DON'T Move to New Braunfels! 10 Facts you need to know about this San Antonio Suburb...
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- PAY ATTENTION! New Braunfels, TX is NOT for everyone! New Braunfels Texas is one of the fastest growing cities in the country and has thousands of people moving to this San Antonio Suburb just outside of Austin, TX. You need to know the good and the bad when it comes to moving to New Braunfels, TX and this is all about some of the most important reasons you might NOT want to move to the San Antonio Suburb of New Braunfels. Check it out.
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New Braunfels hasn’t been a small town since 1970! It’s become a HELL HOLE! Moved from Seguin 4 years ago to get away from both Seguin and New Braunfels!🇺🇸🤠 Native Texan!
Went to State 30 years ago, and it was so nice in NB. Took my kids recently, and traffic is bumper to bumper all day everywhere. Sad to see the healing waters so sullied...
I wish more of the people here now could have seen it 30 years ago. Change is inevitable but I too still miss those days!
We’ve been going to NB since the 1970’s. Sad to see it overwhelmed now. It was a quaint little town with very nice people. Same with all the other towns out there.
I lived in New Braunfels for a long time. It's funny you're sitting in Gruene and talking about N.B. I loved it then, and still love it now.
Gruene is actually just a district within New Braunfels now. It’s no longer its own town anymore. Glad to hear you love it! We love it visiting NB when we can!
Born in New Braunfels. Still have family there. Was 25000 when I visited there as a youngster. It’s not the same town I remember but I still love visiting there.
Please dont move to Texas. Go back and fix the problems youve created🎉
Best advice!!!❤❤❤
They want you to use your air conditioner less this summer because it could be a drain on the electrical system, the power grid, but they want you to use electric cars more! Huh? 😆
I rarely entirely agree with these types of analysis about real estate of which I am familiar but this guy is spot on.
Thanks a lot! 🙏🏻
Spot on??
NBU is the absolute worst thing here in NB. They have a monopoly here and it’s awful. They fined me for watering outside of a watering day. I didn’t want my foundation to dry up but yet I get tagged with a fine!
That sounds like Los Angeles traffic
How so?
Expatriated as a single, retired guy on social security with no wife, brothers or sisters or kids or parents to southeast Asia where the cost of living is literally 60-70% less than in the US. My fully-furnished, 1-bedroom apartment in a new building with a 50-inch SMART TV, washing machine, free water and Internet is only $200 a month on a 6-month lease. I’m on the 2nd floor with a balcony overlooking a grove of coconut palm and mango trees, 1.4 miles from town. The US dollar is used here and English is understood. Where am I? Cambodia! Very, very friendly people. As a single person, you can comfortably live here on $700-$800 a month.
That’s great, but you are in ….Cambodia
We found cambodians to be extremely welcoming and gracious during a visit there about 5 years ago
@@PragueMom Cambodians still are the most friendly and smiling people, much like Filipinos!
Right On Michael, great details and lots of info.
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
For those who don't know, these two towns are 40 MILES APART, and yet... it is a suburb of San Antonio. From S.A. through Austin to Waco it is almost solid construction. And maybe all the way to Dallas; haven't been that way in decades. And "Gruene" is German and means "green".
Grüne
I appreciate your honesty
You forgot two Major Issues,
1. Property Taxes. Increased over 4.5 times from 2022-2023, now they are increasing close to the same
2023-2024. I've literally watched older couples in tears, crying with the wife asking " What Are We Going To Do" and her husband telling her, Mama We're Going To Have To Sell All Of It", Her response, " But It's Been In Our Family For Four Generations, What Are We Going To Tell The Kids? What Are We Going To Tell Our Grand Babies? Where Are They Going To Live?" Hell, even the lady at the Tax Office had tears in her eyes! Then some chuckle head kinda smirked and said. " You Don't Have To Worry Anymore, Some Developer's Going To Give Ya'll A Boatload Of Money For It And Build A Bunch Of Houses On It"!!
2. Canyon Lake Is At It's Lowest Level Since it Was Built (For Flood Control. Not Water Supply) And It Currently Only Has Two Boat Ramps Open For Almost A Year Now Due To Drought And Islands Popping Up Even By The Dam. This Year Isn't Looking Any Better.
A couple things. I won’t argue with Canyon Lake. That’s a tough situation with really no solution anyone can control.
