Where to Live in Austin 

I’m in the process of relocating to Austin and I just want to say how grateful I am for this video. Informative and very clear...thank you.

I've lived in Austin for 2 years now and this is 100% completely spot on. If you're considering moving to Austin this is a great guide. But you need to know, Austin is more expensive than your average city. 'Affordable' in Austin is higher priced than what you would typically expect compared to other cities in the US.

I live in the Austin area and watched because I was curious what you would have to say. Very perceptive, very accurate.

Being born and raised in Austin (Wells Branch area), have to say everything is mostly accurate! BUT CAUTION: if you’re moving to Austin for classic Austin , DO NOT move anywhere north or south outside of the red zone. If you’re commuting in either of these directions to spend lots of time in “Classic” Austin, then expect to spend half your life in traffic. (Mopac or I-35) You’re welcome. Also Domain is not even a percent of a substitute for the vibes of Austin, EXCEPT SLIGHTLY at the clubs on the weekends. During the day, nah. Also don’t know how I ended up watching this video.

Fantastic video, I've watched it at least 3 times already, very insightful.

On-point assessment of Austin and surrounding areas. You’re right, Steiner Ranch Area is beautiful, but the traffic in and out is a GRIND!!

Thank you for helping us find our first home during the explosion of growth out here. It's been a year in our home and we are still walking up appreciating it every day.

You are absolutely right about the distinction between the culture of north and south Austin. You got it spot on. “More suit-and-tie,” “more preppie” “more uptight” is exactly right. I’ve been here 40 years and watched this whole thing evolve as I moved further and further south. Started in Allandale in 1980 and now I’m in Manchaca

My favorite tip from this video was about Lakeway having fewer cookie-cutter houses. I was planning NOT to live in the neighborhoods near the lake specifically to avoid those subdivisions, but the first couple of houses I saw when I changed my search to Lakeway were awesome. Great video :)

I remember back is ‘95 when we used to rent a 2 bedroom apartment on the east side for $400 a month. Good ole days.

Great video Ray! Informative, helpful, straightforward. Much gratitude!

I live in the Northwest Hills area of Austin. I absolutely love it ❤️

I live in Round Rock and work in downtown Austin. I find your boundaries and descriptions to be spot on. You are right about the domain area. It is almost becoming sort of what uptown in Houston is like.

Super helpful and interesting thanks. Especially for someone who is looking at hill country lifestyle

This video was super helpful!! Thank you for the detailed explanation! 😊

When we were kids we used to camp alone on the shores of Town Lake east of I35 and didn't have any worries about our safety.

Best video I’ve seen so far!!! It’s has helped me out tremendously! Thank you so much!!!!!

Austin looks incredible, my dream city. I watch your videos from Puerto Rico!

This is so helpful for someone out of state looking to look into areas to investigate. I will have a daughter in high school and if we move sooner rather than later, this will be so important.

Good info. I too had some cheap rent back in 93 to 95 in east Austin. If I win the mega millions lotto and I don't have to show up for work, then I plan to move back. I like Tarrytown.

Hey man. Great content on this video. Keep them coming.

I love the North side. It's different from anything south of the river.

Finally, a quality video about Austin neighborhoods

As a former Austinite, this video is very accurate. I went to McNeil and had a great experience. It’s still a great high school and my parents still live in Avery Ranch (78717 stand up!) which is also a great place to live. It’s sad how East Austin is changing though... the gentrification is terrible there. Just like MoPac destroyed iconic neighborhoods in Central Austin, the same will happen there... the city and community leaders should stand up and preserve as much as they can. In summary, I would look into RRISD and LISD schools up north. And the tech corridor is from Anderson Mill and Parmer to I35.

i live in Austin and my opinion is live somewhere else plz, there's way too many people here now, ty

This is a very very good breakdown. I live in the beginning of West Hill country in Westlake. And he is right about it being the “Beverly Hills” of Austin. It’s not uncommon to see Ferraris, McLaren, Lambos driving on Bee Caves. I’ve even seen a La Ferrari before on a Sunday. You can always tell a neighborhood by the most common cars at the grocery store. Porche and Mercedes SUVs are the most common. Do not live in Steiner Ranch or Lakeway. We use to live there and there is only 1 way in and 1 way out. It can take 60 min to go 10 mi during rush hour. I’d pick round rock over Pflugerville. And I’d pick north suburbs over south suburbs.

That's exactly the kind of information I was looking for, very nice and informative video, thanks!

GREAT VIDEO!!!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING

Austin's domain will be Austin's next second downtown especially with the soccer stadium being built next to it...

Really good job with this video. Very helpful. Thanks !

