Why Are People Leaving Austin Texas? | The Truth!
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- Why Are People Leaving Austin Texas? | The Truth! Are you hearing rumors about people leaving Austin Texas? Some of it may be true but there are just things people tend to miss when they move to Austin. In this video, Know what are the reasons people leave Austin Texas so you'll also know if you can take these things before moving to Austin Texas.
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Hey everyone from California, welcome to Texas. This summer is going to rock your world. If you'd like to move ill help you pack.
This heat is intense + humidity.
Same thing here on Phoenix AZ 😂. They go back CA fast 😂 116 today
@@Casanueva1don't be a wuss!
@@711yada I’ll take the heat over snow any day
@@Casanueva1 ... Then quit whining!! 🤪
Austin was great thirty years ago.
You could rent a little house a few blocks from downtown for four hundred bucks and there was endless free parking under the highway.
It was great for walking there was a lot to see.
I spent a lot of time skateboarding around sixth street with my friends.
Even just 15-20yrs ago
Me too, but closer to forty years ago for me. The skate scene is still pretty good. Even some of the old men get together for ramp night once a week. My adult son actually skates with names I remember from youth. Unfortunately I broke both of my heels awhile ago, and don't get to participate.
That’s everywhere brother …. Unless you’re in the middle of nowhere.
You could rent an apartment for approx. Four hundred bucks close to any downtown except NY and Honolulu 30 years ago.
OI hear you all cities that are growing know this Colorado springs in 1998 500 a month all bills paid studio today 1,600 a month same apartment as matter of fact older why why so yes I hear you Austin ppl everything is getting higher some ppl really say politics then why can't we get someone who can fix these problems yeah I got off the subject a little sorry honestly I've never lived in Austin so I can't really judge it just travel here it's ok nothing really stands out to me anymore than Buffalo New York it's more of a popular game in my opinion and Colorado springs holds there own in that but growing pains yes. I do admire Austin's skyline
There is absolutely no reason to move to this city anymore. EVERYTHING that made Austin what it is, is completely gone now.
Ya and im from austin. Californians suck
I couldn't agree more.
yep, just ask San Francisco
May as well say it. The changes that are bad in Austin, and the rest of Texas, were not caused by native Texans.
@@michaelairheart6921 It's true. Places are defined by the people that live there. Texas was great because it was full of friendly down to earth Texans.
Thanks for the video Julio great observations.
Austin has lost its soul. The things that used to make Austin special are all mostly gone now. What makes often attractive is that there are tens of thousands of very high paying jobs. No one moves to Austin to work in low tech. They come for Tesla, Google, Apple, Oracle, University of Texas (which is actually the largest employer in Austin but does not show up that way because those lists are usually just private industry, and a married couple of professors just became new neighbors, moving from Pennsylvania to teach at UT). It is the jobs that bring people to Austin, not the weather.
And of course those are the most interesting and cultural folks.
Very informative video, I appreciated the honesty. Subscribed.
Thank you
I left 12 years a go..done with it
Theres def been a lot of changes
No mention of the homeless people? I live in San Antonio, which is "homeless lite" compared to the numbers you see all over the place in "little California." The ones in Austin clearly look like they've given up: One was even sleeping mere feet from where my parents parked downtown when we visited the city and checked out one of the museums. I don't think the cost of living fully explains that. I don't have anything against Austin. It's certainly a unique place to visit, but luckily for anyone feeling crowded there I would not want to live there and to the folks on stuck i35, I have scarcely traveled that corridor.
I'm a native Texan and I pray that things will become more normal as far as the cost of living I love Texas I don't want to see it all fall apart.
It's going to fall apart no matter what. Should never have let those commies move to this state in the first place.
I hate to say it probably won't some ppl have ruined Denver same thing as Austin with their justification on the beauty of drugs how about hugs some ppl push their beliefs on others to the max and ruin a place and I ain't talking politics drugs are ruining America.
Austin was always good as a funky small town with entertaining things to do. It was a town that did fine with people visiting or vacationing, but couldn’t handle people moving here. It’s been destroyed by the overwhelming population boom, that destroyed the culture and the attractions.
They've literally loved it to death.
EVERY town or state is destroyed by population booms. That's what happened to California. They gained 21 million people in 40 years. You wonder why taxes are so high out there? You have to build out infrastructure to serve that extra 21 million people.
