gay families in Austin (Spring, Bastrop: houses, construction, school district)
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Nice neighbourhood, lovely homes, good schools, good food (farmers' markets, deli's, cafes, restaurants), good clubs & nightlife, plus great outdoors - beach, surf, hills, countryside? Plus fantastic arts and culture?
Sorry, but 183 is not the middle of town. 183 is in north Austin, pretty far north Austin, at that, unless you're counting Round Rock and Georgetown as Austin, which they aren't.
The river is, and always will be, the dividing line between north and south Austin. And a large portion of Austin is south of the river.
While I agree that anyone who hasn't been south of the river has no room to spout off about what Austin is or isn't, the river is not the middle of town anymore, and hasn't been in 15 years. 183 is the middle of town.
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I don't think so unless you are talking about it being a divider between east and west - looking at the map of the actual city limits, it appears just north of 45th is wear the North and South dividing line is.
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Sorry, but 183 is not the middle of town. 183 is in north Austin, pretty far north Austin, at that, unless you're counting Round Rock and Georgetown as Austin, which they aren't.
The river is, and always will be, the dividing line between north and south Austin. And a large portion of Austin is south of the river.
From a brief scan of the maps in this document http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/demograph...date_2020c.pdf, it seems like the Austin population is split about 1/3 south and 2/3 north of the river. But I think "culturally" north and south Austin will always be divided by the river, especially since downtown is right there. Also, there's always a set marker that designates the "center" of a City, and I believe Austin's is just north of Town Lake / Lady Bird Lake / Colorado River.
Not everyone is intrigued with the bar scene in Austin. Cheer up Charlies? Um no. Is sisters 2 still around? Chain drive? No thanks.
Well every indie band you mentioned looks like every band that came out of Denton, Texas or Athens, Georgia. Everybody wants to be of Montreal these days.
You brought up Gretchen Phillips. As if that is so huge. Forth Worth has Blake Wilkinson!!! Woo Hoo.
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Sonofgray - to quote Woody Allen, "don't argue with idiots, they drag you down to their level and then beat you with their experience." Artsyguy complains about Austin all the time but by his own admission, he never went south of the river, ate at Luby's and never saw any hipsters in Austin??? What gives? I am gay myself, and inclined to give my people the benefit of the doubt, but since I am not P.C., I think the people who yelled *** on whatever Austin street he claims, were wrong, they should have yelled "retard" loudly. Austin has the best LGBTQ hipster scene outside of Brooklyn. Cheer Up Charlies, Sisters 2, Gretchen Phillips, Butch County, two Roller Derby leagues, Camp-Camp, Christeene, Chain Drive, and the list goes on. Austin is one of the skinny jeans gay capitals of the universe, sometimes annoyingly so. If you are too slow-witted to find your own people . . .
Not everyone is intrigued with the bar scene in Austin. Cheer up Charlies? Um no. Is sisters 2 still around? Chain drive? No thanks.
Well every indie band you mentioned looks like every band that came out of Denton, Texas or Athens, Georgia. Everybody wants to be of Montreal these days.
You brought up Gretchen Phillips. As if that is so huge. Forth Worth has Blake Wilkinson!!! Woo Hoo.
Total B.S. Name 3 all dyke bands who are based in either Denton or Athens? You say you want a hipster LGBTQ scene. For that kind of scene, I can tell you only Brooklyn and Oakland have more going on in terms of ***** (stupid citydata and the words they don't like) counterculture than Austin. Where did roller derby start? Look it up.
While gay bars have a generic similarity in that they are gay bars, Austin is no different to anywhere else in that regard. At any time, there are a dozen or so gay commercial venues with differing vibes and clientele. There is always one country bar - used to be Rainbow, now Rusty Spurs, one leather bar - Chain Drive, one hipster, performance, anything goes bar -Cheer Up Charlie, not to be confused with the go-go boys, drag queen bar of refuge - Charlie's. One dance nightclub - Kiss 'n Fly, though many other bars have a dance-floor. A predominantly lesbian bar - used to be Sister's then Chances now Sisters 2, though everyone can go everywhere. One dive bar - used to be The Cockpit. One under 21 bar for the students - used to be Boyz Cellar - dunno know where the students are going now. Will have to ask them. 2 or more twinkieish, mainstreamish gay bars - Oil Can Harry's and Rain are the standard bearers for the moment. There's more but you get the picture. Obviously hip - hop night at Kiss'nFly is going to look and feel a little different to salsa night at Rusty Spurs. It is a not a huge scene but for a mid-sized city it is more than respectable, more racially, gender and age integrated than many gay scenes in much bigger cities, and to say that all Austin gay bars are the same, you have either only ever been to one or were not paying attention.
