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January 13, 2011 at 1:34 PM #654088January 13, 2011 at 1:53 PM #652987
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ParticipantBake,
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.
January 13, 2011 at 1:53 PM #653052ParticipantBake,
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.
January 13, 2011 at 1:53 PM #653639ParticipantBake,
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.
January 13, 2011 at 1:53 PM #653776ParticipantBake,
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.
January 13, 2011 at 1:53 PM #654103ParticipantBake,
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.
January 13, 2011 at 1:57 PM #652992ParticipantCattle prices are up… way up.
Are folks making a living by raising cattle in Austin?
January 13, 2011 at 1:57 PM #653057ParticipantCattle prices are up… way up.
Are folks making a living by raising cattle in Austin?
January 13, 2011 at 1:57 PM #653644ParticipantCattle prices are up… way up.
Are folks making a living by raising cattle in Austin?
January 13, 2011 at 1:57 PM #653781ParticipantCattle prices are up… way up.
Are folks making a living by raising cattle in Austin?
January 13, 2011 at 1:57 PM #654108ParticipantCattle prices are up… way up.
Are folks making a living by raising cattle in Austin?
January 13, 2011 at 2:00 PM #652997bearishgurl
Participant[quote=bake]I grew up in Marin bearishgirl, loved it but too expensive now and too cold for me too. That’s one reason I like Austin – it feels a lot like Nor Cal of 40 years ago…[/quote]
bake, I LUV Marin Co, esp Muir Woods and Beach, and yes, it is probably now too expensive for me to retire in for the communities I would want to live in. I grew up in Alameda County 94566 (now “Pleasanton” but formerly Dublin/Pleasanton/San Ramon [uninc]) 45 years ago, lol. I have lived in SD County over 35 years and would LOVE to return to Nor Cal. I still have one HS-aged kid left and cannot move yet.
I HAVE driven through the ENTIRE state of TX, incl Austin and San Antonio (except the far SW corner along the Rio Grande west of McAllen). I have many relatives in that area of the country. The San Antonio River Walk is very beautiful. The Houston skyline is gorgeous at sunrise. My impressions of it is that there is a LOT of space, the biggest sky I’ve ever seen, it’s HOT and humid and most of the residents are not afraid of hard labor and are a resilient lot. Certainly it is a completely different world than NorCal. Of course, the relatives’ homes I stayed in were on acreages, NOT the starter home that the OP posted here, all built by themselves or other relatives. I have stayed in a friend’s condo in Port Isabel for a weekend and rented an ATV to frolic among the storks, lol! I just don’t like the blowing sand and the gulf as much as I do the Pacific. But RE is definitely cheaper there, for what you get.
Most TX natives never leave, or if they do, they come back . . . for good. They’re very proud to be a Texan.
Several San Diegans that I’ve known that have moved to TX have all moved back to SD within 3-6 years, after losing money on their RE purchase(s) there (mostly transaction costs in selling).
January 13, 2011 at 2:00 PM #653062Participant[quote=bake]I grew up in Marin bearishgirl, loved it but too expensive now and too cold for me too. That’s one reason I like Austin – it feels a lot like Nor Cal of 40 years ago…[/quote]
bake, I LUV Marin Co, esp Muir Woods and Beach, and yes, it is probably now too expensive for me to retire in for the communities I would want to live in. I grew up in Alameda County 94566 (now “Pleasanton” but formerly Dublin/Pleasanton/San Ramon [uninc]) 45 years ago, lol. I have lived in SD County over 35 years and would LOVE to return to Nor Cal. I still have one HS-aged kid left and cannot move yet.
I HAVE driven through the ENTIRE state of TX, incl Austin and San Antonio (except the far SW corner along the Rio Grande west of McAllen). I have many relatives in that area of the country. The San Antonio River Walk is very beautiful. The Houston skyline is gorgeous at sunrise. My impressions of it is that there is a LOT of space, the biggest sky I’ve ever seen, it’s HOT and humid and most of the residents are not afraid of hard labor and are a resilient lot. Certainly it is a completely different world than NorCal. Of course, the relatives’ homes I stayed in were on acreages, NOT the starter home that the OP posted here, all built by themselves or other relatives. I have stayed in a friend’s condo in Port Isabel for a weekend and rented an ATV to frolic among the storks, lol! I just don’t like the blowing sand and the gulf as much as I do the Pacific. But RE is definitely cheaper there, for what you get.
