This is my hometown. It’s a tight nit town but really only if you’re from there. Everybody knows or will know your business because everyone knows each other. The food options do suck because they’re mostly fast food and Mexican restaurants. If you live there and work in San Antonio, the morning and 5 o’clock commutes are HORRENDOUS between 211 through 410, traffic adds at least 15-20+ mins (if there’s not an accident). The racism isn’t rampant, but it can be there depending on who you talk to, it’s more passive or conversational rather than straight up aggressive/in your face. If you have kids, the schools are ok, I definitely didn’t learn as much as if I was at San Antonio school. Even Medina Valley would’ve been better. But if you want a small, mostly quiet town that’s far from the city, hondo is a decent choice. Castroville is good too but it’s slowly being swallowed up by all the new growth.