Leaving California — a state where 11.2% of the U.S. population lives and 37% of the welfare recipients reside — on paper was an easy decision, but with my entire family there, it was actually one of the most difficult decisions my wife and I have ever made.
We were both born and raised in Southern California. Our parents, siblings, grandparents, and everyone we loved was within a 45 minute drive. Weekly trips to grandma’s house for the kids, plenty of date-night babysitters and, of course, the weekend BBQ’s or birthday parties with loved ones. Most of our friends had children right around the same time, so life on a personal level was quite pleasant in California.
However, life in The Golden State had become burdensome. The government’s meddling in the economy and taxes has made California one of the most expensive places to live in the U.S. The income tax rate is as high as 13%, my all-in sales tax was around 9%, and my property tax — though low in rate — was high due to home values. Californians also pay a special luxury tax for boats & other outdoor activity vehicles. The gas tax alone is 52 cents, which is actually set to more than double by some estimates in January of 2015 when a new climate change tax goes into effect.
Here’s the thing: my wife and I are very frugal. We live a lifestyle that allows us to be at home every day with our children, go on extended trips, and live a life of leisure. I’m not poor, I’m not rich, and I am also not the guy looking to try and retire when I’m 70. I’m living the retirement life now — while I am young — with my family.
It is this life philosophy that turned California into a burden. Financially it became a wealth stealer; a waste of money. In 2012, my all-in taxes to California were about $36,000; a real misallocation of capital, because not only was this money not going to benefit my family, it was going towards government programs that I despised.
The final straw for us was when we began to shop for a home. Outside of condos or track homes, we were looking at about $700,000… A three-decade loan for us wasn’t an option, and neither was spending $700k.
So where does a wannabe California expatriate go?
In a perfect world, my wife would have just let me move the family to Central or South America. Great weather, and for $2,000 a month we would have an ocean view, maids, and even a cook!
An old saying is happy wife, happy life; and with three children under 4, she wasn’t too enthusiastic about moving to another country.
Our search for a new home started off with the states with no income tax. We traveled to all of them but one, with our final destination giving us everything we wanted. Low taxes, a green environment, warm climate and low-priced, high-quality housing.
Listing our California home for sale was a very hard decision to make, but once that decision was made, the house sold in 1 day. You see, the buyer in California was not only an FHA buyer, but he also qualified for the California Homebuyer’s Down Payment Assistance Program (CHDAP). He was going in with zero down and just $8,000 in the bank, but this didn’t bother the state, of course, since it has all those taxpayers to tap into in order to make these kind of spending decisions. The best part: the CHDAP is a deferred-payment mortgage, so not only are you getting other taxpayers to help unqualified buyers own a home with no skin in the game, they don’t even have to make payments as long as they live in the home.
Liberated from California, today we are happy Texans. We are living on 1 acre in one of the safest cities in America, about 10 minutes outside of Austin, with a $350,000 price tag. A home that includes a full guest house for our visitors from the west coast. The “Hill Country” of Texas is green, has a few canyons near Lake Travis, and is the perfect spot for a Californian looking to relocate to an area where the humidity is much lower than Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. There are trees everywhere, long grass, and far less concrete than the endless amount of buildings that we were surrounded by in California.
There are many other benefits to Texas; probably too many to mention. And, why major car manufacturers like Toyota are moving to Texas. But one that is completely foreign to my family in California is the right to defend yourself. Texans can not only defend their property legally, but the state also has a “Peaceable Journey Law” allowing citizens to travel with a loaded handgun in their vehicles. So basically, there are no sitting ducks in Texas. In California, you can go to prison for shooting someone who breaks into your home to steal your property. Here in Texas we have the Castle Doctrine: you have the right to use deadly force to prevent or stop property crimes.
With an every-other-year legislator, the busybodies and sociopaths in the Texas government are limited to the damage they can regularly do to the Texas lifestyle. No state income tax is also a big plus since the elected officials are also only left with raising sales tax or property tax; two taxes that directly affect everyone. And from what I hear, Texans regularly raise hell even if they try to raise taxes $30 a year on their home.
The biggest negative to the Texas Hill Country area is that they have some of the biggest bugs I’ve ever seen in my life. Beetles here are larger than a man’s thumb, wasps are like flying butterflies, and the worst part is the spiders. The spiders are not only big, but they are lightning fast…Yeah, take that one in. Large spiders that can run!
