I'm outie

[ray1970]

I never found the Austin are to be too bad as far as humidity. Not really any bugs there either. With the exception of the occasional flash flood or wildfire I find the Austin/San Antonio area climate to be pretty nice most of the time. It does get pretty hot there though in the summer.

Both of my brothers live just outside of Austin and have been there for probably twenty five years or so.

Definitely plenty of good food and plenty of good music. The bats are pretty cool too.

[brutal]

This is what you can do in TX. My son lives in NW San Antonio burbs and got a ride along through a friend. Pig hunting from a choppa.

[BladesNBarrels]

Well, you will still be on the "Colorado River" through Austin.
Great rowing. Can be your new hobby.
Had some property in Lago Vista at Lake Travis for a few years, and attended a lot of conferences there years ago.
The TX politicians are not reluctant to visit any group there.
I met and talked with Governors Ann Richards and George Bush while attending conferences of only about 60 to 70 participants. They were both down to earth and approachable.
There are a lot of things to do and enjoy.

[Aardvark]

Curious how your moving to Texas so closely times with the Whataburger deal. ...good luck in Austin!

[Ridge]

Curious how your moving to Texas so closely times with the Whataburger deal. ...good luck in Austin!

Well I wasn't impressed with the burger I had there on Sunday, so I bought them out.

[CS1983]

Congrats on making a move you feel is needed.

I'm hoping to be doing the same soon, so I look forward to your post-move thoughts and what types of remorse you experience about it, what you'd have done differently, etc.

[Ridge]

Congrats on making a move you feel is needed.

I'm hoping to be doing the same soon, so I look forward to your post-move thoughts and what types of remorse you experience about it, what you'd have done differently, etc.

Big thing is I would have done differently is give myself more than a week and a half to figure it out, lol!

[20X11]

Best of Luck down there Ridge.

[Great-Kazoo]

Good deal and good luck with the relocate

[Great-Kazoo]

Good luck with that! I figure it will be a good decade or more before the left does to Texas what they did to CO.

Just realize that you will be replacing snow with heat, humidity and bugs (which is the main thing keeping me from moving to Texas).

That said, I really don't blame you. The wife and I are exploring an exit strategy as well (especially since I've been unemployed for most of the last year). We're looking at the Rapid City area though, which still has the snow but a much lower population of snowflakes.

To be fair to Austin, in my 20s I seriously considered moving there (from Wichita, KS) and there are some good things about the area (one thing liberals are good for is good restaurants/bars/coffee shops ... and if you're single, loose women).


I figure in the next year or two there will be a lot of these kinds of threads here

RAPID CITY?? forget the snow, the- single digit and below zero cold killed it for us . Those temps are not uncommon, come winter.