DFW commute
 

When I get off mil leave I will be based in DFW and I was thinking of moving to TX. I am looking into SAT and AUS. Anyone have any opinions on these places and their QOL? I know SAT is one of the cheapest places in the country housing wise. How is the commute? I show lots of flights, how full are they?

I've commuted out of SAT to one city or another for about 14 years now. DFW has always been one of the toughest places to get to.

It was better when Delta used to fly between SAT and DFW but now American is the only game in town. There are a ton of flights and they are all on MD80s but they are always full and there is usually a jumpseater. Taking American is usually a last resort out of SAT for me. They are great to jumpseaters, but it seems that someone has usually beaten me to the jumpseat when I get to the gate.

Getting to DAL is usually not a problem on Southwest, but then you have to get yourself over to DFW. I think Super Shuttle charges about $20. Good luck, San Antonio is a great place to live. I'll be a commuter forever.

Whats wrong with living in DFW? It's cheap too! But yes, AUS and SAT would be pretty easy commutes. AA has all mainline flights running quite often. Although I believe they are sometimes full, but since they run pretty often, you wouldn't have too much problem getting a jumpseat. I guess if you really needed to get to work, you can take SWA to Love Field, but it'd be an expensive cab ride to DFW. My commute is 3 hours and would love to have a 30 minute commute.

Ok I just read the post above, and I would listen to him, someone who actually does the commute...

Couldn't help it.....

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If you're wanting to live in a place worth living SAT IS NOT one of the cheapest places in the country. As far as commute goes you shouldn't have any problem going SAT-DFW or IAH-DFW. I'm not sure about Austin. I know CAL does a TON of flights everyday between AUS and IAH and they are all full.

No water, $30k millionaires running around, snobby! Long live H-town!

AA still allows unlimited jumpseater right?

Yep, they sure do.

What part of DFW are you talking about being cheap exactly? I've lived there my whole life and it's anything but cheap if you're north of 183 ... if you're south I can't really speak for much since I never lived in those parts. Sure you can find some places that are fairly inexpensive, but for the most part pretty much everything is a bit pricy.

As for commuting though, I don't know much about SAT (I haven't heard anything bad about it though), but I know that AUS is a friggin sweet place to live and fairly easy to get in and out of.

If you are based in DFW then I would stay in dallas area. I am in Austin right now and it is "Not Cheap!" I lived in the Dallas area for 20 years and it is much cheaper (housing, gas, food). Of course it all depends on where you what part of town you want to live in. Expect to pay 25k more for the same size house in Austin compared to a city like Mckinney, Tx which is 40 minutes from DFW.

I would move to fort worth. It's really cool and cheap and it's only about half an hour from dfw.

Airnet flies Barons in and out of AUS and SAT Monday-Friday. We fly to ADS which is Addison TX, about 10 miles north of DAL. Jumpseaters are always welcome.

Honestly check out Fort Worth. It's the best kept secret in the U.S. (in my opinion) It's a great town with the great location you get with Dallas, but without the 30K millionaires. The people are more down to earth, housing is more affordable and it's easier to get larger lots and land if you want and still live close enough to DFW to work out of there.

If you are stuck on AUS/SAT, check out the "Hill Country". It is really pretty out there with lots of lakes for recreation. Good luck with everything!

Oh yes the thritythousand-aire. The spiked hair guy in his late 20's/early 30's who has 2 expensive outfits he saves for clubs and bars, and he is cool because his shirt says Armani on it. Spends all of his money on a leased vehicle and lives in a small apartment/townhome close to the bars, usually has a roommate.

I hate these people and do not miss them since I moved from Dallas.

Now you see I thought those guys were always wearing A&F shirts... I guess they would both work

FT. Worth is a great place to live definitely! I would recommend checking it out if you want to live here. The only thing that might suck is the traffic during rush hour if you're not used to bumper to bumper traffic most of the way home.

I am based in DFW and live in Euless...right next to the airport. Bought my house new for $145 in 2004. Tax people think it's worth $165K.

If you have already decided to pick up and move to a new place and the choices are pretty similar in their demographic, choosing to live in base is a the best option! It will give you way more choices in bidding and you will be home almost a whole extra day per week on average.

Talk to any guy who has both commuted and lived in base and the ubiquitous response will be that their QOL went through the roof after moving in base. If you were trying to decide between commuting from San Diego Vs. living in DFW then you might have to do some more soul searching. But SAT or AUS vs. DFW = NO BRAINER!

Well, 30K is a pretty accurate description of my annual compensation.

This is the original Steers and Queers quote...

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