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Yeah, comparing with San Francisco/CA (massive income tax, possible wealth tax, absurd real estate, dysfunctional schools, etc) and Seattle (merely very expensive real estate, insane city council, famously unfriendly people, depressing weather, and possibly way more taxes and soon as our legislature can figure out how to get around them being unconstitutional)...

Austin is definitely still a good deal. Sure, the weather isn't as good as California (but better than southern Nevada), and the scenery isn't as pretty or geographically interesting as the Pacific Northwest (but better than Oklahoma), but there are jobs, a good university and Texas doesn't appear to have lobotomy patients as local government.

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> better than Oklahoma

That's a broad brush.

Currently sitting in a log cabin in an old growth forest on a stunning lake near Broken Bow, OK, with pretty hills / small mountains all around.

Interestingly, one of the few (maybe only?) place in the world that has both black bears and alligators.

Mountains, lakes, swamp, pasture... McCurtain County is a treat.

caveat to enjoying a wondrous life in OK of course is don't be a BIPOC

Of Oklahoma's five Congressional districts, one is represented by a Chickasaw, another is represented by a Cherokee, and a third is represented by an Iranian.

I’m closing on 20 acres near talahina in a couple weeks. SE Oklahoma is very underrated.

That's a great place to invest right now.

I'm buying a cabin in Broken Bow, the owner is selling and reinvesting in some land very close to where you are buying.

Seems to me plenty of places have both gators and black bears. GA and FL for starters...

The main problem with Austin is that it's in Texas. Which means you're still subject to Texas laws and Texas schoolbooks. Some of those schoolbooks still teach that, "slaves were treated well because they were expensive property".

Which makes me think, maybe there is a business opportunity to open a private school that uses California or Massachusetts/New York text books.

Is that particularly common/exist at all in good Austin area schools? Or are you just generalising based on some Texas schools (genuinely curious as I have no idea myself)

My understanding is that the Texas state requirements used to be borderline insane, but that they have improved over time. Skimming http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter113/index.htm... , I actually found much less objectionable than I expected to.

This is a meme that may require updating

Possibly, I haven't looked in a few years.

In general I don't disagree about bass-ackwards public school curriculums in TX. However, for those who are willing and able to pay for private school, that's not really an issue in Austin, especially considering how liberal it is compared to literally any other city in Texas.

So basically just screw the poor by letting them suffer through Republican pushed indoctrination and lies?

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