Austin, like California, is not affordable.

[Moonglow]

I call it the asshole. There are so many turds there.

That is all that is in Texass.

 

[gipper]

• He says there are negatives like pricey utilities, oppressive heat, and a lack of public space.
• Alder also says that Austinites are rude.
• Taxes: We all know property taxes are high in Texas. They actually weren't that bad for us and ranged from 2% to 3% depending on the neighborhood. We bought a home at 2.1% and, with the homestead exception, were paying at 1.79% (vs. 1.25% in California). Don't buy at 3%; you won't be able to sell and your house won't appreciate.
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• Power: Energy is incredibly expensive. You want a big house, and they're so cheap, but then it costs a fortune to heat and cool. We were paying $400 per month during the summer and winter and we were uncomfortable (our thermostat was set to 79 degrees F in the summer, and 65 degrees F in the winter). To be comfortable would have cost us $700 to $1,000 per month.
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• Water: Water is also shockingly expensive. In NW Austin they pump water from Lake Travis, which is only a few miles away, but that doesn't stop greedy water collectives from shaking you down. We paid $89 per month just for the privilege of being connected to city water (using 0 gallons). And they just jacked that base rate to $97. We had a well for landscape watering, but otherwise our water bill for a young family, watering about 10,000 square feet of grass would have easily been $300 to $400 per month. New sod? Try $1,200 per month, for water. Our water in San Diego (and now San Jose) was cheaper, during a drought, and we got it from like two states away.
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• Services: We thought living in Texas, stuff would be cheap, but with so many people moving to Austin, the service industry is in red hot demand. Expensive pool maintenance, expensive landscaping services, expensive home repairs, expensive dining and movies.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------They said move to Tx, you'll be glad you do. Not what I reading this article.

How dumb must one be to move across the country to a new city, and not research the costs beforehand?

This writer is likely a flamer.

 

[two_iron]

• Taxes: We all know property taxes are high in Texas. They actually weren't that bad for us and ranged from 2% to 3% depending on the neighborhood. We bought a home at 2.1% and, with the homestead exception, were paying at 1.79% (vs. 1.25% in California). Don't buy at 3%; you won't be able to sell and your house won't appreciate.

There is no state income tax here. CA is what... 13%?

You sorted the chaff from the wheat.... and threw out the wheat.

Every organism has an anus.... ours happens to be austin.

 

[gipper]

There is no state income tax here. CA is what... 13%?

You sorted the chaff from the wheat.... and threw out the wheat.

Every organism has an anus.... ours happens to be austin.

Penny’s is between her ears.

If she couldn’t post flame threads, we wouldn’t see it.

 

[marvin martian]

• He says there are negatives like pricey utilities, oppressive heat, and a lack of public space.
• Alder also says that Austinites are rude.
• Taxes: We all know property taxes are high in Texas. They actually weren't that bad for us and ranged from 2% to 3% depending on the neighborhood. We bought a home at 2.1% and, with the homestead exception, were paying at 1.79% (vs. 1.25% in California). Don't buy at 3%; you won't be able to sell and your house won't appreciate.
• 
  
• Power: Energy is incredibly expensive. You want a big house, and they're so cheap, but then it costs a fortune to heat and cool. We were paying $400 per month during the summer and winter and we were uncomfortable (our thermostat was set to 79 degrees F in the summer, and 65 degrees F in the winter). To be comfortable would have cost us $700 to $1,000 per month.
• 
  
• Water: Water is also shockingly expensive. In NW Austin they pump water from Lake Travis, which is only a few miles away, but that doesn't stop greedy water collectives from shaking you down. We paid $89 per month just for the privilege of being connected to city water (using 0 gallons). And they just jacked that base rate to $97. We had a well for landscape watering, but otherwise our water bill for a young family, watering about 10,000 square feet of grass would have easily been $300 to $400 per month. New sod? Try $1,200 per month, for water. Our water in San Diego (and now San Jose) was cheaper, during a drought, and we got it from like two states away.
• 
  
• Services: We thought living in Texas, stuff would be cheap, but with so many people moving to Austin, the service industry is in red hot demand. Expensive pool maintenance, expensive landscaping services, expensive home repairs, expensive dining and movies.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------They said move to Tx, you'll be glad you do. Not what I reading this article.

