Should my family move to Austin, Texas?

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My family has lived in Northern California, one hour from SF, our whole lives. We are a pretty adventerous family and are ready for a change. My brother and I are about to go to college so the move would be an easy one. We love watersports. We are a pretty liberal family and we dont know if we belong in Texas. How miserable is the weather? What do you think?

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I lived in Austin for 6 years and really enjoyed what it had to offer. There is world-class live music every night at dozens of venues, great restaurants, and, politically, it is the liberal pocket of an otherwise mostly conservative state. The educational level of Austin's residents is pretty high, and unemployment is pretty low - which I believe contributes to a relatively low crime rate for a city its size. Austin is close to the "hill country" which offers great getaways for hiking and biking. Town Lake (part of the Colorado river) runs right through town -- it has walking/running trails along side of it. Barton Springs Pool (it is huge!) is fed from underground springs so the water temperature averages 68 degrees year round. Austin is the home of great companies like Whole Foods and Dell Computers.

The downsides to Austin? For me it was the l-o-n-g, HOT, humid summers (yes, "miserable" pretty much describes it), the high cost of housing, and the terrible traffic congestion. However, those downsides were vastly outweighed by the advantages of living there. I left Austin for career and family - otherwise, I'd still be there.
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i hate liberals and saying liberal city is austin is not though theis city rocks in not how many conservatives there are.

but westlake and higher house areas there there.

dont smoke pot u will kill ur self

or i knew this guy who knew this guy who took one hit and he died.

bull **** to the extremem

live in south austin or central east austin is nice u want die or get cool people and like taco smell in the morning not the nicest houses areas code 45 or watever 04 49 rock

weather is good in the summer it is well very hot and humid on most days.

hopefully u got some body. to swim

we get some ugly overcast and well in april it rains allot and runis **** like plans but the rest the year great.

u love water spots go to westlake homes in the millions though.

though it all about down town running around on south lamar

well just look on wikipedia at texas look at austin u will love it research it ur self

lamar though isnt the nicest avunne or street like i mean in stores is aint pretty but rocks.

for what around riverside is awssome and well u can go to 6th street and go to the supervised fun.

for 18 and below.

the best high school is well bowie austin and travis rocks travis rebels.