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We do have red ants that like to bite. I will never get use to them. I am originally from New York and live near Austin. Traffic is bad here if you work in Austin and live outside of it. It is hot and humid from about May thru Sept. this year Sept. has been nice. If you come here looking for different not what you have in NYC you will enjoy it. Property taxes are high but there are in New York too.
You will need a car if you live outside of Austin. Texans are friendly but we are getting so many newcomers..and they are coming from all over...some aren’t friendly. You can always tell who is from Texas.
We have family friendly neighborhoods where people actually get to know each other. But if you interested in nightlife, great restaurants, lots of things to do and see...this is not NYC.
This is a bit of an unfair comparison. What's Austin''s nightlife like now, mid-Covid?
Also, I was on 2nd Avenue in the 80's last night. It was far from dead. Cuomo would be appalled (which I consider a good thing.)
NYC is reduced to people drinking outdoors at restaurants.
Bars that make over 50% of their money on alcohol are not open in Texas right now, but indoor dining is at 75%. And I bet that they open up bars way before NYC does.
During normal times, NYC is probably better all but Austin nightlife is pretty good. I even had a lot of fun in tbe neighboring towns.
Yes, but forcing all the drinking outdoors turns the avenue into one big running party. It's actually seems quite festive. Well see what happens when it gets cold.
I made this move from NYC to Austin - in the mid - 1990's.
I missed two things about NYC.
(1) The live oaks don't turn red/orange/yellow. I missed the fall color.
(2) I missed the Jersey Shore for beaches/swimming.
In NYC, I missed something about Austin:
(1) The friendliness of people and sense of community.
(2) The affordability of restaurants and nightlife.
(3) Central Market - I guess Whole Foods is close enough.
My friend and I ordered a bunch of food at a Mexican restaurant in Austin and got soft drinks, our bill came out to 17 dollars and I was like DAMN that is cheap
So the expense side is lower. But what about income? The economy in Austin is good, but what's the pay like?
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My friend and I ordered a bunch of food at a Mexican restaurant in Austin and got soft drinks, our bill came out to 17 dollars and I was like DAMN that is cheap
I simply don't get the obsession with "good dining" options. Wow. Nowadays, you can literally live almost anywhere and if you do not have a specific ingredient you truly crave, there is Amazon. You DO NOT need to live in NYC to eat well and whoever thinks that is just either ignorant or crazy.
I have lived in many places other than NYC and when I'm out of NYC, I do not "miss the city" as people on here claim will inevitably happen. Sure, some people definitely miss (but that's their personality). Every time I am away from NYC, I feel more healthy - less taxes, less overpriced crap and not as many miserable SJW types or arrogant people who try to lecture you into how you should think and behave politically.
Less dirt everywhere, etc. Salaries are definitely lower in Austin, but as others have said, not THAT FAR BEHIND NYC if you compare cost of living.
NYC does not feel like America (it never did) and now even less with all the international transients, mass tourism (until COVID) and you can go for weeks without hearing a word of English or seeing a single fellow citizen. Traffic and parking is a nightmare, everything has hidden and not so hidden fees attached, electricity is extremely expensive and I could go on and on.
Would Texas be an option for me? Absolutely not, but right now, anybody who wants to MOVE TO NYC should get his head examined. NYC right now is wild and criminals are running free and loose thanks to the protection of Cuomo and Dumblazio. They are like the real version of "Dumb and Dumber". Assaults on innocent citizens are so common now in NYC, that many go unreported. You only find out about them through word of mouth or personally witnessing them.
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