6 Reasons NOT to Move to Austin, Texas

[@zachvalles]

Wow thanks for all the support so far on this video guys! Just a quick side note: I made this video because I wanted to inform people about the cons for living in this city. I am NOT trying to convince people to stop moving here. Overall this city is amazing if you ask me, and the pros far outweigh the cons. Just to add a little contrast to this video, I’ve decided to list 6 reasons why you should move to Austin: 1: Very dog friendly and animal friendly in general (check out Austin pets alive!) 2: Bike Trail on the lake just south of Downtown - amazing 10 mile outdoor trail loop 3: Great music scene: ACL, SXSW, Blues on the Green, and tons of music venues around downtown 4: Football - UT Longhorns 5: Water Activities: although we don’t have an ocean, we do have Town Lake and Lake Austin for boating and water sports 6: Greenbelt: amazing hiking trail that is great for dogs and is a fun swim at a certain time of year If you guys have any other pros to living in Austin feel free to drop them down below!

[@BeelzebubBeelzebub]

Love your video I am North Austin! Check us out?

[@dshepatxoriginal1139]

I like the video and I'm much older lol. Although I left home(Austin) 20 years ago I can think of a number of reasons to move there. Plus a couple more not to.

[@amalek2750]

Houston (my hometown) has little place for geeks and freaks. Unless you graduate from Rice or live in Montrose - you have little recourse here. (And Montrose has become greatly gentrified.) As a lesbian friend of mine from Rice said, "Texas is a man's state except for Austin." So, yes, those of us from the big Texas cities found a bit of relief from the status quo.

[@kjhuang]

I'm a movie lover and that was the single biggest reason I moved to Austin (over Houston). Lots of great movie theaters and film programming year round.

[@dshepatxoriginal1139]

@@nellieevans2054 I wish I could but I left Austin 20yrs ago. I now live in Vegas. If you could give me a brief description as to what you are actually trying to find out about those areas I'd be more than happy to reach out to my people that are still there for any info that may help you.

[@russianstudyonline725]

I remember when Austin used to be just weird. Now it's South Seattle.

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Seattle and Austin vote for progressives. I have the best KZbin channel.

[@stephentanner9767]

Exactly,I usually say portland

[@BMDSD]

@@stephentanner9767 it’s just like Asheville, San Diego, Seattle, Portland... it’s just like any other city now. I feel lucky to have lived there before it outgrew itself.

[@atbmts6]

As someone who lives in Seattle, yikes.

[@hueydao8637]

Ah, you mean Seattle of the South. I live in South Seattle and was trying to make the connection...

[@edwardherod6072]

a large number of people living in tents. Austin has a relatively large homeless population .

[@watermelon_boi]

😂 Austin homeless is getting kinda bad but it’s nothing compared to LA. We need to do something about it before it does tho

[@Mathias-jr2df]

It wasn't always this bad it grew exponentially in the last 5 10 years

[@amalek2750]

@@watermelon_boi Something is being done about it:. Community First Village on Hog Eye Road.

[@nicolea8205]

@@watermelon_boi Trust me Austin is just catching up with Cali 😂😂😂

[@michaelsix9684]

it'll get worse unless city govt. decides to deal with it

[@christianbrother4724]

Everyone is moving here, I am a native and desperate to get the hell out! The original city I knew is gone forever.

[@lacyalexander8928]

I’ve been in Austin since ‘79. It’s so sad to see what it is now.

[@nicolea8205]

This is how I feel about Phoenix. I’m from here and I want to get out of here.

[@rrod7958]

Way too many people here now that’s for sure

[@dimsummo]

Pretty sure that’s everywhere...well where the weather is decent. I was pushed out of my city for the same reason

[@japark85]

That’s why I relocated to the valley. It’s still changing, but at a much, much more manageable pace.

[@christianbrother4724]

I am watching this now in February 2021 when it is 20 degrees outside and the city is shutdown due to the hardest freeze it has ever experienced. No electric or water. It is wonderful.

[@ozzy_ruiz]

Another reason: • Lack of regulation • Lack of Public Transportation • State’ infrastructure is unprepared for all seasons

[@nicolea8205]

At the end of the day the governor of Texas is awful and I would never move there even if someone paid me.

[@TheNextEvilPig]

Yes lol the snowpocalypse was brutal. And I hate how they installed a tramway downtown that literally goes nowhere important at all

[@jkp7634]

When are you leaving?

[@carolynridlon3988]

@@nicolea8205 then stay away! I would prefer the negative nervous nellie's leave Texas alone! I love it here & don't want it become "east CA".

[@LuKiSCraft]

@@nicolea8205 I am moving out of NY. Surprisingly, it's not because of the Governor. Although that is a plus :)

[@tswej]

He's right about the cost of living in Austin, another thing about Texas is the outrageous property taxes. For a 300k house you will pay north of $6k a year in property taxes unless you have a ag/farm exemption.

[@rrod7958]

Austin is all about money they charge you for everything.

[@mememaster9393]

@@rrod7958 that’s true. Nearly all roads here are toll or have toll lanes embedded to them

[@rrod7958]

@@mememaster9393 it’s either take toll with less traffic, although it can still get crowded, or get frustrated in be stuck in line traffic jams. You’re screwed either way. It’s like don’t we pay enough taxes here in austin you can’t give us toll roads for free?

[@kzariuscook1275]

my aunt was paying 15,000 in property taxes a year in sugarland texas. in the @59 and university street area

[@thrillseeker5825]

It’s better then cali or New York at least in Texas we don’t have to worry about state tax

[@dollydoll7470]

I’m 50 years old and was born and raised in Austin. I hate how over crowded it has become. The drivers are horrible and rude. Traffic sucks so bad! The main highways are practically parking lots during “rush hour”. The people in general are not very friendly. The violent crime rate is so much worse with the increased population. This guy is right about the critter population too. Cedar fever season is so miserable for folks like me that suffer greatly from allergies. I currently live in Washington State and hate all the rain here. Even though it makes me miss Texas I would never want to move back to Austin

[@wendaltvedt4673]

Washington is beautiful but could never live there, all that overcast would start to depress me

[@miketexas4549]

It's been Californiafied.

