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I'm thinnking of moving there. I would like to know all over temps in a year, tornados, rain, etc.. Also, fees for renting a 2 or 3 bedroom house. Crime rates, traffic, employment?
Thanks for all of your help !
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San Antonio is a very affordable city. The rents are considerably cheaper than major cities anywhere else in the US. You asked about renting, though in San Antonio, renting is really very similar in cost for a 3 bedroom house to buying. The housing cost in the Texas area are quite reasonable, but the property taxes are higher than many states. This is, however, offset by Texas having no personal income tax.
San Antonio is one of America's fastest growing cities. The city was the 11th largest in the US in 1995, 9th largest in 2000 and was 7th largest in 2006 now having grown larger than Dallas as the second largest city in Texas. This rapid growth does have some affect on both traffic and crime. Certain areas of the city have traffic issues at high traffic periods, though this is common in any major city, and certainly no worse in San Antonio. The crime rate for the overall city is higher than the Texas and National average, but that is also common in any major city. However, there are many areas of the city where the crime rates are at or below the state and national average. Additionally, in some areas, if a careful examination of the crime statistics by the San Antonio Police Department is made, you will find the crime is mostly limited to shopliftting and crimes against business and property, in those areas personal crime (ie. rape or murder) is minimal.
Good sources of information about an area of town are:
www.homefair.com or www.city-data.com and look at the city reports by the zipcode you are considering living in. Homefair will break down the types of crime into personal/property and further break it down if you examine closely.
As far as weather, if you don't like the weather in San Antonio, wait a few minutes...
Actually, in general, the weather in the area is usually very temperate. The average low in January is 39, the high usually being in the 60s, the average high in July is 94-95 with lows in the 70s. The Spring and Fall months are usually days in the 80s and nights in the 60s. This is why we have Sea World, and other tourism sites in the metropolitan area. There have been very few tornados in the city in the history of San Antonio, due to it's geographical setting. The city is far enough from the coast to avoid the worst effects of hurricanes but you can be on the beach in 2 1/2 hours. The rainfall amounts vary significantly by year and season. Last spring and this past summer was an exceedin ly wet year, and a few years ago we had water rationing. When we do get rain, however, it will frequently cause, flooding of the low areas. This does not normally affect any housing in the city, but is more significantly an affect on driving, as many roads run through low water crossings. If you do decide to move to the area (which I highly encourage you to do) never drive through water standing or running across a road (many lives have been lost in this area that way). Some people will complain that the area is hot. It is significantly cooler than most of the southern US, and only an average of 7 degrees hotter in the summer than Denver. Most of this past summer we were cooler everyday than New York.
As far as entertainment, there are numerous plays and concerts touring and local in the city. There are many clubs and just north of the city in the Hill Country you will find some intersting Dance Halls where many country-western music greats got their starts (like Willie Nelson and George Strait)
The city has a multitude of great restaurants, and world class shopping available. In the hill country you will find lakes and rivers which provide availability for boating, skiing, rafting, canoeing, and tubing. Also the area is home to one of the US' finest wine regions.
The best part about San Antonio, in many peoples opinion, is that while growing into a major city, it has retained a lot of small town charm, and has a unique identity. The special fiesta flavor provided by the Tex-Mex blend of the cty makes the area a special place to live or visit. As the city is growing rapidly, there are a lot of employment opportunities in several segments. The South Texas Medical Center, USAA, the San Antonio Military Complex, the tourism industries, many tech and banking companies, significant real estate development and construction, and Toyota are all major employers.
Hope you decide to move to SATX.
(I will at this point make the obligatory comment about the 4 time NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs, which most of us in San Antonio love, are another reason to move to the city. This is comment is made inorder to comply with all SA responses to why should I move to SA questions).
Welcome to San Antonio!!
San Antonio is a very affordable city. The rents are considerably cheaper than major cities anywhere else in the US. You asked about renting, though in San Antonio, renting is really very similar in cost for a 3 bedroom house to buying. The housing cost in the Texas area are quite reasonable, but the property taxes are higher than many states. This is, however, offset by Texas having no personal income tax.
San Antonio is one of America's fastest growing cities. The city was the 11th largest in the US in 1995, 9th largest in 2000 and was 7th largest in 2006 now having grown larger than Dallas as the second largest city in Texas. This rapid growth does have some affect on both traffic and crime. Certain areas of the city have traffic issues at high traffic periods, though this is common in any major city, and certainly no worse in San Antonio. The crime rate for the overall city is higher than the Texas and National average, but that is also common in any major city. However, there are many areas of the city where the crime rates are at or below the state and national average. Additionally, in some areas, if a careful examination of the crime statistics by the San Antonio Police Department is made, you will find the crime is mostly limited to shopliftting and crimes against business and property, in those areas personal crime (ie. rape or murder) is minimal.
Good sources of information about an area of town are:
www.homefair.com or www.city-data.com and look at the city reports by the zipcode you are considering living in. Homefair will break down the types of crime into personal/property and further break it down if you examine closely.
