Austin is just another big city. I've lived there. If you have trouble affording things it sucks there. I moved north to Brownwood and love it. Don't get me wrong. Austin is beautiful and I love the live music scene, or I used to. Covid screwed that up. I loved Headhunters and Red eyed fly. I miss those places. But small town life is what I love. I can retire in about 10 years and I can see more live shows down there. ❤
Keeping it real, Cedar Park is the only part of Austin is affordable for the middle class now unless you want to live in a small, rundown, one bedroom apartment.
If aesthetics & appearance matter to you, you’ll be pretty dismayed at how ugly most intown apts & condos are… because they were put up fast in the 70’s/80’s. It wouldn’t be so painful if the rents/ prices were equal to the ratchet look, but that’s not the case. Landlords & corp’s make bank on the location & nothing else matters 😖
Yeah, but it’s kind of like Los Angeles, where you don’t know where you left one little section to the next section. Especially when you go to Cedar Park. You don’t know when you actually left Austin.
@@RedLeo-pf9yo going north, when you hit flat stretches where they bulldozed the land to put in cookie cutter houses with no trees, you are no longer in Austin
I lived in Austin for over 25 years and moved away 16 years ago. Prices certainly has skyrocketed. Also the patches of green is deceptive. The lake and the river has been alarmingly low to the point that islands are appearing in Lake Travis and so on. I admit I miss Austin and haven't really been back since but the job availability is really good. I mean you can find jobs really quickly but you do have to typically have a bachelor's degree to even be able to start looking for jobs that pay good. I now have a bachelor's degree and have been thinking about moving back.
@@king-weldon *shrugs* I know. I've lived here for over 18 years now. Gotten used to it. It's not half way bad. People think Kansas is all about corn, wheat, etc....not really. Yes, we do have those but the cities itself...no. Just urban/suburban settings like everywhere else. Housing is considerably cheaper than in Austin for sure. No worries about electricity going out and excessive summer heat. We do get it hot here yes, but for 1 to 2 months but it goes back to bearable levels. My house has 3 bedrooms 2.5 baths, 2 living areas, 1 full kitchen with a full basement on 1/4th of an acre. Same house would be nearly $500k to $600k with $30k annual property taxes. I got my house at $124k and it's worth $250k now. Property tax is only $1,500 a year. It's combined with house payment and house insurance payments so I only pay $900 a month. Not a bad deal overall.
I lived in Rosedale, just south of Allendale. It's the best place for people in the middle class like me. It's next to a hospital complex and an upscale super market. It is very walkable and the Shoal Creek is nearby.
As a first time visitor to Austin, I’m a little disappointed. I had heard so many good things about it. The traffic is terrible and the town is not very clean. I was anxious to check out the Austin Blues music scene, but the legendary places don’t really have Blues bands anymore. It’s just blah bands you can find in any town USA.
Been living here in Austin for a 11/2 years. Working at Tesla. By far, this is the most expensive, worst traffic,stressful, insanely busy , filled with distant people who never wave, place I’ve ever lived. Of course I come from Alaska. But, I wouldn’t recommend this place to my worst enemy tbh. Awful place. Sirens every 5 minutes. Constant traffic. Like seriously….. SLEEP people!!! Very frustrating place! Just trying to get through my stint at Tesla then I’m out and will never return.
your about 15 years too late. Austin use to be everything you had been told. All the music went back to Nashville. California invaded and changed the entire city in about 8 years. Austin was very clean, full of awesome eclectic shops and boutiques. Unique places to eat all over downtown. Now, you cant even go downtown without getting aggressively panhandled or assaulted. Austin is long gone.
@@TTundragrizzly lol if youre from alaska then any metropolitan would seem like a hellhole for you. coming from NYC, Los angeles and then boston.. austin seeems like a mellow hip midwest retirement town recently revamped by new influx of young professional hustlers.
So your options are either single family home, single family home, single family home, or car centric downtown? How is the planning even worse than in Dallas?
Please do your research will you. A lot of people are saying in the comments that you are giving WRONG!!!! INFORMATION ABOUT EVERYTHING!! SOME OF THESE PLACES ARE NOT EVEN RURAL AND THE COST IS VERY DIFFERENT OR ALREADY WAS A YEAR AGO WHEN YOU POSTED THIS.. THANKS DUDE!
I do not like Austin as it is today. 37 years ago, yes. I wish I hadn’t retired to Austin after decades in another part of TX to not like, Houston, but for work. Before Houston, life in Cedar Park was the best, when it was still farm land and small town. Austin is great for the Californians who have moved here having sold McMansions for millions to turn around and be able to purchase ATX real estate and still have money leftover for his and hers Benz’s. But my $3400 rent is insane as I am a senior. If y’all looking to move to Austin, I recommend rent for a year or two to get the real feel of living here. It’s not cheap. I hope you like BBQ because bbq wants to be king here.
