This Made Me Leave Austin After 10 YEARS!!

Let me be clear, I love Austin and everything about it.  If I had the choice, I would live downtown.  I love how crazy and cool this city is. But let’s explore reasons why people would leave now and the last reason is the only reason why I chose to leave.

• Property Taxes on the rise
• Prop A and B passed. This was the underground train that got approved and will inevitably raise taxes even more.
• Homeless problem- This issue is being addressed, but Austin is still not doing enough

Now for my reason for why I left Austin!  During the pandemic, my son (along with many children) fell far back education wise. We believe that the Austin ISD is not going to be able to catch him up. We even looked at private education and the feedback was the same.  After a LOT of research, we believe that the Dripping Springs ISD will get him caught up and thriving again.   Plus, there’s some perks- lots of cool distilleries, outdoor activities and restaurants. 

There ya go! Comment below my video to let me know what has been your experience living in Austin and what a new person would experience coming here.