Im not sure where you’re getting the data for the property taxes but I’d be curious to see the source of that data. When it comes to seniors, anyone in a home who is 65+ gets no increase in the school taxes as long as they own the home which is typically 70% of the taxes and the value increase is limited. Yes the taxes can go up but it’s impossible for it to increase 4.5x in one year.
@@LifeinSATX -
You are correct about the property taxes being capped for seniors - as long as the house is properly homesteaded. The previous commenter, when speaking of “older couples”, must have been referring to middle-age, pre-retirement because most all states in America have some form of residential property tax relief for retirees/Sr citizens.
I just got my clear to close for this monday (moving over off 337 west of NB) and the first thing i got online and saw this morning was this video lol.....Great video like always bro.
New Braunfels is still a great spot man! Always better to know both the good and the bad though! Congrats on the new house!!!! Reach out if you ever need anything!
@@LifeinSATX i appreciate it man. Im a super part time realtor and your vids are awesome. Great local content
I’ve lived in new Braunfels for 6 years, retired here, and my land taxes were $2000. I live on an acre with a near half a million resale price!
Anyone saying traffic is bad in NB must be from small towns. Anyone who spent anytime in a major city like Houston would not consider NB traffic jams to be real traffic. I vacationed with my girlfriend’s family there about a week ago and NB “traffic” is an absolute joke compared to Houston traffic..Come to Houston during rush hour and you will miss your NB “traffic”.
Exactly!!
Best realtor in the game!! looking forward to continuing to work with you for my relocation out there & ALL my future real estate needs while I’m there 🤝
Appreciate it my man!
Your detail is impeccable. I’m considering moving there.
Appreciate that!!! Would be happy to help with the move if you need it!
Please don’t, we’re over full
I like it here, haven't had any issues, we are between San Antonio and Austin,
I just bought a brand new house less than a mile from downtown and Landa Park. I HIGHLY recommend getting the most efficient A/C you can. Mine is 20 SEER and my worst electric bill so far was $120 for electricity alone. This is for a 2600 sq ft home in 100º heat for an entire month (last Sept). My neighbors all opted for the standard 16 SEER units and pay a lot more for A/C.
Great advice. 😎
It sucks to see a nice small town turn into a busy town, but yeah. I shouldn't be talking. I moved from Southern California to San Antonio TX back in 2011 for financial reasons and to be a able to afford a new home. Great video. Subscribed
Im from socal too looking into moving to San Antonio but don’t know what are the good areas.
Just don't bring California politics to my Texas.
Also, out of state investors buying huge chunks of new subdivisions. They put a property management company in charge, and they expect a new house when you move. Leasing is the only option with them. I wanted to speak with the owner about buying the house, and the property management company would not allow me to contact the owner.
I live in Schertz, been living in this area since 2005, and went too Schlitterbahn in summer of 2023 and it is overrated. I call it Shitterbahn, it’s packed and the old side has a lot of shutdown areas, and both the new and old side lines are long wait times. I can also say that it’s not just New Braunfels that’s growing, it’s all the surrounding areas of San Antonio. I’ve watched it really grow in the past 20 years.
Great video brother, my only critique is regarding traffic and the infrastructure. I believe NBTX is doing a great job getting ahead of the growth. You mentioned traffic is horrible, but 46 east of 35 is literally the only traffic in the city. LOL. It is a mood killer though, that's why I stay west of 35! LOL!!!
We just had our foundation done on our 20+ year old house. Ramjack said soaker hoses will not protect your home in some soils. The problem is developers don’t want to pay cost of testing soil on every lot, so they build the minimum foundation and leave it up to the homeowner to run the risk of having to shore up their foundation someday. What new home buyers/builders should do is ask for extra strength on their foundation to begin with. Pay the extra cost for extra security up front. Get the foundation inspected before it is covered up. I recommend RAMJACK. It’s like this in most of Texas, not just NBTX, unless you can build on rock.
You just gotta know the right times to get around town and it’s not really bad at all but if your trying to get around at same time as everyone else then your gonna take longer
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New Braunfels is my favorite Texas city. I ❤ it.
