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Austin has a different kind of beauty, the hill country is beautiful but I don't think it compares to the overall landscape and variety of California. I don't think any place can. I enjoyed my time in Austin, but ultimately my career calls and I'm headed to OC myself.
What happened to Santa Fe? It has much better weather than Austin, and probably similar prices and better scenery.
Austin is very pretty in sort of a rugged way. Scenery wise it's probably as nice as any place in Texas and in the middle of the country. The Ozark/Ouachita's of Arkansas/Oklahoma/ Missouri and the Black Hills would be the only places I would say are as pretty or prettier than the hill country relative to the states west of the Mississippi and before you get to the Rockies.
Austin is very pretty in sort of a rugged way. Scenery wise it's probably as nice as any place in Texas and in the middle of the country. The Ozark/Ouachita's of Arkansas/Oklahoma/ Missouri and the Black Hills would be the only places I would say are as pretty or prettier than the hill country relative to the states west of the Mississippi and before you get to the Rockies.
yeah, or depending on preference, any coastal town, even on the gulf, could be construed as prettier than Austin. But west Austin has some nice hills and spectacular views.
My concern with Santa Fe is it might be a place to retire and not for young families - hard to say without being able to visit and spend a lot of time there. There's also no recreational water there right? Lakes? We are really into the water. What we are looking for might be impossible.
My concern with Santa Fe is it might be a place to retire and not for young families - hard to say without being able to visit and spend a lot of time there. There's also no recreational water there right? Lakes? We are really into the water. What we are looking for might be impossible.
My concern with Santa Fe is it might be a place to retire and not for young families - hard to say without being able to visit and spend a lot of time there. There's also no recreational water there right? Lakes? We are really into the water. What we are looking for might be impossible.
Cochiti Lake (decent size recreational water) is only 40 minutes west of Santa Fe. Abiquiu Lake is an hour north, it's large and very scenic! People assume there's no water in New Mexico, but there are several nice options.
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