NOPE.
CITY COUNCIL DESTROYED THIS CITY... NOT AN INCREASE IN POPULATION.
NOW CITY COUNCIL, IN OPPOSITION TO THE VIEWS OF ITS CITIZENS, HAS OK'D INCREASING THE DENSITY 2 FOLD BY ALLOWING MULTIPLE DWELLINGS ON ONE LOT.
YOU THINK TRAFFIC IS BAD NOW, JUST WATCH IT TRIPLE WITH THIS NEW POLICY.
CITY COUNCIL IS OUT OF CONTROL., BUT AUSTIN IS TOO TRENDY TO NOTICE.
Austin, Texas, won Texas Monthly 2023 Bum Steer of the Year. It's the allergy capital of the world, in the middle of nowhere, and yet a 1000 square foot home sold for $700,000. It is the 11th most populous city in the U.S., with 4th worst traffic congestion. It's at least 3 hours from any coast, and 8 hours from a sizeable mountain. One good attraction - Lake Travis, if you don't mind crowd.
Sounds like a Hellish paradise
Sounds similar to Las Vegas's real estate bubble. They're just 10+ degrees hotter, which could help explain the messed "reality" lol.
@@heent7972 more on the hellish side
It's not the allergy capital of the world that somebody made that up, but it's not true
Agreed. My allergies pretty much last from September to April. Half the year I can’t go outside because the allergies here are so extreme and the other half of the year you can’t go outside because of the brutal, brutal heat. Also, no mountains, no beaches, no water anywhere and if there is, it’s extremely overcrowded. I just don’t understand why people actually want to move here. I moved here 12 years ago for the super cheap living and now that’s gone. There is absolutely no reason to move here anymore
I moved to San Antonio in 2022 after 30 years in Austin. I don't miss Austin at all! Prices, resources, and property are much better plus SA has roads that don't get clogged up!!!
I’ll say this, it’s still a very diverse and happy place to be. The boardwalk all around the lake is awesome and train is expanding. I love it. Summer is tough but you have a culture around it. Pools everywhere huge free pools, movies in pools and moonlit nights at Barton creek and even aerobics cocktail hours it’s fun.
green hair die has gotten so expensive here in Austin 🤣
Get your colors right ma’am…..you mean “ rainbow. “
Hola visitare texas ahora en diciembre como esta la tempertura y que vestimenta deberia traer?
Hola ahorita está un poquito frío. Yo traería un abrigo y camisetas de manga larga.
@@Casanueva1 gracias
50% humidity? That's cute.
Sweat
Exactly! We have high 90's with 85% humidity here in Houston.
It's currently 88 degrees and 70% humidity where I'm at, which is one of the cooler days this week. We tried to make cotton candy last night and it would melt before you could put it on a stick due to the humidity.
Ever increasing property taxes does NOT make a person feel at home. Enough is Absolutely Enough!
Did you hear about the new bill Texas legislature agreed on?
I have hear of lots of bills on the border. What’s new on Abbots campaign promises to lower property taxes. In San Patricio county where I’m getting ready to move out out they indiscriminately raise property taxes every year. If you paint your house now they think it’s worth more if you should buy a garage door they up your taxes it’s outrageous. We’ve already bought the garage door. We’ve already paid the sales tax on the garage door. We’ve already paid the contractor to paint our house, but now we have to pay for these things perpetually indefinitely, I’ve had it there should be a agreed-upon price for Property TAX and it should stay there. You can’t just have Democrats raise it every year because you plant a lemon tree and now they call you a farmer.
I googled this but don’t know how this helps me. I am digging into it at my County Tax Accesses office.
This is what happens when you live in a state with no income tax. The money has to come from SOMEPLACE to run the state. And when population explodes, you have to build out infrastructure to serve thsoe additinonal people. And that costs money. States that have income tax are more fair. You only pay more if you EARN more. Texas punishes homeowners. Thank God I don't live there. And WHY are you blaming Democrats for this? the Assessor for San Patricio county is a Republican!
Property taxes are about control. Under no circumstances should one be able to be removed from a home that they rightfully purchased.
I know what you mean about not recognizing the place. I was born and raised in Austin and lived there my first 40 years, moving away about the time you moved there (around 2000). When I left there were no toll roads in Austin - not one! When I come back for a visit, I can't even find roads or businesses I am familiar with.
