What BestPlaces Users Say about San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas is a vibrant and culturally rich city, known for its historic landmarks and delicious food. It is also home to popular attractions such as the River Walk and the Alamo. In this particular place, many people have chosen to make it their home and have shared their experiences through user reviews on bestplaces.net. These reviews provide insight into the overall living experience in San Antonio and highlight both the positives and negatives.
One reviewer, Susan, shares her love for the city, stating that "San Antonio has a perfect balance of big city amenities and small-town charm. The people are friendly and there is always something to do." Another user, John, praises the cost of living, saying "I moved here from California and was surprised by how affordable it is. The housing prices are great and there's no state income tax." These reviews shed light on the welcoming community and affordable lifestyle in San Antonio.
However, not all reviews are positive. Mary, a former resident, expresses her disappointment with the job market in San Antonio, stating that "I struggled to find employment in my field and ended up having to move to a bigger city. The job opportunities here are limited." Similarly, another reviewer, Max, shares that "traffic can be a nightmare, especially during rush hour. The roads are always congested and it takes forever to get anywhere." These reviews highlight the potential challenges of living in San Antonio, such as limited job opportunities and heavy traffic.
Overall, the user reviews on bestplaces.net paint a picture of a diverse and lively city with a strong sense of community and affordable living. While there may be some drawbacks, such as traffic and a competitive job market, it seems that many people have found San Antonio to be a great place to call home.
based on 239 ReviewsGet to know San Antonio with the latest comments and reviews from people who live in or have visited San Antonio
Worst place next to hell - 3/18/2015
San Antonio Texas is the worst city I've ever lived in the people are fat and ignorant the job market is loaded with low paying jobs.Hispanics here are very prejudice towards blacks every job I've had in the last few months I've been laid off due to my supposed work ethic.All the streets have huge potholes in them and the traffic is terrible in a sense people out here got their license from a cereal box I'm moving back to Georgia where things are a little
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Overall - 1/4/2015
Very reasonable cost of living. Friendly people, east town to get around! Love
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No work or friendships for non-Hispanics - 10/13/2014
I moved here after my unit finished Desert Storm. I WAS an outgoing, friendly, trusting, happy person. NOW? None of the above. Yes, the indigenous men and women are very unfriendly and clique-y. They come off first as being outgoing and wanting to be friends (they will tell anyone who wants to listen all their life's history in 5 minutes) but you WILL get the chill. This has happened to me time and again. I would make plans to have a friends' night out with some of the local ladies and men and then would end up being ALONE at the venue. Later I would get strange excuses of "family" this and that, etc. ad nauseum. Why am I still here? No work for someone who has an M.A. degree but doesn't speak Spanish. So I work for myself doing service jobs' work. Saving up nickels, dimes and pennies to get the hell out of here hopefully by 2015 when I will have saved enough $$$ to pay cash for a modest home in a PROGRESSIVE state....Washington State.....where it isn't a black mark on
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Great place to live - 8/5/2014
There's always something to do in San Antonio if you don't mind a short drive to any given side of town. It is a rapidly expanding city that is home to a ton of young families. Everyone is very friendly and you couldn't ask for better people to have as neighbors. Not always as entertaining for young 20 something's, for that I would recommend Austin as a place for the 20-30 range. But still a very great place to live with a lot of solid job opportunities.
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My own personal hell - 7/7/2014
Yep, that's San Antonio. I would move too if the jobs weren't so pathetic that I can't even make a living wage, much less be able to save up enough to move
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Why dont you San Antonioians trying being real??? - 5/27/2014
First of all I can speak of San Antonio because I was born in 1978 so I know what has changed for the good and the bad of San Antonio not people who have not lived here all their lives.... In the 80's and 90's San Antonio was fairly descent but once the Millennium came it's as if they opened the border gates and let all "Those" people over here...and I am hispanic so Not being racist or prejudice just stating the facts...For instance South side which in the 80's use to have a Dillards and Sears right on Military and Pleasanton was shut down by the early 90's and ever since that area has literally turned into little Mexico.. All you see now are nothing but illegals and that is the truth...hardly anyone speaks proper English or English for that matter and they expect you to speak Spanish when they come to our country not knowing the language and expect us to accommodate to them. So yes we are infested with alot of illegal Mexicans and they are everywhere now...EAST North South and even
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Luv SA - 4/16/2014
Overall this is a great place to live. If you're looking for high-brow, intellectual activities, this may not be the place for you. The cost of living makes housing affordable, although the prices are climbing quickly. Taxes are high, but I'm from NY where taxes are
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A critique regarding article by LauMand in 2007 - 12/16/2013
The comments made by this writer are laughable, and are only exceeded by ignorance. But she can't help it because she was brainwashed by her ancestors.
At some point, in San Antonio, and more than likely in the rest of the state as well, a faction of people, who considered themselves the earlier settlers in Texas, somehow, and maybe even perhaps by chance, banded together and called themselves "anglos" in order to differentiate from more recent immigrants who had fled the Mexican revolution and settled in the state as well. This faction included; Germans, Englishmen, Irish, Czechs, Poles, Greeks, Italians, Syrians, Lebanese, Jews, etc., half of which, even by a stretch of the imagination, could not be considered Anglicans. More than likely because of the Great Depression, they did this in order to apply economic and political sanctions against the Hispanic "newcomers" whom they considered a threat to bite into their portion of the precarious "American Pie." These
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