I left after 10 years. Moved in 2012. Loved it and the opportunities it has and continues to give me. I moved back to San Antonio during the pandemic, where I grew up. I love it. 1 hr away to still be able to run up and see friends and still enjoy Austin and pay 1/4 the rent and I do not need two jobs in order to survive. I'm okay without the nightlife. It's overrun and I miss the chill old Austin vibe. Sometimes ya don't want to spend $30 for a burger and an IPA. I think honestly unless you make six figures it's hard to be comfortable in the city.
@@fakesandy it doesn’t, it’s actually more expensive than California, go do the calculations again. Living in Austin is creeping up on being more expensive than NYC.
I live in Taylor, I moved here from Austin in 2004. I had been living in Austin since 1986. Even the outskirts are expensive. My property taxes doubled in six years. The biggest reason I will be leaving in two years is Samsung. I do not want to live through another boom town again. I was priced out of Austin in 2004, and again 20 years alter. Also....its becoming TOO HOT to live here!! Austin was an artist/musician city with a college. Now? Clubs are an afterthought, along with the whole music scene. Remember when we used to promote the music scene? Now? High Tech Hub!! Food venues! Brew Pubs! Corporations and that whole mindset are making it greedy and mean. Its all about money now....not music.
I was there 84-87, over time got to know many musicians in Austin, club scene declined, tough to find place to play now, I was lucky to be there when I was, it's gone now
I lived in Austin for 10yrs and its sad to see the locals are getting priced out of their apartments/houses. I wish the local officials did a better job in preserving the culture and community that made ATX great in the first place
Well honestly those people in Apartments 10 yrs ago, should be more grown up now and moving into homes anyway. They had great chances back 2008-2010 and again in 2018. It will happen again too if this economy crashes like i think it will. Jobs pay more now though and people can get higher cost mortgages and refinance when interest rates drop again.
@@Riorozen Yup in 3 years they brought us lovely. Defund the Police and removed Ban on Homeless Camps, started a huge crime spree and just now realizing the disaster they created.
YES! YES! YES! We are from Austin. It disgusts me how Austin left its natives behind.. We have lost our culture and basically sold out to big MONEY!! Looking for a way out!!
They should give UBI for everyone a dividend to everyone why not vote for this? People should get a petition to a get this on a ballot! We need the UBI tied to the GDP get a petition. A dividend. Stockton should be a clue that UBI did work and in other Experiments around the world! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--3zTlUsnHAg.html
I have been living in Austin for the last 2 years. The reasons why I am disappointed are: the inadequate roads for the traffic there is. Totally non-pedestrian friendly: wherever you want to go, you need to drive. There is no true center of the city, with a nice square, a boulevard with boutiques, restaurants and cafes: it looks more like a bunch of scattered constructions squeezed together. The squalor of having so many homeless people and the degradation that follows. The crime and lack of public enforcement to protect citizen; moreover, adequate laws to persecute and keep the criminals locked up. The lack of culture, except the hispanic and the "pseudo" cowboys. The real estate is truly too much for what the city can offer!