[@jcosson10]

You forgot all the culture and traditions are gone.

[@SUpersaiyajinjerkbag]

The city was offensively overrated even for TX; (key word is was Austin's issues are no secret anymore), it's kinda odd really.

[@laneferal6756]

The rain loves you

[@user-pl3lo8cc8y]

I don’t understand why it’s so desirable.. as he said: no mountains, no coastline, super hot/humid summers, bad traffic, high/increasing rents.. California isn’t perfect, but I’ll take it any day over saving a few bucks in taxes. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@MrAeronca100]

Good Stay there

[@siddharthrane580]

California draws people because of the variety of terrain in which you encounter. It is absolutely stunning how you can drive to different places and the terrain will completely change. That being said, you may not enjoy a high quality of life there. In Texas, it is possible to do so especially if you making good money.

[@dulceaidavp9716]

Just like Houston!

[@jazzyroly]

I’m someone who loves Austin and I agree. I’m still surprised at the number of people who decide to move here from beautiful states

[@statusquoreject]

I was born and raised in Silicon Valley and I've been living here before there was a Silicon Valley and I desperately want to get out. You will definitely be saving more than a couple of bucks on taxes if you live anywhere else besides the bay area/CA. Yes it sucks I have to leave such a beautiful state behind but the politics, people, outrageous cost of living, traffic, crime, illegal immigration, fires, are all reason enough to leave. In California it's next to impossible to have a house or a future (and I made 6 fig), that is almost a given anywhere else you move.

[@xasprar8343]

CEDAR FEVER!!! Pollen allergies drove me out of Austin. It took nine years to reach a saturation point where I couldn’t take it any longer. And yes, the humidity and heat during the summer is very oppressive. It’s downright stifling! I was forced to become a slacker... spending the summer months at Deep Eddy and Barton Springs.

[@hangarby10]

I don't think bats are a reason not to move/live in Austin. I could care less about the bats. Reasons for not moving to Austin: High Cost of Living; Insane/Delusional Mayor and City Council; Increasingly high property taxes; Lousy Traffic; Year-around allergies including cedar; and dying local/music scene with closures of local businesses and venues.

[@crooksycollins4349]

👍👍

[@tomvarga7409]

All other points were agreeable to an extent... but he lost me at bats lmao, it’s not Gotham city down here. Also native austinite

[@John-du1oc]

Mosquitos, Ciccadas, Grackles

[@kjhuang]

Yeah if an animal was going to be a reason it should've been cockroaches or mosquitoes. I think he just wanted to talk about the bats haha

[@bballer191]

The bats are harmless. It’s all the snakes, spiders, tarantulas, scorpions, mosquitos, & coyotes you gotta look out for. Those are everywhere and they’ll getcha.

[@ospee2004]

TRAFIC. Homeless camps under all overpasses. If you live in the city taxes are teal high. 110° In July. CALIFORNIANS. I have lived here since 1971. The Texans are friendly. CALIFORNIANS will push you down to get ahead of you in the grocery store line.

[@pathead9944]

Was up in Austin 3 days ago from San Antonio. I used to go all the time in my early 20s for sixth street. But hadn't been in a while. I was shocked at all the tent cities that had popped up everywhere

[@shawnorjiakor]

I'm a Californian and always friendly. Judge one doesn't fit all of us.

[@angelaatwood46]

shawn paul the year I was born. What was it like? Also, I had no choice but to move to Austin, parents brought me here when I was 7 or 8 years old.

[@rosedymkowski4209]

Their is a huge population of homeless people but I don’t consider it a reason not to move here. They don’t bother you if you don’t bother them. If you don’t walk straight through where they are staying you are fine

[@ospee2004]

@@rosedymkowski4209 I had a job where I worked down town I dont have a problem with the homeless most are ver uh nice people. They can not help their situation. I have a problem with the way the city handles the homeless. They allow them to put up camps along the road side and under bridges. It's an eye sore it looks like a third world country. The homeless used to hide. I think that might not be right. But the city could by land for them. The liberal city counsel wants to be as much like California as they can. People are comming here to get away from California.

[@uk7769]

If you want both unbearable summer heat and mountains, you'd love Arizona.

[@zachvalles]

The mountains sound amazing! The heat not so much

[@user-pl3lo8cc8y]

At least the heat is dry... makes a huge difference when hiking or other outdoor activities

[@JMM224]

I think flagstaff can can cold and snowy in winters and mild in summer? Sounds beautiful to me!!

[@nicolea8205]

@@user-pl3lo8cc8y we had 50 straight days of 110 and over degree heat last summer. It’s pure hell. If you never want to enjoy a summer ever again, move here.

[@BenjaminTrillington]

@@nicolea8205 don't worry. Everyone is moving here. And it's fucking stupid. I just payed 300k for a house that 4 months ago would have cost 225k

[@MicroUrb]

As someone that lived in Austin for 2 years and has lived all over the United States east of the Mississippi, and I know how to read financial statements, I also feel qualified to tell you why you should not live in Austin. Austin is in financial crisis, Austin’s financial problems stem mostly from unfunded retirement obligations that have accumulated over the years. Of the $9.4 billion in retirement benefits promised, the city has not funded $2.9 billion in pension and $2.4 billion in retiree health care benefits. Furthermore, Austin did not have enough money set aside to weather the current pandemic and fluctuations in the market. The city is expected to lose some revenue as a result of the pandemic and its impossible to determine how much they will need to maintain services and benefits. Austin had $4.3 billion available to pay $6.4 billion worth of bills. Now regarding all the blather about weather and traffic. 1. Weather, its not Austin weather, its central Texas weather, you get used to it, give me a break. 2. Traffic, underrated description given in video, let me flesh out, Austinites live in flight or fight mode, so expect some idiot driving 50 miles an hour to cut in front of you from the most unexpected place...ready for it?....like the breakdown lane to your right. Enjoy that experience. But seriously folks, the financials is what you want to know about, its the health of a city, so....do you want to be on the hook for $7,600? because thats how much Austin needs to take out of your pocket to pay its bills.

