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« on: February 22, 2011, 09:39:35 AM »
A friend of mine just took a job down there (company rhymes with Hamhung), and needs to know where to look for a house.   Good schools (he has middle and elementary school aged kids), or if none then recommendation for private schools.   I don't have a price range, but figure he can sell his house up here for $250,000ish.

Also if anyone knows a good realtor in the Austin area, he'd prefer to work with someone that comes with a recommendation. 
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2011, 09:51:16 AM »
Scout,

PM me his particulars.  I have a guy up there who is a CHL instructor and realtor.  I spent several hours hanging out with him at the TexasCHL forum shoot here in Pearland last Oct and communicate with him frequently.  Great guy.
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2011, 09:58:13 AM »
God i wish i could get back to Austin.

Depending on where the job is, I like both Round Rock and Leander.
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2011, 10:15:54 AM »
Best to stay out of the city proper, pay attention to commute, and beware of neighborhood associations with large fees.

Decent suburbs include Round Rock, Cedar Park, and Lakeway, but of the three Round Rock is closest to Samsung. (Why the obfuscation?)

A bit further north is Georgetown, but it's practically a straight shot down I-35 to the Samsung plants.
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2011, 10:17:55 AM »
Most of the development (and more expensive real estate) is north and west. Better values, and older, arguably more dangerous, neighborhoods are east and south. Trafiic can be a challenge with IH35 as the primary arterial with some new loop options/tollways.

Looks like the Hamhung facility is north in/near Pflugerville, so I'd suggest focusing on that area or east around 290. That's a nice area with Bastrop and state parks further east.
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2011, 10:18:32 AM »
My wife's parents live in Georgetown. Nice town. I like it
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2011, 10:31:17 AM »
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... Trafiic can be a challenge with IH35 as the primary arterial with some new loop options/tollways.

Hwy 183 on the West side of Austin is no fun either during "rush" hours.
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2011, 10:36:26 AM »
Quote from: HankB on February 22, 2011, 10:15:54 AM
(Why the obfuscation?)


I just ran into him this morning and our conversation was brief, so I didn't ask him if I could name the company.   All he said was that he got a job offer down there, to which I replied that I thought I might someone people down and get him whatever info I could.

He's also not really a gun guy.
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2011, 11:05:23 AM »
Quote from: scout26 on February 22, 2011, 10:36:26 AM
I just ran into him this morning and our conversation was brief, so I didn't ask him if I could name the company.   All he said was that he got a job offer down there, to which I replied that I thought I might someone people down and get him whatever info I could.

He's also not really a gun guy.

He's coming to Texas, he'd best learn.
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2011, 11:53:52 AM »

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He's coming to Texas, he'd best learn.

Naw, he's moving to Austin.  :facepalm:
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2011, 11:57:33 AM »
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2011, 02:24:02 PM »
And Dawson Precision, with STI up the road.
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2011, 02:29:22 PM »
Quote from: CSM Kersh on February 22, 2011, 11:53:52 AM
Naw, he's moving to Austin.  :facepalm:

 :lol:   :lol:   :lol:

Send him to hippy hollow. Tell him its a great place for the kids to play in the water.... >:D
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2011, 03:09:22 PM »
Quote from: JamisJockey on February 22, 2011, 02:29:22 PM
:lol:   :lol:   :lol:

Send him to hippy hollow. Tell him its a great place for the kids to play in the water.... >:D
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Re: Austin, TX
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2011, 10:13:01 PM »
Quote from: roo_ster on February 22, 2011, 11:05:23 AM
He's coming to Texas, he'd best learn.

That's what I told him, take some of his transfer money and buy a BBQ gun.  =D
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