I greatly appreciate the honesty from you. I'm orginally an Austinite. I relocated to the DFW a few years ago. Then relocated back due to my daughter being accepted at UT Austin. Hook Em' Horn!! Our decision for moving back was we missed "home" and it would be more money saved for my child with her living from home to go to college. There's a big difference from when we left and returned to. There's a lot of things Austin wants to transform into but the cities priorities are all jacked up. There's a lot they still need to work on before trying to make this into a big city. Austin is not meant to be a big city. We don't have the space like Dallas and Houston. We're just getting packed up in here like a pack of sardines. It's sad how much the people that were Voted on just don't understand how to fix the little things 1st before making this new transition. What are they thinking. They can Not even take care of the needs for our children 1st, our teachers, our district, our Fire department, etc. Why don't they invest into our children 1st, then the cities main needs that are obvious, and then try to reface the city. People that are from here are sadly getting run out of their homes. For what, because the city is wanting us to pay for it but we pay our taxes for our children also and they can't even get that fixed 1st, just wow. They want to raise our taxes in my area with homeless people everywhere and crack heads that deal at a city park instead of cleaning it up for our children to enjoy. The vibe Austin USE to give is being lost and almost gone on some things we use to have around. Because people are moving out just to find something more affordable and promising. Since we've been back. It doesn't feel inviting anymore. It's taken the little people to make this city be what it use to be and now the big money wants to take over. After my daughter gets her stuff done from her education. I plan on moving back out of Austin. DFW felt more like the older version of Austin just spread out. The city's in that regional area gave me that, it feels like home from a far away from home vibe. Austin has just become way too ridiculous, unpromising, unaffordable, blindsided, and just plain greedy. Feels like a bad dream I can't wake up from. Good for you making that move👏 because yes I agree. Your child's education comes 1st. I know when my child was younger I moved into areas with better teachers that would help my child with learning. My child's education was 1st and still is. Sacrifice is what I can do for my child because it's their future now.
Monique I feel all of this. I love central Texas, and used to really love Austin. It’s sad that so many transient voters vote for the things that make it difficult to live here. Thanks for watching!
I got so lonely for 10 years moving to DFW from Austin. Im finally moving back and can't wait. DFW has no community, soul, life. Everyone is a drone or you don't see them at all.
Families have been bailing out of Austin for at least a decade. It's unaffordable for them, even before prices went completely nutty. The Central Texas property taxes are actually some of the highest in the country. Texas is also notorious for exceedingly restrictive and expensive HOAs. Then you add in the fact they've sold water rights to foreign companies who jack the water bills sky high. Then they do the same with natural gas/propane prices. I've seen neighborhoods outside of Austin with $2k+/month gas+water bills. Unfortunately, the burbs aren't much better at this point IMO. The schools might be better but that's about it. Speculators from around the country have been pouring bundles of cash into the RE market pushing prices to nearly as absurd as Austin itself. I had a 5 acre lot north of Dripping Springs on a culdesac, mountain top, lake views. I paid $140k, sold for $250k 1 year later. Today, the lot is +$1m... only 5 years from the price I originally paid. Absolutely nutty. At this point, Austin is just a wildly expensive place to live. It's like Big City prices with Small City amenities, low pay and overburdened infrastructure due to the city council's long standing position of - "if we don't build it, they won't come". It doesn't make any sense to live here unless you have family ties. Even if you're a tech worker, tech salaries are much, much better in the major tech hubs and there's always been way, way more jobs than what Austin has to offer.
You’re definitely spot on. I think if the pandemic had not pushed prices and so many companies had not run into Austin at once. It would’ve and would be a better place.
This is like a nightmare. One can’t even keep one’s property anymore when the appraised value means some of the highest taxes in the nation, the sale of which exacerbates the problem- more sprawl, more traffic… it’s a never-ending cycle in/ around every TX city. How ‘bidness’ is done here, y’all. 💔
Your complaint about property taxes, is a Texas issue not an Austin issue. With inflation going up, the price that the government has to pay for materials and wages goes up, and the only way to pay for that is increasing property taxes.
We are Texans but living in CA because that's where a job took hubby. Retired now but can't afford to move back home because of outrageous area home prices & property taxes (compared to what we pay in CA). Parents moved from Austin/Travis to Round Rock years ago for reasons you mentioned. Your choice of Dripping Springs was an excellent one (hubby's cousin taught there before he retired). We looked there but housing like what we live in now is out of our retired financial reach. This whole area for a lot of reasons is no longer a place to live, even if you're a long time home owner who's seen your taxes go so high that you fear bankruptcy or foreclosure because affordability has gone out the window.
Exactly right. It’s one thing for outsiders relocating to ATX to realize how unsustainable the CoL is here (& that’s still a shame), but quite another for solid citizen locals to be shafted straight out of town!
