re: San Antonio- good to visit with kids?

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Fun city, just be careful where you park and what you leave in your car. It's worse than NOLA in that respect from what I hear. They love to steal trucks and send them south over the border.

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I guess the downvotes are for the "worse than NOLA" comment. However, in most of our Texas cities, property theft is fairly prevalent, especially if you leave something in your car. Unlike Louisiana, we don't generally have problems with violent crime.

I can vouch for the steal trucks comment. It's been a few years, but my hubby's F250 with the Cummins diesel was stolen from a pretty public place in the middle of the day. Cops told us that the most popular vehicles for theft there are 4wd trucks because they work well for drug and gun running. We got it back and were lucky it was still in pretty good shape. They found it in a warehouse with a whole bunch of trucks destined to head to Mexico.

But yes, San Antonio is a great place to take your family. Do the Alamo and the touristy stuff there. Ride the boat on the Riverwalk for the cheesy, but fun tour. Go to El Mercado, the Tower of the Americas, Sea World, Fiesta Texas (is it 6 Flags now? I forget.) Try not to eat on the Riverwalk. It's touristy food that's mostly not that good.