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I use to live in San Antonio from 1981 to 2017. Had to move to Dallas to be with family. Worst mistake we Ever made. Tornadoes, wind and A lot of thunder storms. 😫 I miss my San Antonio sooooo bad. You would be lucky to have the chance to live there.
I can handle the heat in Texas up to 110° after that, it starts to get a little too warm for me. I’m 52 years old and I’ve lived in Texas my whole life. So I kinda like it hot.
Ive been living in San Antonio for a couple years and I agree with the traffic, SA should invest in public transportation instead of mindlessly expanding the highway just for it to get heavy traffic again
Compared to other large cities San Antonio traffic is not bad at all. The only time traffic doesn’t move is because of accidents. In other cities you can sit and crawl at 5 mph for over an hour for no reason at all.
Hey, thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it! This city has so much to offer I'm sure you'll love visiting . Before we moved here my family and I would vacation in SA at least a couple times a year and we never wanted to leave. When were you thinking about relocating?
Property taxes have trip[ed in San Antonio in about 5 years. They say there has not been a property tax increase in 7 years. So how is it happening? They simply have been raising the property values exponentially to increase the taxes. And wasting the taxes with frivolous and unnecessary projects.
Exactly. Also, they have changed the actual year the house was built to an 'equivalent' year (a recent year) so they can jack up the 'equivalent' price of the house. It doesn't matter what your house is really worth, they just put their own number down on the paper and you end up paying on that. (yes, i know about protesting, and the board, and equivalent sales, etc. but that is a one-size-fits-all that they use to jack up 'alleged' home prices).
We are visiting soon to see if we like it. Wife has family there and I have one family member . Coming from Orlando , heat traffic is not much of an issue . I’m a truck driving and my wife is in the medical field so I’m pretty confident out there . Orlando minimum home price is about 350k-400k , Texas property taxes are higher but homes are cheaper. Mortgage can be about the same or less with more house . We’ll see 2026
Same Here! I'm a Orlando native and looking to move to San Antonio. I've visited San Antonio in the winter, Loved it! Going in July to Experience the Summer!
July In San Antonio is a whole different situation🥵... But not much different than Florida, so you're probably already conditioned for it. When were you thinking about moving?
@@SanAntonioTexasLiving Yeah its very hot here in Orlando, I actually like the heat and humidity lol I spend a lot of time outdoors! Looking to move in the summer of 2025.
San Antonio is a really cool vibe in the Summer, no doubt you're gonna enjoy it! My family and I would vacation here every Summer for a couple yrs before we made the move here ourselves and we loved it. We'd be happy to connect to answer any questions you have and give our insights about the city whenever you're ready😎
This construction on highways at I35 & 1604 suck. Sooo many people moving here! Thanks to all these subdivisions popping up everywhere. You barely see a nice field of grass or native trees anymore. Coming soon! Opening soon signs all around. I’ve lived here all my life and Live Oak to New Braunfels can be bumper to bumper. Used to drive fast on the highway to dry my truck off after a wash; forget it now. 5 miles an hour won’t do it lol, guess I’ll sweat my you know what off in the driveway. But, once these overpasses and elevated roads are done; who knows when, it’ll be great! I hope 🤞🏽! Love where I live though and recommend SA or surrounding areas.
Lived on post at Ft. Sam Houston 1968-71 when I was a kid. Loved San Antonio and have nothing but fond memories of the place. When they worked The Alamo into the plot of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, I wondered if they wrote it just for me.
That's how sewer roaches are in AZ. They traumatized me! I moved out of AZ and live in an area without sewer roaches. We get spiders here but they don't gross me out like roaches do.
Shhhhiiii I haven't seen or had any issues on our side of town with that (and that is a BIG deal breaker for me). We do get the occasional scorpion though. And I will never be used to that. Would take a spider over that any day. What area are you in? We moved here from Tacoma in 2022!
@@SanAntonioTexasLiving 18 months or so I'm over DC. Housing prices should be good with all the Depressed Cowboy fans....their tears bring the rest of the country such sweet joy!!😁😁😁
Fantastic video! You really kept it moving and it was filled with lots of useful information. You've got a great sense of humor too. I grew up in SA and have been gone since 1980. Now I'm getting ready to return soon with an eye toward retirement. Thanks! Victor
I gotcha, October is a great time to come visit since it'll finally start cooling off around here. We'd love to visit with you about your home search & get you pointed in the right direction. Would you be open to connecting with our team sometime in the next week?
Yes please we are looking for a gated community with trails, we have two big dogs also a must is a community pool. We do not want to live inside of San Antonio we are looking outside of the 1604.