I moved to Austin in 2006 and experienced some of the most fun years of my life while living there which I am so grateful for! The city holds a special place in my heart. Austin’s landscape has changed so much since then and has become much more crowded and much more expensive. I moved out to Manor in 2020 and, even though Manor is also starting to grow, I don’t miss living in Austin.
I moved to ATX in fall 2009 and I feel like I got the tail end of its greatness. I can remember going to SXSW in 2009 and pulling right up to the gate at Auditorium Shores to see Arc Angels play. Or pulling right up to Antone's on 5th or parking right in front of the Continental Club. You could go out to dinner on Saturday at 7pm and there would hardly be a wait...now it's a "reservation town." Threadgill's on Sunday, live music on Wednesdays at Shady Grove, shop at the boutiques on S. Congress with ease. Not now. Moved to the Woodlands almost 2 years ago. Miss the old Austin but it's never coming back.
I hear ya. Even 4 yrs later we had a great time in downtown & nearby- I don’t remember seeing one transient, we had no problems parking, the traffic was acceptable, no waits for restaurants, and so on. The boho arts & indie scenes, the historical n’hoods, the scenery- all appealed to us immensely; we decided to return for good in a few yrs. after HS graduation. But the dream that was once affordable & doable crapped out in no time. There must be thousands of 💔 now.
When we moved to Austin, we started in Belterra, which was AMAZING! We loved the community and it was our indoctrination in to Texas. After Belterra, we ended up in Highpointe and it was incredible. The "Food Truck Fridays" was our favorite! One thing I didn't understand was, it was a gated community, but the gates stayed open until 9-10 pm? Why? Also, the pools close in the "winter", which for transplants, it's still HOT! All said, we loved the area, had our kids in private schools in the area and they were amazing. Best of luck to you...we may be back...3-5 years....
@@JeremyAKnight We loved it there! We were right on the corner of Cool Springs and Pure Brook. I had to relocate due to work, but I keep an eye on the house, just in case, especially since my work has gone remote.
My boyfriend and I just moved to Austin from PA in October for better jobs and the sunshine. So far, we are disappointed by the traffic and cold weather lately. Pros are the restaurants and hiking areas. We will give it a year...thanks for the videos. We did visit Dripping Springs and Jester Brewery and loved both!
I moved to Austin in late 2021 for a tech job, left in August the next year as the company went under. We were in the home fix and flip industry which was impacted from rising rates, tech jobs became hard to find. The overflow of people is a major problem and the city infrastructure can't support the growth anymore. Flying out of Austin airport is a absolute nightmare which alone makes me not miss the city.
i used to work in dripping springs. an hour commute each way into central austin, HORRIBLE traffic (worse than 35 i think lol). Also the waste water facility is at max capacity and no development can happen until that is solved.
I worked as a network specialist for AISD decades ago. The school i was attached to had about 600 students. As one teacher put it once you get over 400 students learning depreciates. Are private schools better possibly.
If it wasn't for my need of the hospitals and upscale supermarket nearby, I would have move out to Fredericksburg. My neighborhood in Central Austin is quiet and safe, so I should be thankful to be in Austin. I fell in love with Austin, when I spent a couple of months here in the Seventies.
Great move, but it’s just a suburb, not entirely new metro, of course. Made the same move from Austin to Drip (the ETJ at least) 5 years ago. Schools are great and everyone is a bit more relaxed and Austin is still close by when you need it.
I'm not sure how burdensome property taxes in Dripping Springs/Hays County are as of 2022, but I suspect that there has been a sharp increase over the last decade. About 10 years ago, I talked with the son-in-law of an elderly neighbor as he was packing her up to move her to Dripping Springs. He told me that he used to live in one of the old neighborhoods in the hills adjacent to Zilker Park. When he moved to DS from Austin, his property taxes dropped from $17,000/year to about $3,000/year. Many friends/acquaintances who live north of the Colorado River tell me that their property taxes range from $15,000/year to well more than $20,000/year.