This video amazingly ❤ provides you with an overview of the Austin Area. For someone looking to relocate to the Austin area, this video is a must watch!! 😏

This video was incredibly helpful! Thanks so much :)

Excellent Video!! It’s very detailed 👍

Great video! Thank you!

I live by 1431 and New Hope heading towards Jonestown. I love it.

Thank you so much! Great video and extraordinary detail!

This is super helpful. Thank you!

Thank you! very helpful and informative!

thank you for your educated insight into Austin Hoods

I like this. Definitely going to save it and perhaps reach out to you when I get closer to moving from San Diego > Austin. Thanks

Wish I had seen this before I moved down here! Super informative.

Great stuff! Thank you.

Thank you so much for telling people not to move to Pflugerville.

This was hepful & relevant. Thanks!

Excellent video Ray.

I wish more people made videos like yours. I would love to know about Charlotte and Raleigh, NC

I love Hill Country. Its beautiful, in the SPRING

we lucked out when we moved here a year ago. We moved to Pflugerville and I work off Metropolis at the VA next to the airport...traffic isn't too bad and we are right off the 45

This is very good video.. superb explanation.. great job

I love Northwest Hills! It’s beautiful with hills and views and Bull Creek. Near Domain and good schools. Community feel and lots of sports, trainers, clubs for.

I've watched this video several times. Great overview. I just learned about Public Improvement Districts, so-called PIDs. Not sure if your videos cover these, but they seem to be quite a burden. As I understand it, if we move to a new development, we can be hit with a huge tax bill to cover the developer's cost for building out the infrastructure in the new development. Can you do a video on this? Cheers.

I was born and raised in one of the small towns along the gulf coast so I visited a lot growing up and I moved here several years ago and 100% agree with everything you said. Moving here changed my life, there were no jobs for my in my town I HAD to move to a city and the culture of Austin suits me best. I love the nature trails and seeing the bats and kayaking downtown and taking my dogs out. The only way I could’ve afforded to move here was to move to the east side, yeah it’s gentrified but that’s the same everywhere, granted it is very dramatic here. If you wanna move here: Look, people are gonna cry and tell you not to move here (just look at the comments lol) and they will never stop complaining but 99% of them moved here too! Lol a lot of arrogant hypocrites, my two friends who were born and raised here don’t ever tell people they shouldn’t move here. Austin changed dramatically 30 years ago and it’ll continue to change, it’s just not a small town anymore and it hasn’t been for a long time so there’s no use crying about it. In fact if Austin hadn’t have changed I wouldn’t have moved here because there’d be no jobs for me just like in my hometown! Lol I love it here, I welcome you! Ignore the rude commentors. Be a part of the community and give back!

Great video!! this was super interesting to watch, I’ve been thinking about moving to Austin and you’ve gone far in convincing me it’s a great place to live.

I lived in the upper purple area, northwest Austin, Oak Forest neighborhood. I highly recommend nw austin as it the best when accounting for price, space, accessibility to stores, schools and employers. (For anyone 25 and up) I loved it, loved Austin, and still miss my house every day. My wife and I moved to Los Angeles for our jobs but we sold our house for twice what we paid for it 🙂

Excellent content, thank you!

thank you so much! this video is so helpful

I love ur informative video. Do you think if you can make a very short video related to this mentioning zipcodes . thank you

great breakdown, thanks man!

You left out the SW barrio. Very good value, quiet, lots of families and great Tacquierias. I love it there.

I live in the 45 south of 290 right off South Congress. It is close but high crime. Honestly the streets are gridlocked with traffic everywhere, nothing moves. It takes over 2 hours to commute anywhere. There is not enough infrastructure to accommodate the crowds who are here. We do not need any more people.

I lived in the best location in Austin for me, Rosedale. It still has that old Austin charm with small cottages, but don't let that fool you, they are valued at one million dollars each. Central Market, hospitals, community park, proximity to downtown Austin, crime free, and walk ability make it ideal for a middle class family. There are still older residents who has been living there for years. I don't see too many For Sale signs although the home value is going through the roof.

Best Austin video so far. Top state to move to other than Oregon for me.

I actually like your videos they are informative. I didn't see maybe I missed it what are your views on montopolis and east Riverside otlorf?

I lived above Zilker in an abandoned rent house for years in the late '80s. Just turned on the electric and moved in. Moved further N. around '93. because I wanted to buy a house and they wanted nearly 40 thousand dollars for 1 in town. They were crazy if I was paying that much for an old house.

Thank you for making this video. Very helpful. How about make a content about areas to avoid please.

Very informative, thank you!!

Lived here since 98 and I gotta say he’s pretty spot on. Well done video.

relocating from NY thank you so much!!!