Texas is also Africa-hot in the summer. This is certainly a negative to anyone who needs to be outdoors during the day, but it can actually be nice since the lakes here are noticeably warmer.
Overall, the decision to leave California to come and raise my children here in Texas is the best decision I’ve ever made in my life…outside of getting married and having kids, of course. People here are extra friendly. Between the neighbors and local churches, we’ve received a constant flow of fresh cookies and fruit to welcome us to the area.
As a dad, I couldn’t be happier.
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Nice post – and as far as I’m concerned, you hit it exactly on the head.
Texas is great for gun ownership. Too bad all the advantages stop there. Texas has removed all of individuals’ rights in favor of the corporations & large industries. Tort reform has prevented individuals from suing doctors who are negligent and have damaged them. Tenant/landlord laws always favor the landlords instead of the tenants. It is a felony to smoke marijuana, and a teenager was just thrown in jail for life because he made pot brownies. A kindergarten teacher in Austin is serving 3 years in prison because he was found to have 3 ounces of pot in his home. Minor traffic tickets are criminal offenses, and are classified with the same classification as pedophile charges. Women’s reproductive choices are not allowed in the state, and Planned Parenthood was forced to close down all of their locations. The state of Texas is a true nightmare for anyone who believes in liberty & freedom. Except for gun ownership.
Its guys like you that are causing our real estate prices to go up!. But like someone said, Texas is good for gun rights and if you are pro life. I am both but I am also working class. The working class is not liked here too much. There are many wanna-be entrepeneurs and Wal-Mart capitalists. Big corporations rule in the Lone Star State. Welcome, for what its worth.
Great post and welcome. I live in east Texas, my neighbors just moved from California, very sweet family. I am surprised to read so many commenters on your page are upset that Texas put people in jail for breaking laws. That seems a trivial complaint. FYI Texas offers property discounts for a variety of reasons. This year we are planting mass quantities of clover seeds to aid the pollinators, and this qualifies us for the discount. I hope you enjoy Texas.
As a person. Who was born in Texas and lived here all of my 46 years, I can tell you that information is dead wrong. Planned parenthood is in operation, woman have complete control of their choices when it comes to any decisions about their bodies. And there are plenty of attorneys here who specialize in malpractice suits. Better check your facts.
Welcome, padnah! Glad to have you.
Texas is definitely a mixed bag — especially with its oppressive drug laws. But the economic freedom (and resulting proserity) of the Lone Star state is a HUGE draw for people from semi-socialist states such as California. The net domestic migration patterns (movement between states) speak volumes.
And what’s makes you so great? Are people from other states doing something to damage Texas??
Please delete this article now.
WE have enough Californians in Texas and we sure don’t need any more.
Why don’t you stay and revolt in order to change your state to your liking?
We just don’t need any more California refugees.
Bugs as big as cars, Spiders as big as feet, yahoos brandishing firearms from their cars, African Summer so hot, the snakes and Armadillos cook on the side walk, ah… No Thanks! I’ll gladly stay in beautiful California right on the beach.
Hahahaha!!!
I think many of the good people in CA will be making the same decision.
I had a friend just leave the SF area for CO for the same reasons.
He was living in a $550k house and did not feel safe and every year it got worse.
Welcome to Texas but please don’t vote! There is a reason that Texas offers so much, for so much less! It’s no accident. As bankable as the law of gravity and the law of physics; THE BUSINESS OF TEXAS IS BUSINESS! We protect the companies based here because those companies protect us….well actually, our guns protect us but I’m not talking about that right now.
If you came here to vote for the same liberal policies that made it impossible for you to pursue your dreams and raise your children in California, slow your surf board, Sandy! Give yourself time to slip into your new Texas saddle. It may very well take two years for the fog to leave your head. And that’s fine. But do yourself and the entire population of Texas a favor – this should be your rule of thumb…
If, on Election Day, the vote you want to cast, wouldn’t make your old neighbors, from Anaheim, call you a racist ( coz that’s what ALL liberals scream, regardless of the issue ) then DONT CAST THAT VOTE!!!
