My wife and I are thi king of moving to the san antonio area within the next 12-18 months. She is a nurse practitioner and is completing another Certificate which will add psychology to her long resume. I am a landscape architect. So I am sure neither would struggle to find work, I may look to do something else anyway.
We would want to be not in town. I am under the impressions that to shoot on your own land you need 10 acres.
Any suggestions of directions to look or small towns within an hour or so of downtown.
Or any general tips
Brent

Brent,

I think you want 30 acres to shoot on your own land, without having neighbors hearing it and giving you a hard time.

I will follow this thread closely as one place I want move to is San Antonio.

Probably won’t happen but if things work out I may buy a house there.

Mike

I have 15 acres + shoot on my own land. Like anything else just use common sense + a good backstop. Outside of San Antonio I would recommend that you look at Greune or New Braunfels. They are close to S.A. but not that far from Austin. Lots of jobs in your fields in both cities. Much better weather there than where you are now. I lived for 4 years in Hampton so I know.

Bexar County is not a good venue if you ever get sued. If you live there, they can sue you there. Bexar County has rotating docket system where you don't know who your judge is until the case is actually called to trial, making it very difficult to evaluate a case. I wouldn't live there. But frankly, most of Texas is getting more plaintiff-friendly. Sorry, I look at things from a defense lawyer's perspective.

Thanks, for the advise. Unfortunate I believe the entire country is rolling that way. I realize that Tx of today, hell Beto alomst beat Cruz, is not once what is was, but I am in Virginia. It has turned horrible here.

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Bexar County is not a good venue if you ever get sued. If you live there, they can sue you there. Bexar County has rotating docket system where you don't know who your judge is until the case is actually called to trial, making it very difficult to evaluate a case. I wouldn't live there. But frankly, most of Texas is getting more plaintiff-friendly. Sorry, I look at things from a defense lawyer's perspective.

Understood. Hell, Harris County isn't much better after the last election. I'd move to Fort Bend County if I wasn't so fond of my one kilometer commute to work.

I have an old friend that lives in New Braunfels + he has told me that Comal County has the highest rate of convictions that use the death penalty. So attorneys that want that result would have the trial moved to that county. That is what I was told, I can't verify that as fact. I know what you mean, it seems to be getting crazier everywhere. As I have said before we seem now to more of a legal system than a justice system. All things considered, you might want to entertain Austin (Travis County) over Bexar but be aware that Austin (being a college town for one) is an island of blue in a sea of red. That being said, it still is a great town. I would'nt live in San Antonio on a bet.

Yeah NC, I wa sin Austin once looking to buy some boots. Hell some of the women had more hair in their arm pits than me. Saw some dude dressed in a little ballerina tutu with deer antlers strapped to his head riding a bike. It was tempting to run him off the bridge. I did not feel like I was in TX. Then found out Apple moved a large portion of Cupertino to Austin. I feel, at least downtown, I would get in trouble with that type of BS. San Angelo is our other area of interest, maybe we should concentrate our effort there.

Yep, you encountered Leslie.He/she was a regular occurrence about town. And as the local bicycle riders clubs are proud to say, "You know us, the guys that shave their legs + the women that don't." You are correct, I think San Angelo might suit you better.

I have friends in Kerrville who really enjoy it there. I would recommend you go out and look around that area. Kerrville is a growing area and would probably have plenty of work for you and your wife. It is about an hour west of San Antonio on I-10.

Thanks Dale. I flew into Kerrville last year on they to the FTW ranch. Nice little town.

True, Kerrville is a great little town (still) + as Dale mentioned, only an hour from San Antonio if commuting is not a problem. We have a lot of folks out there that live in Burnet, Llano, + Mason, all on HWY 29 that commute to Austin to work but live there because the tax base is so low, + believe me you can't afford the property taxes in Austin.

texas requires 10 acres to be able to shoot. if you want a REAL small town in a beautiful location look at utopia. good friend lives there and we visit a lot. they shoot axis deer off their back porch anytime they want when they run outta venison. no season/limit on em and they're all over the place. they live /2 mile from downtown which has maybe 4 businesses. just opened a gunstore too. its in the hill country. view can't be beat. no pink hair and everybodys friendly.

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Bexar County is not a good venue if you ever get sued. If you live there, they can sue you there. Bexar County has rotating docket system where you don't know who your judge is until the case is actually called to trial, making it very difficult to evaluate a case. I wouldn't live there. But frankly, most of Texas is getting more plaintiff-friendly. Sorry, I look at things from a defense lawyer's perspective.

that theres whats known as judge shopping.

I'll follow this thread too.

Spent a week in the Hill Country back in Dec. and it's on our retirement home list!

10 acres to shoot? Seems to be a lot..

I've got 15 acres here in the hill country + I love it but with the new developments moving in the tax base is skyrocketing. This is primarily due to all the new schools being built. In my opinion, all those taxes should be paid by the realty firms as they are the only ones who benefit. An old argument that won't change but when I had kids in school I had no problem paying the taxes but I do have a problem paying for other kids + all the ostentatious schools being built.

NC- what do you think of the Fredricksburg area?

You will LOVE it. The combination of small-town living + old-world charm. There are great restaurants there + all the people that I have met were friendly. Add to this that you are in a reasonable commute distance to either Austin or San Antonio. Let's face it, Kerrville has its charm in the retirement atmosphere but no industry. A great place to live but one needs to commute to make the big bucks. The state's best peaches as well. Other ideas that are comparable are New Braunfels + Fredericksburg.

Sorry, I wrote Fredericksburg again. The Chester Nimitz museum is there as well + if you speak German your path will be treaded with roses.

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Originally posted by NormanConquest:
Sorry, I wrote Fredericksburg again. The Chester Nimitz museum is there as well + if you speak German your path will be treaded with roses.

I loved it, I do speak a bit of Deutsch. The wife and I have it on our short list.

Cost of living should be reasonable, I would think, particularly in the outskirts.

I lived in San Antonio for 6 weeks :-)

I liked Fredericksburg.
I wanted to like Burnet, as my great-grandfather was born there in December 1856, four months after his papa was murdered on a business trip to San Saba. I liked San Saba more.
What turned me off on that area was the summer humidity. Being a West Coastie, I am used to humidities in the single digits, which is why this part of New Mexico suits me fine.

That's true Bill, we do have some serious humidity here. I don't have to get out in it as much as I used to but it stills kicks my axx. As an old buddy once said, "It's not the heat, It's the stupidity."