I love you, I love your channel. My heart goes out to you. My son is 33 yrs old now but I remember the pain both he and my spouse and I had with school. California, he started out in a private christian school. Was told after 1st grade how behind he was and they told me to put him in public school for more services to help. I hired a private special tutor 2x a week for years. Trouble started in Jr. High he was so unhappy and ignored by teachers . He became angry , his self esteem suffered and hung out with a group of other troubled kids. High anxiety came every morning facing going to school. We tried finding private schools who would except him. Most of the schools get kids fed into them by other private schools. So it was impossible unless your kid was a jock for their sport teams. Looking back homeschooling would have been better . I saw that Austin train debacle coming as Californians were screwed long before you. Same politicians , same playbook. License to steal. Here in Stockton area there are homeless camps on both sides of the freeway as the cities chase them out. They stay until it’s too unsanitary then they get broken up and scatter. Only to come back a few months later. I hope all works out great for you and your son. My psychic told me that the public school system and agenda of dumbing our kids down and messing their heads with weird inverted sexual messages will be exposed. Parents like you are starting to rise up. Things will be changing for the better. Hopefully it will be in time for your son. He saw computers trained to learn your sons individual learning style and it taught him slowly building on his strengths. Kids will learn and be directed at what their strengths and interests are. That’s what spirit showed for the future.
So I happily voted for Proposition A in 2020, and here's why: Austin *needs* a serious public transportation system. Buses and one infrequently-running commuter rail line are a joke for a city of its size and importance. So yes, it will be expensive and will probably raise property values. The proposition included $300 million in “anti-displacement” funds for combating that. Maybe that amount won't be enough and they'll have to add more in the future. But either way, making things more expensive isn't a reason to not make badly-needed improvements to the city. As for the limestone soil of the city, I thought that was actually a plus because it will make it easier to bore through for the tunnel. If the only reason to oppose the light rail system is that it will be subterranean, okay we can start talking about an elevated line. "It's gonna be expensive" is not a reason against it if we care about making Austin better. That's my view. Anyway, I hope you have a smooth transition and that your new home in Dripping Springs will be good for everyone, especially your son. Maybe you can move back to Austin someday when your son is out of school!
@@JeremyAKnight That's fair. I feel like everyone should always operate under the default assumption that an infrastructure project is going to have cost overruns, lol.
@@dillodefense Okay, if you're right, let's not do a tunnel then. Can we still have a light rail system without a tunnel? "A tunnel won't work" can't be the reason to scrap the idea of a light rail system entirely.
👀👀 this sounds like LA. I visited Los Angeles and was pretty shocked by the staggering homelessness with such high rents. Im from Houston and have noticed Austinites moving here and to San Antonio. Mostly to San Antonio. Now, I understood why.
I got offered a job in Austin, TX. I thought it was an alright city to live in with nightlife, but the housing prices were WAY overpriced, plus the homeless problem seemed to be an issue everywhere. I thought I was in California for a minute, and I did not take the job offer after that experience.
Thank you for being honest regards to my hometown. I was born and raised there but we had to move due to property taxes, HOAs going up and we lived in Twin Creeks and we paid taxes for Travis and Williamson counties. Plus husband retired and now live in Canyon Lake and love it
I should of did some driving before deciding to move here. The roads are horrendous and the new ones they are making in some cities like Pflugerville are mind blowing. Drivers suck too
I feel if you have school age kids, Austin proper is not the best place to be. All the other stuff is not a big deal- for me. If you’re single or a couple with 0 kids, Austin is where you want to be.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Good luck with the move and I pray that it is better environment for your son! We chose the places we live based on kids schooling too. I rather live in other parts of town, but my kids safety and education are number 1 priority.
Dripping Springs isn’t exactly far away from Austin, I thought you may be moving to New Braunfels. The response to C from public school districts has been a catastrophic, epic failure with a disastrous impact to children and their educational development...
