A bitter young man named James once wandered through the countryside in search of a place to live. He arrived in a town and asked an elderly gentleman there what the people in the town were like. The older man asked, "What were the people like in the place you used to live?" James said, "They were rude and unfriendly." The older man said, "Well, that's what the people here are like, too." Upon hearing this, James moved on.

A while later, a kind young...

I keep finding myself repeating this in the Austin forum, so I thought I'd add it here. This link will show you where Legend Oaks is in Austin. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...34246&t=h&z=15

SW Austin, areas such as Circle C and...

Compared to other places that I have lived, we found Austin to have lots of things that we loved when we moved here. Including its being a city where many parts of it have a friendly, small town feeling. Some of those things we loved have disappeared as Austin has grown, but...

WOW! This was an eye opener for me.

I have heard it said that "City of Austin taxes are the highest" so often, I accepted it as true. But according to this Travis County Appraisal District document Austin is lower then most of these other areas around Austin. http://www.traviscad.org/pdf/cad3773_w1_entity_list.pdf

02 CITY OF AUSTIN City 0.420900
05 CITY OF MANOR City 0.673400
09 CITY OF WEST LAKE HILLS City 0.053400
20 CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE...

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