The Hill Country is an awesome place to live. These youngsters will have a commute, but infrastructure will eventually catch up.
Fredericksburg is my kind of town. Lots of quaint shops to occupy my wife while I sample the wares at 3-4 wine bars. The Museum of the Pacific War is a must see, too...before or after the wine bars.
I don’t think Fredericksburg is ready for 100,000 new residents.
No commuters or more infrastructure here-we’ve been there, done that...
This county had commuters living in gated enclaves who worked 40-50 miles away in the city-but they spent most of their money there, too. The Obama economy killed all that-ruined a chunk of our economy in the process, too-commuters lost jobs, moved away leaving expensive homes, snowbirds had no money to winter here, etc. Now there is finally an increase in snowbird travel, and the commuters are all gone. The people here have turned down development requests citing our desire to protect our water and other natural resources-the focus is now on home-based and other small business, rustic tourist cabins and farm to table restaurants. The population of old hippies, off griders and others like me who have gone Galt has increased, too-it isn’t for everyone, but those of us who live here like it fine...