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It looks like I may be relocating there. Not absolutely sure but wanted to see what the area is like.

What would you like to know?

Relocating to Lackland I presume?

Originally Posted by y2jrevolution Relocating to Lackland I presume?

Lackland would be my home base but I will be working out of the AF News building actually

Dont come here. It sucks. You've been warned.

It's not that bad here. Just like all other cities, there's the good areas and the bad areas. If there is anything specific you want to know just send me a pm. Good luck to you.

San Antonio is a overall good city there are alot of things you can do here.

San Antonio isn't that bad. Depends on what you're into.

i'm from SA if that counts. i'm in NY now though

Its not so bad, damn hot in the summer, though. If you're near Lackland, there's the Alamo Drafthouse for movies.

Originally Posted by PanzerNinja Its not so bad, damn hot in the summer, though. If you're near Lackland, there's the Alamo Drafthouse for movies.

Damn hot year round is more like it.

I dunno, I don't think it's as bad as a lot of people make it out to be. The music scene is pretty dismal, but Austin is only an hour and a half away so it's not that big of a deal. If you're into movies there's decent number of theatres, plus we finally have outlets for those of us who are into the niche arthouse junk. The heat can be a bitch(where the hell did winter go this year?) but we don't have to deal with bullshit like shoveling our driveways and driving in the snow. My biggest gripe I guess is that there's seemingly always some inconvenient road construction going on but aside from that traffic isn't too bad compared to other big cities.

As far as shopping goes, it's OK. We're missing a lot of stuff(Fry's?) but it's getting better and I get into a lot of CAG deals without issue(I guess there's not too many active CAGs around here yet?). The only problem is occasionally asshole FatWallet/SD'ers will catch wind of something and take advantage of it but that's pretty seldom(In fact, the only issues I've had are with the Circuit City Summer '04 sale and with tracking down a 360 for the holidays).

Kinda OT, anyone check out the new Best Buy locations that opened over the weekend? I checked out the City Base store on Friday and I have to say I'm pretty dissapointed. At first I was pretty thrilled considering that I've been wanting a BBY on this side of town for a while but it's way too small IMO. Maybe it's becaue there were a ton of people, but I figured the store is at least half as small as the Ingram/San Pedro locations, if not more. Not sure if it's because of space issues or if BBY is trying something new, but the DVD/Game aisles(I assume it applies for CDs too) are really cramped and setup diagonally so it's kinda weird. It's still good for me though since I don't have to drive all the way to Ingram anymore so it's not too bad. Anyone check out the La Cantera location?

I was actually at The Shops at La Cantera today but did not hit up Best Buy.

The heat shouldn't bug me since I have been in Louisiana and baghdad in the summer. How is the housing apartment market?

Apartments are pretty cheap (some starting in about $600 a month).

La Cantera is for rich people, so I wouldn't even bother looking for a deal there. Dont expect to find any "hidden gems" when the deals start, because all the good games are usually long gone before they go on clearance. The only good thing is that there are a lot of stupid people here, which works to your advantage when there's deals like the last CC sale.

san antonio is awesome. i'm from there but i'm at college right now. the secret to san antonio is thrift stores and pawn shops. I find some awesome deals there. also gamecrazies are awesme there too. great place, i get most of my awesome finds there. including lunar 1 +2 complete and i get most of my nes collection from there.

Originally Posted by 6669 Apartments are pretty cheap (some starting in about $600 a month). La Cantera is for rich people, so I wouldn't even bother looking for a deal there. Dont expect to find any "hidden gems" when the deals start, because all the good games are usually long gone before they go on clearance. The only good thing is that there are a lot of stupid people here, which works to your advantage when there's deals like the last CC sale.

You can get some pretty good deals in the medical center area, which is a great area. You could get something there easily for less than 600 with your military discount.

Originally Posted by doodle777_98 san antonio is awesome. i'm from there but i'm at college right now. the secret to san antonio is thrift stores and pawn shops. I find some awesome deals there. also gamecrazies are awesme there too. great place, i get most of my awesome finds there. including lunar 1 +2 complete and i get most of my nes collection from there.

Man I will be near my fiorst game crazy is there a Hastings in the area too?

No Hastings, but gamecrazy and gamerush stores are a plenty

Don't forget the low cost of living here as compared to other large cities. Apartments aren't too bad but housing prices have been climbing in the past 5 years.

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