Being born and raised here in san antonio, the cost of living has gone up way high! To me its so expensive that that's why San antonio has alot of homeless people too! In order to afford all he's talking about you have to have a good paying job and that's not always possible for alot of people especially if you have a background!
Nicely done! I am considering a move from Sonoma County (median home price is mid800k) but not sure I could handle the heat and bugs. The weather here is amazing.
So many military retire in SA, then they get a full-time job. Their retirement, access to military medical/svcs, plus a 2nd full-time salary makes it very appealing for thus population.
Sounds workable, but Nick Johnson paintrd a dofferent picture of increasing crime, lack of job opportunity, and increase of migrants. I was at Lackland AF Base years ago, and I enjoyed living off base esrly 80's. Thank you.
Hey, I've actually got a whole video on the San Antonio job market right here👇🏾 ruclips.net/video/9O5KMfOSp9Q/видео.html While it's true that incomes in SA are somewhat lower than other places, our cost of living is also a fraction of what it takes to live comfortably in most the rest of the country. Many of our clients we've helped move here were surprised to see how much more affordable it is to live here overall. Were you considering a move in the near future?
I love Texas! San Antonio?....ummm not so much. After 3 yrs here....I'm leaving at the end of the month to country land in Fl. Rents & house prices keep going up and up but jobs keep.paying the same low wages. I had to get a work from home with a NYC based company in order to afford the costs in a comfortable manner, not luxury living but decent, safe neighborhood. And YES the traffic is INSANE!! And I'm from NYC🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Cost of Living is big for me, especially being newly retired. Not really concerned about property taxes, coming from Hawaii, I see not much of difference. I don't think you can compare the weather to Hawaii, but that's okay with me. That heat though, not sure if I'll be able to handle it. CRITTERS??!!!! Oh hell no.
It's surprising how many folks we've helped relocate to TX from Hawaii. We've even had 8 different sets of folks from the same family all make the over here before. You're probably right about the weather though. Congrats on your recent retirement! When were you thinking about moving?
Im retired military. SA is great city for veterans. If you are DAV then you get a percentage taken off for property tax, and if your 100% you dont pay anything. Along with a VA loan its pretty good here. No worries about critters. Keep your house clean and get your house sprayed monthly and your good to go.
Be careful with the “property taxes outside of city limits in Bexar county! I live in west Bexar county outside of city limits, however my kids are zoned for Medina Valley ISD so I get the double whammy of paying taxes to BOTH counties! No one knew this at closing so I had a nice fat escrow shortage after my first year - make sure to ask before closing!
I agree, it's definitely up there so we always like to make sure we help folks navigate things. There's usually a scenario that makes sense, we just have to find it.
I lived in SA 20 long years and as soon as I retired I left for good. The town is boring, the weather is hot and humid and the culture ..you either “belong” on not. My son lives there and loves it.
Whoever comes to San Antonio and likes it, you guys are welcome! If you don’t like it, get out please!!! The whole country is trying to save a buck from the high cost of living moves here and has made San Antonio way way too populated! So if you aren’t happy with it, please exit stage left! 😂
I found something interesting about SA. I can live for a month in an Extended Stay American place in SA for a month less than rent in a studio Apartment in Los Angeles County. This means I can go to SA and stay for a month for about the same as a month in Los Angeles County without committing to an apartment lease. For a single person with median level income renting might be chepaer than buying.
We moved from Vancouver, WA to New Braunfels, TX when my wife finally retired. (8 years after I retired.) When planning for where we wanted to move, we discussed several options. First requirement, the cold and snow/ice. We wanted that to be near zero. Second, income tax, that definitely needed to be zero. Three, affordability. We had lived in San Antonio back in 1984, and I remember visiting New Braunfels' Landa Park during the Summer. Even though it was hot, the breeze was nice and made it quite comfortable. So, we set up a visit during the hottest time of year. So, we went In August, 2017...oops. Hurricane Harvey hit those days. Temp was in the 80's, but a very wet 80's. A bit windy too. But, the impact to New Braunfels was just a warm rainy day. Did some model home touring, and found prices nearly $100 K less than what our home was worth for the equivalent square footage. So we came back the next year and it was hot, but just as I remembered from when we lived in San Antonio. House prices were stable. So we decided to move to New Braunfels. Taxes were about the same, but we had the ability to homestead and were seniors, thus property taxes were lowered. Both retired, so traffic, eh..we did not need to go out during rush hour. By the way, compared to Portland, OR traffic or Seattle's, really no big deal anyway.
