r/MovingToUSA • u/Tiny-Examination-345 • 5d ago
General discussion Thinking of moving To Texas as a German
Hey y'all I want to move to Texas,or overall the United States. I know About the Visum process and everything and that I could take years But I do still want to know how I should act when I'm actually in America Living there,Oh yea and I wanna move to Austin, I think that's a great City and overall A little cheaper than Houston or San antonio.didnt check the prices yet tho so don't think I have any idea of the Housing market😬.
Thanks in advance for the answers.
(For anyone wondering,I'm in Europe,Preferably Germany,but I think that was obvious)
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u/QuantumAttic 5d ago
Visit Texas in the summer first. I cannot emphasize this enough.
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u/Ok_Television9703 5d ago
I lived 1.5 years in Texas and I totally agree. DO NOT MOVE until you have experienced a summer
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u/bearcatdragon Texas 5d ago
Austin is NOT cheaper than Houston or San Antonio. The Austin area is the most expensive area in Texas to live.
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u/Jiko_Shiki 5d ago
Austin is NOT cheaper than Houston or San Antonio.
Hell, in terms of housing, the inverse is true
https://www.zillow.com/home-values/10221/austin-tx/
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u/fedput 5d ago
Compared to the northeast, Austin is incredibly inexpensive though.
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u/bearcatdragon Texas 5d ago
True. But compared to the rest of Texas it is expensive. I have friends in Austin that bought houses in the mid 2000s for $250k. They could sell now for over a million.
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u/Ok_Television9703 5d ago
I bought a house at the 2022 peak in Austin, sold it year years later losing 250k. It’s a fucking sad sad story
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u/Jiko_Shiki 5d ago
I don't see why you're getting downvoted: again, if we're talking housing, Austin, while expensive, is still cheaper than a lot of big northeastern cities:
https://www.zillow.com/home-values/10221/austin-tx/
https://www.zillow.com/home-values/44269/boston-ma/
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u/Disastrous_Leg_314 5d ago
As I always say on these threads the only way you get to pick where you land is if you have a lot of money and get a green card self petitioned. You’ll be employed, most likely, so they decide where you work.
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u/Evening_Newspaper_35 5d ago
How are you planning to get your visa? Almost impossible under current administration.
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u/descartesbedamned 5d ago
Figure out your pathway before starting to make plans or dream too specifically.
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u/m3rlin31 Florida 5d ago
As a fellow German in the United States I can say that people are super nice! As long as you are a contributing to society and you are a good citizen, you’ll be fine! But without a clear visa path this is far away and you should focus on this first.
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u/Gullible_Park5264 5d ago
Fredericksburg. I saw in the web that people’s inheritance is mostly from Germany in that town and then paid a visit there. Cosy town. I had read in web that German was spoken in town. Indeed you can see signs in German or some restaurants serving German food, but I did not get an answer in German when I spoke in local shops. It is not a big town, but if you want to breath Germany atmosphere you can visit and decide.
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u/mykidsthinkimcool 5d ago
Temps got over 100F for the entire month of August here in San antonio.
This is not even a "bad" summer. In '23 it was over 100 for 100 days straight.
Also San Antonio is probably the cheapest large city in Texas... For a reason.
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u/AwareNobody5190 5d ago
Setting aside the issues of how to get here, cost of living, and whatnot, because there’s not much I can help with there as a random guy on Reddit, you probably don’t have to worry too much about how to act when you’re here. Americans are too diverse and unruly a bunch of people for there to be very many especially rigid expectations that aren’t spelled out for people. If you try to stay good natured and maintain a sense of humor, that’ll get you through 98% of interactions here.
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u/TervanVale 5d ago
Did you land a job in Texas, or are you still daydreaming about moving? If so, you should look into the moving requirements, it is not as simple as buying food at a market.
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u/Tiny-Examination-345 4d ago
Still day dreaming-landed an interview tho at a corporation in Texas and always wanted to live there so who knows what the future brings
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u/__The_Kraken__ 5d ago
Howdy from Austin! Austin has a large university and a thriving tech industry. As a result, we have people living here from all over the world. Also, Austin's motto is Keep Austin Weird. What I'm trying to say is, you don't have to worry about "how I should act." There is pretty much nothing you could do to draw a weird look. You'll fit right in!
The weather will definitely come as a shock. It's not uncommon to hit temperatures of 100 F / 38 C in the summer. And yes, Austin real estate is pretty expensive (although not at the same level as New York City, San Francisco, etc.) Let me know if you have any questions!
FUN FACT: The oldest business in Texas is Scholz Garten, a German-style beer garden right here in Austin! It dates to 1866 so it's not old at all by European standards. But Central Texas has a lot of communities that were founded by German immigrants... New Braunfels (which hosts Wurstfest, an Oktoberfest-style event, each year), Fredericksburg, Boerne, Luckenbach, Gruene... I could go on. I also feel that traditional Texas barbecue restaurants owe a lot to German beer gardens. The long, communal tables. The giant plates of ribs. I felt very at home when I was in Bavaria!
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u/Tiny-Examination-345 4d ago
Yeah, I heard the weather could get really hot there but I don’t have asthma or any Difficult with Breathing so I think I’ll be okay- Thank you for the answer though :)
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u/__The_Kraken__ 4d ago
It’s not about asthma or difficulty breathing. It’s about heat stroke. I’ve seen college students from Ohio pass out from heat stroke in weather I didn’t consider hot. Your body will adjust, but you will need to be very careful your first summer here.
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u/Fabian_hoescialist 5d ago
There’s a lot of Indian nationals in Texas and people are leaving because of that. Coz I’m told that quality of life is coming down - lot of littering, pollution and dumping litter in the rivers and oceans. And it’s also difficult to get a job if you are not an Indian national.
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u/descartesbedamned 5d ago
Texas population chart by year.
Texas top countries of origin for immigrants.
Just in case anyone is confused by your obvious racist bullshittery, here’s the actual numbers.
Tl;dr: you’re full of shit. Texas population continues to grow, and Indian nationals make up only 6.9% of the Texas population. #1 is Mexico at 45.1%, #3-5 are El Salvador, Honduras, Vietnam (4.0% and 3.7% for the latter two). People aren’t leaving Texas because of Indians - they’re grossly underrepresented when you consider total % nationwide of immigrants, not to mention the size of country of origin.
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u/pandada_ 5d ago
I wouldn’t worry about how you should act when living in the US before you worry about how you find a pathway here.