[@dommyjg]

what cities would you recommend?

[@MicroUrb]

@@dommyjg any city under 200k population would be start. I would also look at their financials to see if they are in debt and how much debt. That debt will come out of your backside.

[@LuKiSCraft]

1) This isn't an issue if you're renting. 2) I don't want to live sub-200k population, but that's preference. Austin is a LOT better than where my company was gonna make me move (San Fran). Haha

[@Garywhitetrumphobgobbler]

That explains those random 1,300-1,700 dollar water bills.

[@michaelsix9684]

thanks for the info on the city finances, I was there 84-87, rarely come back due to traffic and loss of the many things that once made it special

[@jessieharbinjr.6589]

The median price for a house in Austin jumped up to $530k since this video was released. Houses in Pflugerville, Round Rock, Hutto, and Georgetown are also just as expensive now. 1 bedroom apartments are almost the cost of a 1500sqft one story mortgage payment.

[@mooka4515]

Visited Austin 15 years ago and saw how it was growing rapidly. I liked the music scene and the bats were one of my favourite things about the city. But I am sad to hear it is becoming another over-developed, over-priced techie hipster enclave.

[@srs6461]

Austin has always been kind of hipster, no?

[@slob5041]

It’s still nice just expensive

[@wynnloftis365]

If you didn't already know...Austin has a saying. It is "Keep Austin Weird". My personal feeling after moving here a year ago is that they need to change their slogan to "No More Weirdos needed"...because it's WAY to crowded with them now

[@scottkfilgo]

Building houses and apartments didn't skyrocket costs. People used to LA prices eager to buy overpriced homes in Austin drove up prices; the homes seemed cheap to them! That's a thin difference but it's more accurate.

[@abeliiibecerra5281]

A man who understands 👍.

[@yuliyabardova2127]

Austin used to be so nice. Now it's a crap city. Homeless everywhere, very expensive and so much traffic. Ridiculous.

[@FrankC71]

Homeless problem started cause of the social cuts we did in the 80's, we should have the #1 educational system with those cuts and with property taxes, but we don't

[@Calx91]

That’s because it’s a liberal city like the Bay Area

[@elric8885]

Lived there 20yrs ago. Had a 1bd rm apartment 3 miles away from downtown. Rode bike to work. Rent was $389. 7yrs later was paying $425, when I moved away. Austin has definitely change over time.

[@luisbdavid1]

paying $1100 plus utilities in Round Rock, it sucks

[@susanhyland7728]

@@luisbdavid1 I lived on red river st apt. In 2007 paid $525. A month. Lucky

[@Jesus-do1wl]

I went to Austin back in June to visit, very nice, beautiful city. Went to look at some apartments and I was surprised at how fast the cost of living has went up in the last couple of years. With everyone moving there and lots of businesses moving there too it caused the cost of living to go up quickly than I thought it would. I do love the city and the vibe though. Austin is still a strong candidate for me to move to along with some other cities I’m considering throughout the U.S.

[@robert.m.c63]

I really miss a lot of things about Austin, but mostly I miss all of my friends. Luckily I can visit whenever I want. Once you turn 50 in that city (I'm 58) you basically become invisible. In fact they ask you to stay indoors on pretty days as well as after dark so you don't mess with the vibe.

[@raulholli7567]

Stunning shots man. My wife and I have been vlogging our house hunting process in south Austin/Buda area, and this market has been wild! We keep getting outside! Lol.

[@yamasama1]

Nothing beats California's beauty! Find a cheaper area in Cali and stay there!

[@JoeMama-nx8pd]

Good luck with finding a cheaper area in Cali 😂

[@victorthai250]

@@JoeMama-nx8pd not many people realize how huge california really is, its not just LA, SF, SD, theres lots of small towns in between, and lots of conservatives outside of the pussified cities.

[@hopecordova6754]

As I replied to someone earlier, my relatives who visited California did not want to come back to Austin. Why anyone from California would want to move to Austin is beyond me.

[@kimjah758]

I live in San Antonio so it’s not that different in terms of the things u listed, but the price of Austin is really high

[@cindyvaldivia7303]

It’s a shame about public transport. The whole point of living in a city is to not have a car and have everything accessible.

[@dante5622]

Vote Red November 8 2022 to Keep Texas great

[@baronperez8200]

I wouldn’t mind any big city in Texas, except for Austin! Thanks for letting me know man!

[@AR-scorp]

Basically you can have a small home in Bay Area, but can spend a lot of time outside thanks to the weather. Your property taxes wont go up wildly like in Texas, when home prices shoots up. Your energy costs will be lower in Bay Area. But rest of xalifornia is pretty dry and hot. But I dont think the whole of Texas can beat the landscape in and around Bay Area. The beaches are great too but the water is very cold.

[@MrAeronca100]

The Californacation of Austin has really changed the once nice little town and it is going to get much worse, the overbuilding is weird for a town that once told us we must preserve our land and limited water resources now it's on a binge to rezone everything and build build build in the name of increase the property tax base revenues

[@brucemarsico6]

It's all about money, you should know this. That's all that counts. The entire place has been sacrificed. The old Austin is dead and nearly buried. In ten years it will be like San Francisco, a few, totally rich, and many, many, totally poor.

[@brucemarsico6]

@James Dean James, did you not read carefully what Ed wrote. I agree with him, it will eventually be another Los Angeles. All over crowded now, (2021), it will be unbearable in twenty years....if things keep on going the way they are now. James, you sound like a pioneer of the nineteenth century...LAND HO! I hope you are, or will soon be, paying those outrageous property taxes. Makes you proud to be a part of the scheme.

[@brucemarsico6]

@James Dean Aw, James. One thing, you are good for a laugh. Don't get so emotional....it was just my prediction for the future of Austin. If you live in Austin, I don't care. If you don't live in Austin, I still don't care.

[@NickvainUSA]

really cool info, thanks for sharing your experience man! I'd love to see more clips about Austin!