You didn't mention the major problem with the homeless slugs that are everywhere now, trying their best to turn Austin into San Francisco.
You did mention the cause of everything wrong with Austin though. It was "blue dot in a red ocean". Back in the 60's and 70's, Austin was a bit weird because of the hippies and the college kids, but for the most part it was filled with real Texans with only some freaks down around The Drag and some downtown areas. Since the blue people started to run the local government beginning with Max and those idiots, it has slowly progressed into the madness it is now. I hope the hardcore Dems love it there, because what Austin is now is their baby.
Damn you said it truthfully Sir. I also gave my colorful opinion.
agree!! ✌️
Spoken like a true Redneck. Please find Joy... and Jesus Mr.Miserable. This is not the racist 60's that you all so dearly loved anymore and everyone seems really upset about it 😭😭😭. A bunch of big grown babies complaining and whining about "things" aka you're all white privilege not being the "same". You are the same people back in the day who were mad at slavery being abolished and equal rights. Good riddance to the past and to people who care more about the color of the state than you do about just being a good human. This is the real slug in the room.
The “blue people” wow “homeless slugs”
wow “blue people”, “homeless slugs”. You seem to represent Texas very well!!
Born and raised in New Braunfels, just bought a house in Schertz. Haven’t been up to Austin in a little while. Definitely in the best part of Texas.
Wonderful News for me
Native Austinite here. I can not believe what it has become. I used to love it here but now I can't wait to leave.
Dean, what are your reasons for leaving?
I used to dream of moving to Austin being from Houston. I always had the most fun in Austin. Over time, it lost it's lure. People are still friendly, but it's just not what it used to be. Now living in France, I don't ever want to move back to Texas, ever.
Austin is changing to the new California, homeless, drugs, high prices and all.
No mention of the increase in crime nor the growing homeless population - interesting...
I am an Austin nite 54 years .. when I was a child growing up we had hard winters weather .. we had 4 seasons.. take the bus to get around… takes a few more minutes to get somewhere…
Great reason I'm not in Baton Rouge. Traffic is horrible. Plus everything you need is scattered out. My town 70380 is the best place to live affordably. Just don't need a car.
There are many days in Summer when relative humidity is a LOT more than 50 percent.
Im from Toronto.I was in Austin this Feb. It snowed very gently. My god, all the Starbucks were shut down. In Toronto, we would get in car with a foot of snow and still drive to the drive thru window, in fact. I don't recall anything being closed from a snow storm in over a decade.
Toronto is built for snow and ice. Texas is not! duh
Absolutely true
Give it time the great lake states I think will make a come back like Austin today Austin is a hot spot rightfully so but fresh water has to be the future, making new trends hot spots cities like. Chicago ,Detroit ,Saint Louis could actually make a major come back water is very important to humans and too life it's self take that how you will. Nothing is going to stay in Austin or Chicago.
How can a place be built for snow that's like saying Austin is built for heat then ppl have heat strokes ppl adapt not built for
@@user-jw2bo3yp7p I think we he means we have snow plows ready to plow as soon as it snows and in Austin they don't have anything to maintain the infrastructure in snowy conditions
Thank you for this video. I have watched a few of your videos because next week I am actually going to be in Austin for the Texas Longhorn game against Kansas. This is also going to be a trip so that my wife and I can see what the culture is like and some of the neighborhoods are like as well because in the near future were looking to move to the Austin area. Mostly around Round Rock. I do have some concerns though seeing this video that it may not be the place for us. We live in Utah and want to get away from the weather here. We've always talked about moving to Texas so we are making this trip for the weekend to see if it is something that we can do. We are a non religious Trump supporting family and have conservative values. With that said, that comes with certain things that we don't support. Is this area really the place that we should be looking? Thanks for your time and love your content.
Hi, thank you so much. We put a lot of work in those so we appreciate it. That’s so cool, you are gonna love going to the game and the atmosphere. Yes you have a lot of great questions, I would love to schedule a time to talk to you and your wife. When are you guys available?
Im looking to move to Austin from Florida , have my brother down there now. I visited and like what i saw but now i have to see how it is living and also because theres a lot more tech jobs (computer engineer/tech) here
Hi there, how can we help you make a smooth move down here? 737-299-8843
What about the heat of the summer? Worse than south florida?