I’ll make it even easier. Until you’ve listened to Nancy Polosci speak, and without fear of being turned in by your neighbors, you scream, ” This bitch is frigging insane! ” – not once, not twice, but thrice – AND TRULY BELIEVE IT ( and that is key) you should have stayed in The People’s Republic of California.
I’m sorry but you aren’t ready for this rodeo! As the Beatles sang,
“Go back, Go back, Go back to where you once came from.” Coz you are still part of the problem.
If you insist on remaining here, while voting like a nutty Californian, we will gladly give you the opportunity for a great paying job but your family will have an illegal family of 15 or more, move into your home and the citizens of Texas will gladly let you write the check for their food, shelter, medical, legal and education.
In Texas , we are all for freedom of religion. If your religion is Liberalism, then YOU PAY FOR IT! It isn’t ours and we won’t.
I, too, moved from S. CA in 2013 to Austin and I have a totally different take. Yeah, I was able to buy a house on some acreage but the advantages stopped there. Texas is great if guns and church are your priorities (heed those words); otherwise it feels like a police state with a repressive backwards government and extreme weather to make life miserable. And while Austin does have a fairly robust anarcho-capitalist contingent, it seems they are all also deep into conspiracy theories. Moving to Texas was one of the worst decisions I ever made and I am planning on putting my house up for sale next spring and moving back to California. Even with its socialist bent and ridiculously high cost of living, I’d rather live in California than backwards Texas.
Police state? Backward Texans? And a shot at small town Church people.
I bet you were popular with the local townsfolk.
So you got the house and 5 acres thinking you would cozy up with some unreformed Cali x-pats and had some luck but the scorpions and the thunder storms were just too much. Cali prides itself on not judging. They’ll take you back.
Personally I value constitutional freedoms and will not trade then for mild weather. But that’s me.
Could you not move! It is you People that are taking away our land and putting suburb and RURAL homes in our beautiful country!
LIsa, I second your motion. Hurry back and get the hell out of there if you already have not!
NOoooooooo WATER
I made the same decision to move out of So Cal for Austin in 2013. There are a few things that I miss about California. I am a cyclist and really miss riding on PCH but I just couldn’t take the high cost of living, lousy economy and high taxes anymore.
I haven’t seen a lot of negatives since I have moved here. It does get hot but so does Las Vegas and Phoenix. I don’ care about the drug laws or the abortion laws since they don’t affect me and feel that I have all the liberty and freedom I have come to expect as an American. I came to Austin for a better life and so far I have found it.
Ha ha ha! You don’t care about the oppressive bits because right now they aren’t oppressing you. I bet you would have said exactly the same thing about Jim Crow laws.
When anyone says Texas is more free than other states, I ask what would happen if you were caught by police making marijuana brownies for your own consumption in your own house. In Texas, you’d go to prison. In California, nothing would happen.
Freedom, my ass. Texas is more free only if you live in opposites world or believe the sole meaning of freedom is lower taxes.
How about Washington? No income tax there, you can smoke as much weed as you want, and the government isn’t interested in controlling women’s family planning. Washington is definitely more ‘free’ than Texas.
Where in the hill country did you move? My husband and I are making this decision now and we are in a very similar place. Both born and raised in California. Very big close italian family. But our marriage and are children’s lives are so much more important. Love this. SO encouraging and helpful and part of an answered prayer for us.
In the exact boat as you. Scared to leave my family and support system though. Looking in austin. Checkout movetoaustin.com they have a personality quiz to see what part of Austin would be best for you and your family. I got southwest.
Very interesting post, there are a few questions I have. One, what percentage cut did you take in income when moving to Texas? Two, what percentage of taxes & fees relative to your income did you pay in California vs Texas? I live in the upper Mid-West where we have poor weather, median wages and high taxes relative to income. I’m looking to move to California, Texas or Florida all for different reasons. I see California as the ideal lifestyle coupled with a great climate and exciting job opportunities in burgeoning industries. I look at Texas as a cheap place where I can afford a nice home and find a decent if not exciting job. Likewise, I see Florida as a cheap place with ideal weather but poor job opportunities. Obviously I see the drawbacks to all of these places as well, but I’m thinking about which state I should put my focus.
I don’t have a desire to carry a hand gun or smoke weed so these rights don’t factor into my decision. I also think that the people in each state are equally good people in their own ways, so this too doesn’t factor in. Removing any bias or dislike of California’s politics, or love of Texas’ for that matter where is the best place when in order of importance I place Climate first, Standard of Living Second and Lifestyle Third.
