Christine Johnson 0:00 Are you thinking about moving to San Antonio,
but you're just not sure whether or not downtown or the suburbs is the area for you?
Well, today, I'm going to tell you all about it.
Hi, I'm Christine Johnson with fathom Realty.
Welcome to another episode of serving San Antonio, where I tell you all there is to
know about living in San Antonio and the surrounding areas.
So if you need any assistance, or you have any questions, please feel free to reach out
to me, my number is listed below.
And you can reach me by clicking the link somewhere located in this video.
If you're thinking about moving to San Antonio, but you can't decide whether or not you want
to live downtown or in the suburbs.
Hopefully, this video will give you a few things to think about.
The first places we're gonna start is explain the differences in lifestyle.
Downtown San Antonio is full of cultural diversity, you can find some awesome food downtown with
a wide variety of options within walking distance from where you live.
Now, I don't make it downtown very often because I have too little humans.
But when I do make it down there, there's two of my favorite places that I like to go
to that you have definitely got to check out.
The first one is back on turn brewery.
Now yes, I know it's a brewery.
But it has amazing pizza and amazing wings, along with some other really great food that
you definitely have to check out.
My second favorite place to go is la Pantelleria cafe and bakery, it has some of the most amazing
breakfast and I highly recommend it.
Now if you go Be sure to get there early.
Or if you get there a little bit later.
just expect a long line.
So now that we've talked about the restaurants downtown, let's talk about the restaurants
in the suburbs.
Now, when you get to the suburbs, you're gonna find a lot more of those chain restaurants.
But still plenty of places to eat that aren't chain restaurants.
Now, one of my favorites is whiskey cake.
If you haven't been there, you've got to check it out.
It's a farm to table restaurant, and I promise it will not disappoint.
First, they have an awesome happy hour.
So make sure you check that out.
Second, they have whiskey cake.
But be sure you get one to share because it's a huge piece.
And it's definitely a sin if you don't try it.
And if you need any recommendations on what to eat while you're there, just give me a
call.
I'll help you out.
Okay, so now that we've talked about the food, let's talk about the social atmosphere.
If you'd like to be social downtown is the place to be.
One of the top reasons people love living downtown is that there's never a lack of things
to do.
You've got the downtown Riverwalk, and all the places around it, check out plus some
nightlife down there, you've got the mom and pop shops to go shopping at, you've got the
downtown pearl with the lawn if you just want to go and sit and hang with some friends.
There's also some breweries down there some other restaurants, you can go check out.
And there's coffee shops, if you want to go take your laptop and get some work done.
Not to mention the downtown area is growing really fast.
So in a few years, you might have too much to do down there, if that's even a thing.
So you're probably wondering what the social setting is like in the suburbs?
Well, the suburbs is just a little bit more laid back, you don't really get the small
town feel in the suburbs, you get more of the I need to run a target and it's right
around the corner, or I need to head over to Walmart to get something those bigger stores.
I'm not saying there's not smaller stores.
But in terms of if you're downtown, you're not going to have the accessibility to let's
say, a target or a Walmart as easily as you would in the suburbs.
So there's pros and cons on both sides of how you like to live.
If you're like me, I need a new target.
Now you're probably wondering about the nightlife coming from my mom, I don't know of all the
hot spots out there that are open past 11.
But I'm sure that we could find you some.
But if you're anything like me and you have children, your nightlife might look a little
different than the rest.
My night life looks a little like this.
I get home from school, the kids go outside to play.
Let's say it's a Friday night, Saturday night, the neighbors come over the kids all play.
And that's our nightlife.
So if you're looking for something open a little bit past 11 you might have to either
drive down to the city or go to one of those hidden gems that I haven't quite found yet.
Okay, so now we're going to talk about the overall location.
A lot of people want to be close to work and want to know how far it's going to be from
work based on where they want to live.
So this will probably answer a few of your questions.
So if you're coming from the downtown area, and you find yourself having to travel 35
north towards Austin, you're going to hit a lot of traffic.
So be prepared to either sit in traffic or try to leave a little bit before rush hour.
Now if you're heading out of downtown area, and you have to work somewhere off 1604 Be
prepared to just sit in traffic.
There's no way around it.
1604 is traffic no matter the time of day, but there are very specific times of day,
especially the end of day and the beginning of day that you might want to avoid traveling
if you can.
Okay, so I told you about 35 and 1604.
Those roads also go for living in the suburbs, there's just no way around avoiding them.
There might be some back roads that you can take but I still feel like eventually you're
still gonna have to get on one of them either way.
Now as far as leaving the suburbs, there's another road that you have have to watch out
for that can cause a lot of traffic.
But it's only temporary.
So that's kind of a good thing out in the stone oak area off to 81.
They're doing a lot of construction.
So if you're traveling out of zone oak or into Stoke, you can find a lot of congestion
up off the 281 area.
A piece of advice that I offer to everybody is travel the route before you buy the house,
travel it during the times that you'll be going to and from work and I promise you,
you'll get a really good feel of what it would be like on your daily commute.
Because the last thing you want to do is buy a house and then sit in traffic on the way
to work every day.
Okay, so to sum up all the things about living downtown and living in the suburbs, where
you go, if you love the nightlife, if you love being able to walk to places and being
able to just go out and eat, then downtown is the place to be.
So being there lots to do.
And in walking distance or a short Uber ride is your cup of tea than downtown San Antonio
is the place that you need to live.
But if you're looking for a place to raise a family where you have neighbors that have
kids the same age and a target around the corner, then the suburbs might be a better
fit for you.
Well, I hope this video gave you some ideas on the differences between living downtown
San Antonio and living in the suburbs.
If you have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.
I know moving can be really tricky and really stressful.
So that's what I'm here for.
So please, please reach out to me.
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Thanks for watching another episode of serving San Antonio.
I'm Christine Johnson with fathom Realty.
See you next time.
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