May be moving to San Antonio, lookin for advice

I may be taking a job in San Antonio as was looking for some advice from those of you who know the area. Will be working in the city area but want to live outside of the chaos, preferably on a lake house. Just looking for a direction to get started, where to be looking and any tips from the locals. Also have some elementary school kids, are there better areas school wise? and if anybody knows about cheerleading teams, all of my kids cheer. Thank for any of the info guys!

- Jason

been reading a lot about lake levels being horrible, if anyone can shed some light on how bad they are in the area. thanks.

Do you speak Spanish? It'd be a lot better if you did... I lived down there for about a year but that was quite a while ago. If things haven't changed that much then you probably want to look on the north side of town above the 1604 loop.

Little bit of a commute but check out the New Braunfels area. There a few awesome lakes there as well. Canyon Lake, Lake Placid, Lake McQueeny, Meadow lake and Lake Dunlap.

Check this guy out for more info. Lake Medina was an awesome lake but I believe it is about dried up at this point.

http://www.lakehouses4sale.net/

+2 for New Braunfels and commuting.

Learn Spanish.

Hide everything in your vehicle in town.. My install crews are constantly having break ins.

You must be thoroughly screened and go thru an interview and selection process to move to Texas. We're full up. Very few vacancies. Crime is rampant: Home invasions, car jackings, kidnapping etc. And our property taxes are horrendous. Not to mention the HEAT!!.

Best just to stay where you are.

all our LEDs look like chit and are about to fall off.

lol, love the advice, thanks everyone. going to make a trip down there next week and see if the job fits my family and I, and go from there.

I've lived in new braunfels/ SA area all my life and I ride lake dunlap a lot as well as mcqueeney and lake placid, they are all the same river jus separated by dams. I commute to SA down I10 every day and its not bad. There are great schools and neighborhoods in SA and New Braunfels, let me know if you have any specific questions on certain neighborhoods be glad to help.

^^^ thank you, appreciate it. After this trip at the end of the week I am going to see if the job is going to work out or not. If it is Im sure I will have tons on questions.

Jason...you are correct.....SOME lake levels are historically low around the SA area and Austin...but some of the rivers remain full and constant. My home lake (Medina) has been unusable since 2011....so I have a bit of a drive to go to Canyon and Lake LBJ. Helotes area is good...Northside School district is good..so is Northeast....but Northside outside 1604 is ON FIRE in the growth department. There is no end in sight. The roads are literally crumbling from the amount of new traffic. I have a 9 year old in that was in cheer last year...so I've got a little knowledge on the cheer/dance places.

Ken

go spurs go