All those people buying in the pop-up subdivisions (cheaply constructed) between NB and Seguin beware! Or anywhere off CR 1044. You are buying on farm land and I promise you your house foundation is going to shift so bad you won't be able to sell it. The other side of IH 35 toward the hill is all rock but the housing is much more expensive.
how sad. so many people :(. everything is being ruined. no peace
Its because so much of the economy is based on boomer age 'numbers have to go up forever' type of stuff that isnt really applicable anymore or sustainable, thats like half of the immigration issue is people arguing over the .98 replacement rate thing imo and the impact it has/will have, in conjunction with small town vs urban type of stuff.
I am sure people that live in NB would appreciate this video as they don't want the town to get any larger. I live in NB and don't mind the growth.
So true!
NB is where my cousin moved when she retired from real estate sales in Kingsville. She had a pool in Kingsville and wanted one in NB. She had to settle for one 1/3 the size because her backyard was solid rock. The little pool ahe put in had to be 100% jackhammered.
There's an ENTIRE RIVER right there... people are dumb....
@user-bg2gh6ty2b Right, 60 yr old retirees should enjoy tubing in the river with drunk teens rather hanging out in their own back yard with people in their same social status. Genius!
@@rt3box6tx74 yeah why not lol
you gotta water your foundation in the dry spells
I love it out here, use to live in Stone Oak and the crime has increased, Stone Oak was considered a better part of San Antonio. I haven't experienced any of that in New Braunfels. I am on my second summer here and my bills have never been that high. In every city you can get a evaluation done on your electric usage, irrigation system and water. The company will send somebody out to do it. Tip: Unplug all the electronics at night, cut off lights, use black out curtains for windows, to block the light and heat for the summer. I am from up north, so this traffic is nothing and you can go back roads to get from here to San Antonio and Austin. It is very peaceful here. San Antonio is the wild wild west, NB is cool especially for this city girl/ army vet.
I've been going to New Braunfels since I was a young boy in '75. Some of my best childhood memories are from summer trips there. I've passed that love on to my son and he goes with his friends now. I was in town in June and passed that housing development being built on River Road between 337 and River Road Ice House. Very disappointed.
I’ve lived in NBTX since 2006 and I love it! Easy access to SATX and ATX and all their attractions. Our home value has skyrocketed! Mostly due to Californians moving here. Traffic is bad at times in some spots, but not such a nightmare. No place is perfect or ideal, but NBTX suits me fine. ❤
New Braunfels is not a pretty town. It was hyped a few years back. And folks in NB do not drive to Austin for work. Austin is a one hour drive and that’s not even getting into Austin.
We vacationed in San Antonio early this year, and the wife wants to move out here or Canyon lake, (we're from Iowa) she hates the snow. (I love the snow) This was good information thank you. What is with the water restrictions?
New Braunfels is too crowded and people drive like poop
Bad drivers are pretty much everywhere in the SA region. LOL
It's a Texas Tradition to DRIVE COURTEOUSLY PLEASE! It makes everyone Happy in the Most Efficient Way! Thank you!
The Hill Country used to offer many utility choices,
USA full of monopolies
I believe nobody gets to $900 utility bills without something odd going on. A house with poor air sealing (insulation almost useless for a leaky house), or constant water leak, or something like that.
Texas is growing...
It's not a problem...
It's life..
It's inevitable....
I've lived in Houston my whole life and 45 South and 45 in general has been under construction ever since I was a kid I had a piece of land in New Braunfels I sold it
@fryguy714 he actually said he loves new braunfels, he is just stating some of the negatives here, which he was spot on
Misconceptions about watering a foundation. Never water your foundation. You’ll never keep up with it during droughts and the worst thing you want is uneven moisture conditions, so let it dry evenly or let it get moist evenly and naturally.
We left San Antonio because of foundation problems. Its a mega foundation cracked hole!
when you do a video check your audio levels
I live in San Antonio. My question is about energy - with all the growth in the area do we have enough energy resources to keep up with it all? Last summer they kept threatening brown outs and were asking everyone to do their part in turning the thermostat up. A couple of times we went to businesses that were asked to turn their air conditioning completely off during peak hours. What is Texas or Bexar or Guadalupe county doing to provide the resources needed for the explosion of growth in this area?
All excellent points and questions. Sounds like a great intro to a letter to your congressman. 🫡
I can verify traffic can be brutal there into Austin.
He's Right Texas sucks !!! PLEASE STAY WHERE YOU'RE AT YOU'LL BE MUCH HAPPIER THERE!
@@FNshinobi we’re built different
We're running out if room so stay where your at!