I left San Diego in October 2013 because I was tired of working just to pay my bills. The lame welfare people are EVERYWHERE !! Bunch of lazy asses that sit around/drive around all day being “cool” and milking those of us whom worked like silly to maintain their lifestyle. The border and the navy make it a tough place to find good steady work. I lived there 28 years and I loved it until it got really hard to find decent housing. There are rude gangster types all over the cheaper housing areas. The noise from neighbors is out of control and there is no place to be quiet. The immigrants absolutely rule San Diego- there are massive neighborhoods of all types of folks. If you don’t have $1500 a month forget having a yard, garage, laundry machines inside house, air condition, parking near your house etc. It is super fun and beautiful in San Diego but forget chillin or kickin it at the beach. Your ass will be at work or in a massive traffic jam to and fro work, most of the time. Going to or living at the beach is not easy. It’s a massive crowd. Great experience for a portion of your life but when you are ready for down home comfort come to Texas hill country. 420 here for sure?
No thanks, Bugs as big as cars, Yay hoos brandishing their firearms, African Summers, and Spiders as big as your feet… No thanks, I’ll stick with paradise. Go out and find more income and be smarter about it.
We are Idaho folk, and coming FROM California, I know, confusing…Lol Moving to Texas because I hope I there’s a shred of America left out there to raise my kids. If anyone calls me a “foreigner” or “refugee” (RE: comment few lines up) I’ll laugh in their ugly face! I did 12 years for this country, and I want to raise my family now. I want to know and love my neighbors. Not happen’ in Cal.
Don’t stereotype all Californians for liberal nazis’; however, I would probably do the same in your shoes… God Bless. May America survive this liberal storm.
Your awesome, thank you! Gob bless
“Did 12 years”
For what? To support the bourgeois fascists that offer you trinkets like guns and “free speech” in exchange for your labor?
You are lost man. It is not “liberals” ruining this country. You are an Uncle Tom-type slave who is licking the boots of your masters while thanking them for handing you scraps.
Wake up.
Great post. We are a family of 4 being transferred from central Ca to Baytown Texas. We do have the option of taking lay off and staying here so we can be near family but we are not sure what to do. This post really helped me feel good about it. We are looking into friendswood, league city or Pearland. Which seems to be outside of Houston. My main concern is for great schools for my young kids, safety and opportunity for them when they are older. As parents we can to make the right choice.
We live in Seabrook TX. My son attends a school in the Clear Creek Independent School District….CCISD. It’s a great district. Friendswood also has great schools. There are some great neighborhoods around for the kids to play and have some friends to play with.
Coming from a real Californian, California is a really complicated place to live and work. Everywhere you live there is some sort of catch or niggle to bug you. For one, everyone here on Cal. recognize the existence of two states, and I’m sure one day they will separate. NorCal, And SoCal, NorCal (Anything above South Bay and SF) is full of Good tech jobs and high paying exec positions,and beautiful scenery… but plagued with high taxes and high cost of living leave you with no money left to explore the beautiful landscape. Also you will have to deal with very rude people daily and a lot of weirdos and homeless people, coupled with high crime. Dont get into an argument with liberals here as they will possibly try to stab you.
SoCal on the other hand is quite opposite (ideologically) than NorCal, contrary to popular belief, outside of the LA, And SD area the people are actually largely republican, and will sympathize with you if you don’t like govt, or taxes. People on SoCal also love their toys, you will not get dirty looks from your neighbors if you have a boat in the driveway (which exist outside of the cities), and there are plenty of people to party with on new year’s and 4th of July who hate Obama just as much as you do! We are people who like to have fun in lieu of paying taxes so we work harder to make up for what Cal govt takes away from us. Living in cal. Expect to work over 40 hrs a week to enjoy the same lifestyle of someone in AZ or TX would do on a normal 40 hr workweek. Also expect a much longer commute as people here(mostly illigals) have no drivers license and can’t drive their 90s minivans worth a dam… so we have loads of accidents, and if its raining? Expect to wake up at 4 am instead of 6 to make it into work on time. Also don’t be fooled by people who claim that Cal is cheaper when you factor in Healthcare benifits and higher paying jobs, because those jobs are either out of business or in the inner inner cities where life is miserable, Gas is expensive and there are only 2 lakes for pleasure here, one is full of trash and used diapers, the other is about to be shut down because of the drought. If you drive a pickup truck, expect people to hamper you for it… and all pickups are considered commercial vehicles so expect 250-390/yr DMV costs. I drive a pickup because I like its Utility and versatility but California doesnt lol.
