I recently visited Austin downtown. Used the bus and walked- no problem. As a retiree I don’t have to worry about traffic. Loved Sixth Street. Univ TX has Moody Center, live theater. Loved the River Trail and Zilker Park. You are not discouraging me! Austin is progressive and friendly. It was 98 and humid during my visit Memorial Day weekend- exercise in the morning or use 24 Hour Fitness indoors. Nighttime walk around in shorts and t shirt. I had no bug problems downtown and here in Sacramento we have spiders, bugs - use pest control
Reality is no ones "choosing" to live in austin. Companies choose to move here and their employees come with. The moneys good, theres plenty to do inside and outside here. Not a bad place to make a future. But holy hell, the prop taxes are a deal breaker. Dont move here if your trying to live off a flexible income. Your income HAS TO JUSTIFY THE TAXES.
My property tax is $500 a month and my retirement income is $4000 a month. I'm glad that I have no mortgage and debts or I would be up the creel with no paddle.
Old Austin was the best. In the mid-2000's it suddenly turned into a crap-fest. Now it's congested, real estate prices are a joke, crime is everywhere and the restaurants suck.
Yes.....the restaurant business was bomb for a while in 2010-2020. Excellent chefs came here and great farm to table type restaurants came to be. Now it's just drinks, drunk people and super expensive trendy crowded places.
@11thEarlofProg That's why I moved away from Austin in 2012. It was getting congested, the crime and drug dealers, not to mention the rich people living in high rise condos downtown - major drug addicts. Austin was cool when the population was under 300,000. Now the population there is 1 million. I've been gone for 12 years, I can't even imagine what it's like now. By the way: the city is forcing homeowners in or near downtown away from the city - so they can build more sky-rise condos to generate more taxes. Two friends of mine almost lost their homes due to the property taxes there.
@adamatraore2286 Crime is really bad, much of it is from the super-high drug dealing/drug dealers there. People aren't nice there anymore. The city went from a population of 200,000 to 1 million in just a few decades. It sucks.
Our problem was, they went from homesteaded to commercial on the property, so it was no way we could ever pay it, even though we were still family. We were still living in the home.
affordable housing is the issue every place worth living has to deal with. It causes the homeless who end up in the streets and then get sucked into the street culture in order to survive.
Summer in Austin is usually May- Oct or Nov... this is not an exaggeration. It seems to get worse every year. I'm a native that doesn't live there anymore, and I make an effort to not visit in peak summer.. truly miserable. The humidity makes you feel like you're swimming in a sauna. The water bugs/flying roaches are by far the worst bug to deal with too.. they get so big they're practically pets. I don't miss them at all. I will say the nature/parks and outdoors aspect of Austin is great and probably what I miss the most. Hopefully a lot of it will be preserved.. unfortunately much of it has been replaced with more housing. 'Tis a shame.
I retired to Austin in 2000 because I like Austin. It got everything, although I don't participate in most. Summer is hot, but not a factor with air conditioning. My neighborhood is crime free and close to downtown. I'm close to an upscale super market and a hospital complex. My house value doubled in 13 years and all houses are worth about a million dollars, but look modest. What not to like?
As much as I like Austin, I couldn't agree more about the bugs. Got stung by a scorpion not too long ago. Also crime is getting worse and worse. It's about one homicide a day.
I have a roach phobia from living in Hawaii. I have not seen a roach in my house or yard in years. I have a pest exterminator that does the outside periodically, so nothing comes inside.
You can’t consider yourself a Central Texan until you put your pants and then frantically take them off cause the scorpion was trying to make a home in there…
"its flaws" - after living 10 years abroad between the USA and Europe the flaws of Austin it´s minimal if you compare them to Ft Lauderdale, Atlanta, Rome, and specially São Paulo in Brazil, the cities where I used to live. I wanted to watch this video ´cause I wanna move to the USA again. And to Austin this time. To me, the only "flaw" will be the heat. I have been living with HIV since 1989 and although it is under control my immunity is low and the intense heat bothers me for that, there is something called air conditioning, so the heat will no longer be a problem. Thanks again to post this video and create this account. A hug from South Brazil. 👍😉😍💔💖👋👋👋
this video was VERY helpful, I was JUST about to submit an application to an apartment in DT Austin. I hate heat (but was willing to deal with that on arrival) I hate spiders, THAT were i draw the line. SPIDERS ANNNNDDD SCORPIONS, no sir, no thanks! Thank you for this clip, VERY helpful...
