving at night in Texas. If you don't know where you are going you can very easily miss your exit. That being said....I'm still glad I'm here!!
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Old 12-05-2007, 09:48 PM
 
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Default Californians moving to Texas

Californians generally do not move to Texas (or elsewhere) because they hate California. Especially for those middle aged and older, they move because retiring in CA is expensive, and if they bought a home 20 years ago in CA, they can cash out and buy a mansion in Texas (or two homes, etc.) with the appreciation of that home. CA is hard to buy into and easy to cash out of. Having lived in both places (now in CA), I can say that I liked both. But they are very different. I will probably cash out, just as others have, and I do hope to move to Texas, where most of my family is. But I will not be moving because I hate California!
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Old 12-05-2007, 11:40 PM
 
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Most transplants I've seen who post here generally didn't leave because they hate California... But they do sometimes complain about Californians... that, and (as you mentioned) a housing market that is very difficult to enter. Some are finding it difficult to leave the housing market, too. I think those were generally people who bought in the last 2-3 years, though.
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