Living near Austin TX. Considering a move to TX.
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Our 2 hour trip down the mountain, is 4am travel time, we like the early flights. The Hill, as it's affectionately called, has been closed on occasion, necessitating alternate routes, or waiting hours for the road to open back up. Wild fires, car crashes, road construction, and my personal favorite, the people who think they belong in a Fast & Furious movie taking the curves faster than they, and their car, can manage really makes me nervous.
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Assuming you are in the greater Prescott/Sonoma area?
Our 2 hour trip down the mountain, is 4am travel time, we like the early flights. The Hill, as it's affectionately called, has been closed on occasion, necessitating alternate routes, or waiting hours for the road to open back up. Wild fires, car crashes, road construction, and my personal favorite, the people who think they belong in a Fast & Furious movie taking the curves faster than they, and their car, can manage really makes me nervous.
Yes it is. Can not see it getting better any time soon. It was once very nice, as was S.F.
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As others have noted - you want to have medical facilities close enough to matter. We live WSW of Houston - but can reach the big clinics/hospitals in 45 minutes for specialists etc - small town doctors otherwise … Our tiny hospital has a helicopter pad and you might spot a landing by the ER entrance
West of Austin in Lakeway or Bee Cave is very nice and away from the hustle and bustle.
I was thinking of this area when we move out of Florida.
The area between San Antonio and Killeen is absolutely vast, and there are huge cultural changes between those areas.
I've lived in various cities in between the two.
For a retirement I would consider Georgetown, Round Rock, Cedar Park, but bring your money they are not cheap suburbs at all.
We also liked some areas around Waco, slightly more rural.
In the San Antonio area we like Boerne.
Texas is work friendly with tons of jobs, but honestly I would retire in TN or CO.
Austin "hill country" bring your money, that area cost a fortune ten years ago. Beautiful area reminds me of what California was before it was ruined.
Rent for the first year and see the different neighborhoods near your daughter.
Georgetown, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander is an option as mentioned.
So this is a Texas epidemic. The traffic, and the traffic signals in Dallas are absolutely infuriating. None of them are timed to flow traffic. It brings a little comfort knowing that Dallas isn't the only place with miserable traffic. I know Houston is equally as miserable, and as crazy as the drivers are here, they're even crazier there. Houston, Austin, Dallas... Severely overcrowded.
TxTag is pretty much mandatory anywhere in the "Texas Triangle".
That's somewhat tempered by the lack of a state tax.
If you have the opportunity to visit for a few days I'd highly recommend it. Rent a car (get the toll option) and drive drive drive, that's a more reliable way to get a feel for a place than online opinions, which unfortunately tend to cater towards the extremes. I'd also recommend checking out the local news websites and watching a few broadcasts, that can give you a bit of a feel for what's going on around town.
If you think Houston is the worst in Texas you haven't visited Austin lately. I go to Houston frequently and it isn't nearly as bad as Austin is now.
They are getting ready to tear I-35 up through the heart of Austin, including removing the upper deck, which means that it will be down to only 2 lanes in each direction for God only knows how long. The trucks are going to be backed-up solid for 50 miles in both directions. They already have I-35 torn-up on the north and south sides of Austin and people are losing their lives on a daily basis because of it. TXDOT is so dysfunctional that it is likely the construction will not be completed for 50 years or longer. Look at how long it has taken them to rebuild I-35W through Ft Worth.
We just got back from there 3 weeks ago.
Been visiting surrounding areas as well.
I've lived in places that were manageable traffic wise, and seen then grow in population faster than the road infrastructure can keep up. It happens in other large metropolitan areas.
I Have to say, the food choices are 10 times better than my current options.
Food trucks are awesome! Regular restaurants are awesome.
Looking forward to that aspect.
Been visiting surrounding areas as well.
I've lived in places that were manageable traffic wise, and seen then grow in population faster than the road infrastructure can keep up. It happens in other large metropolitan areas.
I Have to say, the food choices are 10 times better than my current options.
Food trucks are awesome! Regular restaurants are awesome.
Looking forward to that aspect.
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GON
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You had me until you mentioned CO as a retirement location. CO is without a doubt turning into the next California/ Illinois (more specific Denver is the next Chicago/ San Francisco).
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I didn’t know about the I-35 construction, but if OP is retired they can avoid this area and find alternative routes.
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