Conclusion, California is a great place location wise but, the people who run it suck at life… so there is a lot of wasted potential here. People are mostly a$$holes and the rent is “too damn high”. After being in San Antonio for about 2 months I gotta say I loved it. But I was only there for boot camp, so I can’t say much of cost of living ect… but as a Californian I could defiantly move there. I would advise against moving to Cal. Unless you plan on making over 50k/yr because that’s what you need to live an average life here. And that’s not including that boat…. Personally I will move to TX as soon as I can get a good job offer there…. and yes.. I will have a gun rack on my truck… because I can…
I hate when people “hamper me for it” seriously–sucks to be “hampered.”
Obvi you are a little slow. Maybe that is why you suck at life and sound like a Fox News disciple.
Tell me more about high taxes, how libtards are ruining your life, and how Obammy wants to take your guns and make you race mix and talk PC.
Regarding the California down-payment assistance program, every state has them, even Texas. My county in FL gave me $50,000.
I am in the same boat, and praying for the right time to move. I love America, the old America 🙂 I am 55 and do not ‘fit in’ to CA anymore. Maybe I NEVER did.
I’m with you. I am 53, living in Sonoma County and am fast feeling I do not belong here anymore. Considering Texas. My brother lives in Dallas. Don’t like the landscape there much though so trying to find something with more hills, trees and water. I’m freaked out about the bugs though. Yikes!
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Just a salty liberal crying for more food stamps.
Apparently the “bourgeois fascists” can offer a state with a far lower cost of living. The “bourgeois fascists” are also not the ones with a bankrupt state.
Your public school probably didn’t even teach you about the word “fascist”. “Everyone that doesn’t agree with me is fascist” = strawman. Try again. MUH GOOBERMENT fairy is going to feed all of my babies!!!@!&$!
Why don’t you ask the government to subsidize ballet slippers so you can keep dancing around reality?
Cptn. Reality.
Which God granted inalienable right protects us from drug arrests, late term and post-natal abortion?
And this is the way you measure freedom?
My husband and I may be relocated from Santa Barbara, CA (he works at Raytheon) to Mckinney. These are great posts. Can anyone give me some advice on Mckinney, Frisco, Allen, Murphy area? Looking for solid schools, family friendly towns and great homes.
Hi Hi…Were in Ventura. Did you move?
If so, how is it?
We have 3 kids, 2 in school and one at city college…
Not yet still waiting on job. But will go if he gets it. Are yu all thinking of going?
Frisco, Allen, Murphy, and also prosper, tx, little elm, and colony, tx. have the best schools. Plano, tx used to be the best back in the 80s, 90s, but other cities have surpassed Plano.
Just as many douchebags move from tx to Cali as the other way around. 90% of Californians are from somewhere else.
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I am in my young 30’s looking to buy my first home in California. Born and raised in LA my whole life however the idea if buying a fixer upper home for nearly half a million in the SFV is ridicolous I’m also planning on making the moved despite having my family and friends here. I visited Texas last year and fell in love I felt like I belonged. California is beautiful theres no denying that but it has drove me to my limit
I’m also a California Native for all of my life, my kids are grown, and know no other lifestyle. Weather is perfect, sure traffic has increased but no way in comparison to LA or or states such as Arizona, Chicago etc. Every state has its benefit and we are certainly free to pic and choose where we want to go. While I admit it is costly to live in California, we don’t experience snow falls where cars are skidding out of control, we don’t experience torrential floods that lasts for weeks on end where the common comment is ‘well rebuild sometime somewhere” and we don’t live in a state where there are mass murders constantly happening day by day. California is known for earth quakes and we’ve not had a major one since the once back in the 80’s. As software professional, I work at home have no traffic issues to deal with, and make a good living. Would I consider moving else where No. Why, because once out of the state you will never in my opinion be able to return. Living on the west coast is truly beach living. Its true its a paradise, you pay for it, but where else would I want to go when I’ve been exposed to one of the best? I’ve had acreage property and all it does is create problems. ie you have to have it mowed, kept clean of fire hazard, plus most of the time, it sits empty, unless you build structures on it. Property values are reason California is the leader in Real Estate. And everyone else follows. We’ve held on to our properties only to sell and trade up when markets are hot. As to the Summer Heat in Texas, bugs bigger than cars, No thanks, I like my consistent weather in San Diego of 70 – 72 degrees just fine, high speed internet, and the awesome beaches and not having to deal with Yay hoos that love to brandish there weapons from lifted trucks from time to time. To each their own.