A lot of tech jobs are remote since Corona times
That was a really real and down to earth video on Austin - excellent info! My family and I will be visiting this month to see if we can handle the heat, as we are considering to move to Austin next year.
Absolutely come on down! How can we help you?
...I avoid Big Citles ....High prices, Hgh traffic, Cost to park, Nothing there for me... Big Cities ...Best Viewed 5 miles away doing 75mph!
Thanks for sharing
Your opinion is a fact not hardly any music/out door activities as it used to be it's kinda boring until holidays.
traffic has made it so hard to get around for fun, work, etc. it won't get better anytime soon
Interesting that when you talk about I-35 being heavily congested, you show a scene of South Congress on an easy day. The real I-35 can be horrific. We have rush hours on Sundays even. Fifteen minutes to get to downtown from Cedar Park? When, at 3am? Have you driven on 183 at rush hour? Honestly, the traffic sucks any time of the day or night.
Re: Live Music Capital, There are still countless local bands, songwriters, DJs, etc., and you can have your pick on any given night. Touring bands will always play here because it's such a big market. If you're thinking of moving here to become a musician and make it big, forget it. You will not make a living playing gigs in local bars and restaurants and you will not get a record deal playing local gigs. That said, there has never been and never will be a shortage of live music in and around Austin. Forget about what the media says about 6th Street. It's not worth the hassle to go downtown to see shows. There are better venues, usually with free parking, in other parts of town.
I lived there in 2003 and i loved it. But that was a different time
The city is mostly college stidents. Do not retire there. Humidity is horrible.1xtremely small bd rm almost 2,000. The traffic is horrible.landscape has changed due to high teck enterprise. Great place to live 30years ago. I moved away and
Plan to never go back.
Left Austin in early 2000s. It was already starting to suck. It was an awesome hippy college town. South Congress was lined with taxidermists. Small, local business predominant.
5 month later, how are the prices in austin tx?
Stable
@@Casanueva1hum, zillow/redfin show a negative trend :)
Why would you leave Calif beaches for landlocked hot as hell hole? I never understood that.
Please, stay in CA.
@@NealD hell. i'd stay in Mississippi before i moved to that shit hole called Texas, the nation should put all spent atomic fuel and other poisons in Texas
We don’t Californians here.. stay there please 😊
I never understood it either. The taxes are high in Austin too, also a ton of homeless people like California
It's just trending I agree I like mountains so it doesn't appeal to me.
Bro, I’ve been working here a few months, from Houston…..we are hitting 103 this summer… HELP US!
You got this!
Changing Vibe: literally nothing is the same .... even the street names have changed!
One great thing about Austin is the ability to Kayak and swim in the lake during these hot summer days 🥵
That’s very true, a lot of water holes to cool off.
That's right. I remember swimming in Lake Travis, and then shit floating by. Yike!
I remember enormous snapping turtles in that water..
Don't forget venomous snakes!!!🐍
@@pwu8194 always one crappy perspective lol
alot of folks from miami moved there due to affordability , the weather is prob a issue but by that the state gov is failing to plan. but construction is just as bad here in florida yes its blocks traffic nonstop but thats the price of development. there is a joke here in south florida if the freeway is open and it never is because its always nonstop construction.
the reason that state or local gov't doesn't plan when it comes to road construction is because a lot of the land is protected. Austin will hit a population of 1 million if it hasn't already and won't have a interstate Loop like Dallas, Houston or San Atonio does. Anything that involves building or expand roads is usually met with lawsuits by environmental groups due to the locations of the aquifers. The city also has strict ordinances about trees, bike lanes etc etc Everything always gets tied up in the courts. I think in opinion Mopac was the last big road construction project before the brakes were slammed.
Just try to protest the appraised value of your home used to compute your property taxes. Officially there is a process for doing that, but your protest is always denied. One can only wonder how long it will be before they begin taxing the tents that are increasing in number.
That’s interesting. I won my protest the last two years and was able to reduce my taxes.
@@Casanueva1 Just out of curiosity did you file the protest yourself, or did you hire a protest company to do it for you. My experience has been that the former never works.