I lived in Mississippi so the heat will bother me but I am okay with it. The bugs I hate specially wasps but I can handle those. My issue would be horse flies, those things are the worst. Any issues with horse flies?
Further south you will get those horse and deer flies. Wasp, scorpions, and tarantulas. Just in certain areas south and west. Thanks to all the people moving in, the houses are affordable to those moving in and raising it too far for the native Texans. Those moving in had higher wages in general compared to Texans.
No one is mentioning that we are running out of water! Seriously, if you come here, or already live here, put in a rain water catchment system. You will need it.
@@melissalopez5782 There's Horizon Pointe in Converse with homes in the 5-10yr old range and Springwood in Universal City that was built out in the early 2000's. I'm not familiar with any new gated communities currently developing in the Converse area. You'll definitely find more of them in Far North, Northwest, and Far West San Antonio. Were you looking to be in the Northeast/Converse area specifically?
I moved here from Hampton, Virginia. You talkin about allergies??? My allergies were so bad back in Hampton that people would not hire me. My allergies are better here in San Antonio.
I chose the suburbs outside of Houston in a non flood area when moving from MD a year ago. San Antonio is boring, but great to raise a family. Cool thing about outside of Houston is close enough to city and still great to raise a family.
Yep, Houston has more knife fights and Dallas has more wheeling and dealing. However, SA is friendlier. As has been said, "It's the smallest big city ever"
Oh its violence in San Antonio big time people dont make as much money as in Dallas and Houston. I know local people in San Antonio. You must be on the outskirts of San Antonio. @happyzahn8031
SA is a very crime-ridden city - much more than Los Angeles. Crimes against women are common. It's only if you are retired military, that it makes sense to move to SA.
We have some of the top school districts in TX right here in San Antonio. The majority of our clients have settled in the Northside, Northeast, Medina, and Comal Independent School Districts for their exemplary rated schools. Those are all pretty large school districts that cover a good portion of San Antonio, Boerne, and New Braunfels so it gives you lots of options when it comes to deciding on where to live. Were you considering a move to the San Antonio area?
If you are from CA, you should stay there. Otherwise, come on down. You can easily look up many places to rent. Good ones not too far from med center and north are more expensive, prob 1500/mo 1brdm but a little father, maybe 35 min. are almost 1k near bitters and 181 but that;s actually closer to the new medical center.
I don't agree with a lot of what he is saying. He must be a realtor because he's leaving a few things out to make San Antonio better then it really is in the city and out.
If you aren't coming here merely to retire with a partner already then San Antonio is a horrible place to move to. Industry is very limited here, not many career fields you can find a job in. The lack of career jobs pushes many to leave San Antonio thus the dating scenes is horrible. The weather is horrible in the summer cause of course San Antonio is in Texas. The traffic could be worse, but is actually horrible considering San Antonio is only really worth retiring in. What little fun and things to do we have such as theme parks, etc, etc get boring and old fast considering that's basically the only thing to do in San Antonio. Downtown San Antonio is like the only thing to go and see and most of it is just places to go eat at. However the places to eat at are horrible due to the restaurants just being merely tourist traps. The only kind of food you'll probably ever find in San Antonio really is just tex mex. Etc etc, don't come to San Antonio, infact while Texas isn't really bad, I'd say don't come to Texas. The only people who think Texas is any good are those who care about moving to good cheap place to live more than moving to a place where there are things you can do.
He is leaving the job market out. Better to move outside of Dallas or Houston if you like fun and career. You can move in areas without flooding or tornadoes but close to those major cities to drive for work. San Antonio is a great place to visit but after a few activities, you will be bored for the long term and definitely don’t become unemployed in San Antonio. Longer time looking for a job.
@@michael2263 I disagree. I moved from MD to Katy tx and Texas has wayyyyy more to do. Events come and go regularly. In MD once you hike a few trials, travel to surrounding cities, you will be out of activities within a year or 2. Little events come to MD to keep the fun going.
@@Lovelysoulgirl1984 one man's trash is another man's treasure, however the reasoning for that is usually because the trash was better than what they already had.