Georgetown and Cedar Park are NOT a neighborhoods in Austin. They are completely different cities 28 miles and 20 miles outside of Austin respectively. Get your geographical facts straight.
I lived in Austin for three years, in a big beautiful home with a pool and views of down town. I refer to it as three years in Hell. I hate the place, the people ,weather, traffic, mosquitos, allergies, crazy gun toting drivers, lousy food, and lack of anything remotely resembling culture.
You forgot to mention the corner of IH 35 and 183rd st....that's where Joey lives witg his homeless buddies....oh, you also forgot to mention 7th and Trinity street where at all hours of the day drivers have to dodge homeless people aimlessly walking in the middle of the street. Yes, Austin is a great place....for the rich! Best if people stay away from this place, it sucks!
Been in Austin now for 33 years....use to be an amazing place but then Rick Perry and George Bush brought a few dozen high tech companies in and it's been downhill ever since. If you make less than $60k a year, you will not make it. PROBLEMS: unbearable traffic, homeless people everywhere, jobs don't pay enough, housing is almost nonexistent, it's an at will state so no job protections, and finally...Austin is too liberal. My advice, don't come here because another problem i forgot to mention is that crime is way up in the past 10 years. Myself, i'm leaving in November...good luck.
Number one you avoid moving into Austin at all cost. Liberal leadership has destroyed this once welcoming and clean city is now a homeless haven. Do not buy east of IH 35. And if you have to move to central Texas, Cedar Park, Leander, Lago Vista and Jonestown are the areas I would evaluate or consider spending my money at. Avoid Kyle, Buda, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Hutto, Elgin, Manor and Taylor. Georgetown maybe, but only west of IH35.
@@rodymens3991 Those of us who have been in the Austin area know that property values have always been lower east of IH 35. You get better schools and folks seem to have a little more class ie the way they live than say those in Manor, Elgin, Taylor etc. If you move to Austin, you want to stay 25-35 miles north / northwest of downtown Austin.
@@re8746So, if you don't mind me asking you some more, you wouldn't consider Brentwood, Allendale, area code 78756, and northwest hills either as fair areas? edit: as you might have figured, I'm not from Austin, but see a lot of potential moving there
@@rodymens3991 No way would I live in Allendale ie Burnet Road / Koenig Lane? You want to avoid the city limits of Austin all together, especially if you have kids and need to put them in school. You do not let your kids go to any AISD. Austin is a homeless haven. Be careful. If you were going to move to Austin or central Texas, I would suggest Leander, Lake Way, Lago Vista, Jonestown or Cedar Park. Maybe Liberty Hill.
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I think the Arboretum area is really nice. Spicewood, 360, Great Hills.
Austin is just another big city. I've lived there. If you have trouble affording things it sucks there. I moved north to Brownwood and love it. Don't get me wrong. Austin is beautiful and I love the live music scene, or I used to. Covid screwed that up. I loved Headhunters and Red eyed fly. I miss those places. But small town life is what I love. I can retire in about 10 years and I can see more live shows down there. ❤
Keeping it real, Cedar Park is the only part of Austin is affordable for the middle class now unless you want to live in a small, rundown, one bedroom apartment.
If aesthetics & appearance matter to you, you’ll be pretty dismayed at how ugly most intown apts & condos are… because they were put up fast in the 70’s/80’s. It wouldn’t be so painful if the rents/ prices were equal to the ratchet look, but that’s not the case.
Landlords & corp’s make bank on the location & nothing else matters 😖
These prices are VERY off, like over half off for neighborhoods actually in Austin (Georgetown and Cedar Park are not in Austin).
Yeah, but it’s kind of like Los Angeles, where you don’t know where you left one little section to the next section. Especially when you go to Cedar Park. You don’t know when you actually left Austin.
@@RedLeo-pf9yo going north, when you hit flat stretches where they bulldozed the land to put in cookie cutter houses with no trees, you are no longer in Austin
I lived in Austin for over 25 years and moved away 16 years ago. Prices certainly has skyrocketed. Also the patches of green is deceptive. The lake and the river has been alarmingly low to the point that islands are appearing in Lake Travis and so on. I admit I miss Austin and haven't really been back since but the job availability is really good. I mean you can find jobs really quickly but you do have to typically have a bachelor's degree to even be able to start looking for jobs that pay good. I now have a bachelor's degree and have been thinking about moving back.
Where you live now?
@@nooracamilla7172 Bel Aire, Kansas.