You guys are spitting in the wind trying to get people to stop moving to Texas in general. Hang in there. DFW has built so many roads in the last 20 yrs, that it pretty much has the inner DFW AREA IN DECENT SHAPE. now, the ones that suffer are what was once in the sticks. Ie Melissa, Anna, Farmersville, Lavon, and Nevada to name just a few. I drive for Uber and Lyft and I hate it when I have to go to those places. For more in close areas in Richardson, Plano, and Frisco, the infrastructure is doing pretty much better. Garland is so old that it is hell getting anywhere there, and I am not telling you my backroads which are few and far between in Garland.
Dallas is trash
Yes, please stay away. Y'all have ruined the state.
Lots of construction but its mainly being done on the north side of town...what about the south where all the traffic is at? You mention 46 and not a lot of work, but plenty of people from New Braunfels work in Seguin and use 46. Other than waiting for the state government to fix 46, why is the city not opening alternate roads asap? Lots of home and apt construction permits but no infrastructure on roads...
New Braunfels or Gruene? Your talking about one town and sitting in another...
At this point, Gruene can be considered a neighborhood or district within New Braunfels. It is most definitely not its own town separate of New Braunfels. Maybe it was at one point that was a long time ago.
The traffic in NB is crazy. We can’t wait to move out. I could never understand how so many people can move to this area and only a few out of thousands can actually cook. Besides one in Schertz, we have to drive to Houston for some good food. Local Texans don’t know what good food is. Foodies get foodies.
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i think the traffic is exaggerated. hwy 46 isn't that bad, although it isn't good and needs improvement ASAP. coming from a much larger city though, it's really not bad.
All the small towns are seeing the same growth. Sad for sure.
It’s the great Suburbanization.
Riiiiiight !
If you’re already from Texas moving to another town in Texas I’m okay with .But if your from another state running from your problems that you chose to be in don’t come to Texas we don’t wants you here
Kinda funny to call it fast paced or busy. Maybe relative to what it was in the past, but there's a car every few minutes and a few people here and there but certainly not congested
It’s definitely congested
Agree...go to San Antonio...that's congested.
I am wondering what the upside of living in this area is? It seems very HOT for many months. and soundls over-crowded.
Some of us prefer the heat vs cold or wet climates.
Lots of things to do, great neighborhoods, fairly affordable, great schools. As for the heat, it definitely can get hot in the summer, but mornings and evenings are bearable. I’ll give you a hack to beat the heat: find a house where the backyard faces east. In the afternoons when it’s shaded, it’s a comfortable temp and perfect for spending time outside. Me and my kids are always outside in the afternoon in the summer because of the direction our house faces. 👍🏼 We ate dinner on the porch yesterday and there was actually a cool breeze!
Bingo!
The ironic thing about texas is how big it is, but how little access there is to all this largeness. Most me, mine, minded state of the union.
What about solar? My bill stays 300 bucks all year long. Love my Sunpower system and back up battery
Wow that’s your electric bill? That sounds high to me but I’m not in Texas. Ours is $174 consistently on an averaging plan but I’m in Oklahoma City. Everywhere is definitely different. How much would your bill be if you didn’t use solar panels?
I don’t know much about the details with solar. I’ll definitely look into it.
Yes find out about solar in Texas because that will be the hot topic given the high utility bills you mentioned. A lot of great options out there
the video would be more awesome if you could show New Braunfels instead of just gruene.
Yes absolutely it's all true. Don't come here. Awful! I would move today if I could. But the boxes... I'm doomed to remain. Don't let this happen to you. You have been warned!
Those boxes’ll get you.
With the amount of money coming in.....can built more roads and widen some.
And they definitely will. But it will be tough to keep up with the continued growth.
No
My hometown, it was a small time paradise thru the 80s, now I won't even go visit family there. It's horrible now. Breaks my heart.
LIving in Seguin, I can tell confirn the traffic on 46 is horrible a lot of the time. With !-10 going through Seguin and I-35 going though New Breaunfels, 46 is really one of only two conveneient connecting roads. I generally go to New Braunfels twice a week to go out with friends, Travel time has gone from 20 minutes for the 15 mile drive to almost 45 minutes. At 65, I hope I live long enough to see the new express way between the two cities, but I won't hold my breathe. I also have a rental duplex in NB, just off 46, and yes, prices are going up.
New Braunfels, Texas…gone forever
like so many TX towns, it grew too fast, and they aren't ready for it
Are you saying the traffic rivals Austin?
