This is what $500/month will get you in Texas

[beer]

$550 a month including everything you see, plus 300 digital cable channels and 3.0 Mb cable...

<Bandwidth excceeded, fsck,>

Yea the camera was on a wrong setting when I took the pics so they're grainy...suck it up and BTW, it's not 56k friendly either.

Since all your SoCal/Oregon/NYers bitch about rent....weep mother fsckers!

 

[TuxDave]

Oregon has expensive rent?

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: TuxDave
Oregon has expensive rent?

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&amp;threadid=1378112&amp;enterthread=y

 

[rudeguy]

:cookie;

 

[booger711]

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: TuxDave
Oregon has expensive rent?

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&amp;threadid=1378112&amp;enterthread=y

don't know what that idiots talking about, rent in eugene is cheap

 

[Manzelle]

Overpriced...

 

[Looney]

Is this residence?! If so, omg that's great. But rent prices are very cheap in Texas. My ex only paid like $550 for her place, and i was amazed at the size of it (and a great neighborhood as well... it was a townhouse in a gated community in Ft. Worth).

 

[tranceport]

I'd buy a house for $500 a month...

 

[SuperTool]

I have a similar place in the bay area, and I pay about $900, which is a good deal. That's the bad part.
The good part is my job offers from the Bay Area were at least $10K more per year than those from Texas, so it balances out well
If I was to buy a place I may consider moving to TX, but for renting it doesn't make much sense.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: tranceport
I'd buy a house for $500 a month...

Well some people don't want 20 year responsibility.

 

[ActuaryTm]

So young, so inconversant.

 

[vi edit]

Weren't you just asking about shotguns for home defense because you questioned the place you live? I wouldn't trade off security for cheap rent personally.

 

[KLin]

hey I've got that same cable modem, and almost the exact same glass top coffee table

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: TuxDave
Oregon has expensive rent?

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&amp;threadid=1378112&amp;enterthread=y

I guess people have different thresholds. I came from NJ, to CA and visit Oregon. The fact that I could rent a two-story house for ~ $1K/month there was freaking crazy. Nonetheless, I wouldn't want to live in Texas.

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Weren't you just asking about shotguns for home defense because you questioned the place you live? I wouldn't trade off security for cheap rent personally.

Maybe people in Texas are affraid of each other no matter where they live.

 

[ironcrotch]

Nice place, you have to give more details though. Like... sqft? bedrooms? next to whore house? etc.

 

[PoPPeR]

that makes me happy since i hope to transfer to either UofT or Texas A&amp;M next year

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: SuperTool

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Weren't you just asking about shotguns for home defense because you questioned the place you live? I wouldn't trade off security for cheap rent personally.

Maybe people in Texas are affraid of each other no matter where they live.

This is pretty much true. Anywhere outside the campus area is pretty ghetto as a whole because of the way it's zoned. The neighborhood sucks. Neighboods suck anywhere in Austin unless you go way west, way north, or way south of campus, much too far to be convenient to anything.

In short, if it's convenient, it's a ghetto neighborhood. At least this place is entirely gated, with on-site security, and no gate codes, remote access only. It's the best they can do.

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
that makes me happy since i hope to transfer to either UofT or Texas A&amp;M next year

I heard good things from Texas A&amp;M. Good EE stuff.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: TuxDave

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
that makes me happy since i hope to transfer to either UofT or Texas A&amp;M next year

I heard good things from Texas A&amp;M. Good EE stuff.

UT >> A&amp;M for any engineering. Period.

Rankings reflect that. UT hovers between rank #1 and #10 for most of it's engineering programs nationally - EE is 9th or 10th or 11th nationally or something like that. Petroleum is #1 and Chemical is up there too.

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: SuperTool

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Weren't you just asking about shotguns for home defense because you questioned the place you live? I wouldn't trade off security for cheap rent personally.

Maybe people in Texas are affraid of each other no matter where they live.

This is pretty much true. Anywhere outside the campus area is pretty ghetto as a whole because of the way it's zoned. The neighborhood sucks. Neighboods suck anywhere in Austin unless you go way west, way north, or way south of campus, much too far to be convenient to anything.

In short, if it's convenient, it's a ghetto neighborhood. At least this place is entirely gated, with on-site security, and no gate codes, remote access only. It's the best they can do.

That is kinda sad that you need a gun to feel safe in your own home. But you gotta do what you gotta do.
I was thinking about getting a shotgun to do some trap shooting. But I figure it's more hassle than it's worth here in CA.

 

[hdeck]

my complex is in the middle of the ghetto but we have high fences:beer:

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: SuperTool

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Weren't you just asking about shotguns for home defense because you questioned the place you live? I wouldn't trade off security for cheap rent personally.

Maybe people in Texas are affraid of each other no matter where they live.

nice blanket statement :roll:

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: TuxDave

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
that makes me happy since i hope to transfer to either UofT or Texas A&amp;M next year

I heard good things from Texas A&amp;M. Good EE stuff.

UT >> A&amp;M for any engineering. Period.

Rankings reflect that. UT hovers between rank #1 and #10 for most of it's engineering programs nationally - EE is 9th or 10th or 11th nationally or something like that. Petroleum is #1 and Chemical is up there too.

That is true, UT Austin is right up there for EE, in the top 20 or better. Proximity to a lot of semiconductor companies design centers surely helps.

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: SuperTool

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Weren't you just asking about shotguns for home defense because you questioned the place you live? I wouldn't trade off security for cheap rent personally.

Maybe people in Texas are affraid of each other no matter where they live.

nice blanket statement :roll:

Do you have a gun?