Dipshit buys a massive house and yard with a pool in a hot climate, then complains about his water and electricity bills.

California public education at work!

 

[marvin martian]

There is no state income tax here. CA is what... 13%?

You sorted the chaff from the wheat.... and threw out the wheat.

Every organism has an anus.... ours happens to be austin.

Well said. Yes, 13% state income tax is what I paid when I lived in CA.

In Texas, Here Everything's Better.

 

[Mac-7]

• He says there are negatives like pricey utilities, oppressive heat, and a lack of public space.
• Alder also says that Austinites are rude.
• Taxes: We all know property taxes are high in Texas. They actually weren't that bad for us and ranged from 2% to 3% depending on the neighborhood. We bought a home at 2.1% and, with the homestead exception, were paying at 1.79% (vs. 1.25% in California). Don't buy at 3%; you won't be able to sell and your house won't appreciate.
• 
  
• Power: Energy is incredibly expensive. You want a big house, and they're so cheap, but then it costs a fortune to heat and cool. We were paying $400 per month during the summer and winter and we were uncomfortable (our thermostat was set to 79 degrees F in the summer, and 65 degrees F in the winter). To be comfortable would have cost us $700 to $1,000 per month.
• 
  
• Water: Water is also shockingly expensive. In NW Austin they pump water from Lake Travis, which is only a few miles away, but that doesn't stop greedy water collectives from shaking you down. We paid $89 per month just for the privilege of being connected to city water (using 0 gallons). And they just jacked that base rate to $97. We had a well for landscape watering, but otherwise our water bill for a young family, watering about 10,000 square feet of grass would have easily been $300 to $400 per month. New sod? Try $1,200 per month, for water. Our water in San Diego (and now San Jose) was cheaper, during a drought, and we got it from like two states away.
• 
  
• Services: We thought living in Texas, stuff would be cheap, but with so many people moving to Austin, the service industry is in red hot demand. Expensive pool maintenance, expensive landscaping services, expensive home repairs, expensive dining and movies.
• 
  
• MSN

------------------------------------------------------------------------------They said move to Tx, you'll be glad you do. Not what I reading this article.

Austin is a deep blue liberal/socialist Democrat party cesspool

 

[marvin martian]

• He says there are negatives like pricey utilities, oppressive heat, and a lack of public space.
• Alder also says that Austinites are rude.
• Taxes: We all know property taxes are high in Texas. They actually weren't that bad for us and ranged from 2% to 3% depending on the neighborhood. We bought a home at 2.1% and, with the homestead exception, were paying at 1.79% (vs. 1.25% in California). Don't buy at 3%; you won't be able to sell and your house won't appreciate.
• 
  
• Power: Energy is incredibly expensive. You want a big house, and they're so cheap, but then it costs a fortune to heat and cool. We were paying $400 per month during the summer and winter and we were uncomfortable (our thermostat was set to 79 degrees F in the summer, and 65 degrees F in the winter). To be comfortable would have cost us $700 to $1,000 per month.
• 
  
• Water: Water is also shockingly expensive. In NW Austin they pump water from Lake Travis, which is only a few miles away, but that doesn't stop greedy water collectives from shaking you down. We paid $89 per month just for the privilege of being connected to city water (using 0 gallons). And they just jacked that base rate to $97. We had a well for landscape watering, but otherwise our water bill for a young family, watering about 10,000 square feet of grass would have easily been $300 to $400 per month. New sod? Try $1,200 per month, for water. Our water in San Diego (and now San Jose) was cheaper, during a drought, and we got it from like two states away.
• 
  
• Services: We thought living in Texas, stuff would be cheap, but with so many people moving to Austin, the service industry is in red hot demand. Expensive pool maintenance, expensive landscaping services, expensive home repairs, expensive dining and movies.
• 
  
• MSN

------------------------------------------------------------------------------They said move to Tx, you'll be glad you do. Not what I reading this article.

Dipshit doesn't even stop to realize everything costs more in Austin because it's run by DemoKKKrats.

