Originally Posted by Redrob

If you were to live in Austin, you could consider yourself lucky. Liberal, educated and talented, the people of Austin know they have it good and how to have a good time.

SXSW, Sixth Street, Warehouse District, Austin City Limits, University of Texas, Hippie Hollow, Barton Springs, the Highland Lakes, Texas Hill Country, Blanton Museum, LBJ Library and so much more are here to enjoy.

The reason prices for real estate are so low (compared to LA) is we still have plenty of land to build on. When you buy a home here, you pay for the house and only $10K or so for the land. Really a sweet deal and many people from Northeast and California sell their expensive homes and retire to Austin while pocketing the extra $500K in equity off their old home.