I'd disagree with the gold. I've owned it and never realized any profit...jsut broke evern.
If it were me, especially for a longer term investment, I'd choose well situated undeveloped land with a lot of WATER and all rights.
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If it were me, especially for a longer term investment, I'd choose well situated undeveloped land with a lot of WATER and all rights.
Fun fact: The term Maverick originated in San Antonio.
My great aunt by marriage was a Maverick. The Mavericks were in San Antonio since Texas was a Republic and their cattle roamed the free range surrounding the town. Only problem is, they never branded them and their new calves every year like other cattlemen. When it came branding time and a cowman came across an unbranded cow and calf, hey, free cattle! The phrase 'it's a Maverick' first meant it had no ties and didn't belong to anyone.
My great aunt by marriage was a Maverick. The Mavericks were in San Antonio since Texas was a Republic and their cattle roamed the free range surrounding the town. Only problem is, they never branded them and their new calves every year like other cattlemen. When it came branding time and a cowman came across an unbranded cow and calf, hey, free cattle! The phrase 'it's a Maverick' first meant it had no ties and didn't belong to anyone.
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you can exempt $250K every two years ($500K if filing as a couple) of capital gains on the sale of a home as long as it was your primary residence….i.e. you can prove you lived in it the majority of the time you owned it, or at least for the period claiming the exemption. Big thing is that you can only claim one home as an exemption at a time.
Lackland, Randolph, Fort Sam, Bullis? That may factor in housing location choices. Property taxes are stupid expensive if you are looking to buy. I would not buy anything in Bexar or Travis Counties. It's a military town, and you will find people to help you feel welcome. We have lots of friends out there and they seem to like the hill country areas, despite the taxes.
If & when you do move to San Antonio, be sure to call any convenience store an "Ice house". It's a San Antonio thing carried up from the old days when you bought your ice for your "ice box" from an ice house that later carried food, drinks, gas, kerosene...
If you hear someone say it, you'll know they are a native.
If you hear someone say it, you'll know they are a native.
Spent +/- 20 years, but not a native. I do remember $.0015 gas in Corpus circa 1969. And the hurricane that blew the city away.
No, seriously Maggot, I bet you've heard people call it an 'ice house' when in SA.
Parents had friends from San Antonio that would later come to Austin to visit and ask where the nearest 'ice house' was. It would take me me back to the first grade and memories of me trying to dart across Broadway to the 'ice house' without being turned into a speed bump.
My old buddy Chip McCormick was from Corpus and his family lived through that hurricane. He said his whole block was pretty much wiped away except for their house.
He said he ran in to look for their dog and found him leaning against an upstairs wall with it's eyes shut while the wall heaved back and forth.
Years ago, yep. Having spent the time in Tejas, I enjoy your stories, youve got a lot of cool trivia knowledge.
I lived in the upstairs of an old wood frame apt. Somehow we survived though pretty much everything around us was gone. It did drop the shed on my volkswagon.
Seriously, you should consider compiling all that trivia into a book. Better than humping rock and I'[ll bet marketed through someone like Texas Monthly you'd sell a lot.I wish I could trade it for some useful stuff
It's supposed to be a long term preservation of wealth. Not a profit investment.
With $8T US debt rolling over in the next 12 months, now seems like a good time to hedge against accelerating US debt and interest expenses.
I know, but I'd prefer something that will bring me profit....like land wit water. They're not making any more of that, water is a critical resource, so its got to go up, likely rapidly.
Anywhere close to town that you can shoot 1000+ yards? Trying to decide if I'm going to keep my MK13 or not.
I don't know. What I do know is a colleague went to Mayfield Ranch near Christoval (about 3 hours from San Antonio and south of San Angelo) and got an Aoudad Sheep.
Edited to update the time.
Also, here is the Aoudad trophy (on the left.)
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Rifles Only.Depending n where you are in SA, a couple hours
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Did you check out this course? I wonder if we'll be shooting at Frank
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I have relatives in Mathis, I could stay there.
Do they have an Old Fart with Bad Knee Shooting Area?
Come to Ohio,
weather's only slightly shitty, girls are mediocre and you can fuck your cousin without it being too weird.
We are 2A friendly, also offer $30 half and halfs from the crack head hookers...watch out for the snaggle tooth, it'll slice your dick like a gorilla peeling a
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weather's only slightly shitty, girls are mediocre and you can fuck your cousin without it being too weird.
We are 2A friendly, also offer $30 half and halfs from the crack head hookers...watch out for the snaggle tooth, it'll slice your dick like a gorilla peeling a
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I ran in race in New Braunfels during their Wurstfest. Made the mistake of hydrating with mass amounts of Beer the night before the race.
I remember post race they gave us a Beer mug and a Bratwurst wrapped in a soft tortilla. Ran the 5 miler with a bad hangover, way to hot temps. Remember seeing a beautiful swimming pool at a park …think it was named Landa Park ? Anyway the pool was closed 
Short time in San Antonio …wasn’t impressed…New Braunfels was cool , people were really friendly.
New Braunfels at least has Schlitterbahn Water Park which if you have several kids you cant afford and if you can afford it its worse than Dizzyland for wait times.I ran in race in New Braunfels during their Wurstfest. Made the mistake of hydrating with mass amounts of Beer the night before the race.
Short time in San Antonio …wasn’t impressed…New Braunfels was cool , people were really friendly.
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I wanted to hop the fence for a much needed swim/ cool down at the park .. For free !
Don‘t understand the lockdown?
That be a wrinkle I had not thought of. As long as the cousin had the thoughtfulness to shave...
Of course you know what Bill Travis said to Dave Crocket when he saw all the Messkins headed toward the Alamo...LOL
I went all through this thread and couldnt find any references to out door places to shoot near SA. Ill be visiting an old friend on my way to RO and it would be nice to launch some pellets.
They're there. Helotes had a kickass range where you could shoot FA.
Maggot, I've been looking but can't find a link so I think it may have gone with all the other good ranges, shutdown due to developement.
I remember Helotes, TX. was synonymous with a range that you could shoot the cool stuff.
I've never shot in San Antonio but I know there were carbine courses and matches posted that were held down there in the outskirts such as Bulverde.
Bracken has an outdoor range because I can hear them shooting from my gf's house off Bat Cave Rd.
I'm going to keep looking.
My best friend just moved down to that are but they chose to live outside of SA almost in Comal County off of SH 281. He moved down there because his son works down there. I hope living outside the SA city limits works for him.
My oldest sister went through her OBC at Ft. Sam Houston and she and her husband rented an apartment. It got broken into and they had guns and jewelry stolen. That was fifty years ago and I doubt that SA has gotten better.
Any time I go to South Texas to hunt I give the Austin-SA corridor a wide bearth.
My oldest sister went through her OBC at Ft. Sam Houston and she and her husband rented an apartment. It got broken into and they had guns and jewelry stolen. That was fifty years ago and I doubt that SA has gotten better.
Any time I go to South Texas to hunt I give the Austin-SA corridor a wide bearth.
Yeah, burglary is not a new trend in San Antonio.
I remember when the World's Fair was held in San Antonio in 1968, friends living there told us you never leave more than a 1/4 tank of gas in your car if left unattended because thieves syphon it out.
Then the locking gas cap was invented as a result, which most people thought was a disgrace, to have to put a lock on your gas tank.
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I have been in satx since 1999; now a little up north in Fair Oaks. I can not wait to leave this town. It became that bad
McQueeny gun club also has FA firearms to rent/shoot. I’m still a member there, even though I’ve not been for almost a year. No time, especially now that we moved even further North of New Braunfels