When we moved to Aistin 23 years ago it was a great place to live! Now its horrible place! Crime out of control, every piece of land has to have either shopping mall,apartments or big tech. I would love to move and hopefully one day I will get out of this hell hole
@@JeremyAKnight I hate to say it but corporate greed has taken over beautiful Austin! Which means more people,more crime. When we moved here parmer lane stopped at 35 all that was wooded area! Now its corporate hell
Dripping Springs is getting expensive too, though. Not to mention the annoying traffic at the Y! Spicewood is my fav but getting a little ways out there.
Austin has lost most of its cool vibe or “weirdness” that it had even from a decade ago. It’s continually becoming more crowded and seemingly more corporate feeling. Maybe what I’m saying is that it’s becoming more of a little L.A. than anything else.
Austin went down hill as soon as the 2000s hit. When these big Computer Company's showed up. Dell being a big one. Turned Austin into this Tech city and that's what started everyone moving here. it was the pre cursor to the Taxes starting to go up. Austin has had such a huge population increase in the last 20 yrs that Austin can't handle it. Then the Greed Started. Property Taxes went up which caused Rent and everything Else to Go Up and it has just gotten worste and more Expensive through out the years. The City was never prepared for this many PPl moving here. Dripping Springs was a little small town 20 yrs ago. But bc of the population boom. Little Cities out side of Austin are Growing like Crazy. Manor,Tx is a good example. Austin in the 80s and 90s was a different world. Alot more affordable. ppl can't even afford to live in Apartments Here. it's ridiculous. Good Luck on your Move. Dripping Springs is pretty much considered Austin now lol.
What neighborhood did you end up in? We looked at a few of the new neighborhoods like high pointe, belterra etc but really just like to isolation of the canyon Bend neighborhood. Older homes on big lots.
left there last year.. Had lived in Round Rock the last 5 years, too liberal. Way too many Libs from other places moved there, and the roads cannot handle the growth.
We sold in July 2021. Home location was Kyle, TX. Traffic & population increase made it torturous to drive to federal job in downtown area. Austin was getting dangerous & just plain nasty in many downtown areas. Kyle, Texas was really wonderful but population explosion caused nightmares driving! I finally said “no more” & sold home. IT WAS BEST DECISION EVER! We are in the middle of the big thicket natural reserve now! NOTATION: our mature age allowed this rare choice & made 155% profit on home(after all remodeling ). Austin was great & we were lucky to enjoy early years!
I know Dripping Springs is nice and all but you could’ve chosen New Braunfels and won on every level! We are Comal County outside city limits and we have the best of all worlds. 1/2 way to Austin, 1/2 way to SA, tons to do here in town, restaurants, school districts that didn’t torment their students through Covid, scenery. I could go on and on really.
Austin is cool. We moved there after Manhattan 10 years ago and lasted 3 years. Cool if you are in a walkable zone (rare). We lived across from Franklin BBQ. A buddy just sold his 4 bedroom Downtown house for $3Mil. Its CRAZY San Francisco expensive. It was cheaper to move to Del Mar and Encinitas at the time. Great town if working is your life. Great dining, but no BEACH! $1200 a square foot to live near downtown is WILD!! Like Santa Monica WILD!!
The homeless problem is very valid. It's happening everywhere though. The other stuff it's all a trade off, like we don't have an income tax so the money has to come from somewhere. The bad schools, schools are bad everywhere, this is America.
@@AgentContentCreators I live in Belton and noticed an uptick in home construction. I'm sure it'll only increase as more people from Austin continue to drift up here to Bell County.
Dripping Springs is a great area, especially if you can telecommute and go to Austin only when you have to. The prices though have gone through the roof and property tax issues are just as bad in Dripping Springs. Land prices are absolutely crazy, well over $100K per acre. In Texas, you will be punished for improving your property with a nice tax hike.
I liked Dripping Springs but the road network is horrible to downtown and domain . It might still continue after new developments. I choose Liberty Hill for an acreage home due to excellent express connectivity to downtown , domain, East side new developments . But dripping springs schools will continue to be ahead of Liberty hill for next 5 years at least. Good choice!!
