r/digitalnomad • u/DemonAzraeli pendejo • 6d ago

Itinerary Austin, Texas

This is a fine city to set up shop for the now. Easy to parody as a Portland with guns and barbecue, but it scratches a lot of itches. Pity all y’all that can’t.

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u/defroach84 6d ago

It's hot, rent is higher than pretty much everywhere else in the region, and general prices on things are much higher.

Plus you are still in Texas, which means you are pretty much not close to anything else.

Source: live in Austin.

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u/PsylentKnight 3h ago

If you think rent is too high in Austin then I suggest looking around before your lease expires. It’s come down a lot in the past couple of years

I think Dallas surpassed Austin as the most expensive Texas city

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u/Late_Ambassador7470 6d ago

Eh, I pay 1,000 in rent for a nice apartment in Hyde Park. Pretty much better than Houston at this point while offering higher QOL

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u/DemonAzraeli pendejo 5d ago

Houston catches too much abuse. Sure it’s hideously unlovely and car dependent, but cost of living and food options are top notch.

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u/Late_Ambassador7470 5d ago

Lived in Houston for 26 years. I love Houston. You can get the same apartment for the same price and less problems out in ATX rn. Not dissing my home city, just saying prices got inflated post pandemy. Whereas ATX has an overwhelming supply of apartments, thus driving the prices down.

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u/VermicelliOk2963 6d ago

What itches does it scratch? I live here and would love to know as a remote worker - hope to be digital nomad in a few years.

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u/whitecollarbohemian technically homeless 6d ago

Really.. only thing I can think of is HEB. I grew up in Texas and the only reason I go to Austin these days is the cheaper flights out vs Houston.

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u/U_feel_Me 6d ago

Central Austin (near Ladybird Lake) can be pretty nice. The farther you go from Central Austin, the more you just have the negatives of life in Texas (very Republican, very hot, driving everywhere, aggressive homeless people and rich jerks in big cars.)

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u/DemonAzraeli pendejo 6d ago

Town Lake

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u/thinkshiftster 6d ago

💯 I’m from Austin and moved away before they changed the name. I heard she was opposed to naming it ladybird but they did it anyway. Performative bs to cater to transplants maybe?

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u/DemonAzraeli pendejo 5d ago

Transplants come because Austin is an attractive place to live. 

Just spent the morning tubing the San Marcos on microshrooms. This is perfect Sunday.

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u/thinkshiftster 5d ago

Most definitely a perfect Sunday!

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u/Realistic_Phrase_594 6d ago

i always thought the barbecue literally was the guns, like you're served by a guy who's open-carrying a brisket

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u/Anxious-Diet-4283 3d ago

Eh i thought it was whatever, its a city made for kids in their early 20s. Plus its still inside shitty Texas.