I worked around the world and chose Austin to retire to. I retired in 2000 and my retirement income is less than 50K. However, I have a mortgage free home and no debts. Life is good.
I am a native of Austin ( my family have been in Travis County since the 1800’s) the traffic has become unbearable, the cost of living is sky high, and most of “ us” African Americans have been pushed out to the extreme County. I am surviving in Austin because I have an Network going back to the 1800’s. If you move to Austin, you better being making at least 75,000 a year and have a solid network or you might find yourself living under a bridge or a grassy industrial area in a TENT. Also, all of the natives are tired of pretending to be friendly to newcomers. Most, Natives have no more smiles and hellos for newcomers.
When rich, young professionals from Cali and the Northeast arrive, high prices will soon follow. Housing, rents, and cost of living become unaffordable. Taxes go up.
As a Romanian who visited ATX twice in a year, I’m completely in love with the city. I’d love to move there in the near future but I’m afraid I won’t be able to afford living there at the beginning :/ Some say you need to earn at least 75k a year to afford to live there which is a lot of money.
not really. Some very common jobs that require no degree and little experience in the area pay 70-90k. Those same jobs prob would pay 40-50 elsewhere. Now if you want to live in the city and have a good time you need to be doing 120+k. I say this cause the meals are 30-50$+ and that adds up. You’ll pay 2500+ for a decent apartment and just all those city charges gather quickly. Taking the fam downtown for an evening looks like 200$ typically just with food and free entertainment.
WARNING: You want to live somewhere that’s thriving when things go down you want a functioning area to live in. And about people leaving: sure, if you moved to Austin out in creepy areas not IN Austin. It’s hard if you want a big house, but I live in Austin and it’s the best. I wouldn’t live anywhere except in Austin in the actual city. I’m on a quiet street but I am in walking distance to everything! and I just love the vibe here. You can be a Republican in Texas a Democrat here too. It’s the best when it’s mixed. Do you want to laugh about things and stop being so freaked out and polarize there’s a lot of comedians here that will help you.
I think you forgot some very important things like….No mountains, no skiing, no real hiking (please don’t tell me the green belt is hiking), no OCEAN, no casinos, basically a lack of anything to do other than drink, bike, and run. If you can handle the heat. And honestly you can do those things ANYWHERE. THE PLACE JUST SUCKS.
it’s a safe city and has great schools but it’s getting so expensive for what it offers and it’s so so hot summer is from may to october, sometimes november. It was great 10 years ago but now it’s just getting “fancy” and expensive
The city is beautiful! The parks are beautiful! I love the city on what it offers (nature wise). However the traffic has gotten worse, whether you are in or outside the city. The prices are skyrocket high. There is no affordable daycare and/or no room. Literally the cheapest i found was 3,000 for 3 kids monthly. Im working just to pay daycare. The homeless population is getting bad. Monopoly at it's finest.
I'm retired and have no debts, so all your problems (except homelessness) are meaningless to me. I live in a crime free neighborhood near downtown next to an upscale supermarket and medical complex, so I'm more than good.
I live in Austin and I am from Texas originally, but not from Austin. I thought I was going to despise Austin. I don't. BUT, there are some individual things I DESPISE. I don't like the political fervor people have here; they think that because they are liberal they have an open social forum to always have a say and have political opinions, they tend to see everyone beneath them because they have "causes". Liberals in Austin are only liberals because they can afford to be. On a positive note : I thought I'd be WAY WAY WAY more liberal that it actually is, but then again it is Texas 👍, I've gotten to know people in Austin Austin that are proud conservative and republican and right-leaning, but not too crazy. Next, the infrastructure to deal with the people moving here. It's terrible. Like terrible terrible. Next: Housing Market, it's scary bad. Like really scary. You get slapped in the face by the economic reality of Austin's housing market. I think that's it. But aside from that I really Really REALLY like Austin and its surrounding suburbs. It is very very nice hear. The parks, trails, greenbelts, views, and hiking here is breathtaking.
SURE COME TO AUSTIN BUT LEAVE YOUR CALIFORNIA WEST COAST POLITICS OVER THERE PLEASE ! ALSO AUSTIN IS VERY DIVERSE BUT MOST PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND VERY POLITE SO DON'T BE A WEST COAST A****** PLEASE !
I live in St. Louis and I might move to Austin because of my partner… everyone talks shit on St. Louis but STL is arguably better than anywhere in Texas. Texas is so bland. No spice. Too expensive. No character. No vibe. No culture.
