Last year, we bought a house in Austin in a very quiet neighborhood on the outskirts of the city. Now, that neighborhood is being "destroyed" by the city to turn it into some park and the city is giving us a generous amount of money in order to move (they will pay for the rest of the home and pay the difference for the new one if the new one is more expensive).
The thing is, I wanna stay in the Austin area. I'd be happy with any of the nearby towns as well (eg. Kyle and Pflugerville are my favorites).My hubs wants to move to...SAN ANTONIO!
I am not crazy about SA, despite we could get a bigger house in a much nicer neighborhood for cheaper than in the Austin area. I'd be ok with a smaller home in a midrange neighborhood, but he's not having it. He grew up in a trailer and had live in extreme poverty most of his life, so for him a big house in a nice neighborhood means a lot to him. I'm from a more more middle class backgroud but I am not concerned with "keeping up with the Jones" like he is. I would even be ok with a trailer laid on a foundation, but he wants a big house in a nice "cookie cutter" neighborhood and SA has tons of those for way less than Austin.
Other things I don't like about SA is the insane number of mega churches. Austin is hella secular, and I love it. The last thing I want is religion being shoved into my throat. SA also has some ups, but the downs outweights the ups for me.
He does not care about my feelings about this and is ignoring me regarding this matter.




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