Posted on 01/08/2005 5:08:16 AM PST by Dick Vomer
This is a vanity post..I just need info.
You're thinking of moving near A&M???? WHAT ON EARTH ARE THINKING???
I suggest you consider Columbus, Ohio. Lemme know if you want suggestions about neighborhoods there. :)
Go to http://www.forsalebyowner.com (I think that's the website) and look in that area. Hope that helps. Most real estate people EVERYWHERE will take advantage of you...that has been my experience and I won't deal with them.
I've looked up the on line sites, I was just wondering about the local knowledge of the neighborhoods.. like "that's a nice place to live" or ... "everybody just loves that neighborhood" kind of comment. Stuff that isn't on paper.... more like "word of mouth".
I would suggest Austin.
Think tornadoes and find out what part of town gets hit the least. good luck.
I haven't been to College Station for about 55 years
but, no matter where you go BE SURE TO FIND A BUYERS
AGENT. If you use a sellers agent you will lose.
Money (your money) will be left on the table. It's
like you suing someone and using their lawyer to hash
out the details. Research Buyer's Agents on the net,
learn the difference and you will be much better off.
No, I am not one myself nor in real estate except that
I have bought houses both ways and there's a world of
difference. Good Luck.
If you like traffic.
I am considering it, but I was thinking that Bryan-College Station was more family friendly, less expensive.
I have 4 kids and am looking at the elementary to high schools. What areas of Austin would you consider if you were working at Breckenridge and needed 15-30 minute commute?
Don't rule out south Bryan. My daughter has a very nice house off College about a mile north of A&M campus. I commented on the nice diversity of the neighborhood and she said her house, about 35-40 years old, was designed by the head of the A&M architecture department. (3 bedroom, $100s range, but many larger ones around.)
When I went to A&M, nobody lived in College Station except students. 20 years later, I don't know if it's still that way, but there are nice places to live in Bryan.
I lived in College Station about 10 years ago. I loved it. As a student, I lived in a mobile home park off Krenik Tap. Just be careful around the campus area the first week of each semester - too many new drivers looking instead of driving.
Just keep this in mind (he's a cop in Bryan)...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1313501/posts
Yo B - any input?
Move to sunny Northeast Florida!
Just kidding. But it is sunny here. Atleast in fall and winter.
Now . . . now. I'm a Texas Tech grad so you won't see me jump on any Aggie BandWagon . . . but it's a fact that The Republic of Texas is God's country. LOL.
Although many just love our state because we don't have a state income tax . . . uhhhhh . . . unlike Ohio.
Meeky, do you have any suggestions or ideas who to ask?
There is a FReeper Aggie Mama, who may know good places. With a screen name like that, you have to be an Aggie.
Well, the really nice neighborhoods are to the south of town and go by names like Pebble Creek, Emerald Forest, and Foxfire. Actually, most of College Station is pretty good because most of the bad areas are in the neighboring town of Bryan.
"Although many just love our state because we don't have a state income tax . . . uhhhhh . . . unlike Ohio."
LOL. In truth, though I love the Buckeyes, Texas is and likely always will be my 'home'. I've lived there off and on. There's a bumper sticker I saw there that says it all: Texas: I wasn't born here, but I moved here as fast as I could.
I know of no other state, including Ohio, that has that bumper sticker. And there is a darn good reason for it.
You are actually right...FORGET ABOUT AUSTIN...expensive and is the liberal mecca of TEXAS. Stay far away from Austin.
You might want to rent in Bryan-College Station first until you get to know the area. I've found that to be the very best way to learn an area then select the neighborhood you'd like to live.
"I am considering it, but I was thinking that Bryan-College Station was more family friendly, less expensive."
Having lived in both College Station and Austin, I can tell you that CS is the more family friendly and inexpensive of the two.
Bryan/College Station, in fact Central Texas, generally has no tornado problems. You do have lots of humidity and mild winter weather. Give away your heavy winter coats if you're moving from up north.
There are many great new developments going in south of the A&M campus and west of B/CS.
Stay clear of Austin. The place is choked in traffic and full of socialists. Travis Co. is the anus of Texas but tu's fight song hasn't been officially changed to that yet.
