UP|San Antonio

Decent place to live?

TimeforChange73 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:10:36 +0000

I am a 36-year-old mom of 2 and I need to move my family. I know Austin is a big city and so maybe it has what we need??? I didn't go to college and I'm trying to raise my kids alone without much money. Everyone talks on here a lot about the really super-rich neighbors and suburbs....is there anywhere that's just decent enough????? I mean like not the most awesome part of town ever but okay enough that I don't have to worry about my children and where they can get a good education??? Sometimes I feel like the whole world is just rich mansions and then like housing projects!!! Isn't there someplace I can work hard and take care of my kids??

Contemporary Urban Infill?

baffroom — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:09:01 +0000

Nitro, on May 7 2007, 12:57 PM, said:

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to catch it next time I get in town. I didn't see this until I got back to Michigan.

Is it just me or is there really not a lot of building construction going on in San Antonio? I saw plenty of road construction but not a lot of new buildings.

The city's kinda spread out, so it's hard to see a lot of construction in one area. I know they're building some huge hotels downtown, and some big box shopping in various parts of town. But it seems the building boom may have slowed down in the last couple years, as it has elsewhere

The Quarry is really nice if anyone here hasn't seen it yet. It'd be cool to see more projects like that in the center of the metro

Windcrest and Rackspace

LindaInWindcrest — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:50:42 +0000

Windcrest (http://www.ci.windcrest.tx.us/) is a separate city, but it has a San Antonio zip code (78239) and shares a boundary with San Antonio. Recently, San Antonio ceded some land to Windcrest, and the Windcrest Economic Development Corporation bought the old Windsor Park Mall. Rackspace Managed Hosting is remodeling and moving their corporate headquarters there. There are plans to develop shops and housing - "an Austin-kind of place" - next to the old mall. Being a retired techie and having lived and worked in Austin (I now live in Windcrest), I am absolutely thrilled with the coming changes.

Any new info would be greatly appreciated.

Changing City

dallasbrink — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:45:55 +0000

San Antonio will be a changed city after that water in the muddy river walk is clear. It smells to

Changing City

imaterry78247 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:41:21 +0000

txstate25, on Nov 21 2006, 10:43 PM, said:

I do...I'm a teacher, and on the south side too! I will touch the future of San Antonio Mr.Joshua so that maybe one day it will be referred to as a Great American City in a forum such as this one.
Those days are just around the corner!

San Antonio, America's next great big city. New Orleans will also be a dark horse to being one of the greatest city in the next ten years. I heard that Vietnamese, China, Korea & India or looking hard for investments in New Orleans and city that has Mexico ties (San Antonio)
SA has it all

Downtown San Antonio

imaterry78247 — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:33:06 +0000

txstate25, on Apr 21 2007, 10:09 AM, said:

I just looked at the Vidorra webste http://www.vidorraliving.com/homepage.htm
It looks like the two tower condo project is no more. Sadly the building has taken a massive blow to it's original and modern concept. It has been reduced to one tower very square and with no real modern archectural components.(Probably due to the San Antonio Historic and Review Design Commission.) Leave it to them to keep San Antonio looking "OLD" and in the past. It's gives the impression that San Antonio does not have the capabilities to keep up with the times. This building will never stand out, it will just fade away and blend into the landscape of Metro San Antonio.

SA get rid of those od clubs that run the city. When are some major skyscrapers going to be built downtown? If SA downtown sklyline lloks like Topeka

Contemporary Urban Infill?

Nitro — Mon, 07 May 2007 17:57:18 +0000

cowboytx26, on May 4 2007, 07:19 PM, said:

I would check out the Quarry. It is the site of an old quarry where they also made cement. The factor was turned into shops, the quarry itself was turned into a golf course, and the area around the quarry was turned into mostly single family residential. You can easily get to it from downtown by taking 281 north. As the freeway curves past the zoo and park, you will soon see the Quarry on the right side.

Contemporary Urban Infill?

cowboytx26 — Fri, 04 May 2007 23:19:18 +0000

Contemporary Urban Infill?

Nitro — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:57:10 +0000

I'm visiting San Antonio this week for the AIA convention and would like to have some input on good contemporary urban infill projects to visit in the area. Any suggestions are appreciated!

Downtown San Antonio

dgreco — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:47:23 +0000

^I agree with you and it leads me to my post. Is there a SA photo thread? but I was wondering if the city is so small what is there really to have for a photo thread?

Downtown San Antonio

imaterry78247 — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:39:18 +0000

txstate25, on Apr 21 2007, 10:09 AM, said:

I concur with you-Austin a city roughly half the size of San Antonio are building multiple highrise condos. San antonio downtown skyline is probably the worst of any major city.