I live in highpointe, and actually listing our house tomorrow. it's one of the nicest ones in the neighborhood. built last year. I don't want to put the address in here, but message me if you're still looking.
My wife and I have lived and rented in Austin for a long time, but recently bought in Bastrop. City spending is out of control with no end in sight. The Austin everyone fell in love with disappears more and more every passing day. Good riddance.
Best of luck! I started watching you Chanel back in Houston when we were looking for a place to rent in Austin area. We ended up in Georgetown, kids got into a charter school. Not perfect but we are grateful. Pandemic/moving was rough on the kids, especially my teenager. I would recommend Gateway charter even though they have been struggling as is the entire school district of Texas I imagine. Tough time to be a parent. All the best!!Keep doing a good job 👏
Ya looked at Georgetown, I used to love when my parents lived in Sun City there.. it's just a shame the schools are so bad it seems in Georgetown, its like what i came from in Dallas.
That is hilarious considering I mentioned Dripping Springs last month to you -- we were looking at Calittera but perhaps at the completely wrong time. Probably worth another look now given rates and some of the cooldown.
All these real estate agents always tell me move east of Austin to places like Taylor. How come you didn't move there or to places around San Antonio like Bulverde or Spring Branch? I hate the high property taxes in Texas and I'm so confused if to even move there at all at this point.
@@JeremyAKnight How come? I'll be going down there later on this year and they referred me to those areas. Told me about places like Taylor and Elgin, but also Bulverde and Spring Branch. I'd like to narrow it down a lot before going to just look in a specific area. Obviously property taxes and schools play a big role. So Dripping Springs is good then?
@@luperamos7307 bulverde and Spring Branch are great. They are just kind of far from both Austin and San Antonio. Tayler and Elgin are fine if you’re trying to find something in a lower price point. Yet, you’re better off being closer in. Hutto as an example.
@@JeremyAKnight Got you. Prices have climbed through the roof and it's not that easy to find a place where you still get value and good schools. Pretty much impossible nowadays.
Good luck Jeremy and congratulations on your new home. My daughter had a similar experience during the shutdown. A lot of what's going in Austin is unfortunate.
Accurate analysis, good metrics. Makes sense to care most about the school system problem; greatly concerned for what it will yield in the next 10+ years. The transit proposal would be my next issue, with the taxes a close 3rd. Feel the same re: loving Austin idiosyncratic aspects, desirous to live in 04, etc👍
Been in Austin since 2001, dipping out in the next month. It's been a good run, a long run, a challenging run with its ups and downs. Time to do some new awesome shit elsewhere.
Born here and will be leaving as soon as I can. All cities grow but everything Austin was is being destroyed, taxes, traffic and transients. I could honestly live with the taxes but more and more my money seems to be spend on lost social causes instead of infrastructure. Hip streets like Congress and Lamar have turned into condo canyons with no soul. It was fun while it lasted but time to move on.
That article states NH was higher than TX. Uhmm not sure about that. I am from NH and while yes the taxes are high they aren’t higher than Austin. Also in NH you get acreage, and a much larger home for about the same price as austin. No income tax so that’s a wash but also no sales tax, we all know about the additional 6.25+ tax of TX. NH crime rate almost none existent. Insurance rates for auto and home in NH is about 75% less than anywhere in TX. But you will have to deal with cold weather. I can go on forever about the differences. I am not complaining just stating that the article is flawed. I would say NJ, IL, CT, MA, CA, VA, PA and OR are some of the states I would avoid like the plague. I moved to TX and I love it but is not perfect. Not sure if it’s a place to retire. Let’s talk in 5 yrs. 😅
Hi Jeremy, I’m with you, I love Austin ♥️ But to get a nice house in my budget, I opted to buy in Kyle 5 years ago. But I miss Austin. Re the public transit Props; after living in Philadelphia for work for 10+ years, I have seen how the pros handle public transit. Thousands use it every day to get around the region. The transit system in Austin is so lame. I would suggest that they hire an experienced public transit city planner from NYC or Philadelphia. But I’m not optimistic.
