Is San Antonio poor?

[ALWAYS bet on BLACK]

Is it true that San Antonio is poor except for Alamo Heights/Olmos Park/terril Hills/Stone Oak?

Aside from those areas, is San Antonio poor?

[Trainwreck2100]

um. oak hills?

[mookie2001]

no

[angel_luv]

no

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[Dr. Gonzo]

I'm San Antonio rich, meaning I pay my bills on time.

[tlongII]

Well I know San Antonio is a poor excuse for a basketball team.

[tp2021]

Well I know San Antonio is a poor excuse for a basketball team.

Hows your #1-overall doing?

[ALWAYS bet on BLACK]

I'm San Antonio rich, meaning I pay my bills on time.

that sounds fitting. i just have heard san antonio was very poor aside from basically the north side of the city meaning outside the 1604 loop and then a small section inside the 410 loop called alamo heights and terril hills.

not saying the rest of the city is 3rd world country type but there is a part of san antonio called "third world"

lol

i have never seen a neighborhood called third world but leave it to san antonio to do that .

[mookie2001]

you must be pretty dumb

its TERRELL

[Jekka]

There's enough of a middle class in San Antonio for me to consider it not too poor overall, but it's definitely got its share of struggling families and individuals just like any other city. SA's no Elkhart Project or plant town in Ohio - it could be worse.

[lefty]

SA is not poor


San Antonio is fat


FAT !!!!!

[mookie2001]

yeah FATT!

and we get our sons kidnapped and have to demand their return

[TheManFromAcme]

I live in Cibolo just above Northcliffe Golf Course. Just bought a house and it seems that the surrounding area (about a 10 minute mile perimeter) is middle to a little upper middle class.

I do know this; After my transfer from Cali to here my $$ sure goes farther. L.A. definitely has some rat-hole aspects to it just as well.

Overall S.A. is a rather clean, well maintained city.

[Mixability]

There are some areas that look like Mexico.....

[boutons_deux]

"The median income for a household in the city is $36,214, and the median income for a family is $53,100. Males have a median income of $30,061 versus $24,444 for females.

The per capita income for the city is $17,487. 17.3% of the population and 14.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 24.3% of those under the age of 18 and 13.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line."

Austin:

"The median income for a household in the city was $42,689, and the median income for a family was $54,091. Males had a median income of $35,545 vs. $30,046 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,163. About 9.1% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.5% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over. The median house price was $185,906 in 2009, and it has increased every year since 2003"

... from wikipedia.org for each city.

iow, there is no debate, the numbers speak, SA is a poor city versus Austin. Don't even talk about HOU or DAL.

[DesignatedT]

just stay on the northside... very nice city as long as you dont dip down into far east/west or south side.

[TheManFromAcme]

Go back to California, it's better there.

[phxspurfan]

Aren't there areas downtown where they don't even have running water?



I had a mentor who was a SA City Planner and it seemed like it had its share of urban abandonment problems. But those north of the 410 don't care anyway right?

[rjv]

"The median income for a household in the city is $36,214, and the median income for a family is $53,100. Males have a median income of $30,061 versus $24,444 for females.

The per capita income for the city is $17,487. 17.3% of the population and 14.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 24.3% of those under the age of 18 and 13.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line."

Austin:

"The median income for a household in the city was $42,689, and the median income for a family was $54,091. Males had a median income of $35,545 vs. $30,046 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,163. About 9.1% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.5% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over. The median house price was $185,906 in 2009, and it has increased every year since 2003"

... from wikipedia.org for each city.

iow, there is no debate, the numbers speak, SA is a poor city versus Austin. Don't even talk about HOU or DAL.

austin is also much more segregated and does a better job of hiding its social inequities (with the exception of its sexual community, which is not economically challenged).

housing market in austin is a joke as well. too many california transplants have turned austin into the california of texas.

[Sec24Row7]

San Antonio's population doesn't make the income that other populations make but a lot of that is offset by no state income tax and a VERY low cost of living.

Those benefits do not help major sports leagues though... the reason SAT doesn't have a football team is that there isn't enough of a corporate base to buy sky boxes and not enough individuals have the disposable income to buy season tickets.

It's hard for higher end retailers to make it here etc etc...

[coyotes_geek]

austin is also much more segregated and does a better job of hiding its social inequities (with the exception of its sexual community, which is not economically challenged).

JMO, but in Austin all the social inequities seem to be solely about the economics. I don't think there's really much of a racial component to it. Austin has significant asian and indian populations who tend to be concentrated in the educational and technical fields (i.e. not economically challenged) and as far as I can tell there really isn't a whole lot of tension with them. Again, JMO.

housing market in austin is a joke as well. too many california transplants have turned austin into the california of texas.

Austin housing market is a little unique. There are specific parts of town where the CA transplants were flocking to and now those areas are hurting. (unfortunately i live in one of them) But on the whole the Austin market really isn't that bad thanks to a low (compared to elsewhere) unemployment rate.

[Frenzy]

yeah pretty much,


But I seen some ghetto people in stone oak..don't take much to live there anymore. I saw a house for sale for 275,000.

You can get that any where

[EmptyMan]

San Antonio is cheap to live in and there is plenty of opportunity; you do the math.

[blkroadrunners]

We're stingy.

[Ignignokt]

the housing market in Austin is overpriced, and many of those richers aren't wealthy just financially rich on credit.

SO when you figure cost of living.. San Antonio has an equal to or higher standard of living.