San Antonio sucks - just kidding - I was there for 3.5 months - returning this year - Hill Country rocks - but i would never buy a house, the taxes are insane - RV Living , 1000 Trails, Castroville
🤔🧐 San Antonio’s area median income increases to $88,600 sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-area-median-income-ami-2023/ REPORT: 80,000 more households in San Antonio by 2026 www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2022/05/26/80-thousand-households-san-antonio-2026-zonda.html
Is it lazy folks that work in service industry. In mississippi they are worst. All have an attitude and treat you like you bothering them. WTF happened to friendly service. They take their sweet time and if you make mistake to say you in hurry. That makes them slow down. They are miserable and want company. I avoid. I go self checkout whenever possible and no more fast food. Haf to get my tires rotated. After them ignoring me waiting to get service. I decided. Forget tires
Quit Fibbing!!! Living in SA is awesome!! And if you call this bad Traffic why don't you Move in with Gilligan nobody will bother you over there no boat no motor car not a single luxury like Robinson and Caruso as primitive as can be!
My family and I have been here for 6 months in the North Central area, and we love it! It's clean, and I very rarely see homeless people or stray animals. (I'm not sure if he mentions that in this video, but I've seen others talk about it)
I disagree about Houston. The suburbs surrounding Houston are wayyyyy better than the areas around San Antonio. At least you have jobs in Houston. Don’t become unemployed in San Antonio or you will be homeless fast.
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My mother was born there.
I'm not moving I'm 70.
Just looking.
lol
We can’t say thank you enough to you and your team for helping us transition here from my final military base overseas!
Thanks for the love, we're so honored to have been a part of your family's journey here to Texas🙌🏾
I use to live in San Antonio from 1981 to 2017. Had to move to Dallas to be with family. Worst mistake we Ever made. Tornadoes, wind and A lot of thunder storms. 😫 I miss my San Antonio sooooo bad. You would be lucky to have the chance to live there.
im thinking about moving SA. is it a safe city? can you tell me w/c neighborhood i should avoid?
I can handle the heat in Texas up to 110° after that, it starts to get a little too warm for me. I’m 52 years old and I’ve lived in Texas my whole life. So I kinda like it hot.
Anything over 105 is too much for me! I kinda like it hot too, but this last summer was brutal.
@@SanAntonioTexasLiving It was way too many weeks in a row of 100s, and no rain too - really brutal.
@@happyzahn8031- you just gotta walk it off. 😂
If so you should live in Las Vegas/Nevada
Ive been living in San Antonio for a couple years and I agree with the traffic, SA should invest in public transportation instead of mindlessly expanding the highway just for it to get heavy traffic again
True.
Compared to other large cities San Antonio traffic is not bad at all. The only time traffic doesn’t move is because of accidents. In other cities you can sit and crawl at 5 mph for over an hour for no reason at all.
the summer in San Antonio starts in May and ends late September, maybe October
Very informative… GREAT WORK !!!
💪🏾💯✊🏾 RESPECT ⚔️ HONOR !!!
You did an awesome job on this! Thank you! What a talented man!
Great Description - I love how you do keep it REAL!
maybe im a crazy person but I like the summers and the heat here. San Antonio is just such a sweet city and place :)
Ugh!! 100 degrees for 4 to 5 months. 😢
@@toddrowley5605 no it isn't
You should run for Mayor! You're a great Ambassador and your videos are enjoyable to watch!
I love this video & your personality!! You had me laughing so hardd! Looking to relocate! Definitely gonna visit San Antonio! Thanks for this video!
Hey, thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it! This city has so much to offer I'm sure you'll love visiting . Before we moved here my family and I would vacation in SA at least a couple times a year and we never wanted to leave. When were you thinking about relocating?
Property taxes have trip[ed in San Antonio in about 5 years. They say there has not been a property tax increase in 7 years. So how is it happening? They simply have been raising the property values exponentially to increase the taxes. And wasting the taxes with frivolous and unnecessary projects.
Exactly. Also, they have changed the actual year the house was built to an 'equivalent' year (a recent year) so they can jack up the 'equivalent' price of the house. It doesn't matter what your house is really worth, they just put their own number down on the paper and you end up paying on that. (yes, i know about protesting, and the board, and equivalent sales, etc. but that is a one-size-fits-all that they use to jack up 'alleged' home prices).
Such as? Move!!
We are visiting soon to see if we like it. Wife has family there and I have one family member . Coming from Orlando , heat traffic is not much of an issue . I’m a truck driving and my wife is in the medical field so I’m pretty confident out there . Orlando minimum home price is about 350k-400k , Texas property taxes are higher but homes are cheaper. Mortgage can be about the same or less with more house . We’ll see 2026
Same Here! I'm a Orlando native and looking to move to San Antonio. I've visited San Antonio in the winter, Loved it! Going in July to Experience the Summer!
July In San Antonio is a whole different situation🥵... But not much different than Florida, so you're probably already conditioned for it.