@@TedH71😂 “Kansas” man Kansas is lame as hell bruh
@@king-weldon *shrugs* I know. I've lived here for over 18 years now. Gotten used to it. It's not half way bad. People think Kansas is all about corn, wheat, etc....not really. Yes, we do have those but the cities itself...no. Just urban/suburban settings like everywhere else. Housing is considerably cheaper than in Austin for sure. No worries about electricity going out and excessive summer heat. We do get it hot here yes, but for 1 to 2 months but it goes back to bearable levels. My house has 3 bedrooms 2.5 baths, 2 living areas, 1 full kitchen with a full basement on 1/4th of an acre. Same house would be nearly $500k to $600k with $30k annual property taxes. I got my house at $124k and it's worth $250k now. Property tax is only $1,500 a year. It's combined with house payment and house insurance payments so I only pay $900 a month. Not a bad deal overall.
We live here - you should have mentioned Bee Cave … it’s so nice and central to everything in every direction.
I was expecting round rock to be on this list. It’s on every other online source
I lived in Rosedale, just south of Allendale. It's the best place for people in the middle class like me. It's next to a hospital complex and an upscale super market. It is very walkable and the Shoal Creek is nearby.
Hey me too. Bull creek rd and 45th
an honorable mention should be wells branch. Very nice neiborhood with a big park in the middle off mopac
There’s pollen pretty much everywhere. Perhaps move to an arid climate? Like Arizona?
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Thanks for making this video!! Looking to move to Austin soon and this was helpful...
Hello, I was wondering, how if you made the move and if you are happy or you have some regrets. Thanks
i like Austin !
Warning....As of April of 2024, the prices in this video are almost twice as expensive for most of the neighborhoods.
As a first time visitor to Austin, I’m a little disappointed. I had heard so many good things about it. The traffic is terrible and the town is not very clean. I was anxious to check out the Austin Blues music scene, but the legendary places don’t really have Blues bands anymore. It’s just blah bands you can find in any town USA.
@Lajodiendapr yeh yall shouldn't move here.
Been living here in Austin for a 11/2 years. Working at Tesla.
By far, this is the most expensive, worst traffic,stressful, insanely busy , filled with distant people who never wave, place I’ve ever lived.
Of course I come from Alaska. But, I wouldn’t recommend this place to my worst enemy tbh.
Awful place. Sirens every 5 minutes. Constant traffic. Like seriously….. SLEEP people!!!
Very frustrating place!
Just trying to get through my stint at Tesla then I’m out and will never return.
your about 15 years too late. Austin use to be everything you had been told. All the music went back to Nashville. California invaded and changed the entire city in about 8 years. Austin was very clean, full of awesome eclectic shops and boutiques. Unique places to eat all over downtown. Now, you cant even go downtown without getting aggressively panhandled or assaulted. Austin is long gone.
@@TTundragrizzly lol if youre from alaska then any metropolitan would seem like a hellhole for you. coming from NYC, Los angeles and then boston.. austin seeems like a mellow hip midwest retirement town recently revamped by new influx of young professional hustlers.
So your options are either single family home, single family home, single family home, or car centric downtown? How is the planning even worse than in Dallas?
I live in Austin and the number appears significantly lower than my understanding.
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Georgetown is not an Austin neighborhood- it is Georgetown 28 miles from Austin. What are these people taking about!
Seriously, and with 35..could take about 45 mins to a hour to get to downtown Austin
Do you make the rules?
As well as Cedar Park. Not in Austin. It’s a separate city.
Bullshit! It's just north Austin now. Just like Kyle and Buda is just south Austin.
Did she say "mild weather"? It gets freakishly hot in Austin every summer. It gets so hot in August, air conditioning is basically life support.
What about Travis Heights, Zilker & Clarksville?
Please do your research will you. A lot of people are saying in the comments that you are giving WRONG!!!! INFORMATION ABOUT EVERYTHING!! SOME OF THESE PLACES ARE NOT EVEN RURAL AND THE COST IS VERY DIFFERENT OR ALREADY WAS A YEAR AGO WHEN YOU POSTED THIS.. THANKS DUDE!
Do the buses go to all these places?! I'm almost deadset on moving there but I need to learn the system.
DONT
@markbrown1603 well I got a car now, interested in this room I found on Craigslist for $500 a month. Its on 6th street. What you think?
Best city in USA.
What about avery ranch?
Avery Ranch is awesome.
Allandale is not a suburb- it is in the middle of Austin.
Writer has no idea about austin
Georgetown and cedar park are literally their own cities. Not neighborhoods.
Vote red!!!
Rundberg & St John's is another nice neighborhood you forgot to mention. Also Rosewood & Montopolis
I prefer the rundberg area nightlife myself.. but yeah could go either way
What jobs there
@@ronmexico79 loco
Don't forget Georgian Acres.
A few of these aren't in Austin.
I do not like Austin as it is today. 37 years ago, yes. I wish I hadn’t retired to Austin after decades in another part of TX to not like, Houston, but for work. Before Houston, life in Cedar Park was the best, when it was still farm land and small town. Austin is great for the Californians who have moved here having sold McMansions for millions to turn around and be able to purchase ATX real estate and still have money leftover for his and hers Benz’s. But my $3400 rent is insane as I am a senior.