You don't like Austin. We get it. But that does not entitle you to make random stuff up.
I know there are a lot of postings about what areas are gay friendly, but I'm looking for the highest concentration of gays in a suburban environment, preferably with families.
My partner and I are moving there next year with our 3 kids, 2 dogs, 2 guinea pigs, and rabbit, and we are tired of being surrounded by straight people everywhere we go. We want to kiss goodbye on the front porch and not be the only ones doing it. We want to see rainbow flags everywhere.
Nothing like that in Austin, despite what some puff piece or mag article may have led you to believe. Nothing really like that in Texas.... besides maybe the Montrose gayborhood of Houston. Otherwise, sounds like you should be looking in San Fran or West Hollywood for what you want.
Never went south of the River in Austin? lol. How can someone claim to know anything about Austin if they haven't been south of the river? Pretty much with the exception of DT to UT anything North of the River is North Austin and if that is all you saw you were doing it wrong.
That is like I hear people in Austin complain that there is a lack of this or that type of culture, but when I ask there if they have been to So and so place or such and such area or whatever fest all of which are east of I-35 they say they haven't been east of I-35. Well.... then you really have no room to be making any claims.
The river cuts the city in half and someone who hasn't been south of it has missed out on half of the city. An enormously different part of the city at that. I-35 also cuts the city in half. And the differences between the east of west of that highway are huge. Not experiencing one part of it you are missing a huge part of the city.
Amen! Although I'm not sure I'd say that everything cool in Austin is south of Ladybird or east of I-35. There's plenty to do Downtown that's very Austiny. And I also don't think the Colorado bisects the city. But you are right, SoCo is where all the really kitschy cool stuff is. And East Austin's got some of the best BBQ and live music joints in the city.
Nice neighbourhood, lovely homes, good schools, good food (farmers' markets, deli's, cafes, restaurants), good clubs & nightlife, plus great outdoors - beach, surf, hills, countryside? Plus fantastic arts and culture?
And as gay-friendly as it gets?
Try Brighton, UK
Brighton's a cool city! I honestly don't know how gay-friendly it is, as I was only there for a day, but the place is pretty neat. Cool little arts district, right on the beach (nothing like California or anything but still nice), awesome boardwalk, etc. Love to go back there sometime.
Nice neighbourhood, lovely homes, good schools, good food (farmers' markets, deli's, cafes, restaurants), good clubs & nightlife, plus great outdoors - beach, surf, hills, countryside? Plus fantastic arts and culture?
And as gay-friendly as it gets?
Try Brighton, UK
OK, I'll revive this thread. I'm gay, have a partner and two children (age 4) and there is a slight possibility his job will ask him to move to Austin for a promotion. Currently we live in Denver (the city proper) in a very family and gay friendly environment with plenty of other gay couples raising kids in our neighborhood. Good schools, great neighbors, being gay is a non-issue, and we've never experienced any prejudice against our kids for having two dads. We're social and enjoy knowing all our neighbors and getting together with them.
IF we have to move to Austin, we'd be looking for something similar. I'm not looking for rainbow flags and gay bars, but just nice, accepting people and a safe place for our kids
Not sure where the job would be, but I would be working from home and he would probably work from home some. I know traffic isn't great in Austin. So where would we look for a house? We'd be looking for 5 bdr., 4 baths, great room, double garage, new or newer construction, budget of around $600K.
Not sure where the job would be, but I would be working from home and he would probably work from home some. I know traffic isn't great in Austin. So where would we look for a house? We'd be looking for 5 bdr., 4 baths, great room, double garage, new or newer construction, budget of around $600K.
You just come on down to central Austin! No one will bat an eye. Two mom and two dad families aren't a rarity in Central Austin. They are probably fairly common in the close-in burbs (Circle C, Steiner) too. Get a good realtor and you'll be fine. New construction might be a problem but look for infill construction.
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