[@discobiscuits2100]

I’m from San Antonio. I used to love going up every spring break for SXSW. The free shows on Lady Bird Lake were amazing and beautiful. Now we don’t even bother making the short trip up there anymore. It’s gross and sad. I hope the once beautiful city can recover.

[@bballer191]

This. Austin is gross now. Homeless camps all over the place. Drug paraphernalia and feces on the sidewalks downtown. Garbage everywhere. And the crowd that SXSW and ACL brings are trashy now. Not at all what it used to be. And now it’s getting completely overrun by out-of-towners which is driving up the cost of living at a ridiculous rate and destroying the housing market, while also creating terrible traffic. Sad what’s happened to that once great city.

[@luperamos7307]

Where do you live in San Antonio or whats recommendable?

[@Vl7248]

Austin will be a great place for California to ship all of the coding nerds too. It will make California a lot more livable.

[@shawnorjiakor]

Facts. And housing would be cheaper.

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Not all of the coding nerds in California will move to Austin. California won’t ship all of the coding nerds to Austin. I have the best KZbin channel.

[@tehapu7358]

@@jordanjohnson9866 Why you keep saying that?

[@cajunstrat]

Yep, and like the Blue Locusts they are, their votes are turning the city literally into a 'sh1t hole', just like Seattle, Portland, LA and SF.

[@Vl7248]

@@cajunstrat yep, Texans shouldn’t brag too much about how great their state is for it will attract the very culture they despise. Ted Cruz in Cancun this week says it all

[@lacyalexander8928]

Bats aren’t a nuisance. I’ve been here 40+ years and have only seen them at sunset on Congress bridge. Plus, they eat mosquitos.

[@foodog777]

Yep. That bit was pointless. Should have listed what a nuisance mosquitoes are here instead. 🦟

[@americanpancakelive]

Hi Zach! Very fair assessment and it is so much less expensive to live in Texas compared to where I live in California. One thing I think you should let people know about Austin is the crime rate. I think it would surprise people to know that it is twice as bad as a lot of other cities and in fact, about twice as bad as Los Angeles. It has a Neighborhood Scout crime index of 7 (L.A. is 13). Both indexes are horrible, basically at a 7 it means that 93 percent of other cities in the US are safer than Austin. I try to move to areas that are at least around 30. I lived in Flowery Branch, Georgia which had a crime index of 45 and now live in a city in Cali that has an index of 39. Just my two cents. Cheers

[@gloriat5926]

It sucks for people who grew up in Austin. Prices are rising because of people moving from places like California. Most natives are having to leave their home because they can’t afford it. Fucking sucks.

[@Bibirallie]

And what’s even worse, is that it will completely change the culture. I’m from Northern California... and we experienced the same.

[@timothykeith1367]

I meet people who grew up in Austin and had to leave for towns like Lockhart or Luling

[@stevez5134]

you can get a whole house for 400K but in San Francisco you can't even get a studio condo? is there somewhere cheaper to live than Austin???

[@timothykeith1367]

@@stevez5134 A secret about Austin is rents haven't increased much unless you live near downtown or another popular area. My brother lives in north Austin near Parmer Lane and his rent hasn't increased. The traffic on I-35 is very bad but if you live and work in an area where you can avoid I-35 then Austin isn't too bad. That commute hassle often hits Austinites when they must change job locations within the Austin area. In spite of Austin being a popular city it is still located in moderately priced central Texas so that outlying areas aren't priced through the roof. The traffic will get worse when a decivision is made to eventually rebuild I-35. I've read that the preferred solution is to stack mulitple decks over the existing I-35 but that would require significant closures of the existing highway. Thankfully Austin is in a low earthquake risk area. A lot of the high prices in Austin is due to people wanting to live near their jobs near downtown. Someone could buy a home east of Austin on 183, 71 or 290 and commute into downtown faster than on I-35, and there is still a lot of cows out that way. Tesla is building a plant near where those highways come close to the airport, but there isn't a huge growth pattern on 183 outisde of Austin, which is also served by the 130 tollway. If you avoid these videos and just look at a map and then do real estate queries you will find that there are affordable housing options within commuting distance of Austin. Austin is smack in the middle of central Texas. The area outside of the city is not heavilily developed compared to the Bay Area.

[@jlc42]

THIS right here.

[@timsmith5133]

I visited Austin early last year. I was surprised by the large number of homeless families living in tents under the freeway. Unfortunately, people kept approaching us for a handout. I wondered if TX has little or no social services.

[@lovelylouro]

that and sanctuary cities. lovely combo.

[@susanhyland7728]

They don't help homeless much you have to find everything in your own

[@maile9384]

Austin is a liberal city. Homeless ppl are offered shelters and gov subsidized necessities but if they prefer to live on the street and taking your handouts as additional income, there’s nothing the government can do about it

[@winnerwinnerchickendinner6837]

Last year I was a waitress and only made $15k. Tried getting food stamps for me and my son and got denied. Only my son got approved got Medicaid. All cause I “made too much.” I made more money living in California and got approved for both snap and medical.

[@tybarker5038]

@@winnerwinnerchickendinner6837 that’s because California somewhat cares about it’s citizens and in Texas they’re like “you’re on your own, pull yourself up by the bootstraps!” and it’s like, wealthy politicians who have always been well off saying this. Lol

[@emeraldc.8796]

My spouse & I have a young adult son (not married, no kids) he absolutely loves Austin. He’s lived there a few years now. He doesn’t mind the traffic, he works for Samsung. Your job there does make a difference. My spouse & I also have a teen, senior in high school, who wants to move to & work in Austin. We’re all from Corpus Christi & so after college our teen wants to make Austin his home too. We’ve been informed that some singles really enjoy Austin. God bless you

[@cleanpoop9929]

Make sure your son in High school attends college and tries to get as many scholarships as possible.

[@highwiredaysgigdriver9417]

Been to Austin many times, not my favorite city.. I'll stick to LA, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs! Texas is ok but it gets real boring real fast, California has so much more to offer!🤘🏼🎸

[@hopecordova6754]

My relatives who visited California loved it! they did not want to come back to Austin.

[@4sureast128]

Thats good, ya’ll stay over there please

[@Chinunit22]

I remember when Austin used to be good city 10 years ago. Now its getting Denver Boulder tech transplant effect.

