A favorite feature of the weekly sessions: child care. Over the years, the workshop has been held at different locations with different instructors and different curricula, but always the same goal: to provide a nurturing environment for writers who happen to be mothers and a forum for discussing and writing about issues surrounding motherhood.Īnd you don't have to be a published author to take part mothers of all levels of experience are invited. The YMCA brain child that has brought fiction, poetry and memoir workshops to the Valley for almost a decade also offers a writing class designed for moms, taught by moms. When it comes to the 29.8 percent of San Antonio renters plotting relocation to another metro area, the top destinations are Austin, 18.2 percent Dallas, 10.1 percent and Houston, 8.1 percent.Having trouble finding inspiration with Barney blaring in the den? Sick of Kool-Aid-sticky computer keys? Junior been using your journal as a coloring book?
The top drivers of that traffic are Austin, 31.7 percent Houston, 19.8 percent and Dallas, 8 percent. The top destinations for renters looking to move out of the Austin metro area are San Antonio, 30 percent Dallas, 7.5 percent and Corpus Christi, 7.3 percent.Īs for the San Antonio area, a whopping 44 percent of apartment searches are from outside the region. “We have seen this dynamic play out in local rent prices, where over the last 18 months these cities experienced dramatic rent declines followed by similarly dramatic rent rebounds as residents cycle in and out of the rental market,” Apartment List says.Īccording to the report, Austin’s top sources of outside-the-metro renters are Houston, 22 percent Dallas, 12.6 percent and San Antonio, 9.7 percent. Two other tech hubs - San Jose, California, and Raleigh, North Carolina - also fall into the “revolving door” category.Īpartment List suggests Austin, San Jose, and Raleigh are experiencing the “revolving door” phenomenon because all three boast high shares of workers in remote-friendly jobs. Among the 50 major metros featured, Austin ranks sixth for the share of searches from renters looking to move to a different metro (47 percent) and seventh for the share of searches from outside-the-metro renters seeking to head to Austin (45.2 percent). To the west of Houston, the Apartment List classifies Austin as a “revolving door” for renters based on high turnover. The report shows 24.5 percent of renters looking for a place to live in Houston are searching from outside the metro area, and 31.3 percent of Houston renters are pondering a move to a different metro area. As for Houston renters eyeing other metro areas, the top three destinations are Dallas, 12.7 percent Austin, 12.3 percent and San Antonio, 11.1 percent. In the Houston area, the top sources for outside-the-area renters are Dallas, 13.8 percent Austin, 4.6 percent and Atlanta, 4.1 percent. “All of these shifts have the potential to accelerate migration as renters reconsider how their current living arrangements align with their housing preferences, their work arrangements, and their financial standing,” Apartment List says. The report is based on Apartment List searches that occurred between July 1 and September 30.Īpartment List says debates around the country over rent control, zoning, eviction bans, and other matters affecting renters could result in even more renters moving around. In all, 34.7 percent of apartment hunters living in the Dallas area are looking to move away from the metro area, and 24.5 percent of those seeking somewhere to live in Dallas are searching from outside the metro area. In other words, I-45, the main artery between Dallas and Houston, very well could earn the nickname “the U-Haul Corridor.” That’s followed by Austin (4.6 percent) and San Antonio (3.1 percent). Meanwhile, among outside-the-metro renters searching for an apartment in Dallas, 13.3 percent are from Houston, making it Big D’s No. Apartment List says 6.5 percent of Dallas renters hunting for an apartment outside the metro area are searching in Houston, followed by Tulsa (4.9 percent) and Oklahoma City (4.6 percent). In a new report from Apartment List, Houston ranks as the most popular destination for Dallas renters looking to move somewhere else. There’s a very logical reason why you might be spotting more moving trucks on I-45 these days.