Review of Austin, Texas


SO FAR EVERYTHING IS GOOD HERE
Star Rating - 3/18/2007
HEY AFTER LIVING IN CHICAGO ALL MY LIFE ME AND MY WIFE WANTED A CHANGE. FOR ONE WE WANTED TO BUY A NEW HOME BUT IN CHICAGO THE PRICES ARE CRAZY, WE WERE ALSO TIRED OF THE SNOW AND THE COLD WEATHER. SO WE DECIDED TO RELOCATE, NOW AT THE TIME WE WERE LOOKING AT PHOENIX IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY ALONG WITH THE GOOD HOME PRICES, OUR OTHER CHOICE WAS AUSTIN,TX BECAUSE AT THE TIME THEY ALSO HAD GOOD HOME PRICES TOO. NOW BECAUSE NIETHER ONE OF US HAD ANY FAMILY IN AUSTIN WE DECIDED TO GO TO PHOENIX BECAUSE MY WIFE HAD A AUNT THAT LIVED IN PHOENIX. BAD CHOICE, THE MINUTE WE GOT OFF THE PLANE THE HOME PRICES SHOT UP THROUGH THE ROOF.LET ALONE PHOENIX HAS NO CULTURE TO OFFER,EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY CAN GET A GUN AND WALK AROUND IN PUBLIC. I THOUGHT CHICAGO WAS BAD PHOENIX CRIME IS ON THE RISE, I DONT KNOW IF ITS BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE FROM L.A. ARE MOVING THERE OR WHAT BUT YOU KNOW ITS BAD WHEN YOU COME FROM A BIG CITY LIKE CHICAGO TO NOTICE A ANOTHER CITIES CRIME WAVE. PHOENIX IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN NOR LIVE. THE CITY HAS NOTHING TO OFFER.THE ONLY THING YOU HERE ABOUT ARE SHOOTING AT NIGHT CLUBS, AND CAR THEFT, AND CAR CHASES. AND DONT FORGET THE METH CAPITAL.PEOPLE DONT WATCH THEIR KIDS AROUND SWIMMING POOLS OUT THERE ITS JUST CRAZY. SO AFTER LIVING THERE FOR 2 LONG HOT YEARS WE PACKED UP AND MOVED TO AUSTIN, AND LET ME SAY WE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR 2 MONTHS AND BOUGHT A BRAND NEW HOME FOR HALF THE PRICE OF WHAT THEY ARE SELLING HOMES FOR IN PHOENIX. SO FAR THE THE PEOPLE HERE HAVE BEEN OK NOT RUDE LIKE THE PEOPLE IN PHOENIX. AUSTIN HAS A LOT TO OFFER IF YOUR LOOKING TO RAISE KIDS,THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CULTURES HERE WHICH IS GOOD. PHOENIX HAS TURNED INTO THE BABY L.A.SO MOVE THERE AT YOUR OWN RISK. AND THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT PHOENIX IS THAT THEY HAVE THE BEST WINTER WEATHER AFTER THAT YOU WILL BURN IN HELL DURING THE SUMMER TIME AND I DONT MISS THAT. AUSTIN IS THE PLACE TO BE, WAY BETTER THAN PHOENIX TRUST ME.
steve | Hutto, TX
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