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Originally Posted by homebucket
I'll try to get down there and get some updated shots.
In the meantime, how are you liking the move to Austin so far? It's been a few years now right?
We are having an interesting discussion over on the City Discussions section of the forum about Bay Area transplants that are unhappy in Austin. If you're interested and willing, maybe you can provide us some of your insight into the pros/cons of moving and what you miss or don't miss about the Bay Area compared to Austin.
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1.5 years now! Moved here in Feb 2022 but I had a planned move in Spring 2020 and I decided to stay at home a bit longer.
High-key absolutely love it! The only major bugs I would say are:
* It gets TOO hot end of May - Beginning September. I can hardly go out for a walk in the day time and it's still mid-90s at like 9pm. I miss being able to go out and walk easily
* Public Transportation here in non-existent. I miss having VTA, Muni and BART as an option
Pros:
* For me, it was VERY easy to make friends here. Something I really struggled with in the Bay Area. For example, if I connect with someone online to be friends or to find someone to date, they are most likely in Berkeley, Daly City or San Leandro and that's roughly a 45 minute drive from San Jose/Milpitas. In Austin, people are VERY young due to the University of Texas being in downtown. Lots of people moved here from around the country and there are barely any Austinites
I'll add more into the thread you sent!