I am considering it, but I was thinking that Bryan-College Station was more family friendly, less expensive.
I have 4 kids and am looking at the elementary to high schools. What areas of Austin would you consider if you were working at Breckenridge and needed 15-30 minute commute?
Property taxes are higher in College Station. ALL of the liberals from the university live in College Station-- except for the one from Germany who moved in next door to me [in Bryan]. Traffic is much better in Bryan than in CS.
"Meeky, do you have any suggestions or ideas who to ask?"
Maybe. These folks list College Station as their locations on the NEW and
IMPROVED Texas Freeper page.
Can any of you help Dick Vomer out? He's relocating to your neighborhood.
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles2?m=member-list;location=91
Arrowhead1952, I think I like the new Location Message boards. There's a
new link at the top "New Prototype -- Click for Members List".
"Texas Location Message board"
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles?location=91
Most real estate people everywhere will provide a service to you in exchange for compensation. When you sell, they will represent you as a seller's agent; when you buy they will represent you as a buyer's agent. In some instances they will act as a dual agent, with full disclosure to both parties.
I'm sorry to hear that you have had bad experiences with agents, but you are swinging a broad brush when you say "most". Are there bad apples? You bet! But "taking advantage" of clients (treating them unfairly or dishonestly) is a great way to lose your license.
No one wants the bad guys out of the business more than I do.
Thanks for that link. I lost that some time ago, and been looking for it since. CRS setting in.
Oh, you know I might be thinking of College Station, Arkansas. I thought College Station was on the border and in Texas. Been too long ago to recall. I do remember tornadoes coming from that side/corner and them building up and cutting diagonally across Arkansas.
I hear ya! Me too.The EASY way is when you want to go there you can just click on
your own screen name and then click on the TEXAS flag at the top
left of your profile page. That'll get you there, too. :^)
Forget Austin - you can't get anywhere in 15 - 30 minutes, unless you're working the graveyard shift. Plus, they're trying to put tolls on all the major roads here, INCLUDING IH 35, according to today's paper.
Look at Nacogdoches, TX if you want a great small town with a university (Stephen F. Austin), great medical facilities...it's kinda like Austin was fifty years ago.
Good luck with it.
I don't think we have quite enough information here. Are you planning to move first then find a job or find a job and then move? Austin and B/CS are not close enough to each other that you'd want to drive from one to the other every day. They are about 2 hours from each other.
If you are thinking Austin, you'll be happier in the conservative suburbs like Round Rock, Kyle or Wimberly where you can commute to Austin but be somewhat insulated from the political nuts (I say somewhat because their disease is spreading).
I'm sure B/CS has some fine neighborhoods. If you are looking for a moderate-sized city that is family friendly, don't overlook Waco, Temple, San Marcos or Abilene - all not quite as big as Austin but still adequate sized. And there are many great places to live where you are a decent drive to the "big city" (Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, etc.) for those things you just can't get in a smaller community.
Good luck.
Look towards the SE of College Station on 6 for newer neighborhoods. My parents live in the neighborhood to the east of 6 and Greens Prarie. 3-4 Bedroom houses, golf course nearby, just a couple of miles from the Wings 'n More on Texas (on second thought, just about everything is a couple of miles away from each other in that town).
Austin and B/CS are not close enough to each other that you'd want to drive from one to the other every day. They are about 2 hours from each other.
Yes, I noticed that - hence my question of which comes first, finding a job or moving to town. If he has a job at Brackenridge lined up, I wouldn't suggest B/CS as a home. I might suggest someplace like Bastrop if he wants to escape Austin. I've noticed a lot of city/county/state employees who work in Austin but live outside the county. Wonder why?
That's news to the survivors of Jarrell, where the tornado even ripped out the grass from the earth.
Actual facts, rather than Aggie misinfo:
Bryan/College Station is about where the 't' is in the text "Houston".
Curious about the frequencies of thunderstorms per year?
All from this page.
As folks try to escape the zoo, otherwise known as Austin, places like Bastrop, Dripping Springs, Kyle, etc., with their generally lower taxes, look like attractive places to be.
Great information - thanks.
How about average rainfall?
hmmm, link didn't work. Let' try this one:
http://www.ocs.orst.edu/pub/maps/Precipitation/Total/States/
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