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Susan Calvin

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27. Thanks for the replies everybody

Sun Mar 14, 2021, 12:13 AM

Mar 2021

New Braunfels proper was pretty ugly. Maybe the outskirts are better. I saw the Old Town, it was also pretty ugly, and mobbed at 75 degrees in March. I would hate to think what it would be like in the summer. Hard to believe but the old and new neighborhoods are both uglier than the ones in Houston. Particularly the new. Uglier houses on smaller lots, not a winning combination. Of course I'd go back to Southern California in a heartbeat if I could afford it. The only reason I'm considering leaving Houston is hurricanes and flooding. It's the best place available in Texas otherwise. At least they try to make things look decent. The things I saw near New Braunfels, they just plop buildings down. At least in Houston they plop buildings down and try to put plants around them to make them look better.

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Can anyone here tell me about New Braunfels [View all] Susan Calvin Mar 2021 OP

There's political assholes everywhere in Texas. New Braunfels no doubt has it's share ... marble falls Mar 2021 #1

nice, quaint place. german heritage. schlitterbahn water park. unblock Mar 2021 #2

I almost took a teaching job there in the 80s. Chipper Chat Mar 2021 #3

New Braunfels was an organizing point for the Trump Train that attacked tanyev Mar 2021 #4

It is a fun area wrapped round hills. When I had dinner there and drove thru, I thought I could live LizBeth Mar 2021 #5

San Marcos is a fun place and more liberal, probably lower cost of home than Austin and LizBeth Mar 2021 #6

I always liked Los Cruces NM, the way they put the town together. Taos and Santa Fe. LizBeth Mar 2021 #7

I wondered if San Marcos would be better, with the college there. catrose Mar 2021 #11

Biden: 54 Trump: 44. So still in Texas not too big, pretty and voted blue. Lol. LizBeth Mar 2021 #14

I've lived in California, Arizona and other places. I've lived here in Albuquerque, abqtommy Mar 2021 #8

I like the NW area of Albq but can spell the city name for anything, lol. I do like Albq. LizBeth Mar 2021 #9

We researched New Mexico and Albuquerque for 6 months before we moved here in abqtommy Mar 2021 #13

I'd look closer to Austin, or in the Hill Country (Fredericksburg, etc.) area. Jirel Mar 2021 #10

I already know I can't afford Fredericksburg. nt Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #12

Dripping Springs or Marble Falls/Burnet area? Jirel Mar 2021 #18

Real estate prices are soaring anywhere in the hill country/Austin. New Braunfels included. Sucha NastyWoman Mar 2021 #19

Yes and no. Jirel Mar 2021 #21

maybe try wimberley too katusha Mar 2021 #15

Wimberly is even more Trumpish than New B. flying_wahini Mar 2021 #32

Wimberley is just New Braunfels with more pretense. Higher realty prices, as well. (nt) Paladin Mar 2021 #34

Thanks for asking this XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #16

I thought about a mobile home park in Southern Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #25

Yes, it seems affordable until the lot rent XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #26

I will make another vote for New Mexico. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #17

New Braunfels is great. Paladin Mar 2021 #20

The Texas Trump Train is headquartered in New Braunfels Shell_Seas Mar 2021 #22

El Paso here. bobandrileysmom Mar 2021 #23

Yeah I was seriously thinking about that. Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #28

And I wouldn't mind a place where I could substitute teach for a little extra money. Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author bobandrileysmom Mar 2021 #24

Thanks for the replies everybody Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #27

How about Katy? LeftInTX Mar 2021 #30

They didn't have any flooding in Katy during Harvey?nt Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #31

Katy is awful. Don't move there. flying_wahini Mar 2021 #33

It's very pretty up there in the Piney Woods. Susan Calvin Mar 2021 #35