@@bahamabrz I used a company called ownwell
I'm in the Rio Grande Valley, protesting the appraised value is common here as well. I've never seen such a step rise in values. Its not only Austin but alot of areas of Texas. A few years ago as the values began to rise a bomb threat was called in to the County Appraisal District. It ends up it was done by a disgruntled home owner who was pissed about his tax bill. You use to think that areas that were gentrified were the ones who got it the worst, not anymore in our area.
Traffic worse nightmare in Austin. Only one freeway. Texas government not invested in roads but taxes is really high. Bad bad tax money someone pack in their packages.
I was trying to follow along with your points but I have to advise you to NOT include a competing background soundtrack that distracts the viewer from clearly hearing and 'listening' to what you're trying to teach, You're not alone; for some reason it's become trendy to pick a secondary music soundtrack to play along with the audio portion but for many of us it's not only unnecessary but it's actually in the category of distracting noise.
I miss Austin but not the humidity
I've been here since 98 and am still not used to the endless triple digit days. BTW can I count helping people from California pack up as volunteer work and deduct it on my taxes?
98° and 45% humidity is not bad. Go to Chicago when it’s 90° and 90% humidity and stinks. That’s NASTY.
But in Chicago, it's not like that for 2 months straight with no break. Average high temp in July in Chicago is 85 degrees. Average high in Austin in July is 94.
😄 it's not cold there it's very rare when it does,come more to the north where it rains and freezes more north.
Haha I know but we freeze for about a week. Us Texans can’t handle the cold 🙃
Nor can they drive on the rare days where there's ice on the roads!
Very true, we can’t
Frost bank is on your left shoulder my guy. Do think you are leaving out more information such as safety concerns APD & just culture differences throughout the years of Austin that has been going on. Do enjoy the facts & more informations of people leaving.
thanks my guy
We moved to Austin in 2018 this place is BORING isn’t a bad place to live BUT boring as F
Try Raleigh NC. LOL
I like Austin but it doesn't feel like home.
Plant more trees and you will gradually see the changes in the temperature. When there is more greenery people temperament will be good and in turn the wheather will not be that hot. Temperament affect wheather.
You can never have enough trees, I hear you. Out of all the cities in Texas, I would say Austin is the greenest for sure. They also make efforts to plant trees every year through organizations like treefolks.
Trees don't change Texas weather, I've lived here my whole life of 56 years always in rural areas surrounded by trees and Texas summers are Texas summers. But I agree all cities should have as many trees possible to shade the concrete heat expansion.
@@pontiac411 Texas summers are Texas summers, no way around it. I love it
@@Casanueva1 Having shade around helps, though
@@pontiac411 I think what they are referring to is to mitigate the "heat island effect" that all large cities have.
The saddest thing about Austin is the city is trying to do density in the most suburban way possible. In central Austin, people are packed in tighter and tighter, but commercial zoning is extremely restricted, so most neighborhoods are not walkable. The zoning favors shopping strips and big box stores. Local businesses that have neighborhood their color are shutting down left and right. The city is collecting those sweet sweet property taxes though, so they're fine with it. The motto "Keep Austin Weird" is so dead. It's just a phrase to feel sad about
What if you live in like.. San Marcos? Still on the downslide? lots of homeless?
No, San Marcos is growing but still small
wow thk you responding! thats grt -- id rather live outside the city than right in it
@@Casanueva1
@@scguy681yes definitely a lot of options outside of Austin
Number one complaint the roads suck and the tolls are straight up criminal the way they are done. Everything else Austin is nice.
What this sounds like to me is what happen to atlanta. But what you realize it only feels like that to originals from that town. Even though I hate what atl has turned into the amount of money ppl make has change with it.
Austin might have been a music town but it will grown beyond means as a tech town. Just the way it is. Only thing stoppin me rn is tornados. I HATE them. Rather earthquakes lol
Traffic and property taxes became terrible.
The summers are hotter than hell, and the winters are no picnic either when you consider that for the past decade and a half, Arctic vortexes have descended just about every winter into Texas and stick around for a few days, bringing into the state into a deep freeze that Texas cities are ill equipped to handle.
I been in the Austin area since born in 80 I have grown to hate Austin and surrounding areas. To many people and the prices on everything is so expensive and congested. Austin sucks period
south congress, there is literally nothing there few WAY overpriced restaurants few stores with nothing , and couple bars... it's terrible....your opinion about Music is on point. Not even close.
