I hear the Austin area is quite the boomtown and now has expensive real estate.
What about San Marco or New Bruansfel?
NB - very expensive - anything hinting of the Hill Country of Texas is expensive. Shoot, you should see Boerne (pronounced "Bernie") - it's grown like mad and the prices are out of site for real land. Of course, the Hill Country is one of the prettiest parts of Texas. But, I'm kinda partial to the Hill Country.
Excellent choices!!
What about San Marco or New Bruansfel?"
There is much to offer in the Central Texas area.
Austin has a good business climate and a number of high tech jobs are available. Real estate is high but in the suburbs the pricing is more reasonable. Such as Round Rock (20 North), Georgetown (30 miles North), San Marcos (30 miles South.
Austin is right in the middle Texas, and the land East and North is farmland mostly. Just West is the Hill Country where you will find the lakes, dams, granite quarries, games, resorts, and all of the above.
San Marcos is much the same.
New Braunsfel is much more of the German flavor and is a pretty city.
San Antonio is a major city with US Air Bases for training. Many suburbs there.
The following websites will help give a feel for the respective areas.
www.ci.austin.tx.ux www.ci.cedar-park.tx.us www.hill-country.visitor.com
Of course, we have a Freeper Chapter here, too!