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re: Reason 288 I prefer the suburbs
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:25 am to ItNeverRains
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:25 am to ItNeverRains
I kind of like living right between the city and the burbs... the almost burbs. Easy in for events (if they ever happen again), but still get the good schools.
I'll say that this pandemic has made my commute easy. I hope a lot of people transition to working from home long term and stay off the roads.
I'll say that this pandemic has made my commute easy. I hope a lot of people transition to working from home long term and stay off the roads.
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Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:25 am to OceanMan
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Well no shite. Are you a five minute walk to all of these? and how many humans would you walk by to get to them?
More like a 15-20 minute walk or bike ride to anywhere whether it's a park, the greenbelt, restaurants, stores, Town lake, etc.
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Some of y’all are funny. You have more woods than a suburban area?
Uh yeah absolutely. Outside of like downtown and the university, Austin is covered in trees and the greenbelt is a massive forest following a Creek through the city.
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All of the sudden everyone That lives in a city, that is walking distance to bars, restaurants and groceries stores, also has a single family home, a backyard and access to 30+ empty parks all within walking distance. I bet it doesn’t even cost anymore to live in this paradise
Why are you acting like these places don't exist or that I acted like it was cheap af?
You're doing a lot of straw manning here.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:27 am to fallguy_1978
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If you had 3 kids how much would school cost you?
I mean, you could use public schools here. Your kids won't get shot and plenty of people do it. They're ok with very solid IB/AP stuff.
We'd absolutely use our elementary school, but it could be tricky making the switch after 5th grade, so we may go private all the way up.
The big 3 private schools here top out at about 26k in HS. Obviously you don't have to use one of those schools, but they dominate the area so if you want to be at a "neighborhood" school you use them or go to the public.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:29 am to TH03
I live in a neighbored in a city. Best of both worlds.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:31 am to Sun God
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I live in a neighbored in a city. Best of both worlds.
We do too but pay out of the arse for private school too. If we had more than one school aged kid we'd be moving back to the burbs.
This post was edited on 4/23/20 at 11:31 am
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:37 am to fallguy_1978
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We do too but pay out of the arse for private school too. If we had more than one school aged kid we'd be moving back to the burbs.
Cad & I can throw a rock into Davidson County (Metro Nashville), but we are so protected by topography and tucked away it gives the illusion of being out in the country. The country country, especially with kids, poses different types of risks/challenges. The hedge and best bang for buck is the suburbs IMO
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:38 am to fallguy_1978
I think the biggest issue here is that every area that is considered "urban" or "suburban" is unique. Each one provides pros and cons. It is ridiculous to think you can generalize every urban or suburban area into single buckets.
Some areas that 90% of the world would consider urban would be considered suburban next to Manhattan or some of the other mega cities.
Some areas that 90% of the world would consider urban would be considered suburban next to Manhattan or some of the other mega cities.
This post was edited on 4/23/20 at 11:43 am
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:38 am to GreatLakesTiger24
No doubt. Love my neighborhood. Nice pic, bro.
I can walk to the following in 2 minutes. 3 bank branches, a CVS, a veterinarian, a yogurt store, an ice cream store, 2 places to get a haircut, 2 mani/pedi places, 2 gyms, a dry cleaners, a wine shop, a yoga studio, a grocery store, a neighborhood bar, 5 restaurants and 2 bakeries.
I can walk to the following in 2 minutes. 3 bank branches, a CVS, a veterinarian, a yogurt store, an ice cream store, 2 places to get a haircut, 2 mani/pedi places, 2 gyms, a dry cleaners, a wine shop, a yoga studio, a grocery store, a neighborhood bar, 5 restaurants and 2 bakeries.
This post was edited on 4/23/20 at 11:57 am
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:43 am to fallguy_1978
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We do too but pay out of the arse for private school too. If we had more than one school aged kid we'd be moving back to the burbs.
My thing on suburban schools (around here) is that there are really only 4-5 in the entire metro area I'd be particularly interested in. And getting into those areas isn't cheap (and can exceed the city in home prices). Granted you get more for your money, but the entry fee is actually higher in a lot of places.
The great thing about the local elementary school and the big private schools are that Alabama and Auburn and UGA become your baseline college choices, not the top end choices. And it just sets a standard that doesn't really exist in most of the decent Atlanta suburbs. Helps when most of your parents went to large schools and are professionals, etc.
I grew up in the burbs and wouldn't trade it really. But there was definitely a "suburban" attitude that set a lot of my friends back "it doesn't matter where you go to school, just eventually get a degree," etc. To me it seems like an expectations game. Kids who go to decent high schools where lots of kids think of Georgia Southern or KSU as their backup school are going to find themselves going to those schools. Whereas if Clemson is the backup school for your peers, the trajectories are different.
Anyway, I say all that without kids, so it's all theoretical for us right now.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:46 am to TH03
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You're doing a lot of straw manning here.
And you aren’t? You just listed every amenity in your city in response to what I said was within a 5 minute walk of my front door.
Looks like you are in Austin. Austin is great. I love visiting cities, if I didn’t have kids, I would be living in one. I am not hating on them at all.
I am just trying to illustrate that a lot of the benefits of living in the city, which essentially make it more expensive, are not available right now. Suburbs are also not exclusively a series of 100-200 houses built by the same builder with poor drainage and no trees.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:48 am to glassman
and a library
two parks as well
two parks as well
This post was edited on 4/23/20 at 11:50 am
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:49 am to OceanMan
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And you aren’t? You just listed every amenity in your city in response to what I said was within a 5 minute walk of my front door.
No I listed what was around me.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:51 am to ItNeverRains
Waisting your time brother, most of the OT lives in 1960-1980 ranch style homes that are under 2000sf and berate and look down on people who build "Mcmansions" which is essentially anything new in architectural style.
In their world view, if you can't built a 8k sf living house the. You should just build a single pitch roof ranch style. It's mainly because they can't afford it, so they hate on it.
These are the same people who say they hate new subdivisions and love their ranch house with wood panelling. It's retarded.
In their world view, if you can't built a 8k sf living house the. You should just build a single pitch roof ranch style. It's mainly because they can't afford it, so they hate on it.
These are the same people who say they hate new subdivisions and love their ranch house with wood panelling. It's retarded.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:57 am to lsu777
It doesn't bother you that those wood paneled 1800 sq ft ranch homes are valued for the same/more than your 4500 sq ft house with the big treeless yard and soon-to-be-repoed wave runner out front?
I mean, I don't really believe this shite but if we're doing stereotypes let's fricking do them right
I mean, I don't really believe this shite but if we're doing stereotypes let's fricking do them right
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:57 am to fightin tigers
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and a library two parks as well
Exactly. Man, I really want Latter to open up. I'm fricking running out of books to read.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 11:58 am to lsu777
people move to the suburbs because they cant afford city life
Posted on 4/23/20 at 12:00 pm to TH03
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No I listed what was around me.
In a 15-20 minute walk or bike ride. That is like a 1-5 mile radius
Posted on 4/23/20 at 12:01 pm to lsu777
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under 2000sf
Posted on 4/23/20 at 12:02 pm to ellishughtiger
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Why’s that bitch wearing those boots on a hike?
someone needs an introduction to the city of Belle Meade.Posted on 4/23/20 at 12:02 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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people move to the suburbs because they cant afford city life
Do you rent or own
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