If I were to move to Austin....
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I'm in San Antonio, so I couldn't really tell ya' anything about the neighborhoods, but others I am sure will chime in and then you can get an idea of what trails are near and just how near using this.
Where on the east coast are you?
Where on the east coast are you?
I'll let the people who live in south Austin, i.e. south of the Colorado River, chime in for that part of town. Middle class neighborhoods in Austin within a reasonable riding distance to trails are: Crestview, Allandale, Clarksville, & Great Hills come to mind. Steiner Ranch has it's own decent trail system for home owners and their guests.
There are others, but I'll let someone else post their ideas.
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There are others, but I'll let someone else post their ideas.
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PM me with some of the details of your price range, where you hope to work and other details.
There are some good real estate people that are also riders that I can hook you up with.
You can find all of the info on the trails on my site.
In live in central austin, in rosedale. I can ride down to town lake from my neighborhood via the shoal creek greenbelt. The barton creek greenbelt, city park and walnut creek are all 10-15 minutes from my front door. However, my neighborhood is scarce on property so the costs are pretty high (I got in 12 years ago).
There are some good real estate people that are also riders that I can hook you up with.
You can find all of the info on the trails on my site.
In live in central austin, in rosedale. I can ride down to town lake from my neighborhood via the shoal creek greenbelt. The barton creek greenbelt, city park and walnut creek are all 10-15 minutes from my front door. However, my neighborhood is scarce on property so the costs are pretty high (I got in 12 years ago).
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What do you define as "middle-class"? Any of the neighborhoods near the Manchaca/Slaughter area are suitable in my opinion. Granted home values have busted recently so some areas that were once considered high budget are closer to reality, but if you're looking for something in the $175K to $200K range you should look South or North. 78704 is still way out of most people's league. We live in the Texas Oaks area off Slaughter and Mary Moore Searight Park is my backyard; I literally ride out the back gate and onto the trails. A short drive to the southwest is Reimer's Ranch and Muleshoe Bend. About 30 minutes up Mopac to Parmer is Walnut Creek. Austin's small enough that most quality trails around town can be reached within a 15-20 minute drive. Hope this helps somewhat.
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Every Neighborhood on 2222 and 360 has a trail system attached to it. Steiner and Lakeway each have above average trails as does Travis Country.
I would shoot for the Brodie/William Cannon area in South Austin. 5 min. drive or 10-15 min ride to tons of sweet trails (approx. 30 miles to choose from). I've got someone who can help if you're interested in looking at some properties. She's MTBer friendly!
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