As far as weather, if you don't like the weather in San Antonio, wait a few minutes...
Actually, in general, the weather in the area is usually very temperate. The average low in January is 39, the high usually being in the 60s, the average high in July is 94-95 with lows in the 70s. The Spring and Fall months are usually days in the 80s and nights in the 60s. This is why we have Sea World, and other tourism sites in the metropolitan area. There have been very few tornados in the city in the history of San Antonio, due to it's geographical setting. The city is far enough from the coast to avoid the worst effects of hurricanes but you can be on the beach in 2 1/2 hours. The rainfall amounts vary significantly by year and season. Last spring and this past summer was an exceedin ly wet year, and a few years ago we had water rationing. When we do get rain, however, it will frequently cause, flooding of the low areas. This does not normally affect any housing in the city, but is more significantly an affect on driving, as many roads run through low water crossings. If you do decide to move to the area (which I highly encourage you to do) never drive through water standing or running across a road (many lives have been lost in this area that way). Some people will complain that the area is hot. It is significantly cooler than most of the southern US, and only an average of 7 degrees hotter in the summer than Denver. Most of this past summer we were cooler everyday than New York.
As far as entertainment, there are numerous plays and concerts touring and local in the city. There are many clubs and just north of the city in the Hill Country you will find some intersting Dance Halls where many country-western music greats got their starts (like Willie Nelson and George Strait)
The city has a multitude of great restaurants, and world class shopping available. In the hill country you will find lakes and rivers which provide availability for boating, skiing, rafting, canoeing, and tubing. Also the area is home to one of the US' finest wine regions.
The best part about San Antonio, in many peoples opinion, is that while growing into a major city, it has retained a lot of small town charm, and has a unique identity. The special fiesta flavor provided by the Tex-Mex blend of the cty makes the area a special place to live or visit. As the city is growing rapidly, there are a lot of employment opportunities in several segments. The South Texas Medical Center, USAA, the San Antonio Military Complex, the tourism industries, many tech and banking companies, significant real estate development and construction, and Toyota are all major employers.
Hope you decide to move to SATX.
(I will at this point make the obligatory comment about the 4 time NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs, which most of us in San Antonio love, are another reason to move to the city. This is comment is made inorder to comply with all SA responses to why should I move to SA questions).
Welcome to San Antonio!!
Do I have to worry about ants any more?
James
Well, I live in Denver Colorado area, and for the past year i've been dealing with ants in my bedroom for the past year. I used to always use a TON of hot shot kitchen bug killer, but I don't think the issues over yet. I normally have 6 ants per day in the summer and now its limited to 2 or 3 a mouth. These ants are red and black medium sized red upper black butt. I think I just killed their queen today which had a very large butt and wings with pitchers. After this I made some remedy which was made of stain remover, yeast, rice vinegar, sugar, and syrup. My question is do you think that remedy will work and do you think the colony will die because of the one queen I killed and threw away somewhere a block away so they couldn't smell it? By the way my parents don't know about this so I got rid of my fish tanks because ants like humidity. IM only 14 and I NEED help!!!
PS I WANT THEM TO DIE AND BURN IN F U C K I N G HELL!!!!!!!!!!
Answer
The queen would not have been in your room, but never leaves the nest. That may have been a breeding male........they will get the wings at breeding season.......which is usually mid summer....so I am confused too. I assume you know the difference between ants and termites. Denver wasn't know for termites in my days there but I guess things can change.
Always better to use bait type pesticides that are taken back to the queen and fed to her. Most pesticides just kill the workers while they forage, they are easily and quickly replaced. Often better to treat outside around house perimeter with the bait stuff.....Amdro for example. Your homemade mixes may have no effect at all. One addition to your brews should be boric acid as found in Roach Pruf. Ants are sweet eaters or "meat" eaters. So mix boric acid in some peanutbutter for the "meat" and some jelly for the sweet. Put into a small jar with small holes in lid. Set where you think ants are coming in. They take the poison food back to the queen.
Ants should be tucked away for winter........if you are getting them during winter then you have an interior nest and problems.
The queen would not have been in your room, but never leaves the nest. That may have been a breeding male........they will get the wings at breeding season.......which is usually mid summer....so I am confused too. I assume you know the difference between ants and termites. Denver wasn't know for termites in my days there but I guess things can change.
Always better to use bait type pesticides that are taken back to the queen and fed to her. Most pesticides just kill the workers while they forage, they are easily and quickly replaced. Often better to treat outside around house perimeter with the bait stuff.....Amdro for example. Your homemade mixes may have no effect at all. One addition to your brews should be boric acid as found in Roach Pruf. Ants are sweet eaters or "meat" eaters. So mix boric acid in some peanutbutter for the "meat" and some jelly for the sweet. Put into a small jar with small holes in lid. Set where you think ants are coming in. They take the poison food back to the queen.
Ants should be tucked away for winter........if you are getting them during winter then you have an interior nest and problems.
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