I was in Austin in 1966. Beautiful small town then. Saw The Graduate at the drive-in. Now? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😢
Concure, music has vaporized..
San Antonio housing prices are slowly turning into Austin also
What ruins everything is the weather, high humidity and extremely long hot summers. Not to mention the housing is overpriced.
Native Texans are the ones probably leaving we are being run off by the high costs of living we are not in Texas anymore Toto. just my opinion. Take it or leave it.
Texans are the one causing the high cost of living. Californians arne't coming here with signs that say "Please charge me double for rent and real estate"
Too expensive and too crowded. Traffic out of hand.
Which areas are safe affordable family friendly to live?? Does it get very cold there?? Do you have crocodiles problems, love bugs?? Scorpion??What are the properties taxes on a average?? Does it hail in all texas?? Flood?? Is more humid or dry? Is there tornados, hurricane?? How's the health insurance ??
Hi Emilia, I touched on alot of those subjects in the video. We can hop on a call if youd like to talk about it in detail
@@Casanueva1 oh yeah ok thank you. Can you link those videos.
Hi Emilia, in the video itself I answer a lot of those questions. We can schedule a call and answer more questions 737-299-8843
Traffic in Austin isn’t bad except for Friday at 4-8 or if there is a major accident.
People moving here for the weather don't realize that there is the opposite extreme weather here. I've been here 4 years and every summer I it is harder for me to stand it. It is extremely hot here in the summer and it is twice as long than in the colder parts of the country. The winter goes by fast and when march comes I feel anxious that the summer is coming again. Just waiting for the october to come when it's nice and pleasant outside again. I feel that anywhere where the summer is cooler it's just better.
Yes... it's terrible. I like something of everything, not too much of anything. The "Sweet spot" is Southern Missouri/Northern Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Virginia. You get all 4 seasons, winters aren't extremely harsh, summer heat isn't unrelenting.
@@brockreynolds870 I get you, I like those states where weather is not to extreme. I like mild climate too. For me it's Oregon, I know it rains a lot but doesn't get too cold in the winter either. Also Tennessee, I've heard North Carolina gets pretty hot as well but not as hot as Texas. I even liked Oklahoma, you had golden trees in the autumn and that fresh air. Texas only gets 2 seasons.
@@robson2939 Okalhoma was too flat and dry for my taste... the Eastern Tier of counties is nice, though. All those areas I mentioned DO get hot in the summer, but we have occasional cold fronts, and the summer average highs are 6 degrees cooler than central Texas.
Living in Seattle for over 20 years has seriously made me depressed. Endless gray skies for months. It doesn't even rain that much...NY gets more rain than us. I don't think I can stand another long, miserable winter here. A lot of people in the Seattle area have seasonal affective disorder and are on antidepressants. That's why I'm looking to move to Texas.
this should have just been in shorts.. "Lots of people move to Austin, realized its a shit hole and now moving back."
too much traffic, too humid, too many people, evil politics, cost of living, .....i lived in austin near 45th and lamar from 1977 to 2000....my main transport was a bicycle and public transit....would not even think of that now....must have a car....i worked near south congress and live oak....6 miles on my bike and back to and from work....i would ride down south congress and loved to time all the lights so i never had to stop....i left in frustration in 2000.....makes me sad to visit austin now....
yea its so sprawling
That's a damn lie going from Cedar Park to downtown will never be 12 minutes unless you're going 120mph the whole way there I live here 😂
I said 15mins and my videographer has a Tesla 😉
Cedar park is pretty far away… Most people that I know who live towards that area rarely make it to gatherings in Austin. I’d also say that 45 minutes to an hour and a half is a more realistic travel time into Austin.
I am surprised they didn't tag the 'LOVE HATE' statue.
He talks about I 35 and shows congress avenue
I can tell you truthfully that Austin (and for a bigger part, Texas) hasn't kept up its side of the bargain when it comes to its power grid. The winter(s) of 2021/2023 were especially a pain for Austin due to the fact we have a soviet-era type self-contained power grid and a city-owned power company that barely can keep up with normal demand. Austin is still a great city, but it has to quit thinking of itself as a small 1970s college town on the Colorado and start acting like a 21st century that can and will do better for all of its citizens..
