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re: Baton Rouge vs Austin
Posted on 4/25/24 at 5:17 pm to TigerHornII
Posted on 4/25/24 at 5:17 pm to TigerHornII
Serious question: is Austin nice if you’re middle class with a family?
Seems like when I hear about cities being nice places to live, that typically means for rich people to enjoy.
Seems like when I hear about cities being nice places to live, that typically means for rich people to enjoy.
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Posted on 4/25/24 at 5:42 pm to StringedInstruments
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Serious question: is Austin nice if you’re middle class with a family?
It’s kinda tough to be middle class in Austin from a housing standpoint. Especially living in the city. Otherwise yes its nice. Zomg homeless people good thing they don’t have any of those in peepee scented New Orleans
This post was edited on 4/25/24 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 4/25/24 at 5:44 pm to StringedInstruments
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Serious question: is Austin nice if you’re middle class with a family?
That’s a good question.
I would wager that some high earners (like doctors) may actually be better off in Baton Rouge. Can probably afford a nice home in a nice neighborhood, belong to a golf club, have kids in private school and such. I don’t live in Austin but from what I have heard even high earners may find those things out of their price range.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:20 pm to StringedInstruments
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Serious question: is Austin nice if you’re middle class with a family?
Seems like when I hear about cities being nice places to live, that typically means for rich people to enjoy.
Austin proper? No, not at all. But understand the MSA is like 60 miles long N-S, and probably 30-40 miles E-W. You get out in those 'burbs, Hutto, Liberty Hill, Leander, Lago, Georgetown, it's pretty nice and you can go visit anything you want to in Austin.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 8:30 pm to StringedInstruments
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Seems like when I hear about cities being nice places to live, that typically means for rich people to enjoy.
Well yeah, the only way to keep nice things is to keep the Poors out.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 8:36 pm to StringedInstruments
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Serious question: is Austin nice if you’re middle class with a family?
Not so much. Housing costs are sky high. My son lives there. He can't afford to move with his growing family. There are homeless people and hippies galore. Austin has an amount of cool that BR might not. And the outdoors is likely better in Austin. They just aren't comparable as cities unless you think seat of state government and flagship university.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:12 pm to StringedInstruments
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Serious question: is Austin nice if you’re middle class with a family?
Seems like when I hear about cities being nice places to live, that typically means for rich people to enjoy.
I lived in Austin for several years and moved right as the big tech started to move in. Before all that housing was already starting to get expensive, but you could easily live comfortably in an apartment in the city limits on a modest salary. It's gotten out of control now and I think you have to live a little bit out in the suburbs to make it work, which means long painful commutes to work since I-35 and the mopac are really the only ways to get through town.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:21 pm to StringedInstruments
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Serious question: is Austin nice if you’re middle class with a family?
What income do you consider middle class?
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