[@RG-hf4et]

10:56. Where is that cool stone map of Texas located?

[@zachvalles]

It's called Doug Sahm Hill Summit! Its right next to Auditorium Shores

[@r.pres.4121]

I left Austin in mid 2001 because even than the city was getting very arrogant and very expensive. Traffic was already bad and the urban infrastructure was horribly inadequate. Rents were already going through the roof, electric bills were astronomical and Austin was the most unfriendly city that I have ever spent time in. I fled to Buffalo where the cost of living is much lower, the people much friendlier, the summers are milder and traffic is not out of control. Ten years was all I could withstand Austin.

[@TRAZ4004]

The 90’s were Austin’s best years.

[@nicolea8205]

@@TRAZ4004 the 90’s was everyone’s best years tbh.

[@90srapfan37]

@@nicolea8205 well, except people from the hoods. That was a crazy dangerous time for the inner cities.

[@idonhadenuff5979]

Good for you 👏

[@miketexas4549]

Grew up in Austin in the 80s and 90s. Such a great town, time of my life. It's unrecognizable now and I don't like being back there.

[@foodog777]

1:50 “It won’t get cold enough for it to snow or anything. It will be mainly in the 60s or 70s. (Pop up: Most of the time.)” Actually Austin is in cold hardiness zone 8b with lows that can get down to 15-20F. I see this was unloaded before the Texas “Snowpocalypse” that dumped ice/snow and temperatures down to 0°F in February 2021. We get winter lows in the 20s every year and snow/ice every few years. Where are you actually from? 🤔

[@winowarrior9392]

Brother, you just made me miss Austin with all of my heart. It was great to see the city again though through your lens! If you haven't already, moving to another city could be good as you are still young. It's a hard decision to pick which one though! You would defo need to get out of Texas for a while. If you go N/NE/S/SE you will find a very different world. I'd be willing to bet, at the end of the day, you would miss Texas. Not just Austin, but Texas. There's just something about TX that gets ya. I miss it every day. Thanks for the video! Sorry I was a year and a half late 😛

[@rrod7958]

It’s hot as shit here in austin makes you not even want to go outside. If you never experience an Austin summer it’ll make you never want to come back lol

[@laurenandseth]

Great job breaking it down. I've heard so many things good and bad about Austin, can't wait to visit!

[@louiedangelo3843]

Coming from brooklyn , Austin is heaven..love it here never leaving.🤣

[@Brooklynbaby47]

You left Brooklyn???🥹🥹 Iam in Greenpoint

[@yurisilvestri4804]

I have been living in Austin for 19 years now, Austin used to be such a great city, now we are overcrowded with the amount of people moving here due to the opening of many companies etc. I am certainly moving to another place in the near future, Austin is not longer what it used to be...😔

[@NolanB91]

Been here 18 years and I agree 100%. Researching where to go next. Austin no longer has it's "Keep Austin Weird" vibe anymore. And way too many local businesses have closed to make room for high rise condos and shit.

[@jema5039]

@@NolanB91 same, once my lease is up I’m out of here. Austin isn’t the original Austin anymore, tbh all the big Texas cities don’t feel like Texas anymore besides San Antonio & that’s only bc they haven’t infected it with corny fake “Rich” tech people capitalism.

[@JustTez]

@@NolanB91 where you guys going?

[@followerofjulian1652]

Just leave and come to California! You'll appreciate Austin a lot more!

[@user-tp6sb6lq5f]

Listening to these people complaining. Come pretty much anywhere from Ventura to San Diego.

[@TerreDiceGames]

This is a great video! I used to live in Austin and am thinking about moving back. Really informative and great b-roll!

[@NolanB91]

Lived in Austin since I was 13 due to my parents job. Currently going on 31 and I gotta say, it's not the same city. The "Keep Austin Weird" vibe is gone. A lot of local businesses have closed to make way for high rise condos and bigger businesses. Quite sad. And traffic sucks even more now. Way to crowded.

[@lorenl9262]

Thank you for a valuable video as I am new to your channel. I have been considering a move to Austin. I have lived in Las Vegas, Nevada for over 10 years now and a lot of the reasons NOT to move to Austin are the same reasons that I tell people NOT to move to Vegas but on a side note we do have mountains if that is your desire.

[@jazzyroly]

It's nice to hear someone from Austin talk about Austin! I've lived here 3 years and love it, but I feel like I only see people who are new to the city talking about it on KZbin.

[@rubendan6448]

Hello Amber, how are you doing

[@MadisonFalcoFoods]

I’ve been here about 8 years now and it’s changed a lot since I’ve been around. Forget driving anywhere from 3-7pm🥵😣

[@Mostafa.Morgan_]

I stayed for two weeks at Home2Suite hotel, Burnett Rd and I absolutely loved it. The best location I went to was lake Travis. Amazing spot. Love from Cairo Egypt.

[@BNaturalStudios]

I lived in and around Austin in the 90's and early 2000s. I mark the death of Austin's greatness with the closing of Southpark Meadows. Austin sucks now. It is seemingly unlivable now. LA with no beach, and a ton more guns. Good luck.

[@christianbrother4724]

Homeless and drug addicts panhandling on every corner.

[@FreedomLovin]

It's really not much like Seattle in terms of politics. Sure, it's got a good number of democrats. But places like Seattle and Portland are generally more angry and intolerant, while Austin has a mix of differing opinions, which are more acceptable.

[@nicolea8205]

I disagree with this. Austin has been nothing but unfriendly, the PNW on the other hand, I’ve met SO many kind people.

[@bballer191]

Austin is pretty intolerant now… full of liberal extremists who call you a white supremacist Nazi if you don’t conform to their views. It’s laughable.

[@MrTyty776]

Please stop moving here

[@zachvalles]

😂

[@robtoma5650]

Don’t worry.. Nobody except liberal clowns move to Austin. That dump is an embarrassment to Texas

[@jjrangel90jr]

@Enmanuel no... it really is an embarrassment to Texas!

[@everythingisfine9988]

NOOOO!