I live in Dallas, but grew up in NC and spent over a decade in Georgia. I’ll say this. Most people will adjust to the weather in Texas. Most California people(not all) are simply spoiled and can not adjust to anywhere else. What’s the main culprit? Weather. Cali weather 90 percent of the time is sunny and partly cloudy. It doesn’t have a lot of weather period. It does get hot out there inland though. Rain happens but it’s so few and far between, they complain lol! I’m not talking bad about Cali people, just stating facts and to be honest, I would probably be the same way if I was from there and moved. They get here and that see rain, ice thunderstorms, etc. it’s too much going on for them.
Thank you for the feedback
@Aggie - I'm a Californian and have been here all my life. But I've traveled to over 30 states. You are right. The weather here is amazing. We have no humidity, and after late April/May, it does not rain again until mid-late November. I hate rain and snow. This is one reason I continue to stay. All the people I know who moved to Texas during the pandemic have all come back to California.
They priced out the musicians 8 years ago.
The toll roads ruined it.
Yeah the summers! It is like living in a fricken oven, Seriously!
you talked about high property taxes but u did not point out the fact that we have NO STATE TAX! that's a very important part of living in our GREAT state of Texas!! 🤠 keep it real ✌️
Yes absolutely 😃 I love it
texas is the not great its the opposite of that.
Austin has turned into a hell hole. Greed and corruption ruined it.
No Mountains
Last place I'd move
Austin is becoming an outreach for California. They have cost us to the point where Texans can't live here anymore.
THEY have done it to you? Did Californian's come here with signs, saying "Hello, Texans, please charge me double for my Real estate"?
@@brockreynolds870 Yes. THEY sold THIER 10X overpriced homes in California and used that money to outbid local Texans looking for real estate. Does that explained if for you libtard
I just bought a place in austin like seconds ago 😂
Welcome, there’s no perfect place out there. It’s still an awesome city with alot to offer.
Wah, wah wah. The weather. The high temperature in Austin today, July 17, is forecast at 104 with 40% humidity. It's summer. In Atlanta it will be 93 with 63%, in Miami it will be 92 with 67%. You want lower humidity, try Las Vegas where it will be 112 today, or Phoenix at 114. Or you could live in Minneapolis, where it will only be 75, but be prepared for 50 days per year below zero and lows that can get to -50 degrees. Or try Seattle, where the high will be 73, but where it rains every day for six months in the winter. Not kidding, every single day. Or if you desire seasonal temperatures year round try Newport Beach, CA where a starter home will cost you $4 M.
Yea exactly so it’s not bad in Austin
I live in Central Missouri, and it's much better than either place. Just about zero degrees once or twice a year, average highs all summer 6 degrees cooler than Austin. So yeah, it's hot, just not that unrelenting heat. For instance, today was 86, Sunday the high is supposed to be 81. Last 2 weeks it was mid to upper 90's, but it doesn't last for 2 months without a break
We actually don't get much rain in Seattle...just miserable gray clouds for most of the year that tease you. Seasonal affective disorder is real here. That's why I'm leaving WA asap.
@@frogsofindia I don't blame you for that. I don't want it to be sunny ALL the time, or cloudy ALL the time. But Austin is like an oven. I live in Central Missouri, and my sister lives down there (Hutto), and they get an average of 8 inches LESS rain per year, and TRIPLE the amount of days over 90 degrees than we have in Central Missouri.
@@frogsofindia we get a ton of Sun here. We helped a couple from seattle move out here and they love it.
I’ve had my own home yes property taxes could be high but it’s also based on the area that you’re at county the state how much you value your house is also but as we are talking about people running, but they didn’t think I had this type of Mike type of costs people are not sharing a lot of these people are coming from State The Transportation, Texas from that have state tax. Texas does not have state tax people we don’t want state tax we don’t wanna be taxed twice, so yes, our taxes on our homes land we owe different entities that these people are not used to because they’re living in states where is nothing but home home home homes that’s why your taxes so high because you don’t have state tax down on state tax you don’t want it that’s why you guys moved here and because your companies you’re moving with are getting big time bonuses so that might be something you want to think about is your employer who is transferring you to a different state from where you’re used to come in from maybe they should have it sent her that you should be looking at that would make you think twice about wanting to come to Texas
"Austin is evolving" is a nice way to say that people from certain other states are ruining Austin.