I looked at it a lot. I was seeing a lot of the issues we w're leaving Austin being though in LT. It's a great school district from what I've seen. Yet, my worry is what starting to be taught.
Drippings Springs 15 more minutes? HA more like 45... I live in Pflugerville and it takes me over 1 hour today to get to Dripping Springs regularly. God we got to do something about this traffic man. An underground train ain't it. Travis county taxes are reaming us here in Pfunville too... my house payment increased 45% in 4 years.
Yes you get so much less for what you pay in property taxes than decades back. Also in 2008, the city did no favors to anyone regarding property taxes and 2023 will play out the same. We live in the southwest part and thank goodness don't have to drive downtown for work. It's a perpetual traffic jam here. Over the last 10 years lots of homeless people started showing up under overpasses. When I first came there was one and his name was 'Leslie'.
I saw a stat that the average is $90k. That’s before you give $25k or more to your broker. Most people would be shocked at how much work a realtor actually puts in and how little they really make. Agents at the top put in the work. Others don’t
Congrats on your move! Wish your son all the success in Dripping! Did you consider Wimberley ISD? If so, what were your thoughts? My understanding is that it’s pretty good too.
My mom is a substitute teacher for AISD and she talks about how much stress the teachers go through 😢 Most are highly underpaid and have to work 2 jobs just to get by. 😢 Unfortunately no one wants to be a teacher in this economy. Not to mention, she only makes $12/hr! And they require bachelor’s degree 😂
@@siamimam2109 I saw it happen. It is messed up. This person laughed at a meme and one set of parents screen shot it and sent it to the district. That same parent posted on FB that those that learn to the right should not be teachers. And that sub was fired. For laughing at a meme.
@@JeremyAKnight wow 😮 I’ll definitely tell my mom to be careful while browsing FB. Btw I wish your kids the best :) Not sure if you looked into EANES ISD, but they got great teachers/schools. I went to Westlake High school for 2yrs and the education was great. Unfortunately taxes are through the roof. Also make sure your kids don’t get influenced by millionaire spoiled kids
In terms of education, schools are important but I think parents are way more important than schools. Parents have to spend more time helping kids to grow and learn. Of course, it all comes down to how much time the parents want to or can spend.
Love it! I wish we could’ve gone to Dripping Springs - our first trip out to Austin we went straight there from downtown and found some really fun breweries and distilleries. The home prices were like $100-200k higher than Liberty Hill at the time.
This is my first time to your channel. I very much like the way you present your points. Don't listen to the brain dead morons on YT who don't appreciate you. Be well.
Anywhere in Hays County is a pretty good bet. We live just south of Travis County. Like most of the county the taxes are low. And unlike Austin the people actually have land out here. Most lots in our subdivision are 3 to 5 acres. Some are ten acres. A few are one acre. We’re not unique in our neighborhood. That’s just sort of a Hays County thing especially if you follow 1826 south of Austin down toward Driftwood.
This cracks me up - 8th gen Texan here - people move to Cedar Park or Dripping and say they are in Austin…or come to a state with no income tax & then b!tch about prop taxes. Not saying there aren’t true & real problems…but one of them are carpet baggers who show up for a decade then bail - its why there is an ‘Austin metro area’. Check out ‘The Unforeseen’ - these are true Austinites. You made YT $ & headlines off posting huge thumbnails about your opinions on our town…glad to see those go someplace else frankly
I’ve done a lot more for this community than just made YT $ and huge deadlines. Oh Bless Your Heart. 8th generation. I wouldn’t be happy saying that. What you’ve allowed this city to turn into is really sad.
Texas sells itself as a state with low taxes, but with the high property taxes that is just not true. Texas is higher than many states, like Virginia for example. Virginia has state income tax but a much lower property tax. You move to New Jersey, you know taxes are high, but the schools and services are good.