[@susanhyland7728]

Hahahaha

[@rachelcooper5101]

I LOVE that you said "Lake Travis"! That's all I ever knew it as back in my day. (Former Austin Resident 1994-2002)

[@franfulton210]

I just wanted to add my unsolicited memories of Austin in 1960. I spent two years (60 to 62) near Austin on a missile battery in the US Army. Austin was a small city "population wise" in 1960, around 200,00 I believe. Segregated to a degree then. A black person could not enter a theater downtown. Even though it was rumored that Lady Bird Johnson's family owned the theaters and most everything else in town. I believe in 1960 just one television station (I may be wrong) . Best Mexican food anywhere. I would walk into the Mexican (Tejanos) neighborhoods right outside downtown, and buy Tacos at a little restaurants that Anglos did not frequent, and the price was 10 cents per taco. There was a Mexican restaurant on S. Congress a little ways out from downtown. El Gallo's, that had one day a week, all you can eat for a Dollar. They lost money on us G.I's. There were chain restaurants called "Pig Stand's", that their premier pork sandwich was at 35 cents. They were drive-in restaurants with Car-hops. Of course frequented Barton Spring's park in the summer months. Trying to meet Girls. I am currently 80 years old. My how time flies.

[@travis7211]

If you think Austin is hot, you've never been to Houston or Louisiana. Humidity is what gets you.

[@ryankelley5160]

> Californian moves to Austin > Wonders why the city is on the decline

[@rdgzvlogs4157]

As a fellow austin resident it sucks to see how much the city has changed in the worst way it’s becoming mini California. What these rich people have done is raise property taxes and rent to drive out normal every day people that lived in the city. This is one of the reasons why our homeless population has skyrocketed on top of the fact that our infrastructure just can’t keep up with the huge population growth.

[@kaitlinlima5078]

Will you be making a "reasons to move to Austin" type video next? I'd love to hear a local's perspective on the people, diversity, activities to do in Austin, food, and overall culture.

[@zachvalles]

As of right now I don't plan on making a video like that, but maybe I will in the future. For now I will just tell you everything in this comment: DIVERSITY: the cities population is mainly white and latino, with a small African-American population, and even smaller asian population. ACTIVITIES: greenbelt - good hiking, good swimming at a certain time of year, and overall great outdoor fun Zilker Park - great for dogs and for playing sports Barton Springs - great for swimming Bob Bullock Museum - Great Texas history museum and has an IMAX theatre The Bike Trail Shop and eat on South Congress Visit Mount Bonnell - beautiful sunsets ACL in the fall Blues on the green in the summer (free music concerts) Lakes 6th street (nightlife) Domain - shopping (Of course there's more, but google can help you out with the rest!) CULTURE: the overall culture here is pretty laid back in my opinion. It certainly doesn't have the hustle and bustle feel of NYC. A lot of young people have moved here for jobs. Also, it is a college town home to the Longhorns, so football is kind of big here. Furthermore, it is VERY DOG FRIENDLY! FOOD: barbecue is pretty big here. We got Franklins barbecue which always has long lines. Has pretty good Mexican food in my opinion. My favorites are Chuy's and Maudies I've heard the asian food here is not the best since we have a small asian population. However, a quick google search can point you to some pretty solid options in my opinion. PEOPLE: Most people are on the younger side here. As I mentioned, it is a college town. So you get a lot of young professionals and college kids moving here. The city used to have a huge hippie culture, but I feel like know that has been taken over by young professionals due to all the tech jobs coming here. The city is also great for raising a family in my opinion!

[@texican512]

I lived in Austin 33 years east side downtown area, it wasn’t the same anymore moved to Buda 2 years ago and it’s great. No homeless and stores/places are easy drive to get to.

[@cleanpoop9929]

What do you think drove the homeless tents? I feel like they literally popped out of no where. Same in Houston, but the mayor there sort of cracked down on that and provided more homeless housing.

[@nessaustin4501]

I lived in Atx from 2007-2017, the last 2 years were brutal. The traffic was insane, the crime rate was increasing, gentrification pretty much all of east side. Tons of homeless and panhandlers- $100 a month in tolls to get to work, tech companies have destroyed this city. It went from keep atx weird to completely snob ville. Sxsw was amazing 10 years ago-now it’s so mainstream- good luck with getting into any shows- unless you know someone. With all the tech companies moving there- it’s lost it’s hippie weird charm.

[@nessaustin4501]

P.s I also had the worst allergies the last 4 years while living in Atx- cedar fever and sinus infections. Which I never experienced before- if you are experiencing that- try RoundRock honey. It kept them at bay .

[@gunsandpoker7432]

All the reasons as to why I left.

[@Ricky911_]

2:11 Crash Bandicoot. I see you're a man of culture

[@TheSunnySideofCoffee]

The heat is really unbearable in the summer time if you are not used to this kind of heat.

[@MD-BullCreekATX78757]

Austin is a great place to live...if you are a Millennial, a poser, a hipster, a townie or are under the delusional belief that you're going to be a rockstar or if you simply want to resist growing up post-college

[@TheLace]

Hate away! Lol

[@anthonyv1971]

Hipsters died out around 2013-14

[@TheLace]

@@anthonyv1971 nah they still around just evolving

[@jessicabonilla2225]

Fun fact! Bats also don't want yall to move here so they will bite, don't move here.

[@rubendan6448]

Hello Jessica, How are you doing today

[@lynlinglang2981]

Have some of yall consider moving to alabama since a lot complain about Texas

[@ChrisLeeTopher]

I'm planning to move to Austin within the next year. I do have a question thou, around what area from Austin would generally be a good place to find an apartment? Reason I ask is because when I moved to San Antonio, I rented an apartment in the Southeast area and it wasn't a good location. I don't need to mention all the horrible things that happened but I learned my lesson. Any info would be deeply appreciated.

