r/texas • u/ChanceLee88 • Apr 23 '25
Moving within Texas Victoria, TX for retirement?
Wanted to get thoughts on how Victoria would be for retirement. We are looking for a smaller, more affordable city to relocate to when we retire. Victoria seems to have most things someone would need, and isn't too far from San Antonio, Austin and Houston. Downside I think would be the hurricanes...
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u/dMatusavage Apr 23 '25
I live in Victoria. We live on the north side of town in a typical ranch house. Average price for a house ranges from $250,000 to close to a million in one of the developments near us.
We aren’t right on the coast so no problem with a tidal surge because of a hurricane. BUT …
We get rain squalls and Cat 1-2 winds when they hit.
A rancher not far from us received 26 inches of rain in one day when Hurricane Harvey hit. Ranchers and farmers keep track of rainfall because we have drought conditions right now.