Thinking about moving to Austin
Nov 5, 2011, 12:26 PM
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Thinking about moving to Austin
The wife and I may be moving to Austin after the holidays. Any Evo owners in the Austin area? If so, what are some pro/cons of living in the area? Anything I should know about living in Austin (or Texas for that matter) before I decide to move?
Nov 5, 2011, 12:45 PM
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I don't actually live in Austin, but i have lived in the central Texas area for almost 10 years now. A couple of things i can tell you about the area is that 1. Austin has HORRIBLE traffic. When ever you take trips through CenTex that is one thing that is known well to everyone. Also the cost of living in this area is VERY low. The housing market is great here to buy a house.
Nov 5, 2011, 12:54 PM
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Thanks for the tip on the traffic. I figured with the amount of large cities in Central Texas traffic would be bad. We have been looking online at some houses and found some awesome deals for really nice houses so it is nice for that to be confirmed.
Nov 5, 2011, 01:52 PM
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I moved to Dallas from Minneapolis about 2 years ago and I love it. I'm sure you'll feel the same about Austin. Great things about Texas are no state income tax and incredibly low cost of living/housing.
I also like the roads here. For the most part, they're in really nice shape compared to other areas of the country. Traffic on the tollways was also better than I experienced living in Minneapolis.
I also like the roads here. For the most part, they're in really nice shape compared to other areas of the country. Traffic on the tollways was also better than I experienced living in Minneapolis.
Nov 5, 2011, 03:16 PM
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Austin is a great town. If you're into rally there is a driving school supposedly opening up soon (rally ready) and a dirt track in San Marcos (search Facebook rally Texas).
Nov 5, 2011, 03:35 PM
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Lots of good info so far.
No state income tax would be awesome as I currently enjoy that in Florida. Kracka does Texas charge lots of fees when registering cars? I'm wondering because FL charges a huge fee the first time you register a car in the state.
Also saw that there is a high performance driving course in Austin as well that I would love to take the Evo on. Anyone know anything about it?
Here is the site:
http://www.drivewayaustin.com/driving-school/overview
No state income tax would be awesome as I currently enjoy that in Florida. Kracka does Texas charge lots of fees when registering cars? I'm wondering because FL charges a huge fee the first time you register a car in the state.
Also saw that there is a high performance driving course in Austin as well that I would love to take the Evo on. Anyone know anything about it?
Here is the site:
http://www.drivewayaustin.com/driving-school/overview
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Nov 5, 2011, 04:27 PM
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Traffic isn't that bad. 15 mind north to south austin, 30 with worst traffic, way better than houston, san antonio, dallas, etc.
Tons if great beer in austin, awesome music, killer eating, lake when there isn't such a drought, huge personality diversity.
Tons if great beer in austin, awesome music, killer eating, lake when there isn't such a drought, huge personality diversity.
Nov 5, 2011, 07:22 PM
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No, our "emissions" inspection is only OBD and visual... Come on, you are talking about the state that invented drunk driving! (Drunk cowboys heading off into the sunset)