Downtown San Antonio

txstate25 — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:09:53 +0000

Tourism in San Antonio

FromCityToRural — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:01:57 +0000

We went there just after new years' this year. I'd go back just for some more food from Mi Tierra, IMHO tied with a little Taqueria here for the best Mexican food I've had in Texas.

Tourism in San Antonio

dgreco — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:56:26 +0000

welcome to the boards. mr. downtown. hopefully you'll post some in the TX forums and help them grow.

Tourism in San Antonio

Mr Downtown — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:29:20 +0000

I had the pleasure of visiting San Antonio back in 2000. Though Im sure it has changed big time since then. Loved the city, and of course the touristy Riverwalk area. Had to add it to my list of favorite places in America. I would love to make it back down there one day

Tourism in San Antonio

dgreco — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:44:11 +0000

eastsider, on Jun 6 2006, 11:06 AM, said:

The Big XII Championship Game in football will be played at the Alamodome on Dec. 1, 2007. San Antonio had previously hosted the game in 1997 & 1999.

San Antonio Business Journal: S.A. scores 2007 Big 12 Football Championship game

that shout be good, seems like they are getting a lot of tournaments lately, maybe it will help lead to a team?

Incredible White Collar Growth in San Antonio

eastsider — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:56:36 +0000

Wachovia has announced that it will add 327 back office and customer-support jobs to the World Savings Bank call center. Wachovia purchased World Savings parent company, Golden West Financial Corp. last year and should change the name to Wachovia by the fourth-quarter this year. The new jobs are in addition to 300 call center jobs that were announced last month.

San Antonio Express-News: Wachovia announces 300 more jobs for S.A.

Tourism in San Antonio

eastsider — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:44:37 +0000

Hotel rooms booked in SA were up in January and February of this year with an increase of hotel tax collected up 14% over last year. But, is expected to drop off due to fewer conventions being booked.

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The city is expected to have 24 medium-size conventions this year, compared with 34 last year. The number of huge conventions, or groups needing more than 3,000 hotel rooms in one night, is down by one to eight this year.

San Antonio Express-News: Visitors get '07 off to good start

Changing City

dgreco — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:27:37 +0000

txstate25, on Mar 31 2007, 11:47 AM, said:

I'm sorry that you feel that way Mr. Kheldane, you couldn't be more wrong. However, if ALL you're going to do is make comments about people's responses in this forum and you don't really have anything intelligent to say about the issues concerning San Antonio, then maybe you should stick with the Tennessee forum. Otherwise, how do you think the final four is going to help the city economically?

I think the final four is going to be a huge jump financials for the city. I heard some really gaudy numbers of revenue income during the final four. Also It may be an opening door for expansion with all the recent talk. NHL? NFL? or MLS? maybe? if things go smoothly and work out the right way you might beable to see a lot of good things from it. How do you feel?

Changing City

txstate25 — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:47:42 +0000

Kheldane, on Mar 30 2007, 10:18 PM, said:

LOL! Based on your puerile responses, you have "pride", and nothing else. Get with the program...

Changing City

Kheldane — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:18:13 +0000

txstate25, on Mar 29 2007, 10:44 PM, said:

Your obviously not from San Antonio. We have pride here. Professional or Not.

LOL! Based on your puerile responses, you have "pride", and nothing else. Get with the program...

Changing City

txstate25 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:44:51 +0000

Kheldane, on Mar 29 2007, 08:40 AM, said:

It's always sad to see someone who claims to be "professional" resort to personal attacks. Sad, and interesting to see the emotional reaction to an argument they have no capability to challenge intellectually.

Your obviously not from San Antonio. We have pride here. Professional or Not.

Changing City

dgreco — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:39:25 +0000

how do you think the final four is going to help the city economically?

Changing City

Kheldane — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:40:20 +0000

txstate25, on Nov 19 2006, 09:43 PM, said:

Wonder what "Great" city your from?

The Rim

txstate25 — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:31:19 +0000

Who do they have designing these parking lots at the RIM. They really should check to see if they have college degrees. First of all everyone's always bottle necking in the parking lot where Best Buy is, they should have made that lot twice or three times as big. Second of all there needs to be a Traffic light at the first real intersection where you turn left to enter the Palladium or right to World Market. San Antonio's newest shopping Center is a disaster. They should have really done their research and traveled to other big cities to see how big shopping centers like ours functions and how they�re formatted. Because the flow of traffic, people, and commerce here absolutely is unacceptable.

Is anyone else unhappy with the RIM?