I think so many move to Texas thinking it's a little like the west coast , being from Northern California I can tell you it's not at all. Austin is the better part of the State as Cities go but Texas as a whole is a hot , bug infested bad dream. The roaches , fire-ants , flying bugs and snakes , yes Snakes ! I spent three month on the coast of Texas and I can tell you it's hot as hell even in the winter.They want you to move there they want your money !
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I recently visited Austin downtown. Used the bus and walked- no problem. As a retiree I don’t have to worry about traffic. Loved Sixth Street. Univ TX has Moody Center, live theater. Loved the River Trail and Zilker Park. You are not discouraging me! Austin is progressive and friendly. It was 98 and humid during my visit Memorial Day weekend- exercise in the morning or use 24 Hour Fitness indoors. Nighttime walk around in shorts and t shirt. I had no bug problems downtown and here in Sacramento we have spiders, bugs - use pest control
Reality is no ones "choosing" to live in austin. Companies choose to move here and their employees come with. The moneys good, theres plenty to do inside and outside here. Not a bad place to make a future. But holy hell, the prop taxes are a deal breaker. Dont move here if your trying to live off a flexible income. Your income HAS TO JUSTIFY THE TAXES.
When wealthy companies arrive, the cost of living goes sky high.
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It is spelled TEXAS
My property tax is $500 a month and my retirement income is $4000 a month. I'm glad that I have no mortgage and debts or I would be up the creel with no paddle.
The property tax went down appreciably for this year.
damn this is a lit video and got straight in to the important facts
Old Austin was the best. In the mid-2000's it suddenly turned into a crap-fest. Now it's congested, real estate prices are a joke, crime is everywhere and the restaurants suck.
Absolute truth…Texans are leaving their home state..it sucks
Yes.....the restaurant business was bomb for a while in 2010-2020. Excellent chefs came here and great farm to table type restaurants came to be. Now it's just drinks, drunk people and super expensive trendy crowded places.
@11thEarlofProg That's why I moved away from Austin in 2012. It was getting congested, the crime and drug dealers, not to mention the rich people living in high rise condos downtown - major drug addicts. Austin was cool when the population was under 300,000. Now the population there is 1 million. I've been gone for 12 years, I can't even imagine what it's like now. By the way: the city is forcing homeowners in or near downtown away from the city - so they can build more sky-rise condos to generate more taxes. Two friends of mine almost lost their homes due to the property taxes there.
People said the same thing in the mid 90s
Thank you for emphasizing those points. How about violence and crime wise?
@adamatraore2286 Crime is really bad, much of it is from the super-high drug dealing/drug dealers there. People aren't nice there anymore. The city went from a population of 200,000 to 1 million in just a few decades. It sucks.
When my grandparents died, our taxes went up so high that there was no way in h.e.!! we could afford it so we lost our family home
Our problem was, they went from homesteaded to commercial on the property, so it was no way we could ever pay it, even though we were still family. We were still living in the home.
@@melindamitchell-ph8jy Oh wow sounds awful so sorry. Isn’t there anything we as voters can do about property taxes? They feel criminal.
The homeless situation has really become a problem in Austin.
affordable housing is the issue every place worth living has to deal with. It causes the homeless who end up in the streets and then get sucked into the street culture in order to survive.
the homeless mess is due to Progressive antics.
Summer in Austin is usually May- Oct or Nov... this is not an exaggeration. It seems to get worse every year. I'm a native that doesn't live there anymore, and I make an effort to not visit in peak summer.. truly miserable. The humidity makes you feel like you're swimming in a sauna. The water bugs/flying roaches are by far the worst bug to deal with too.. they get so big they're practically pets. I don't miss them at all. I will say the nature/parks and outdoors aspect of Austin is great and probably what I miss the most. Hopefully a lot of it will be preserved.. unfortunately much of it has been replaced with more housing. 'Tis a shame.
It’s particularly bad at the moment. I’m actually angry every time I step outside the house lol.
I’m ready for a change.
Austin has become unaffordable for average earners.
I retired to Austin in 2000 because I like Austin. It got everything, although I don't participate in most. Summer is hot, but not a factor with air conditioning. My neighborhood is crime free and close to downtown. I'm close to an upscale super market and a hospital complex. My house value doubled in 13 years and all houses are worth about a million dollars, but look modest. What not to like?
Relax it's not that bad
So true. Fall is a maybe. And winter is like 1 week.
Those brown bugs that commit suicidal flights right into your window is something on another level…
As much as I like Austin, I couldn't agree more about the bugs. Got stung by a scorpion not too long ago. Also crime is getting worse and worse. It's about one homicide a day.
