The_Sentry
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If it were me I'd move to Taylor...
I'm the exact opposite, I spend all my time indoors, and I wish I didnt even have a yard that I have to maintain. I tell my wife all the time that I'm thinking about paving the entire back yard and making it into a basketball court so I won't have to cut the grass, and she thinks I'm joking. Good Luck Skin, moving to new digs is exciting!
I'm typically a person who lets other people make decisions, but when it comes to me making my own decisions, I tend to be indecisive. Lately I've been trying to remedy that and so far it's worked out well.![]()
Buy some land, let it go wild. Wildlife refuge grants are available.I hate yardwork.
While I prefer living in a house to an apartment.
So I have to balance that out.
man i do love being a lil further from the city city (10 min away) but im out of my element...im the one you lock you doors when you see me now and i know im a good guy so if im the worst element (in appearance at least) in my area then that feels pretty damn good..but in small towns people always wanna be in your business and im not all that social and i dont play well with Grown Up versions of high school drama. plus i hate mowing. what can i say?...
"I Love Livin' In The City" - Fear - YouTube
That's my experience. Now, I can't say they don't know more of my business than is always comfortable, but they don't stick their noses into it.For the most part, people just kind of mind their own business.
That's my experience. Now, I can't say they don't know more of my business than is always comfortable, but they don't stick their noses into it.
There's a working etiquette that comes into play when you see almost everyone else in town at least once a week, many of them every day. If you gossip, you're gonna get caught - so you pretty much don't.
That can be a problem for sure, and I'm pretty much a city guy. But in my current case, the trade up for space and relative privacy would be worth it.
Maybe it's different here in Texas, there are probably a few small town busy bodies around, but for the most part my experience has always been that people in smaller communities mind their own business.
One of my best friends packed up almost 20 years ago, and went from living as a musician in a punk band in Houston, to really small town Teas life when he married a woman that was from that town. His experience was pretty good, and I used to visit him a lot. For the most part, people just kind of mind their own business.
I guess im just not that nosy or friendly.. I dont like very many people so in a small town i become the guy who has bodies in his basement. I tried small town living but i stick out like a sore thumb and everyone seemed to know everything about me real or not so i pulled a peace out... Plus can you imagine driving over an hour to dick around in a guitar storegood luck no matter what you do brother!
wow - I was just looking at homes in Austin on the comp today.
Our property here is worth a pile of money - even these days and I'm looking for a possible future move. I was in Austin last spring and loved it. It would be a huge move for the wife and I and I have no idea what kind of work I could find since I haven't worked for anyone in 15 years. if I could sell my business and property I'd have a nice cushion but I want to be right close to the outskirts and the prices seem expensive even to someone from Hawaii.
keep us posted on the move
Freddy
wow - I was just looking at homes in Austin on the comp today.
Our property here is worth a pile of money - even these days and I'm looking for a possible future move. I was in Austin last spring and loved it. It would be a huge move for the wife and I and I have no idea what kind of work I could find since I haven't worked for anyone in 15 years. if I could sell my business and property I'd have a nice cushion but I want to be right close to the outskirts and the prices seem expensive even to someone from Hawaii.
keep us posted on the move
Freddy
Austin is MUCH better than Houston or San Antonio as far as heat goes. At least my little area of Austin. We get nice breeze most of the time that tends to keep the humidity tolerable. Houston, I've told, is like getting slapped in the face with a wet towel.
Check out Lakeway, Dripping Springs, you know - Hill Country.
This is my first summer here so I don't know what a normal summer is like, with heat and humidity. I do remember well what summer is like in Longview, Tyler, Texarkana - 95 degrees and 95% humidity!
Everyone around us, in Austin, were constantly complaining about the 103 degrees; and absolutely wilting. It didn't feel any different than the 40 summers I lived in the central California town I move here from. I actually thought it was pretty nice. The worst summer was the one I worked in Indio,CA; and the worst day was the one where it cooled off to 117 degrees............... because it rained all day!
I Googled Taylor and it seems to be as far out from Austin as we are in Lakeway. Close enough and far enough at the same time.
This is my first summer here so I don't know what a normal summer is like, with heat and humidity.
I go to a trade show in San Antonio every August and want to slap the fool who schedules it in August. I imagine Austin is the same.
My one bedroom is half that size... Oh wait, I mean to say that one of my bedrooms is half that size...600 sq feet? My 1 bedroom is bigger than that! Good luck on your move. Hope it all goes your way.