Most TX natives never leave, or if they do, they come back . . . for good. They’re very proud to be a Texan.
Several San Diegans that I’ve known that have moved to TX have all moved back to SD within 3-6 years, after losing money on their RE purchase(s) there (mostly transaction costs in selling).
January 13, 2011 at 2:00 PM #653649Participant[quote=bake]I grew up in Marin bearishgirl, loved it but too expensive now and too cold for me too. That’s one reason I like Austin – it feels a lot like Nor Cal of 40 years ago…[/quote]
bake, I LUV Marin Co, esp Muir Woods and Beach, and yes, it is probably now too expensive for me to retire in for the communities I would want to live in. I grew up in Alameda County 94566 (now “Pleasanton” but formerly Dublin/Pleasanton/San Ramon [uninc]) 45 years ago, lol. I have lived in SD County over 35 years and would LOVE to return to Nor Cal. I still have one HS-aged kid left and cannot move yet.
I HAVE driven through the ENTIRE state of TX, incl Austin and San Antonio (except the far SW corner along the Rio Grande west of McAllen). I have many relatives in that area of the country. The San Antonio River Walk is very beautiful. The Houston skyline is gorgeous at sunrise. My impressions of it is that there is a LOT of space, the biggest sky I’ve ever seen, it’s HOT and humid and most of the residents are not afraid of hard labor and are a resilient lot. Certainly it is a completely different world than NorCal. Of course, the relatives’ homes I stayed in were on acreages, NOT the starter home that the OP posted here, all built by themselves or other relatives. I have stayed in a friend’s condo in Port Isabel for a weekend and rented an ATV to frolic among the storks, lol! I just don’t like the blowing sand and the gulf as much as I do the Pacific. But RE is definitely cheaper there, for what you get.
Most TX natives never leave, or if they do, they come back . . . for good. They’re very proud to be a Texan.
Several San Diegans that I’ve known that have moved to TX have all moved back to SD within 3-6 years, after losing money on their RE purchase(s) there (mostly transaction costs in selling).
January 13, 2011 at 2:00 PM #653786Participant[quote=bake]I grew up in Marin bearishgirl, loved it but too expensive now and too cold for me too. That’s one reason I like Austin – it feels a lot like Nor Cal of 40 years ago…[/quote]
bake, I LUV Marin Co, esp Muir Woods and Beach, and yes, it is probably now too expensive for me to retire in for the communities I would want to live in. I grew up in Alameda County 94566 (now “Pleasanton” but formerly Dublin/Pleasanton/San Ramon [uninc]) 45 years ago, lol. I have lived in SD County over 35 years and would LOVE to return to Nor Cal. I still have one HS-aged kid left and cannot move yet.
I HAVE driven through the ENTIRE state of TX, incl Austin and San Antonio (except the far SW corner along the Rio Grande west of McAllen). I have many relatives in that area of the country. The San Antonio River Walk is very beautiful. The Houston skyline is gorgeous at sunrise. My impressions of it is that there is a LOT of space, the biggest sky I’ve ever seen, it’s HOT and humid and most of the residents are not afraid of hard labor and are a resilient lot. Certainly it is a completely different world than NorCal. Of course, the relatives’ homes I stayed in were on acreages, NOT the starter home that the OP posted here, all built by themselves or other relatives. I have stayed in a friend’s condo in Port Isabel for a weekend and rented an ATV to frolic among the storks, lol! I just don’t like the blowing sand and the gulf as much as I do the Pacific. But RE is definitely cheaper there, for what you get.
Most TX natives never leave, or if they do, they come back . . . for good. They’re very proud to be a Texan.
Several San Diegans that I’ve known that have moved to TX have all moved back to SD within 3-6 years, after losing money on their RE purchase(s) there (mostly transaction costs in selling).
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