The skinny on New Braunfels
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1/20/2012
I came here from a smaller city close to I-40 and I thought the traffic on I-35 was terrible. This is a tourist town so traffic downtown can get very congested especially during summer. Some of the streets have a lot of patches which makes for a bumpy ride. There is need for a lot of road construction in town, especially on Walnut street which is being widened, but there are others areas that get really bad, esp., around rush hour. A good home runs about 130k and we are surrounded by big metropolis such as Austin and San Antonio. Lots of motorcycling in this area and a lot of curvy roads leading to all the small scenic towns around this area known as the Hill Country. Also, since I enjoy tennis there is a lot of tennis considering that Newt's tennis ranch is here and there is a USTA tournament every weekend within 250 miles or closer. The weather is very mild in winter and I enjoy it because I'm used to low humidity but in summer, it gets very hot and the humidity makes it worse. The heat usually starts getting bad in July and lasts bad until October. After that it mild weather. There is the sclitterbaum, (misspelled probably, a swimming, water amusement park that attracts thousands during summer and also there is tubing the Guadalupe River. Plenty of night life if you go downtown or the Riverwalk in San Antonio, 30 miles south. The city has a lot of bike lanes and we are surrounded by lakes for boating or swimming. There are also several caverns nearby and Fiesta Texas amusement part and Shamu in the waterpark. Definitely an outdoor place but very hot in summer.
Paul | New Braunfels, TX