When were you thinking about moving?
@@SanAntonioTexasLiving Yeah its very hot here in Orlando, I actually like the heat and humidity lol I spend a lot of time outdoors! Looking to move in the summer of 2025.
San Antonio is a really cool vibe in the Summer, no doubt you're gonna enjoy it! My family and I would vacation here every Summer for a couple yrs before we made the move here ourselves and we loved it.
We'd be happy to connect to answer any questions you have and give our insights about the city whenever you're ready😎
@@SanAntonioTexasLiving Awesome!Thank you so much and definitely appreciate the videos! Glad I found your channel! 🤠
I can handle the heat and bugs, we have bugs here in MD, so I’ll be looking forward checking some properties in November n December
I’m actually looking to do the same. I live in Capitol Heights currently and am looking to go to San Antonio to be closer to my kids
smart move
This construction on highways at I35 & 1604 suck. Sooo many people moving here! Thanks to all these subdivisions popping up everywhere. You barely see a nice field of grass or native trees anymore. Coming soon! Opening soon signs all around. I’ve lived here all my life and Live Oak to New Braunfels can be bumper to bumper. Used to drive fast on the highway to dry my truck off after a wash; forget it now. 5 miles an hour won’t do it lol, guess I’ll sweat my you know what off in the driveway. But, once these overpasses and elevated roads are done; who knows when, it’ll be great! I hope 🤞🏽! Love where I live though and recommend SA or surrounding areas.
Lived on post at Ft. Sam Houston 1968-71 when I was a kid. Loved San Antonio and have nothing but fond memories of the place. When they worked The Alamo into the plot of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, I wondered if they wrote it just for me.
The Roaches lol u forgot to mention. Haha. Other than crazy drivers, Roaches and Summer heat I love it here! Moved from Seattle in May of 2022
The roaches are so big I can see their toenails!!! 😳
Wow
That's how sewer roaches are in AZ. They traumatized me! I moved out of AZ and live in an area without sewer roaches. We get spiders here but they don't gross me out like roaches do.
Shhhhiiii I haven't seen or had any issues on our side of town with that (and that is a BIG deal breaker for me). We do get the occasional scorpion though. And I will never be used to that. Would take a spider over that any day. What area are you in? We moved here from Tacoma in 2022!
@@sarahperumal1959,
That roaches would be a deal breaker for me as well. That is they”only” reason why I do not want to live back in Florida💁🏽💯
Agree with everthings and always love the content. Only part I will add is poor Medina Lake is dried up.
I live in northern Va...you made me laugh with "Traffic"...cant wait to move back there.
Yeah, we here that a lot from folks out of state LOL! It's usually nothing compared to where they're coming from. When you planning on heading back?
@@SanAntonioTexasLiving 18 months or so I'm over DC. Housing prices should be good with all the Depressed Cowboy fans....their tears bring the rest of the country such sweet joy!!😁😁😁
Fantastic video! You really kept it moving and it was filled with lots of useful information. You've got a great sense of humor too. I grew up in SA and have been gone since 1980. Now I'm getting ready to return soon with an eye toward retirement. Thanks! Victor
Hey Victor thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video! How soon were you looking at moving back to SA for retirement?
@@SanAntonioTexasLiving I will be visiting early October with a friend to do a little househunting and relaxing with a move projected for next March.
I gotcha, October is a great time to come visit since it'll finally start cooling off around here. We'd love to visit with you about your home search & get you pointed in the right direction.
Would you be open to connecting with our team sometime in the next week?
@@SanAntonioTexasLiving I'm going to hold off on that right now. I'm already talking to two other realtors. But I will keep your company in mind!
We'll be here if you need anything 😎
Thanks for making these videos they help alot! 😊
Thanks so much, always happy to be a resource 🙌🏾‼️
Thanks for your video. I learned a lot. Definitely give you a call if we choose to live there.
Yes please we are looking for a gated community with trails, we have two big dogs also a must is a community pool. We do not want to live inside of San Antonio we are looking outside of the 1604.
We can definitely help with that! Were you open to connecting with our team sometime this week to talk about options?
@@SanAntonioTexasLiving we are going to start looking in January but yes definitely I will get my realtor to communicate with your team!
Looking forward to connecting soon 😎
Being born and raised here in san antonio, the cost of living has gone up way high! To me its so expensive that that's why San antonio has alot of homeless people too! In order to afford all he's talking about you have to have a good paying job and that's not always possible for alot of people especially if you have a background!
I've lived in greater Houston and the vibe in San Antonio DOES not different! We're buying in far far west, Mico area!
