- Adrian Grenier spoke about permanently moving to Texas in Austin Life Magazine's June issue.
- The actor said he relocated from Los Angeles to a farm 45 minutes outside of Austin one year ago.
- "Austin is cosmopolitan without being snooty; it's earthy," Grenier said.
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Adrian Grenier spoke about the reasoning behind his permanent move from California to Texas in Austin Life Magazine's June issue.
The 44-year-old actor, best known for his role as Vincent Chase on HBO's hit show "Entourage," said he first bought a property in Austin five years ago and immediately took a liking to the city's culture.
"I had friends here, I ran a business here, and liked the pace. Austin is cosmopolitan without being snooty; it's earthy," Grenier said. "People are smart and successful but they don't flaunt it. There is nothing to prove, people accept you and it felt good right away."
One year ago, the New York native made the leap and relocated full-time to a farm in Bastrop, a city that sits 45 minutes outside of the capital. Grenier told the magazine that he's already planted a fruit forest and plans to eventually build a wildlife sanctuary on the property.
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After living in Los Angeles for years and being involved in environmental activism (he co-founded impact investing company DuContra Ventures and a non-profit organization called Lonely Whale), Grenier said he felt separated from the causes he advocated for.
"I have been doing environmental work for the last 20 years. I've started organizations and run non-profits, all designed to tell people to live more in line with nature — and yet, I wasn't living that way," he said.
Grenier continued, "I was still living everywhere, in the process of accumulating, getting things and stuff, fancying myself a mini mogul of anything and everything. I reached the apex of that promise — if you work hard, you become famous, then you make a lot of money... but it was lackluster at the top."
Eventually, Grenier committed and "Marie Kondo'd" his life, saying he "had to deal with some personal things" he previously avoided. He and his girlfriend, an acupuncture student named Jordan Roemmele, purchased a home outside of Austin soon thereafter.
"Nature will tell you things eventually have to come down to earth, and I found myself in a stage of my life where I had to change," he said.
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Despite his departure to the countryside, the actor said he doesn't regret his time living in big cities, calling those years "a f--- load of fun" and "amazing while it lasted." Still, he said he doesn't have any yearning to return to the previous chapter of his life.
"I don't miss anything about that world. Listen, if you go on Instagram long enough, you're going to find some FOMO somewhere, but everyone is just pretending they're living their best life," he said. "Ultimately, I know that I am, so I don't even tell anybody about it."
Since the final season of "Entourage" wrapped in 2011, Grenier has appeared in a variety of projects including the 2015 "Entourage" movie, the 2016 film "Trash Fire," and the 2016 movie "Marauders." The actor and activist was also named a United Nations Environment Goodwill Ambassador during World Environment Day in 2017.
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