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What are the reasons why I should not move to san antonio? |
Travel Info Please enumerate me the reasons why you should never go live to SAN ANTONIO, Texas. for exemple: weather, crime, health, house price or cost of living, language, diversity, good or bad school for my kids, price for private catholic school etc.. thanks very much I have to make an important decision in my live with my hubby and 2 kids Travel Tips I don't know what part of town vetsmom's is living in, but if it's snowing once a year there she is getting more than the rest of the city. Try it only snows about once every 10 years, maybe. San Antonio is a very diverse city. Like any large city you can find parts where crime is high, but over all it is not. The north-side of San Antonio has a low crime rate. There are excellent public schools in the city and in the outlying areas. There is no state income tax in Texas, but there is property tax on homes. Bexar County and the surrounding area is not too bad. Harris County (Houston) is one of the worst in the country. If I am suppose to talk you out of San Antonio then you may want to keep in mind the weather can be hot in the summer. When the Edwards Aquifer is low you cannot water your yard or wash your car. Since the city has grown the traffic has gotten worse. Ok, I am out of reasons. San Antonio is really a very nice place to live. Others Have you visited the city? That will likely do more to aid your decision than anything someone else can tell you on this board. Because it's in Texas. I can't really think of any reasons you should NOT move to San Antonio, unless you're living someplace you cannot stand to leave. San Antonio is a pretty good city. The summers are hot, but it's in Texas so you have to expect that. The cost of living in Texas is pretty affordable. San Antonio has tons of good hospitals. It has a couple of good museums, it has lots of history (not only the Alamo but these 400-year-old missions built by the Spanish and the Spanish governor's palace downtown, which is a cool and interesting place to take kids). It has pretty good shopping, it has a pro basketball team, it has the Riverwalk. It has lots of Catholic schools if you're looking for Catholic schools; I expect they vary in what the tuition cost is. It has some public school districts that are rich and well-equipped and others that are poor and under-equipped, so you will have to look into that yourself. It's basically a bilingual and bicultural city which I think is a huge, tremendous plus and really cool. It has lots of military because of Fort Sam Houston. It has a rodeo in the summer. It has the Riverwalk. It has a zoo. It has too much traffic and it's very spread out but you can choose, after all, where you live so as to minimize commuting. Some San Antonians complain about the fact that their city is not Austin (it's not enough like Santa Fe) but other San Antonians are very happy they don't live in Austin. If you get too hot in the summer you can drive out to the Hill Country, rent an inner tube and float down a river, which will be nice and scenic. There aren't many downsides to living in San Antonio. If I can think of one sorta negative it is that Texas property taxes are the second highest in the nation (only to New York). We don't have state income tax so the property owner gets "hit". When your shopping for a home notice the property tax difference. Frankly, we found an affordable home therefore making the taxes affordable. Otherwise, living in San Antonio is great. Well, I don't want to move to San Antonio..... my husband does. So if I pursade you, then I should move there too! 1. weather: not to hot nor to cold. I think it may only snow 1 a year or less, rain is more abundant! most of the time it's foggy in the mornings but plesant. it probably rain alot during the summer, but no biggy, because houston and other beach cities are close by where it doesn't rian as much! flooding might be a problem when it rains lots, which might be 2-3 times a year, if you're in a low area. 2. Crime: not to sure, can't be that bad because there are lots of family neighborhoods and great schools! 3. health, way better than california, new york, or florida! 4. cost of living: i find that anywhere in texas is way below than anywhere else. you can buy a 5 bedroom home for under 300,000! It's a steal! 5. language: mostly english, but I would say 45% also speak spanish! love my hispanics. but there are areas where it's only enlgish 6. diversity: great! it's a big mixing pot! 7. schools, not to sure, but I don't think private catholic school wouldn't be much of a problem if you're coming from another state! GOOD LUCK! ME |
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