You're not related to this guy, are you? You're both dumb as shit.

 

[MinTrut]

• He says there are negatives like pricey utilities, oppressive heat, and a lack of public space.
• Alder also says that Austinites are rude.
• Taxes: We all know property taxes are high in Texas. They actually weren't that bad for us and ranged from 2% to 3% depending on the neighborhood. We bought a home at 2.1% and, with the homestead exception, were paying at 1.79% (vs. 1.25% in California). Don't buy at 3%; you won't be able to sell and your house won't appreciate.
• 
  
• Power: Energy is incredibly expensive. You want a big house, and they're so cheap, but then it costs a fortune to heat and cool. We were paying $400 per month during the summer and winter and we were uncomfortable (our thermostat was set to 79 degrees F in the summer, and 65 degrees F in the winter). To be comfortable would have cost us $700 to $1,000 per month.
• 
  
• Water: Water is also shockingly expensive. In NW Austin they pump water from Lake Travis, which is only a few miles away, but that doesn't stop greedy water collectives from shaking you down. We paid $89 per month just for the privilege of being connected to city water (using 0 gallons). And they just jacked that base rate to $97. We had a well for landscape watering, but otherwise our water bill for a young family, watering about 10,000 square feet of grass would have easily been $300 to $400 per month. New sod? Try $1,200 per month, for water. Our water in San Diego (and now San Jose) was cheaper, during a drought, and we got it from like two states away.
• 
  
• Services: We thought living in Texas, stuff would be cheap, but with so many people moving to Austin, the service industry is in red hot demand. Expensive pool maintenance, expensive landscaping services, expensive home repairs, expensive dining and movies.
• 
  
• MSN

------------------------------------------------------------------------------They said move to Tx, you'll be glad you do. Not what I reading this article.

Austin!

The San Francisco of Texas.

 

[MinTrut]

In short, this guy moved out of liberal CA to escape liberal policies and liberal $$$. Then he found out that Austin is full of liberals with their policies and $$$.

Oh gee. My response:

Ayup.

 

[Mr Natural]

Only unaffordable to the losers who can’t afford to live there.

 

[Pete7469]

Dipshit doesn't even stop to realize everything costs more in Austin because it's run by DemoKKKrats.

You're not related to this guy, are you? You're both dumb as shit.

Dumb as shit but not as useful.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Wait, Holmes bought was able to buy a 4,000 sq ft house on some of the priciest real estate in Travis County and was griping? He is complaining about air fare, utilities being higher, and griped because the views aren't as nice.
He is right about the Cedar allergies though.

He'd really hate Houston.

 

[Zincwarrior]

That is all that is in Texass.

You're just jealous of our chupacabras. Don't be jelly.

 

[Moonglow]

You're just jealous of our chupacabras. Don't be jelly.

I've brought a few back when I have lived down there.

 

[d0gbreath]

Austin is a deep blue liberal/socialist Democrat party cesspool

It's the state capitol of Texas. Think Sacramento reversed.

 

[marvin martian]

It's the state capitol of Texas. Think Sacramento reversed.

More like a bigger Sacramento with less filth, but the same bad politics.

 

[john doe 101]

That's not how it works. Have you never wondered why we folks out here in the sticks are so heavily armed?

Aside from coyotes and rabid animals, we also have to contend with city-dwellers who think they can come out here and help themselves to whatever they want. Try that in a small town and see what happens.

You aren't going to shoot anyone.

 

[marvin martian]

Wait, Holmes bought was able to buy a 4,000 sq ft house on some of the priciest real estate in Travis County and was griping? He is complaining about air fare, utilities being higher, and griped because the views aren't as nice.
He is right about the Cedar allergies though.

He'd really hate Houston.

He failed to register the fact that he pays no state income tax in Texas, vs. about 13% for someone in that bracket in California.

 

[Zincwarrior]

He failed to register the fact that he pays no state income tax in Texas, vs. about 13% for someone in that bracket in California.

The downside is that property taxes are much higher such that the difference is not large. I do like his complaining about McMansions when he bought a Mansion...

Seriously if he looked at Dallas or Houston he'd be really annoyed.