Nicely done! I am considering a move from Sonoma County (median home price is mid800k) but not sure I could handle the heat and bugs. The weather here is amazing.
Love the humor!
Thanks, I appreciate you 🙌🏾
very informative video, thank you for uploading it!
Thanks for watching and commenting, I appreciate you!
Dope video - good information.
Thank ya!
So many military retire in SA, then they get a full-time job. Their retirement, access to military medical/svcs, plus a 2nd full-time salary makes it very appealing for thus population.
Sounds workable, but Nick Johnson paintrd a dofferent picture of increasing crime, lack of job opportunity, and increase of migrants. I was at Lackland AF Base years ago, and I enjoyed living off base esrly 80's. Thank you.
I’m retiring this year and planning to move there
Very high crime everywhere.
heavy traffic and bad drivers, gangs, I'm out
Gangs? Lived here 63yrs, yet to see one creating multiple murders or robberies like in other cities.
SA gangs peaked in the early 70s. They are much quieter now, practically non-existent. More likely to get mugged by a druggie or something.
Byeeeee
@@leosalas41ifyyou must be living in the dominion then 😂
Bye Felicia
What about the job market? Also jobs doesn't pay as much there
Hey, I've actually got a whole video on the San Antonio job market right here👇🏾
ruclips.net/video/9O5KMfOSp9Q/видео.html
While it's true that incomes in SA are somewhat lower than other places, our cost of living is also a fraction of what it takes to live comfortably in most the rest of the country. Many of our clients we've helped move here were surprised to see how much more affordable it is to live here overall.
Were you considering a move in the near future?
Best video on san antonio! Thank you!
Great video!
Thanks for love, I appreciate you watching🙌🏾
My Hometown-San Antonio Best Placce to live-we have Hills in San Antonio-we are close to lakes-
I love Texas! San Antonio?....ummm not so much. After 3 yrs here....I'm leaving at the end of the month to country land in Fl. Rents & house prices keep going up and up but jobs keep.paying the same low wages. I had to get a work from home with a NYC based company in order to afford the costs in a comfortable manner, not luxury living but decent, safe neighborhood. And YES the traffic is INSANE!! And I'm from NYC🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Cost of Living is big for me, especially being newly retired. Not really concerned about property taxes, coming from Hawaii, I see not much of difference. I don't think you can compare the weather to Hawaii, but that's okay with me. That heat though, not sure if I'll be able to handle it. CRITTERS??!!!! Oh hell no.
It's surprising how many folks we've helped relocate to TX from Hawaii. We've even had 8 different sets of folks from the same family all make the over here before. You're probably right about the weather though.
Congrats on your recent retirement! When were you thinking about moving?
May or June of next year
Rocky !!!!
Im retired military. SA is great city for veterans. If you are DAV then you get a percentage taken off for property tax, and if your 100% you dont pay anything. Along with a VA loan its pretty good here. No worries about critters. Keep your house clean and get your house sprayed monthly and your good to go.
@@HangryPandaMike - or buy fake grass.
Be careful with the “property taxes outside of city limits in Bexar county! I live in west Bexar county outside of city limits, however my kids are zoned for Medina Valley ISD so I get the double whammy of paying taxes to BOTH counties! No one knew this at closing so I had a nice fat escrow shortage after my first year - make sure to ask before closing!
I am planning to relocate in about three years.
Got a reduction in property taxes from the governor. Thanks!
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Property taxes appear to be high
I agree, it's definitely up there so we always like to make sure we help folks navigate things. There's usually a scenario that makes sense, we just have to find it.
San Antonio used to be a city that was very affordable… not so much anymore
I lived in SA 20 long years and as soon as I retired I left for good. The town is boring, the weather is hot and humid and the culture ..you either “belong” on not. My son lives there and loves it.
Whoever comes to San Antonio and likes it, you guys are welcome! If you don’t like it, get out please!!! The whole country is trying to save a buck from the high cost of living moves here and has made San Antonio way way too populated! So if you aren’t happy with it, please exit stage left! 😂
I found something interesting about SA. I can live for a month in an Extended Stay American place in SA for a month less than rent in a studio Apartment in Los Angeles County. This means I can go to SA and stay for a month for about the same as a month in Los Angeles County without committing to an apartment lease. For a single person with median level income renting might be chepaer than buying.
Gr8 video bro.