[@mdmflor4574]

East Side of Austin

[@sintexas857]

My advice to you is do Not move to Austin! There is nowhere that crime & homelessness will not affect you. Since the police were defunded, it will take hours for them to respond, if at all. Our Mayor makes covid rules then breaks them when convenient for him & his family. Property taxes are through the roof & only going higher! If you’re thinking of a little piece of land where an agricultural exemption can help, think again! I’ve been through it so I know 1st hand. The rules you have to comply with make it very difficult, & if there is a horse on your property the exemption is void. How will they know if you have a horse? They use a drone! Then you are called into the tax office where the pictures will be shown to you! You will also be responsible for paying taxes back to the point this exemption was given. One more thing, if your home or land has a nice view, you will pay more taxes, we call it a View tax. The homeless camps are also cropping up everywhere. Don’t think if you’re in a nicer, high-class area you won’t be affected. My parents bought a very nice home in Northwest Austin with a beautiful forested area behind them. This area is now home to dozens of homeless people, mountains of trash, clothes hanging from trees, feces on sidewalks, syringes laying about, & much more. What is the city going to do you ask; they are thinking of putting a porta-potty in the area soon. I know I’ve rambled on about this, but I hope you, & anyone reading this will Really listen, & go see for yourselves. Research, investigate, & don’t make a hasty decision to move here! Thanks for listening.

[@nujjarin]

NW of Austin

[@lynnetaupier7666]

My advice-don’t move here!

[@mikesisca1]

Don't move here. We're full.

[@NatashaIbrahim]

No more people move to Austinnnn ~ hello I’m a fellow atx KZbinr 🤗

[@zachvalles]

I can't tell you how many times I've seen "stop moving here" on my facebook feed lol. And hello there fellow atx KZbinr!

[@brianc6218]

I really do wish we did have mountains in Austin. Would be a perfect way to escape the heat in the summer and great hiking. The hills here are ok but a bit underwhelming.

[@johnO21]

Cant stand the heat, stay out of Texas.

[@wendaltvedt4673]

Yep having no mountains near by the is the worst part about Austin. I live here and have to travel to Colorado quite a bit to get my mountain fix. Might move there soon.

[@brianc6218]

@@johnO21 I’m from the south. I can stand it just fine, thank you.

[@daniellerodriguez7831]

“We got bats” me: immediately packs my bags and rents an apartment

[@bridgetgee1659]

$1,700 for a two bedroom downtown sounds low. With all the luxury complexes taking over I’d say $2,300 a month is closer to the average. To be fair, if you go further outside of the city or go for an old apartment without amenities, they’re much cheaper. ALSO the cockroaches ARE a reason to not move to Austin if you’re from the north (aka not used to roaches) and are terrified of them 😆

[@raevandyer9422]

Yep. Cockroaches live in espresso machines here unless you have a strong defensive strategy. Don’t Google that on a full stomach. 😅

[@aptkeyboard3173]

Was not expecting bats 🦇

[@jondstewart]

My mom and dad lived in the real Austin. They bought a small 1,000 square foot home in 1969 off South Lamar and Del Curto for 16,000 when they were 24 years old and I was a baby. Both had full time jobs and two cars, a 1967 Ford Custom 500 and 1963 Ford station wagon. It was a modest means of living back then, but two 24 year olds could afford it and have a child. In 1974, after a 2 year stint in College Station, they bought a home off Balcones Woods and 183 for $37,000 in a neighborhood with a pool and park. A little expensive back then, but they could do it when they weren’t even 30 years old. Nowadays, you have college educated people that age wondering how they can afford 1,500 a month rent for a studio apartment.

[@christianbrother4724]

My first one bedroom apt was close to downtown in 88 was 230 per month with all bills paid.

[@danielcastillo4537]

I'm leaving California to move to Austin cuz it's cheaper, low traffic, affordable housing, to escape homelessness, it's not as hot! Good luck with that!

[@kindaburnt]

Lol we have homeless people on every street, the traffic is shit and the housing is going up month by month so you’re just moving to California with no beaches or mountains

[@bobjohnson706]

Not as hot? Are you from Death Valley lol

[@RC-ku8pr]

YOU FORGOT TO MENTION BIG COMPANIES IN AUSTIN AND SURROUNDINGS...TESLA...AMAZON....DELL...SAMSUNG...APPLE....etc

[@star2.vviivi]

I was born in austin and raised there for a good portion of my early life, And just recently I went with my mom back to austin for my first concert. It was so much fun, but i remember my mom saying a parking area (where she would go for concerts when she was younger) was scary and unnerving. From what i can tell, it’s also become more dull, and slightly uncomfortable. it is a great city, but it’s just lost it’s spark.

[@zoevorzimmer6165]

Dude who cares about the bats? I’ve had more issues with bats flying in the house while visiting in the Midwest than ever in Austin and I’ve lived here my entire life. You honestly have to go out of your way to look for them while going about your day to day.

[@alexserrano5367]

Dude you sound like you don’t understand you guys have it really really nice , I live in LA and the surrounding areas it’s terrible here ,can’t afford to buy toilet paper to wipe my butt .

[@legendaryTMNICO]

Carson, Torrance, Gardena, and Hawthorne are better places to live in California.

[@alexserrano5367]

@@legendaryTMNICO I’m assuming you have 640,000 to 5 million in cash to purchase a house ? No you don’t ,I lived in gardena I lived all over LA too ,unless you plan to rent for the rest of your life or you got a house in 2007 housing crash it’s not a place to start a great financial situation for regular Americans or a young couple.... unless your rich and loaded . I also looked at Redfin & Zillow right now houses are going 640,000 and 🆙 Your argument is based on untrue opinion not facts .

[@zuxzux]

I'm curious about the rent/housing costs you mentioned in the video. A quick look on HotPads shows TONS of one bedroom apartments for rent in the $800-$1,100 range, which isn't too bad. Additionally, it seems like decent houses can certainly be found for less than $350k as long as you're not talking about the metro area.. south of 71/east of 35. Thanks for the video... Austin looks like the top of my list for places to relocate to from Denver... although it seems to be following Denver as the next city to get overwhelmed with new residents from.

[@JohnJacobGarza]

Don’t move here you can find affordable housing here but you be taxed to death with the property taxes

[@zuxzux]

@@JohnJacobGarza Well the rent is cheaper which would allow me to save more. The monthly cost of owning a home looks like a wash to me.. more expensive in Denver but lower taxes, less expensive in Austin but higher property tax. Better job market in Austin and nice weather most of the year.

