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Old 01-13-2007, 02:02 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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C-jack, you sound like a very typical Austin resident, minus the "card-carrying far right" part. I hope this city is still tolerant enough to accept those political views. The rest of your self-description fits Austin perfectly!
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Old 01-13-2007, 08:22 PM
 
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I am from the Bay Area and have heard such great things about Austin and surrounding areas. My partner and I will be coming on the 19th of January to view houses in Leander, Cedar Park and Round Rock. My goal is long term investment and comfortable living in a quiet but growing area. Does anyone have any advice about which city would be the best to buy a house in (price range about 125-130k). I want the house to appreciate (slowly) and needs to be in a safe and quiet area not too far from Austin. Thanks in advance for any help on this!
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Old 01-15-2007, 10:31 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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...Leander, Cedar Park and Round Rock.
...best to buy a house in (price range about 125-130k).
First, you won't get any of the cultural amenities of Austin in those suburbs. They're all very conservative compared to the Bay Area. But if you're OK with that then in your price range you'll probably need to be pretty far from Austin, such as the northeast side of Round Rock or one of the more distant developments in Leander. If I were you, I'd go for Leander. That town has a plan for a new downtown that's very intelligent and appealing, and it's going to grow a lot, plus you'd be close to the lakes and hill country. In Round Rock you're close to Ikea, an outlet mall, and Dell, but not much in the way of anything interesting culturally or recreationally.

Hopefully you'll get more opinions, as I'm obviously showing a bias.
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