We need a better source of public transportation
The traffic is the ugliest 🥴
We moved from Vancouver, WA to New Braunfels, TX when my wife finally retired. (8 years after I retired.) When planning for where we wanted to move, we discussed several options. First requirement, the cold and snow/ice. We wanted that to be near zero. Second, income tax, that definitely needed to be zero. Three, affordability. We had lived in San Antonio back in 1984, and I remember visiting New Braunfels' Landa Park during the Summer. Even though it was hot, the breeze was nice and made it quite comfortable. So, we set up a visit during the hottest time of year. So, we went In August, 2017...oops. Hurricane Harvey hit those days. Temp was in the 80's, but a very wet 80's. A bit windy too. But, the impact to New Braunfels was just a warm rainy day. Did some model home touring, and found prices nearly $100 K less than what our home was worth for the equivalent square footage. So we came back the next year and it was hot, but just as I remembered from when we lived in San Antonio. House prices were stable. So we decided to move to New Braunfels. Taxes were about the same, but we had the ability to homestead and were seniors, thus property taxes were lowered. Both retired, so traffic, eh..we did not need to go out during rush hour. By the way, compared to Portland, OR traffic or Seattle's, really no big deal anyway.
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San Antonio is very family oriented. If you are young and single Austin is better.
I lived in Mississippi so the heat will bother me but I am okay with it. The bugs I hate specially wasps but I can handle those. My issue would be horse flies, those things are the worst. Any issues with horse flies?
Further south you will get those horse and deer flies. Wasp, scorpions, and tarantulas. Just in certain areas south and west.
Thanks to all the people moving in, the houses are affordable to those moving in and raising it too far for the native Texans. Those moving in had higher wages in general compared to Texans.
I plan on visit in two years
No one is mentioning that we are running out of water! Seriously, if you come here, or already live here, put in a rain water catchment system. You will need it.
Just move to Converse Texas…. North/East!!!!
Represent 💪🏾
Welcome! Been living in Converse for a year now. So far, so good though. I hope NE SA is treating you well.
Glad to hear you're enjoying Converse, it's growing so much right now😎‼️
Are there gated communities in converse ?
@@melissalopez5782 There's Horizon Pointe in Converse with homes in the 5-10yr old range and Springwood in Universal City that was built out in the early 2000's. I'm not familiar with any new gated communities currently developing in the Converse area. You'll definitely find more of them in Far North, Northwest, and Far West San Antonio. Were you looking to be in the Northeast/Converse area specifically?
If you stay ready you ain't got to get ready. where'd you get that from
I moved here from Hampton, Virginia. You talkin about allergies??? My allergies were so bad back in Hampton that people would not hire me. My allergies are better here in San Antonio.
The friends that i know live in Houston and Dallas said San Antonio is boring.
Boring is good just what I'm looking for
It's a sanctuary city-never boring....
I chose the suburbs outside of Houston in a non flood area when moving from MD a year ago. San Antonio is boring, but great to raise a family. Cool thing about outside of Houston is close enough to city and still great to raise a family.
Yep, Houston has more knife fights and Dallas has more wheeling and dealing. However, SA is friendlier. As has been said, "It's the smallest big city ever"
Oh its violence in San Antonio big time people dont make as much money as in Dallas and Houston. I know local people in San Antonio. You must be on the outskirts of San Antonio. @happyzahn8031
Electricity is sky high!
If only I could convince my wife to move out to San Antonio
Have y'all ever visited or spent any time in SA?
@@SanAntonioTexasLiving Not yet, but I plan to. Been applying for jobs out there as well, just haven't had any luck yet.
SA is a very crime-ridden city - much more than Los Angeles. Crimes against women are common. It's only if you are retired military, that it makes sense to move to SA.
Those hoodies people are looking at way too many videos.💯
It's use to better and cheaper til all these outta towners came down here
It's called growth!!
How are the schools?
We have some of the top school districts in TX right here in San Antonio. The majority of our clients have settled in the Northside, Northeast, Medina, and Comal Independent School Districts for their exemplary rated schools.
Those are all pretty large school districts that cover a good portion of San Antonio, Boerne, and New Braunfels so it gives you lots of options when it comes to deciding on where to live.
Were you considering a move to the San Antonio area?
Not very good unless you live in the expensive Alamo district. Schools don't get enough funding, otherwise.
Any insight on the viability of retiring to San Antonio as a renter?
If you are from CA, you should stay there. Otherwise, come on down. You can easily look up many places to rent. Good ones not too far from med center and north are more expensive, prob 1500/mo 1brdm but a little father, maybe 35 min. are almost 1k near bitters and 181 but that;s actually closer to the new medical center.
😊rent is going up
You’re hilarious.