I have a roach phobia from living in Hawaii. I have not seen a roach in my house or yard in years. I have a pest exterminator that does the outside periodically, so nothing comes inside.
You can’t consider yourself a Central Texan until you put your pants and then frantically take them off cause the scorpion was trying to make a home in there…
very hot in summer, horrible traffic, rents very high, and crowded everywhere you go
"its flaws" - after living 10 years abroad between the USA and Europe the flaws of Austin it´s minimal if you compare them to Ft Lauderdale, Atlanta, Rome, and specially São Paulo in Brazil, the cities where I used to live. I wanted to watch this video ´cause I wanna move to the USA again. And to Austin this time. To me, the only "flaw" will be the heat. I have been living with HIV since 1989 and although it is under control my immunity is low and the intense heat bothers me for that, there is something called air conditioning, so the heat will no longer be a problem. Thanks again to post this video and create this account. A hug from South Brazil. 👍😉😍💔💖👋👋👋
Yes air conditioning negates the heat problem. Just hope that the power grid can keep up with the demand.
If you don't like heat, I would stay out of Texas.
this video was VERY helpful, I was JUST about to submit an application to an apartment in DT Austin. I hate heat (but was willing to deal with that on arrival) I hate spiders, THAT were i draw the line. SPIDERS ANNNNDDD SCORPIONS, no sir, no thanks! Thank you for this clip, VERY helpful...
There was a time that Austin was ahead of the curve in the new highways. That was in the 90s. They built the toll roads and they are still empty.
It once was a very cool town. once.
Bugs, yup and don't forget about the Fire Ant's, they hurt like hell.
I’ve lived in many different places in the US Austin is in my top 5 if that helps. Yes you need money but the other top 4 also require money.
I worked around the world and chose Austin to retire to. I retired in 2000 and my retirement income is less than 50K. However, I have a mortgage free home and no debts. Life is good.
How do the mosquitos in Austin compare to Miami? My god I have welts all over my legs in miami
Both got mosquitos from bill gates so no different
I am a native of Austin ( my family have been in Travis County since the 1800’s) the traffic has become unbearable, the cost of living is sky high, and most of “ us” African Americans have been pushed out to the extreme County. I am surviving in Austin because I have an Network going back to the 1800’s. If you move to Austin, you better being making at least 75,000 a year and have a solid network or you might find yourself living under a bridge or a grassy industrial area in a TENT. Also, all of the natives are tired of pretending to be friendly to newcomers. Most, Natives have no more smiles and hellos for newcomers.
When rich, young professionals from Cali and the Northeast arrive, high prices will soon follow. Housing, rents, and cost of living become unaffordable. Taxes go up.
Is traffic worse than Newyork?
@@owensunuwar697it's pretty freaking bad
@@HEllis-qu5nn I'm retired. I just drive during off peak hours.
Wait? There are black people in Austin?
Cannabis derivatives are perfectly legal and easy to order online without any medical bs in Texas.
Can you help me move out of Austin? I miss having cool summers by the beach without Bugs.
Probably consider Northern beaches for example in Delaware where the cost of living is cheaper; taxes are lower, and there are actual seasons.
The mosquitos are wow bad!!!! And. The fire ants are worse 🐜 🔥!!!
As a Romanian who visited ATX twice in a year, I’m completely in love with the city. I’d love to move there in the near future but I’m afraid I won’t be able to afford living there at the beginning :/ Some say you need to earn at least 75k a year to afford to live there which is a lot of money.
Probably have to live outside the city in the suburban areas but even that is expensive I’m sure
not really. Some very common jobs that require no degree and little experience in the area pay 70-90k. Those same jobs prob would pay 40-50 elsewhere. Now if you want to live in the city and have a good time you need to be doing 120+k. I say this cause the meals are 30-50$+ and that adds up. You’ll pay 2500+ for a decent apartment and just all those city charges gather quickly. Taking the fam downtown for an evening looks like 200$ typically just with food and free entertainment.
@@colinrickels201 thanks, buddy!
@@colinrickels201good to hear, in what fields in particular.
Dude apartment are 1500 a month, it's not that bad
WARNING: You want to live somewhere that’s thriving when things go down you want a functioning area to live in. And about people leaving: sure, if you moved to Austin out in creepy areas not IN Austin. It’s hard if you want a big house, but I live in Austin and it’s the best. I wouldn’t live anywhere except in Austin in the actual city. I’m on a quiet street but I am in walking distance to everything! and I just love the vibe here. You can be a Republican in Texas a Democrat here too. It’s the best when it’s mixed. Do you want to laugh about things and stop being so freaked out and polarize there’s a lot of comedians here that will help you.
