What does a similar size home go for if it was outside of the Austin City limits.
Could I half the cost again to $75k for a 3/2bath outside of the commuting zone? I would consider a commutable zone to be 1 hr+ during rush hour. I wouldn’t be commuting thus my question.
Frankly I don’t like living arm pit to arm pit, but don’t want acreage to mow either. A ranch with cattle sounds appealing, but kind of to far out on the “Dreamy” side.[/quote]
Doooh, I-10, I-20, I-35 and US-77 and other US Hwys in TX are major trucking routes. Often, the US hwys are just 4-laners, and although they can move fast with no traffic, during rush hours they (and the interstates) can have intermittent bumper-to-bumper traffic within 60 miles into and out of of a major city. In addition, there are numerous hay-hauling trailers, heavy-equipment trailers, livestock and horse trailers, many oil tankers and military caravans (in & out of Ft. Sam Houston). By law, military caravans must stay together and can/should not be passed into or thru. The commute you think might take an hour could be 1.5 to 2 hrs depending on time of day and road.
San Diego is the “end of the line” in “trucking-industry speak.” Most major US truck routes in SoCal end up in the Vernon area (East LA). US goods/commodities are often unloaded there into often smaller trucks and tractor-trailers (w/o dbl/triple trailers) and transported to SD County. Even with NAFTA now in place favoring MX commercial traffic, SD County has far, far less (I’m guessing a tenth or less) of the commercial traffic in TX. TX roads are a different world than here.
I just rec’d another e-mail from Cont’l Airlines 3 days ago. They were running a special round trip from SD to Houston (IAH) for $158. Dooh, that is dirt cheap (Houston is their hub and Cont’l occupies at least half of that airport). Why don’t you book a flight there and rent a car and drive around a bit?? Try driving from exurbs of your choice into business parks during rush hour to get a “feel” for what it might be like. Chain motor lodges are cheap there.
You can’t tell anything from a listing photo, Dooh. Especially if you are unfamiliar with the area. This is a cheap way to find out :=]
