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January 14, 2011 at 10:11 AM #654729January 14, 2011 at 10:41 AM #653643
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Participant[quote=Doooh]Bake,
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 :=]
January 14, 2011 at 10:41 AM #653710Participant[quote=Doooh]Bake,
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 :=]
January 14, 2011 at 10:41 AM #654298Participant[quote=Doooh]Bake,
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 :=]
January 14, 2011 at 10:41 AM #654432Participant[quote=Doooh]Bake,
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 :=]
January 14, 2011 at 10:41 AM #654759Participant[quote=Doooh]Bake,
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 :=]
January 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM #655300Anonymous
GuestWe actually have quite a few people move here from Dallas and Houston because a large part of our land is not flat. Many enjoy our rolling hills and what’s called the “Texas Hill Country.” The landscape of Austin changes greatly just by going 5 miles west of downtown.
I’ve lived in Austin since 1993, and I have yet to see some of these creatures you mention. I think I may have seen a snake once (small garden snake). I’ve never seen a giant grasshopper. I don’t even know what a chigger is and the only tall grass I have seen is out by the ranches and farms that are miles from town. I have also not experienced noise from crickets at night.
I’m not sure where in Austin you were when you expeienced all of these things, but please share so that I know to keep away…sounds horrible!
I bet some of the views in San Diego are gorgeous! We have some spectacular hill country and lake views…but I’m sure nothing could compare to ocean/bay views. I would love to go sometime!
January 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM #655362GuestWe actually have quite a few people move here from Dallas and Houston because a large part of our land is not flat. Many enjoy our rolling hills and what’s called the “Texas Hill Country.” The landscape of Austin changes greatly just by going 5 miles west of downtown.
I’ve lived in Austin since 1993, and I have yet to see some of these creatures you mention. I think I may have seen a snake once (small garden snake). I’ve never seen a giant grasshopper. I don’t even know what a chigger is and the only tall grass I have seen is out by the ranches and farms that are miles from town. I have also not experienced noise from crickets at night.
I’m not sure where in Austin you were when you expeienced all of these things, but please share so that I know to keep away…sounds horrible!
I bet some of the views in San Diego are gorgeous! We have some spectacular hill country and lake views…but I’m sure nothing could compare to ocean/bay views. I would love to go sometime!
January 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM #655959GuestWe actually have quite a few people move here from Dallas and Houston because a large part of our land is not flat. Many enjoy our rolling hills and what’s called the “Texas Hill Country.” The landscape of Austin changes greatly just by going 5 miles west of downtown.
I’ve lived in Austin since 1993, and I have yet to see some of these creatures you mention. I think I may have seen a snake once (small garden snake). I’ve never seen a giant grasshopper. I don’t even know what a chigger is and the only tall grass I have seen is out by the ranches and farms that are miles from town. I have also not experienced noise from crickets at night.
I’m not sure where in Austin you were when you expeienced all of these things, but please share so that I know to keep away…sounds horrible!
I bet some of the views in San Diego are gorgeous! We have some spectacular hill country and lake views…but I’m sure nothing could compare to ocean/bay views. I would love to go sometime!
January 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM #656098GuestWe actually have quite a few people move here from Dallas and Houston because a large part of our land is not flat. Many enjoy our rolling hills and what’s called the “Texas Hill Country.” The landscape of Austin changes greatly just by going 5 miles west of downtown.
I’ve lived in Austin since 1993, and I have yet to see some of these creatures you mention. I think I may have seen a snake once (small garden snake). I’ve never seen a giant grasshopper. I don’t even know what a chigger is and the only tall grass I have seen is out by the ranches and farms that are miles from town. I have also not experienced noise from crickets at night.
I’m not sure where in Austin you were when you expeienced all of these things, but please share so that I know to keep away…sounds horrible!
I bet some of the views in San Diego are gorgeous! We have some spectacular hill country and lake views…but I’m sure nothing could compare to ocean/bay views. I would love to go sometime!
January 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM #656428GuestWe actually have quite a few people move here from Dallas and Houston because a large part of our land is not flat. Many enjoy our rolling hills and what’s called the “Texas Hill Country.” The landscape of Austin changes greatly just by going 5 miles west of downtown.
I’ve lived in Austin since 1993, and I have yet to see some of these creatures you mention. I think I may have seen a snake once (small garden snake). I’ve never seen a giant grasshopper. I don’t even know what a chigger is and the only tall grass I have seen is out by the ranches and farms that are miles from town. I have also not experienced noise from crickets at night.
I’m not sure where in Austin you were when you expeienced all of these things, but please share so that I know to keep away…sounds horrible!
I bet some of the views in San Diego are gorgeous! We have some spectacular hill country and lake views…but I’m sure nothing could compare to ocean/bay views. I would love to go sometime!
January 18, 2011 at 1:48 PM #655485desmond
Participantrichcain,
This board is full of people scared of their own shadow, (sdr is afraid of insects bigger than a ladybug), and they will lambaste any city other than San Diego so don’t take it personally. The Hill Country is beautiful and Godzilla does not live there although the feral pigs are taking Texas over.
January 18, 2011 at 1:48 PM #655547Participantrichcain,
This board is full of people scared of their own shadow, (sdr is afraid of insects bigger than a ladybug), and they will lambaste any city other than San Diego so don’t take it personally. The Hill Country is beautiful and Godzilla does not live there although the feral pigs are taking Texas over.
January 18, 2011 at 1:48 PM #656144Participantrichcain,
This board is full of people scared of their own shadow, (sdr is afraid of insects bigger than a ladybug), and they will lambaste any city other than San Diego so don’t take it personally. The Hill Country is beautiful and Godzilla does not live there although the feral pigs are taking Texas over.
January 18, 2011 at 1:48 PM #656284Participantrichcain,
This board is full of people scared of their own shadow, (sdr is afraid of insects bigger than a ladybug), and they will lambaste any city other than San Diego so don’t take it personally. The Hill Country is beautiful and Godzilla does not live there although the feral pigs are taking Texas over.
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