I appreciate you😎‼️
So of my family lives there, not me I live in Pahoa Hawaii in my paid for home for free.
This video want visit Texas and maybe move here over Florida
You should definitely come check out TX🤠
No. Move to Florida....
@@jenniferbryant2700 thank you Florida is my dream home just pick place be better for my business
@@jenniferbryant2700why?
I love SA ❤
This was definitely a pitch
I don't agree with a lot of what he is saying. He must be a realtor because he's leaving a few things out to make San Antonio better then it really is in the city and out.
Can you please help elaborate / share details? Agreed this is quite a positive video.
If you aren't coming here merely to retire with a partner already then San Antonio is a horrible place to move to.
Industry is very limited here, not many career fields you can find a job in.
The lack of career jobs pushes many to leave San Antonio thus the dating scenes is horrible.
The weather is horrible in the summer cause of course San Antonio is in Texas.
The traffic could be worse, but is actually horrible considering San Antonio is only really worth retiring in.
What little fun and things to do we have such as theme parks, etc, etc get boring and old fast considering that's basically the only thing to do in San Antonio.
Downtown San Antonio is like the only thing to go and see and most of it is just places to go eat at. However the places to eat at are horrible due to the restaurants just being merely tourist traps.
The only kind of food you'll probably ever find in San Antonio really is just tex mex.
Etc etc, don't come to San Antonio, infact while Texas isn't really bad, I'd say don't come to Texas.
The only people who think Texas is any good are those who care about moving to good cheap place to live more than moving to a place where there are things you can do.
He is leaving the job market out. Better to move outside of Dallas or Houston if you like fun and career. You can move in areas without flooding or tornadoes but close to those major cities to drive for work. San Antonio is a great place to visit but after a few activities, you will be bored for the long term and definitely don’t become unemployed in San Antonio. Longer time looking for a job.
@@michael2263 I disagree. I moved from MD to Katy tx and Texas has wayyyyy more to do. Events come and go regularly. In MD once you hike a few trials, travel to surrounding cities, you will be out of activities within a year or 2. Little events come to MD to keep the fun going.
@@Lovelysoulgirl1984 one man's trash is another man's treasure, however the reasoning for that is usually because the trash was better than what they already had.
San Antonio is nothing but a larger El Paso
Allergies: i would have been dead, if I had stayed in SA & Austin.
Is Kirby a bad area/crime?
Ok thanks ...🖕
San Antonio sucks - just kidding - I was there for 3.5 months - returning this year - Hill Country rocks - but i would never buy a house, the taxes are insane - RV Living , 1000 Trails, Castroville
Move to San Antonio if you love your car broke into
The San Antonio area is losing people and the per capita income is falling...
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San Antonio’s area median income increases to $88,600
sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-area-median-income-ami-2023/
REPORT: 80,000 more households in San Antonio by 2026
www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2022/05/26/80-thousand-households-san-antonio-2026-zonda.html
Sanctuary city
My family and I want to move to San Antonio
We can help with that😎... What's bringing you out this way?
Walking, hiking, biking with venomous snakes, mosquitos, criminals.
P r o m o S M
Is it lazy folks that work in service industry. In mississippi they are worst. All have an attitude and treat you like you bothering them. WTF happened to friendly service. They take their sweet time and if you make mistake to say you in hurry. That makes them slow down. They are miserable and want company. I avoid. I go self checkout whenever possible and no more fast food. Haf to get my tires rotated. After them ignoring me waiting to get service. I decided. Forget tires
90% wow! Really not impressive.
A deer with no eyes
Homes with no hoa's
Yep! We love that!
Quit Fibbing!!! Living in SA is awesome!! And if you call this bad Traffic why don't you Move in with Gilligan nobody will bother you over there no boat no motor car not a single luxury like Robinson and Caruso as primitive as can be!
My family and I have been here for 6 months in the North Central area, and we love it! It's clean, and I very rarely see homeless people or stray animals. (I'm not sure if he mentions that in this video, but I've seen others talk about it)
san antonio is trash the worst major city to live in next to houston
What makes it trash?
@@Marz62just drive near San Pedro by the Illegals sanctuary. They jump on your car to clean your windows with a dirty water bottle/towel and demand $
I disagree about Houston. The suburbs surrounding Houston are wayyyyy better than the areas around San Antonio. At least you have jobs in Houston. Don’t become unemployed in San Antonio or you will be homeless fast.
@@Marz62 I think lack of job market and it gets boring after a short amount of time. Great place to visit, boring to live.
Stop coming you’re ruining this city