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Cap Metro is hands down the Best Public Transportation system in the United States....
You obviously have a car sir.....
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i'm travelling to the USA on holiday and i'm looking for a 1 bedroom or studio apartment for 3 months, can you help?
Yes Please done come here! I love Living In Austin and the less of YOU means the more Austin for me! Thank you!
Austinite here 😉
Cali is Hollywood money you're tv don't cry Austin member when yes I'm country too, yes the high way boys long live Willie we love you smoke on willie
Can you stop the rain Austin
Needs timestamps
Did you escape the club Austin never
Land of the free Austin
I think you forgot some very important things like….No mountains, no skiing, no real hiking (please don’t tell me the green belt is hiking), no OCEAN, no casinos, basically a lack of anything to do other than drink, bike, and run. If you can handle the heat. And honestly you can do those things ANYWHERE. THE PLACE JUST SUCKS.
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No problem for a 91 year old introvert, but I do miss the casinos in Vegas.
I will miss mountains
hmm interesting
Lol are you serious 😅
it’s a safe city and has great schools but it’s getting so expensive for what it offers and it’s so so hot summer is from may to october, sometimes november. It was great 10 years ago but now it’s just getting “fancy” and expensive
Like Miami Dade Hollywood fools the club own you
Money talk but it can't walk
Austin in the early days six street was black
The city is beautiful! The parks are beautiful! I love the city on what it offers (nature wise). However the traffic has gotten worse, whether you are in or outside the city. The prices are skyrocket high. There is no affordable daycare and/or no room. Literally the cheapest i found was 3,000 for 3 kids monthly. Im working just to pay daycare. The homeless population is getting bad. Monopoly at it's finest.
When rich, young professionals arrive, housing and cost of living becomes unaffordable; and homelessness and crime increases.
@@ganymeade5151 So true!
I'm retired and have no debts, so all your problems (except homelessness) are meaningless to me. I live in a crime free neighborhood near downtown next to an upscale supermarket and medical complex, so I'm more than good.
@howellwong11 Congratulations! Do you want a gold star or cookie?
@@jsiajackson4355 What kind of cookie?
Come to Texas
White or black cali come to Texas your money drive us crazy
You don’t sound Texan?
most people from austin don't "sound" texan...
I lived in Florida and its worse here. Your exaggerating the problems for sure.
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The racism in Austin
Made me
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A lot of what you are complaining about are problems in every big city
I live in Austin and I am from Texas originally, but not from Austin. I thought I was going to despise Austin. I don't. BUT, there are some individual things I DESPISE. I don't like the political fervor people have here; they think that because they are liberal they have an open social forum to always have a say and have political opinions, they tend to see everyone beneath them because they have "causes". Liberals in Austin are only liberals because they can afford to be. On a positive note : I thought I'd be WAY WAY WAY more liberal that it actually is, but then again it is Texas 👍, I've gotten to know people in Austin Austin that are proud conservative and republican and right-leaning, but not too crazy. Next, the infrastructure to deal with the people moving here. It's terrible. Like terrible terrible. Next: Housing Market, it's scary bad. Like really scary. You get slapped in the face by the economic reality of Austin's housing market. I think that's it.
But aside from that I really Really REALLY like Austin and its surrounding suburbs. It is very very nice hear. The parks, trails, greenbelts, views, and hiking here is breathtaking.
SURE COME TO AUSTIN BUT LEAVE YOUR CALIFORNIA WEST COAST POLITICS OVER THERE PLEASE ! ALSO AUSTIN IS VERY DIVERSE BUT MOST PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND VERY POLITE SO DON'T BE A WEST COAST A****** PLEASE !
I live in St. Louis and I might move to Austin because of my partner… everyone talks shit on St. Louis but STL is arguably better than anywhere in Texas. Texas is so bland. No spice. Too expensive. No character. No vibe. No culture.
Texas definitely has its own character. Hell, it's its own country :)
I think so many move to Texas thinking it's a little like the west coast , being from Northern California I can tell you it's not at all. Austin is the better part of the State as Cities go but Texas as a whole is a hot , bug infested bad dream. The roaches , fire-ants , flying bugs and snakes , yes Snakes ! I spent three month on the coast of Texas and I can tell you it's hot as hell even in the winter.They want you to move there they want your money !
Everybody talking about roach problem. I have none, but I do have a pest exterminator treat the outside of my house every so often.
Move to Austin talk is cheap