If y’all looking to move to Austin, I recommend rent for a year or two to get the real feel of living here. It’s not cheap. I hope you like BBQ because bbq wants to be king here.
Cedar Park is not an Austin neighborhood- it is far out Austin suburb
Are you the Definer?
Waxton wants a house in Austin next to Ut Austin now
Mild weather? She's clearly not from Austin...
lol Tarrytown, yea it's super nice, be sure to bring that $100 million dollars you're saving for a special situation.
Also note that Hyde Park was an explicitly whites-only development.
Austin is the Least Texan city in Texas.
Can’t we just make music here in Douglas??
Since you won't say I'll say it shout out to east Austin.
Georgetown and Cedar Park are NOT a neighborhoods in Austin. They are completely different cities 28 miles and 20 miles outside of Austin respectively.
Get your geographical facts straight.
Austin Texas where you will be convicted for defending yourself.
I lived in Austin for three years, in a big beautiful home with a pool and views of down town. I refer to it as three years in Hell. I hate the place, the people ,weather, traffic, mosquitos, allergies, crazy gun toting drivers, lousy food, and lack of anything remotely resembling culture.
Where r u now?
Thank you for leaving
But other than that it’s pretty cool. 😂
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You forgot to mention the corner of IH 35 and 183rd st....that's where Joey lives witg his homeless buddies....oh, you also forgot to mention 7th and Trinity street where at all hours of the day drivers have to dodge homeless people aimlessly walking in the middle of the street. Yes, Austin is a great place....for the rich!
Best if people stay away from this place, it sucks!
Been in Austin now for 33 years....use to be an amazing place but then Rick Perry and George Bush brought a few dozen high tech companies in and it's been downhill ever since. If you make less than $60k a year, you will not make it. PROBLEMS: unbearable traffic, homeless people everywhere, jobs don't pay enough, housing is almost nonexistent, it's an at will state so no job protections, and finally...Austin is too liberal. My advice, don't come here because another problem i forgot to mention is that crime is way up in the past 10 years. Myself, i'm leaving in November...good luck.
If you make 60 K a year, then you’re gonna be living in your mom’s basement.
where you moving to?
Manchaca?
No one knows how to pronounce it anymore so it’s left behind lol
Too much vrime
Sweetie, they put bacon strips in their veggie burgers in Manchaca.
This is some slapped together AI narrator bs video .
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
Some of these are in floodplain areas
Austin is not live-able city due its pollen allergy!
Oh no. The million+ ppl living there will be devastated when they find out!
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@@jess_n_atxbad sarcasm
San Antonio is better...better suburbs and cooler downtown
Yep
Ur waaaaaay off on the rent prices !!!! U need to triple them.
Number one you avoid moving into Austin at all cost. Liberal leadership has destroyed this once welcoming and clean city is now a homeless haven. Do not buy east of IH 35. And if you have to move to central Texas, Cedar Park, Leander, Lago Vista and Jonestown are the areas I would evaluate or consider spending my money at. Avoid Kyle, Buda, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Hutto, Elgin, Manor and Taylor. Georgetown maybe, but only west of IH35.
What's east of IH35?
edit: What are the issues over there?
@@rodymens3991 Those of us who have been in the Austin area know that property values have always been lower east of IH 35. You get better schools and folks seem to have a little more class ie the way they live than say those in Manor, Elgin, Taylor etc. If you move to Austin, you want to stay 25-35 miles north / northwest of downtown Austin.
@@re8746Thank you so much for the info! Also for the insanely fast reply haha 🙏
@@re8746So, if you don't mind me asking you some more, you wouldn't consider Brentwood, Allendale, area code 78756, and northwest hills either as fair areas?
edit: as you might have figured, I'm not from Austin, but see a lot of potential moving there
@@rodymens3991 No way would I live in Allendale ie Burnet Road / Koenig Lane? You want to avoid the city limits of Austin all together, especially if you have kids and need to put them in school. You do not let your kids go to any AISD. Austin is a homeless haven. Be careful. If you were going to move to Austin or central Texas, I would suggest Leander, Lake Way, Lago Vista, Jonestown or Cedar Park. Maybe Liberty Hill.
Had to be made by an out of stater who knows zero about AUSTIN. allendale is not the most popular here at all lol
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I lived in Austin for 9 years, and I hated every moment of it. One of the nastiest places I've ever lived.
Why is that?
Can you elaborate more please sir
@@wonderlyfe8892he's just trolling so people don't move there.
Hated it, but stayed for 9 years?
I’ve lived in Austin for 53 years and I will never leave it. It is perfect.
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You can buy a dilshooo and like yourself to your hearts content in your spare time
Cost of living is close to the highest in the country
Austin has become little California. Like living in the sewer.