Posted on 10/16/2004 7:27:28 AM PDT by truthandlogic
Greetings, We (me, my wife, and our dog) are moving to rual Austin area (Bastrop, Elgin, Buda, etc..). Maybe some freepers are from there or currently live there. I will likely comute to Austin high tech for employment. We have already visited this area and fell in love with it. We have been praying hard that these doors will be open to us. Can anyone give me feedback on these areas and what it is like to live there?
Looking forward to the best move we ever made. Gota get out of the peoples republic of Portland, too expensive, too liberal, high taxes, activist judges, etc....
Go GW!!!!!
Just ask things like "Hey, Yall got a Coke?"
When they ask what kind, state your brand.
FW is a great place to live, lakes all around, The coast is 6 hrs south on I45, mountains to the west and forests to the east. Texas is so big I havent had time to go north yet,even after 4 decades.
LOL! thats funny!
Unless there's a better venue,,,I'd love to meet some of my fellow Texas freepers!
If you like sunsets over the lake, then come join us for the next Heart of Texas FR Chapter meeting at Basil's house in Lakeway 10/24 at 3PM. Details are HERE.
Here are a couple of more pics from ValerieUSA from the thread on JimRob's visit in June.
When I made the move from Seattle to Amarillo, this was my first thought.
The demon star of the day is actually the sun. It is there all day long. Clouds are temporary and many days, there are none to be seen. This should be no cause for alarm. Just use plenty of sun block, wear shades and a cowboy hat. Cast away your hooded jacket, as it will identify you as he-who-expects-rain.
Austin is not what it was. If you ever want to capture the flavor of Old Austin before the Yuppies and the quasi-Hollywood types got there, you'd have to visit Asheville, NC.
You'll likely get a good deal on home prices--but be careful. It's a lot easier to buy a house in Texas than to sell one.
If the wind is at you from Austin you will smell frangrances you have never smelled before. You will get sick for a while. You will never get over how liberal the people are.
If only it were Conroe or Tyler.
It's good to see that people are leaving the Democratic People's Republic of Oregon. I was born and grew up in Oregon and now live in Utah.
Portland is a bastion of sodomites, tree-huggers, hippies, gangbangers, feminazis, communists, socialists, and other assorted deranged people.
It's a beautiful state, but there are too many things I can't deal with. Too much rain, can't pump my own gas, have to pay 20 cents more per gallon, 50-55MPH speed limit on the friggin freeway in Portland, confiscatory income tax, the worst traffic.
I've seen the traffic of big cities like Seattle, LA, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Atlanta, Phoenix, Albuquerque, and Denver and have to say that Portland is the worst. They don't widen freeways because, "if we widen freeways, people will drive more and the problem will be even worse." Their logic is make the traffic so bad that people will live closer to work and use mass transit.
In Central Texas?
There is strength and comfort in numbers, at least for me anyway. I know there is a Central Texas Freeper List but I am so new I cannot tell you who runs it,,I may be able to check my mail and find out because they have contacted me before...and I'll post it back to you,,either here or in your mail...
Gracey had it, last I heard...
after about five years, you will understand the term "cedar fever"
Could have fooled me.
"Good bye mildew hello dust">>>>> Obviously you have never been to Texas. The dust is in west Texas the mildew is in the rest of the state.
Welcome to Texas.
We live in Southern California and will be moving to Austin in two years. My husband grew up there and went to UT. He was just there this past weekend and said he's never seen so many signs for Democrats (Kerry/Edwards in this case) but then they do call Austin the Berkeley of Texas. The farther away you get from campus the more normal it gets.
Austin drawbacks: heat and humidity, Democrap town, strange road system.
Austin benefits: lower gas prices, no income tax (and now you can deduct your sales tax), relatively low housing cost.
I live in San Antonio, and it was a GREAT decision (I lived in Lubbock, TX before). Beautiful country, friendly people. Unless you like weirdos and Lefties, I'd stay out of Austin proper, not to mention the cost of living there. There are tons of "small" towns around there to welcome you.
Welcome to Texas, where Heaven is a local call...
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