What do you do for fun in Leander/Cedar Park? (Houston: transplants, home)

[woodinvilleguy]

Originally Posted by doctorjef

The short answer: drive into Austin.

No wait a minute -- don't. If you live in Cedar Park or Leander, you are getting what you deserve.

Hey, don't diss on Cedar Park. Why do people are people in Austin stuck up about Austin being better than every other place? Cedar Park is a nice family community, Austin is nice as well, so is Round Rock. They are different not any better than one another.

[BijouBaby]

If you're bored in my opinion then you must be boring (that's what I tell my kids).

Hey JLo - There's no need to be insulting here. Since you don't know me, you're really in no position to make a wide-sweeping generality of how boring I must be. I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but many people here find Cedar Park/Leander more than just a little lacking in entertainment or intellectual stimulation. That doesn't make them boring - they just get that in other places nearby. What you find entertaining may leave someone else mind-numbingly bored. People make use of the activities and good points of the community that they enjoy, and leave the rest alone. Saying you're "bored" with the rest doesn't constitute a boring person.

Perhaps it would be of more value to instead teach your children to be less judgmental, and more tolerant of others, without feeling the need to be condescending or insulting.

[love roses]

Kinda like the post above isn't judgemental and tolerant?

[hinke]

Someone said in an earlier post that people in Cedar Park are middle class or lower middle class. It got me kind of thinking, what is middle class? What is middle-lower class? Is there an income bracket, or a house price? If so, what would you say is middle class. This is of course all relative but since someone mentioned it, it made me curious.

[woodinvilleguy]

Originally Posted by hinke

Someone said in an earlier post that people in Cedar Park are middle class or lower middle class. It got me kind of thinking, what is middle class? What is middle-lower class? Is there an income bracket, or a house price? If so, what would you say is middle class. This is of course all relative but since someone mentioned it, it made me curious.

That is a good question.

wikipedia describes it as:
Middle class is the group of people in contemporary society who are between the working class and upper class. This socioeconomic class includes professionals, highly skilled workers, and lower and middle management. Middle class people are also viewed as those people with a shared set of cultural values, commonly associated with professionals. In other class societies middle class refers to people between the labouring masses and the ruling class.


IMHO, I define it as this:
lower class: people struggling month to month to meet the most basic of needs
upper class: people not struggling at anytime to meet any basic needs and the ability to spend money regularly on extraneous expenses
Middle class: anywhere in between these.

[hound 109]

Originally Posted by Austin97

It's ironic, the least tolerant people I know are liberals. For the most part the conservatives I know just want to be left alone by the govt and are fine with people living their lives the way they want to. The style of conservatism is probably slightly more libertarian than the southern conservative that you might imagine. You will find tons of californians in austin, but many places in california are also conservative (i.e. southern california).

We live in a cul de sac and everyday there are kids outside (15 boys in our cul de sac) plus we live on a green belt so the kids are always playing in it.

It seems like as the kids get to 8-10 years old they all have a ton of planned activities so you see them a lot less just hanging out.

My neighborhood feels about 40% asian (great hills) and it feeds into one of the best school chains in the city - laurel mountain, canyon vista, westwood. Laurel mountain is about 40% asian, canyon vista like 25% and westwood maybe 16% asian, 10% hispanic and 3.5% african american.

You can go here to see the ethnic breakdown of various schools.

Round Rock Isd - Zillow
Leander Isd - Zillow

I suspect there will be more opportunities for outdoor activities and sports because land is cheaper so you can simply have more sports fields. So the tradeoff is lots of restaurants and high culture vs. outdoor activities.

I agree with this post 100%.

[hound 109]

Originally Posted by JLO

Oh, yes, I forgot to say it's hot. But, it's a dry Texas heat. Sorry folks, but the humidity here in TX is nothing like NYC. As for the heat, we NY'ers know what it's like to be crammed in a NYC subway on a 90 degree day and dare I say ... there isn't anything hotter, stinkier or more miserable anywhere in Austin... guaranteed.

The humidity here in Austin might be less than NYC (we're 200 miles from the coast)....but there are parts of Texas that would give NYC a run for it's money.

Go visit Houston in early August.

[calien]

Visit Houston in Dec. - it's awful. Not sure it is ever lacking humidity.

[verybadgnome]

I had a funny conversation a few years ago with a woman who had just moved to CP from N. Austin. She said she couldn't understand why anyone would live downtown b/c there were no movie theaters or grocery stores. I think from her point of view grocery store was equivalent to HEB and movie theater was equivalent to a multiplex. I guess she wasn't the type to shop at Whole Foods or frequent Alamo Draft House.......

[hound 109]

Originally Posted by verybadgnome

I had a funny conversation a few years ago with a woman who had just moved to CP from N. Austin. She said she couldn't understand why anyone would live downtown b/c there were no movie theaters or grocery stores. I think from her point of view grocery store was equivalent to HEB and movie theater was equivalent to a multiplex. I guess she wasn't the type to shop at Whole Foods or frequent Alamo Draft House.......

Yeah.....& you can't find any good Italian food like Olive Garden downtown either.