City living or shorter commute?

[Spracne]

Find a texas barbecue debutante and shack up with her while spending your actual salary on the lavish lifestyle of your dreams in a 7870x zip code.

[0.42]

Find a texas barbecue debutante and shack up with her while spending your actual salary on the lavish lifestyle of your dreams in a 7870x zip code.

 

[Institutional Control]

Maybe you and Spracne could be roommates.

[Dr Rick Daris]

this seems easy. stay in austin. you like it more. it's bigger. more friends. more stuff to do. who cares if it's a little more expensive. you are only single and in your twenties once. also a thirty minute commute is nothing. nothing.

[mocat]

yeah RD is correct here. you can move back later. but once you do you're not ever going to Austin anymore

[AppleJack]

yep. easy call. Austin wins.

[0.42]

yeah RD is correct here. you can move back later. but once you do you're not ever going to Austin anymore

Yeah. I'd like to think that I could keep going up to Austin for stuff but I know that after a while I'd give up and/or not want to look desperate to do things with people.

Definitely leaning towards staying. Thanks gE.c.

Anyone else (wacky) having similar decisions to make?

[Rage Against the McKee]

Is there a group at your new job that commutes from Austin? Maybe you could carpool. That would make the commute a whole lot easier to handle.

[Dr Rick Daris]

i made a similar decision once when i took a job in topeka. that decision was to stay living in lawrence and commute thirty minutes to topeka. great call on my part. choosing where you live is one of the few choices that you actually get to make in life. like you work at the place that will hire and pay you. but, live? you get to live anywhere you damn want. always choose the place that you would like more. a couple bucks a month and shaving fifteen minutes off a commute be damned.

[slobber]

I have found that venn diagrams help in situations like this.Seriously.
Draw circles about 3-5 miles (or whatever makes the most sense) around where your friends live, where you work, where you like to hang out, etc. You know, for all of the things that you like to do. Live in the place with the most overlap.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I have found that venn diagrams help in situations like this.Seriously.
Draw circles about 3-5 miles (or whatever makes the most sense) around where your friends live, where you work, where you like to hang out, etc. You know, for all of the things that you like to do. Live in the place with the most overlap.

It kind of sounds like he would need 20-30 mile circles to get any overlap at all, though.

[420seriouscat69]

My buddy works at farmers all the way in Olathe and he use to live downtown by me. He moved closer with his gf who also works at farmers off 119th street and he's regretted it ever since. He's moving back downtown this summer. Until Ms. Wacky and I start thinking about little wacky's, we'll probably stay downtown. We'll probably aim for a bigger place soon tho.

[AbeFroman]

i made a similar decision once when i took a job in topeka. that decision was to stay living in lawrence and commute thirty minutes to topeka. great call on my part.

I know several people that do this. Considering Austin is superior to Lawrence this is definitely an easy call.

[Spracne]

I don't know if this SM job is your dream job or whatever, but you could always stay in Austin and commute while looking for a different job in Austin.  You could have your cake and eat it, too.

[Rage Against the McKee]

i made a similar decision once when i took a job in topeka. that decision was to stay living in lawrence and commute thirty minutes to topeka. great call on my part.

I know several people that do this. Considering Austin is superior to Lawrence this is definitely an easy call.

San Marcos seems a whole lot better than Topeka, though. I would definitely commute to Topeka from Lawrence. I wouldn't commute to a place that is actually desirable to live in just to stay in Austin. That said, I really don't know a whole lot about San Marcos and could be totally wrong.

[0.42]

Is there a group at your new job that commutes from Austin? Maybe you could carpool. That would make the commute a whole lot easier to handle.

There are two coworkers that live up in Austin, but they come into work at different times. But I'm gonna try and get something together.

My buddy works at farmers all the way in Olathe and he use to live downtown by me. He moved closer with his gf who also works at farmers off 119th street and he's regretted it ever since. He's moving back downtown this summer. Until Ms. Wacky and I start thinking about little wacky's, we'll probably stay downtown. We'll probably aim for a bigger place soon tho.

i made a similar decision once when i took a job in topeka. that decision was to stay living in lawrence and commute thirty minutes to topeka. great call on my part. choosing where you live is one of the few choices that you actually get to make in life. like you work at the place that will hire and pay you. but, live? you get to live anywhere you damn want. always choose the place that you would like more. a couple bucks a month and shaving fifteen minutes off a commute be damned.

Solid points here.

I don't know if this SM job is your dream job or whatever, but you could always stay in Austin and commute while looking for a different job in Austin.  You could have your cake and eat it, too.

I'm pretty satisfied with my job. I have designs on sticking around for a while unless I get an offer I can't refuse or something.

San Marcos seems a whole lot better than Topeka, though. I would definitely commute to Topeka from Lawrence. I wouldn't commute to a place that is actually desirable to live in just to stay in Austin. That said, I really don't know a whole lot about San Marcos and could be totally wrong.

Yeah, don't get me wrong, if Austin wasn't nearby I'd be perfectly fine with living in San Marcos. So it's a good problem to have.

[tdaver]

yeah RD is correct here. you can move back later. but once you do you're not ever going to Austin anymore

Yeah. I'd like to think that I could keep going up to Austin for stuff but I know that after a while I'd give up and/or not want to look desperate to do things with people.

Definitely leaning towards staying. Thanks gE.c.

Anyone else (wacky) having similar decisions to make?

Yep.  Live close to what you like to do evenings/weekends or you will stop doing them.  Move later if priorities change. 

[SdK]

Find a texas barbecue debutante and shack up with her while spending your actual salary on the lavish lifestyle of your dreams in a 7870x zip code.

[SdK]

I have found that venn diagrams help in situations like this.Seriously.
Draw circles about 3-5 miles (or whatever makes the most sense) around where your friends live, where you work, where you like to hang out, etc. You know, for all of the things that you like to do. Live in the place with the most overlap.

Smart

[pissclams]

find a better place in Austin that helps your commute and wallet.  the idea of leaving what is widely regarded as one of the best places to live in the US to save 10 minutes of drive time is one crazy son of a bitching concept.

also, san marcos sounds very ethnic/scary

[TownieCat]

I would live in south Austin and reverse commute to the better job in SM. It sounds like the drive time is about equal and you'd get to stay closer to your social life.

[Kat Kid]

Stay in Austin but get a San Marcos neck tattoo so people know where you come from.

[slobber]

Stay in Austin but get a San Marcos neck tattoo so people know where you come from.

yes. Winner.


Gonna win 'em all!

[0.42]

find a better place in Austin that helps your commute and wallet.  the idea of leaving what is widely regarded as one of the best places to live in the US to save 10 minutes of drive time is one crazy son of a bitching concept.

Well we're also talking like potentially an extra $300+ a month in rent difference between Austin and SM unless I want to live in a total shithole in Austin. That's a lot of cilantro. But solid point. Also,

also, san marcos sounds very ethnic/scary

are you clamsing here or are you serious because if you're serious what

Stay in Austin but get a San Marcos neck tattoo so people know where you come from.

 



(not my hs tho)

[mocat]

new crap has come to light

Nickname(s): San Marvelous