San Marcos, TX

[Sully]

Barring something unseen, we'll be making a move there. Visited a couple of weeks ago, but not terribly impressed.

Anyone been to/lived in the area?

[Deberg_1990]

As others have said Sully,

San Marcos isnt very big or has much to do....

But its close to Austin and San Antonio..

Theres a ton of stuff up and down I-35 between Austin and SA.

Oh, its a college town (Texas State) so at least theres always eye candy around.

The city recently got named in Businessweek as one of the "Best places to raise your kids 2010" heh...whatever that means??

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09...se_kids/44.htm

Originally Posted by Sully

Hardest thing is going to be trying to outdo the "Texas is the best at everything" bravado down there. It was annoying.

Get over it. I've lived in 12 states as an adult and Texas is by far the best I lived in. I'm not a native, don't live there any longer, and I'm not a crazy redneck. But I'm still saying it. So go down there and enjoy your time.

[notorious]

Texas is easily one of the nicest states.

[Mr. Kotter]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Get over it. I've lived in 12 states as an adult and Texas is by far the best I lived in. I'm not a native, don't live there any longer, and I'm not a crazy redneck. But I'm still saying it. So go down there and enjoy your time.

Yep. I second this. Texas isn't nearly as bad about the "bravado" crap as some other states I've been too....NY, FL, CA, and several others. Outsiders just seem to like to flip Texans crap.

San Marcos...meh. Okay for a town of 50,000. Not too exciting outside of what's been mentioned though. Best thing, as has been said....close to two outstanding real cities: San Antonio and Austin.

[Demonpenz]

bunch of blondes with big titties everywhere

[Sully]

Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter

Yep. I second this. Texas isn't nearly as bad about the "bravado" crap as some other states I've been too....NY, FL, CA, and several others. Outsiders just seem to like to flip Texans crap.

San Marcos...meh. Okay for a town of 50,000. Not too exciting outside of what's been mentioned though. Best thing, as has been said....close to two outstanding real cities: San Antonio and Austin.

I get being proud of where you are from. I'm proud to be from Independence. I'm proud to be from Kansas City. But with a few of the people we met with, it was a constant one-up game. It was a situation where they were trying to sell us pretty hard on the place, so I'm sure that was part of it. But it just got a little old.

[Reaper16]

My friend Rosie who lives in San Marcos tells me about how bad the "Everything is better in Texas" syndrome is. She says that it is pervasive and annoying and incessant.

[HypnotizedMonkey]

it's ok if you like hot college chicks.

Originally Posted by Reaper16

My friend Rosie who lives in San Marcos tells me about how bad the "Everything is better in Texas" syndrome is. She says that it is pervasive and annoying and incessant.

Insecurity.

[cookster50]

Originally Posted by HypnotizedMonkey

it's ok if you like hot college chicks.

Who doesn't?

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Insecurity.

I bet you like St. Louisians too.

[rambleonthruthefog]

san marcos itself is nothing special. that being said, the country side for a 50-100 miles in any direction is beautiful and filled with recreational activity. obviously austin is only 30 min to the north and san antonio only an hour to the south. more to do between austin and san antonio then you'll ever have time to do.

edit: you can get good prices on brand new homes in that area. Big homes under 200K

[rambleonthruthefog]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

My friend Rosie who lives in San Marcos tells me about how bad the "Everything is better in Texas" syndrome is. She says that it is pervasive and annoying and incessant.

just hang out with people that don't say how great TX is all the time. there are plenty of us here that realize that yes we are great, but other people don't really wanna hear it. your friend needs to hang out with cooler people.

aside from that my father in law once told my cousin from WY that everything is bigger in TX. he replied, "yeah, especially their egos" he was 11

[38yrsfan]

I found the best thing about Texas to be the people.

The countryside is basically arid desert in the west and arid scrub tress in the east, not very attractive. There are some nice spots (Daingerfield State Park for example)but you have to constantly be aware of where you stand and sit because of the insects that crave your flesh - fire ant bites suck.

Get used to frequent pest control or get used to the roaches.

The "Nowhere But Texas" mentality is pervasive but I found it to be something more to smile at than anything - an expected trait of any true Texan. Roll with it and it will be much more fun.

I've had many friends and comrades and count a couple of Texans as among the best.

IMHO.

[PunkinDrublic]

Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter

Yep. I second this. Texas isn't nearly as bad about the "bravado" crap as some other states I've been too....NY, FL, CA, and several others. Outsiders just seem to like to flip Texans crap.

San Marcos...meh. Okay for a town of 50,000. Not too exciting outside of what's been mentioned though. Best thing, as has been said....close to two outstanding real cities: San Antonio and Austin.

There's so many transplants that live down here myself included. About half of my circle of friends grew up somewhere else. Being close to Austin you're just about guaranteed a band will come through Austin. Floating the brazos in the summertime is a blast as well.