[@JohnJacobGarza]

@@zuxzux I lived in Austin majority of my life and yes the cost-of-living is higher but we don’t have no state income tax and we’re red state and also the traffic isn’t bad as people think it is. That’s why Austin is ranked the best city to live in number one. Telsa is moving to Austin to as well just 30 minutes out from me

[@zachvalles]

Yes, there are apartments here that you can get between the $800 - $1,100 range. I just gave an average rent cost for the city. And yes, you are also correct about finding a house for less than $350k, but it most likely will be in further south, east, or north Austin.

[@timothykeith1367]

@@JohnJacobGarza A major collision can cause more than 1 hour delay on I-35. I've read that a I-35 may be decked in the future but the construction delays will slow traffic and costs will be huge. I worked in Austin until 2011, lots of changes since then.

[@antccantc5594]

Texas and california residents should switch spots

[@sarasilver9280]

Austin heat isn’t that bad compared to Phoenix where I’m from. Just stay in the water. Lot’s of fun things to do year round especially if you’re young.But even if you aren’t, don’t let it stop you! Also lots of getaway small towns you can go to for the weekend.

[@rubendan6448]

Hello Sara, how are you doing today

[@jema5039]

There’s not a lot to do in Austin born & raised in Texas & you people are crazy. Austin was meant to be a laid back small town with a few cool things & the people used to be cool, weird & outgoing cowboyish. Now it’s a hell hole of fake wanna be Instagram influencers, wanna be rich people & unfriendly. It wasn’t meant to be a “a lot to do” place

[@kethsharakhlok1976]

Thank you, and what a great video you made on this particular topic. I almost move to Austin last Autumn but had to change mind about its ongoing high cost of living. I heard that apartment sizes are larger in comparing to the ones in most of Eastern Coastal cities. Your overall advice is excellent. 🌞

[@TheSunnySideofCoffee]

Great video! I really enjoyed it! :)

[@tybarker5038]

I spent a weekend there in June. The heat is enough to keep me away. I like having four seasons and low humidity and mountains to hike. Austin has NONE of that! Regardless of how you feel about politics of places… if somewhere is physically unbearable to live in, I don’t live there. I got a car I can drive to wherever is nice, whenever. No need to stay somewhere that feels 100+ most of the year!

[@bohaggarddaniels9623]

i live 3 hours away from there i love austin i live in east texas Palestine texas it does get hot here i lived in texas over ten years now hot cold real fast

[@jsanchez8855]

None of these things are turn offs for me. Im from LA and my fiance is from Tacoma. We live in seattle right now and our studio apartment is $1500. I can work from home and he is a chef so living on the outer edges and not having a commute is fine. Im just missing those 100 degree summers, my tan, and good Mexican food, and he is looking for friendlier people, good BBQ, and a gun friendly culture. We are both very liberal and dont mind giving up the mountains or beach (live near them, never go to them). Also bats are cute as heck. I think austin would be a good place for us?

[@nicolea8205]

My partner and I are moving to Seattle from Arizona. I’ve never enjoyed a summer here in my life, Seattle is getting cheaper and I won’t be miserable in the summer. It’s a win for us.

[@jsanchez8855]

@@gunsandpoker7432 someone need a Snickers bar

[@jsanchez8855]

@@gunsandpoker7432 not really tbough... everyone I know who has moved from a red state to a blue one has said they live exponentially better lives. And rents wouldn't be so high there if they weren't highly desired places to live. And they wouldn't be highly desired if the quality of life wasn't better. Don't let the media lie to you, baby, we livin' good here!

[@jkp7634]

@@jsanchez8855 As someone who moved my family of 7 from blue state to red strongly disagrees. As a minority, rents in liberal areas are very high because people just dont care. I'm happy in this small Texas town where its doent cost an arm and leg just to survive.

[@bballer191]

No. Stay in LA. Trust me.

[@GrammarGlamor]

"Hopefully you already knew that Austin didn't have any beaches." Hahahaha!

[@JMM224]

what no beaches? "why did you tell us!!!!???? (flashback from jaws 2 ).

[@jennyarnold3088]

Great information . Thank you . 💙🙏🦋

[@josephinemiller4780]

1) It’s not as humid as anywhere east of us. I lived in FL for 26 years. Humid as hell! Same with Washington DC. Just as humid as FL. 2) Traffic?? Have you been on I-4 in Orlando or I-95 in VA going to DC? How about the 405 in California? At least the traffic moves here. Try sitting in Traffic on I-95 from Fredericksburg VA to DC for 2-3 hours during rush hour when it’s normally an hours drive. I will agree with everything else. I moved here almost 5 yrs ago from the DC area and I love it here!

[@rubendan6448]

Hello Josephine, how are you doing

[@merebaap5940]

I am really surprised that he made an entire video of mentioning kiddish points of why to not come to Austin. Most stupid point is around 4:06 where he is literally saying it would be nice if Austin has Beaches or Mountains 😂. That literally applies to everything in life( if I were a billionaire, I would have lots of high end Cars, if my height would be 8 feet, I could be a basketball player ..literally anything)

[@CityTrailRunner]

I'm from London and visited Austin about 4 years ago and it was Sooo expensive (for food and drink). We were shocked. Maybe you get paid more.

[@TRAZ4004]

I imagine you were eating at the trendy spots. Plenty of inexpensive taco shacks and hole in the walls.

[@luperamos7307]

Not the poor. Minimum wage in Texas is $7.25

[@luperamos7307]

@@TRAZ4004 L.A. has $1 tacos on $16 minimum wage. Austin $3 on $7.25 minimum wage. The high earners live well everywhere

[@lovelylouro]

Where is that walking bridge/path at the very beginning of the vid @0:01 ?

[@JoeWayne313]

Oh great weather an amazing Transit System and Lake Travis why in the world would I ever want to be in Austin yeah thanks for the Hard Sell I'm sold I'm on my way from H-Town to Austin