Nothing rivals Austin or Houston
DFW is worse than Austin, Houston we don’t even go there. 😂
‘Bout to say; water restrictions.
So you are not a resident???
Add Taylor to the list.
Ann & Brian live there.
That ruins it
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Go Unicorns!
Hey there! I lived in San Antonio for 12 years and now live in Austin. And in my personal opinion calling NB a San Antonio suburb it’s a bit of a stretch. It’s a bit like calling Arlington a Dallas suburb. You can stretch it and Ok but not really. Anyway, I am 100% in agreement with everything else you explain. Love the Gruene Dance Hall!
Appreciate the comment! It’s a little farther than a typical suburb but it’s definitely all part of the same area. Any statistical measurement about major metro areas in the country include the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metro area.
anywhere with a 1 hour drive is usually considered the suburb of that main city in the Texas triangle, but id say around 30 minutes usually anywhere else
Arlington is definitely a suburb of Dallas - it’s only 15-20 minutes from downtown in normal traffic.
nb Is a suburb of sa just like the woodlands is suburb of Houston
Maybe more like calling Kyle or Georgetown or Taylor a suburb of Austin. Id say since Texas city limits are huge, suburbia is anything in your city 'loop', Austin is weird and its 'loop' is like 183 in the north and Ben White in the south, but Arlington is in that 'loop' in Dallas.
Texas should designate more lands in the Hill Country to be State Parks!
The hill country is already the only are in Texas that has as many greenbelts and state parks and stuff as it does. It wouldnt help much either because people only want to go to the ones that are green and have water, why places like NB are booming, it has a river. Versus Enchanted Rock in the Hill Country, its not really a tourist park as much versus like Krause Springs or the Dripping Springs area.
No way! We need local farms.
Your not in New Braunfels right now your In Greune!
I’ve said it a few times already but Gruene is a district within New Braunfels. It is not its own town and hasn’t been for a long long time.
Move to San Antonio instead, the central areas
No that is funny
I used to live in new Braunfels for a little while when I was a kid. Went to school there. Back then it was a German racist town. Don’t know if it still is, but I would not be surprised.
New Braunfels is worse than Austin as far as traffic 1 way in 1 way out.
It’s definitely getting there… but Austin is still way worse in my opinion.
Austin? Have you ever been to Austin!
Reason 11.) Small town racism / Good ol' boy network.
Every single city has some bad people. Not worth talking about in my opinion unless you just say that everywhere has that.
@@LifeinSATX I think it's worth mentioning. But no - I don't go around saying this about everywhere I go, just New Braunfels.
@@RC-SATX -
No it’s not worth mentioning because not everyone experiences racism. Some do, some don’t. It’s a big world and life is what you make it. BTW - NB is 40% minority (AA, Hisp, other).
San Antonio is known as "Little Mexico" so naturally...people are moving out. I used to work in NB and it was a perfectly balanced city in 2009, now.. I don't recommend New Braunfels either-You hit the nail right on the head. People are going to flood it like they did San Antonio. Overpopulation and infrastructure are a thing. Look at NYC. You can't reasonably own a car, forced to take public transportation and a 600 square foot apartment will run you about $2500. Welcome to America people :)
San Antonio is not a Mexican city. San Antonio is one top ten largest US cities,a very diverse city, people from many parts of the world live in SA.
Yep. Thankfully, I don’t see the growth “up” happening. Just more and more neighborhoods popping up everywhere. Lots of space for most of these areas to grow out. Btw, SA is definitely not known as Little Mexico.
@@jasatx2024 I have lived here ALL my life. There was never a Mexican restaurant on every major road on every other block. Over 25 Culebra Meat Markets and La Michocanas. We can do this all day. Diverse is when it is evenly balanced. This is why most people are moving north-for actual diversity..lol.
As a native San Antonian, I have never heard it called Little Mexico except for outsiders. If you don't like SA, stay away.
@@stischer47 Well if you actually spoke to all of the 1.4 million people, then maybe you would have. End of day if someone's comment offends you, stay away.
It's very obvious that you're not from around here opinions coming from you being not from around here you need to keep your still be polite and respectful if you don't like new Braunfels just walk away from it
He’s speaking truth
New braunfels is cursed
By outsiders.
LIBERALS KEEP OUT OF TEXAS!..