No mention of homeless issues or political environment. It feels straight up dangerous in many parts of downtown and other areas. If you don't buy the mainstream political narrative it's also fairly oppressive. In other words, many of the same reasons people leave California...
I’ve lived in so many cities and Austin comes in second as worst city I’ve lived in. Baltimore beats it
Hmm that’s a strong statement.
@@Casanueva1 i said what I said lol!
@@Casanueva1 texas as a whole, is a hole
Based on some of the comments from locals there seem to be personal taxes added to this State and that's not good at all. Also, for Elon Musk to be there is never a good thing either.
There’s no state income tax
I’m from Austin please leave guys thanks 🙏🏿
No they dont
Good
I disagree with almost everything said in this video - been living here for 15 years and yes, it has grown a tremendous amount. With that comes some problems but most of them are standard for any town this large. I'll concede that the construction is due to their lack of initiative and they're trying to catch up. Heat is bad but hey, it's Texas. Otherwise, one of the fastest growing cities in the US for the last 10 years for a few reasons. Ton of jobs, growing real estate market, great culture...come on down and see what we can offer!
Agreed! 🎉
DON’T MOVE TO AUSTIN!!! I moved to Austin in 1971 to attend the University of Texas. The city was a paradise. Imagine this: 250,000 population with 50,000 college students and the main employers in the city were the University of Texas and a state government controlled by Democrats. We were the ‘liberal’ oasis inside of conservative Texas. Rents were cheap. I rented my first apartment for $200 per month. There was lots of live music, restaurants, and other fun things to do. People were easy-going, welcoming, and friendly. Traffic was quite reasonable. Rush hour lasted about 30 minutes. You could be the only car on a major thoroughfare. For me it was the perfect city-small enough to get around and escape but big enough to provide everything you needed.
Now just the opposite is the case. The population of Austin is pushing 1,000,000 and the entire metro-population is almost 2,500,000. We are still struggling to get by on the road system that was largely in place when I moved here, and all the modern improvements to the road system turn out to be toll roads. We have a continuous rush hour that never stops. It can take hours to get to and from work and going anywhere between 7 o’clock in the morning until about 8 or 9 o’clock at night can be a very aggravating experience. Don’t think that public transportation will offer relief. Expect public transportation to take twice as long because the buses are stuck in the same traffic as the cars and giant ‘man’ trucks. That’s why drivers in Austin drive very aggressively and are angry all the time. Housing is very expensive and continues to go up. My friends that rent are paying $1700 to $1800 per month for one bedroom apartments. Soon their rents will be above $2000 per month. Wages are low. After all, Texas is a ‘right to work’ southern state. If you don’t have an elite high-tech job, expect to live in poverty. Live entertainment still exists but expect to be packed in like sardines and driving for hours in heavy traffic to get there and later to escape. Austin’s ‘liberality’ is eroding in a very hateful and draconian state.
So, don’t expect to be welcomed if you move here. People trapped in a city that doesn’t work for them with no relief in sight resent the people that move here and just make things worse.
After 12 years I left. Best decision ever. Hot as hell, if you don't binge drink everything there is to do can be done in 6 months tops. Austin is just just hot, bland, overpriced, miserable and mean.
Tornadoes actually believe it or not are very common for Texas usually in the plane so you won’t see it or we have hills because there’s no way for the tornado to technically touchdown less there’s a lot of land for it to happen next we have not had a true ice storm meaning hail I’ve been here in Chester for 34 years and this last 10 years we have had very few hail storms real hail, storm damage in car hail storms Next yeah, this last three years this freeze is it that we’ve been having it is bad in town as you guys, Sharon asked him to try and live in the hill country where you don’t have zip two-lane road. The roads are not set up for ice and snow and these heavy rains. We get here sometimes too, because it actually damages our road so we can’t move or low Rider crossings. Oh my God here in Dripping Springs just from Wimberly into Austin you have four low-water crossing second shut 12 down so yes there’s a lot of different things going on in Texas Austin, but we’re having craziness all over the United States is definitely climate change people gonna argue with human is not what we are definitely going through different changes so leaving Texas leaving Austin. I think people are leaving Austin but they’re trying to get where they’re not stuck in the middle of Austin. We’re all the traffic is there looking to have their own land their own piece of property. It might take a little time to get them to where they have to go for their job but it’s nice to be out in the country.