Originally Posted by WildChicken

I have been a long-time downtown renter and have lived in Austin for my whole life. In the next 3-4 months I will be purchasing a house somewhere in Austin, but i'm only looking to spend somewhere between $250-325k, not seeing much of a benefit unless I want to jump into 500k range. I'm not sold on way south (manchaca) or way north (cedar park). I need good schools and safe neighbors with firm soil in a 3 bed 2 bath. Most of South Austin is expansive clay, which i'm not a fan of and cedar park