I grew up in circle c and I promise the commute is not 30 minutes it’s for like 1 hour

What about Buda Kyle? We moved here a year ago after living in Pflugerville for 17 years. We got squeezed out due to taxes and overpopulation etc. The Buda Kyle area is growing and something to keep an eye on. It's beautiful, peaceful and way more affordable. Commute is even easier on the south end going north and we have easy access to the tolls as well. SO happy we made the move.

Thank you for all the great info. I’m a California girl looking to move close to Austin and this video helped a lot. I think I will be moving south west of Austin for retirement

Thanks for the great video! We are taking a trip to Austin next week to see if we could live there. It's very helpful!

I plan on moving to Austin next year and this helped me an absolute ton, thank you. Is there any way to access the map you drew over?

Thanks, really helpful video

Really so helpful Ray! Thank you:) Especially appreciated the topography map. Have you thought about incorporating google earth? Would make your already excellent video’s even better.

You’ve provided more details in this video than my agent gave me. Thank you. Excellent knowledge

Thanks so much for this, it was very helpful! Planning to move to ATX this summer and this gave me more insight. 👍🏻

Excellent Video Ray! We live on East coast and have been looking into buying an investment property in Austin. Your video helped us so much. Could you please let us know your views on the neighborhood near the corner of Springdale Rd and MLK Blvd. near the Morris William Golf Course. Thanks

Hey Ray, thanks for the content. Any word on Seguin by any chance? What's your take on safety and quality of life there. Thank you sir

This is an awesome review. Would love it to be done for other cities.

This was the most straightforward simple direct description of austin. I live in California right now. And I'm considering buying a house in austin. I appreciate your incredible articulate clarity in giving we the audience and idea of austin. Thank you. And I'm aware this was 3 years ago.

Recently moved out of austin and man i miss the place so much. Coronavirus really did a number families finances so moved back to queens in nyc. Gotta say this city is beautiful if your into the diversity the hipster vibes and a young energetic population is just beautiful. Only thing that had me baffled was the arc in downtown austin. I have never seen homelessness right next to SUPER POSH AREAS. I would go as far as saying its comparable to skidrow in LA.

Such an excellent detailed video. The best out there. I wish I saw this before. In your list you don't even talk about hutto. So you think it's still a good place given the market situation right now?

I'm deciding between a place in Domain or near sunset valley south austin.

Thank you for the informational video! I am wondering your thoughts on Lago Vista?

South Austin .so calm and cool and close to everything.

Thoughts on having an investment property near the TSLA giga factory? This video provides some great research advice! Taking notes as I go as a CA native.

Nice video! Positive explanation

ah I have been looking for this very helpful video for a looong time! thank you! and wow look a lot like Anderson Cooper :)

I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in computer information systems. I also have a two year degree in business administration. If I were to move to Austin, I would think either north or east Austin would be my best bet. I watched your south Austin videos which were mostly homes that were or pretty expensive. I am single and in my 30s. I went to check out Sixth street, Rainy street, and Congress Ave. I want to be near a train and/or bus. Any suggestions as far as neighborhoods go? Domain neighborhood might work.

Just subscribed after listening to your YT on Traviso. The more I listen the sicker I get. Grew up there, graduated fm AHS & UT. Hubby's jobs have had us move from there to various parts of country, ending up in CA where we retired. Now trying to sell our house & move back home to family n Austin area. But housing prices & RE taxes are MUCH worse than where we are. Hv 4K house on 6 ac out in country abt an hr+ S of San Jose. We can't find anything n AUS area close to what we have, wanting to downsize, for any kind of reasonable price. & if you want a decent school district, thinking of future resale, TX property taxes are 2.5 times what we now pay for our house (appraised at 500k -- & we bought after Prop 13 so we don't benefit from that). Do not know how people afford to buy these homes. Even considering CA cost of living, it looks like it's cheaper for us to stay in CA & make multiple annual trips back home to see our families. Very sad when you can't afford to "go back home"😥.

@7:15 Pat I'd like to solve the puzzle... 'Pretentious'

Do you know anything about Oak Hill? I was thinking of moving near the AMD building

Thanks for sharing.

Nice breakdown

Very nice introduction video. Which area has least chance of tornado? Houses are built by wood, not concrete. But it seems not many talk about tornadoes when purchasing a house. Do not know why. Really like Austin.

Do you recommend to invest in Pflugerville? Around E Howard lane and Dessau. On the map that is not Pflugerville, but realtor claim it is, with utilities from Austin City. Work is close to Walnut Creek Park, that’s why we are looking in that area.

Pflugerville has plans to build a "domain" like downtown on I-35 and the main Pflugerville road. Amazon is moving in, along with some other large companies. Ouch, my taxes.

How do you feel about Spanish Oaks? Too far? Too gated? Will it participate in Austins growth or not really involved?

Why did you leave out Hudson Bend and Apache Shores? Beautiful areas!