May be moving to Austin...

My husband and I may be moving to the Austin area. We're from Michigan and don't know TEXAS very well. We've lived in the Corpus area for 1 yr and our company  may move us up there... We have two small children, one in 2nd grade and the other in daycare. Anyone know of good neighbor hoods to check in on?

Intrests:
Schools K-12
Daycare/ Preschool Programs for 3 yr. olds
Rentable Home Properties

Anyone know of anyplace.  Please let me know... Thanks!!

AUSTIN IS AWESOME!!!!!!  Great for young families!!!!
You might want to check out the North end of town - Round Rock - Georgetown area.  I'm not from Austin - two of my kids do or have lived there.  I think you will be AMAZED as the cost of housing - very low compared to other areas of the country.  Since you've lived in Corpus - you already have an idea of the climate - although Austin is MUCH less humid - very mild in the winter. 
I live in Arlington - between Dallas and Fort Worth - although I like it here - I would move to the Austin area in a minute!!!!

Good luck in your search........
Laurie J

You'll love it!    I can't help with the elementary school/ daycare questions but just wanted to say Austin is a great place to live!    We would move back tomorrow if we could.

Sharon

I just recently moved to Round Rock on 6/1/09.  No too bad.  I too am still learning the area.
Good luck on your transition!!

Blessings,

Nina

I am also moving to Austin in the next few months.  The North side and Round Rock are nice areas.  I also like Cedar Park area.  Some nice areas and great parks for the kids!

As a native Austinite, I would just like to say that South Austin rocks.  Literally.  Round Rock, Georgetown, and Cedar Park are not really Austin.  They are Yankee territory. 

I like South Austin too, just not as familiar with South Austin.  I wish I had the name of this one particular area of South Austin that I like - very  nice homes, not all cookie cutter.

South Austin is awesome, but more expensive.  Round Rock has better schools overall IMHO (of course I teach for Round Rock!).  But I know many Austin teachers who would agree with me.  Unless you are in a "priviledged" neighborhood that is, then the Austin school is great lol.  Round Rock works for us because housing is affordable and schools are good.  We are close to Austin so we can enjoy all it has to offer conveniently.  As opposed to Austin, east RR is just as good as west now days.  They are building a new high school on the east side near the better neighborhoods, so that evens things out a bit.  If I didn't have 2 small kids, I would definately explore South Austin though...but North Austin seems a waste.  If you are gonna miss out on south Austin being north, might as well go Round Rock and live cheaper!  That's my 2 cents:)

Oh and my entire family lives in Michigan except my parents and me...quite a difference this time of year huh?  They are having 60 degree days while we had 105 for a week!

I grew up in MI and moved to San Antonio almost 8 years ago. I'm in Austin a few times a month and traffic is easier on the south side, but you're really going to want to live near wherever you'll be officing to minimize on the commute.

We're currently in the process of relocating again and have had really great luck finding rental homes on realtor.com.

We just moved to the austin area from NY. check out georgetown....www.georgetown.org. It's a very happeneing little town. Round rock and cedar park are good too.