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Austin, TX if you're a Rails programmer. $100-$120k salaries, homes about $100/ sq ft.
by bluedevil2k 13y ago
Austin, TX if you're a Rails programmer. $100-$120k salaries, homes about $100/ sq ft.
- delucain 13y agoHome prices in Austin are climbing though. It won't be too long until homes in that price range come with a minimum 45 minute commute.
- shawn-furyan 13y agoAnother big factor is that Texas also has no state income tax. Total cumulative property taxes around the Austin area are generally around 2-4 percent of assessed value[1]. [1] http://www.jbgoodwin.com/taxrate.htm http://www.jbgoodwin.com/taxrate.htm
- dorianj 13y agoHome prices are rising rapidly, but rent--even in central areas--is still quite reasonable for tenants.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoA lot of people are moving from the Bay Area to Austin, paying crazy prices for real estate, displacing locals.
- clavalle 13y agoPrices in Austin for housing have always been high.
- bluedevil2k 13y agoUmm, no, they have never been high, when compares to other tech spots in the US. $100/ sq ft is not expensive.
- clavalle 13y agoWell, everything seems cheap when you compare it to the Valley or SF. Now compare Austin to Houston or San Antonio. (Besides, $100/SF is low unless you are talking about the East side.)
- bluedevil2k 13y agoPflugerville is $65, Round Rock and Cedar Park are around $100.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoHigh WRT rural areas, and Houston, Dallas, etc. But not such a huge premium as now.
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- aliguori 13y agoMaybe if you work down town but a lot of tech companies are in north Austin where housing is very cheap.
- clavalle 13y agoOr live in RR, Buda, Leander etc. and telecommute parttime. You can get quite a large house in Buda for $150K
- hkarthik 13y agoYup. $100/sqft is what you pay in the weaker school districts and for older homes. In the newer homes with better schools, it's closer to $120-130/sqft. Houses sell really quick too. If the current trend continues for another few years in Austin, it will be at Boulder, CO levels for housing (which isn't that far off from Bay Area housing prices).
- w1ntermute 13y agoNot to mention the dating scene is much better for guys in their 20s in Austin than it is in SF.
- 31reasons 13y agoWhere would you put Austin in terms of racism compare to SF/LA ?
- georgebonnr 13y agoseriously?
- 31reasons 13y agoLooks like you have not experienced racism in your life.
- wh-uws 13y agoLet me preface this by saying this doesn't reflect on the technology scene or any technology companies therein, only the town itself. But you've got to live in the town so its important. By comparison to SF and LA its high. If you're not white you'll feel it and every now and then if you like the bar/ club scene when you try to get in the bouncer will say "Your pants are too low" which in my opinion is code for "your skin color is too dark" Having lived in the south most of my life I've figured out its mostly from Austin's sad and hardly talked about lack of diversity and the xenophobia that generates. For what it feels like to be a minority in Austin here's really good read http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/what-nobody-says-about-austin http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/what-nobody-says-about-aus...