There, they’re, their. Know the difference. And it’s yahoo, not yay hoo. I’m a California native who can see the Pacific from my deck while enjoying the best weather in the world here on the Central Coast, but my wife and I recently bought five acres in Texas for less than the price of a car and plan to build our forever home. I’m a conservative and want to be around people with similar values. You’re worried about bugs and heat and the ridiculous idea that Texas doesn’t have high speed internet? You’re soft. Stay in California with others like you. God bless Texas.
What about the high property taxes, though? Doesn’t that make it expensive to buy there?
Thanks, I’m also considering moving in a year or so. Houston and El Pass are on my list.
Thanks for this info! I’m a RN finishing my masters, single, in my early 50s and ready to leave my beautiful California for all of the reasons you described. Makes me sad though because I grew up here but I feel I am being forced out both financially and ideologically. Looking at the Hill country because of the landscape and kinda near my brother who lives in Dallas. But the bug thing is kinda freaking me out!
Regards.
J.
Dad of four, business owner in San Diego County. I’d love nothing more than to leave behind socialist CA to conservative, God loving TX. The taxes here in CA are outrageous, and the cost of living will continue to go up dramatically with minimum wage laws increasing to $15 an hour within the next couple years. The weather here can’t be beat. I lived in Houston when I was 21, for one year. I can say that in TX, the people couldn’t be beat. Too many stories to tell, but genuine respect for people, acts of kindness to strangers, it seemed silly by CA standards. Rather, I want my kids to grow up around people I’d love them to be more like, and hopefully some day we could be called “native Texans.” Emotions and standards are firm in this decision, but would have to sell my home (easy), my business (slightly more difficult), and convince my in laws to retire there too (darn near impossible). We’ll see, but Hill Country has been in my veins since staying there after leaving Houston to come back to CA after my one year stay.
I to am another San Diego, native born looking to relocate out of the CA cesspool. I retired after 35 years of hard work and guess what? I’m back working to pay my outrageous tax, insurance, registration and housing costs. I sit at 6:00 am for half an hour to get on the freeway to sit or barely move. My 23 mile freeway commute usually takes an hour to one and half hours each way every day. Moonbeam Jerry thinks we are stupid by raising the gas tax at the end of the month 12 cents will actually go to building roads? Tired of misappropriation of past taxes.
I bought a beautiful piece of Texas early last year north of Austin which I plan on building a nice house on and dipping my toes in lake Travis on my own property. Hard to leave CA but like others who have posted replies here, I feel home in Texas and love how friendly most people are there. I also enjoy how proud Texans of their state. Texas flags and lone stars everywhere.
In conclusion, I can finally enjoy my retirement in Texas and leave California and not support all of the lazy asses, illegals, homeless drug users with hepatitis A to the morons who chose to stay there. I have not been to the beaches in SD for years anyway because no parking unless you get there at 7:00 am then some punk breaks into your car when you return.
I will proudly call myself a Texan soon and make other Texans proud that this Californian moved there.
Me too! I live in So Cal and I will be right behind you. California taxes and living is crazy.
Good Day!
Any input on College Station. Have a job offer and very tired of California Lifestyle.
Thanks
john
Hi , Me and my husband are relocating to Yexas hill country this summer.(2018) we are both born and raised in southern California.Living in south orange county for the past 20 years. May I ask which part of the hill country do you live in? and why did you choose that part? what I hear about the Heat and humidy scare me :0. Fair oaks ranch seems really nice,but not sure if i would be happier closer to Austin. Your reply is much appreiciated:)
Stephanie M
Did you end up relocating? I’m very curious about Texas Hill Country