Thinking about moving.. - Page 5

Rangerscott · 05-21-2012, 09:45 PM

Not sure about Houston but where I'm at it stays in the 20-30 range with some weeks of 0's. So you don't have your a/c on year round. Just may-august. April some times if it's La Nina time.

dubbs · 05-21-2012, 10:23 PM

Have some family that lives northwest of Atlanta, it seems they're a ton of jobs there as well. I've heard some bad things about the traffic there, but seems like depending on where you live and work depends on how bad it could be.. Right now my commute is 34 miles.. takes me an hour n 20 mins in the summer.. 50 mins in the winter.

Trip · 05-22-2012, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by dubbs

Have some family that lives northwest of Atlanta, it seems they're a ton of jobs there as well. I've heard some bad things about the traffic there, but seems like depending on where you live and work depends on how bad it could be.. Right now my commute is 34 miles.. takes me an hour n 20 mins in the summer.. 50 mins in the winter.

Traffic can be really bad in Atlanta. I don't mind Atlanta all that much though. You would have access to a lot of good riding a few hours away.

dubbs · 05-22-2012, 11:28 AM

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Traffic can be really bad in Atlanta. I don't mind Atlanta all that much though. You would have access to a lot of good riding a few hours away.

That's what I was thinking.. My uncle and grandfather both ride as well, so wouldn't be a bad deal.. Definitely worth looking into since they both have houses with tons of room for me to leech off of them while I look.

Trip · 05-22-2012, 11:43 AM

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That's what I was thinking.. My uncle and grandfather both ride as well, so wouldn't be a bad deal.. Definitely worth looking into since they both have houses with tons of room for me to leech off of them while I look.

Home pricing/insurance/electricity/gas/CoL in this area sounds very similar to what was talked about in Houston, except you wouldn't have as much in insurance because of hurricanes and shit. Mine runs around 600 a year.

dubbs · 05-22-2012, 11:48 AM

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Home pricing/insurance/electricity/gas/CoL in this area sounds very similar to what was talked about in Houston, except you wouldn't have as much in insurance because of hurricanes and shit. Mine runs around 600 a year.

Taxes also seem to be a lot less than Texas.. only about 2200 for a 3500 square foot house on about an acre of land.. Sounds like a damn good deal to me.. I may even be able to telecommute w/ my current job...

LeeNetworX · 05-22-2012, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by dubbs

Have some family that lives northwest of Atlanta, it seems they're a ton of jobs there as well. I've heard some bad things about the traffic there, but seems like depending on where you live and work depends on how bad it could be.. Right now my commute is 34 miles.. takes me an hour n 20 mins in the summer.. 50 mins in the winter.

Depending where you live/work and your work schedule (what times of day will you be commuting) it could be not bad or a nightmare. Just all depends. I live in Cumming and work in Alpharetta and commuting isn't that bad - overall it's better than it was in South Florida.

Cost of living is much less here than SFL, plenty of great riding, change of seasons yet winter isn't harsh.

TYEster · 05-21-2012, 10:51 PM

My advice is to NOT move to Austin.

Notice those who suggested it do not live here.

That is all.

azoomm · 05-22-2012, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by TYEster

My advice is to NOT move to Austin.

Notice those who suggested it do not live here.

That is all.

Yup. We're full.

That is, unless you're cool. Then we'll tell you all about it.

I'll tell you what though. I'd rather poke myself in the eye with a hot stick than live in or around Houston.

RACER X · 05-22-2012, 01:39 PM

also consider the income levels of the people replying, its a nice life in most places if your making, say $200k a yr.

but how is it if you "only" make $100k or less or whatever.

how far will your $ stretch.

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05-21-2012, 09:45 PM	#1
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	Not sure about Houston but where I'm at it stays in the 20-30 range with some weeks of 0's. So you don't have your a/c on year round. Just may-august. April some times if it's La Nina time.

05-21-2012, 10:51 PM	#8
TYEster With MORE TYEstosterone Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: TX Moto: '12 KX450F / 08 YZ250F #512 / 07 KX65 #1 Posts: 1,429	My advice is to NOT move to Austin. Notice those who suggested it do not live here. That is all.