Which city in California is most like Austin? (high school, live)
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Location: Central Bay Area, CA as of Jan 2010...but still a proud Texan from Houston!
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Originally Posted by Roadking2003
I've lived in Southern California and agree, earthquakes are no big deal. However, I can't handle the billions of people everywhere you go. Everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING is crowded. Gets to you after a while.
Tourists! Northern California is not so bad unless you are in SF. There are so many large and open nature places to go and explore and most tourists don't even know they exist. I find it strange that a lot of people that live here don't even know or care to explore. My co-workers have lived here all of their lives in SF and have never seen the Lakes or the beaches along Highway 1. It blows my mind actually. I find it hard to stay home and do chores since I moved here. I would rather be out in the nature hiking around, or riding my motorcycle along Highway 1, or visiting the wine country or running around SF and stopping to shop and look around Union Square...I think it would take years to explore all the things there are to do here. I have not even scratched the surface yet! Fun Fun Fun!!!
Cost of living in the Bay Area when I lived there (2007-2008) was astronomical, but you get what you pay for. I loved being so close to the ocean and would take the N-Judah out to the beach just to read, watch the waves, read, write, listen to music and waste time. I lived in Oakland but would take day trips on the train. I miss being able to hop on the train.
The weather was more to my liking. I know people don't like the microclimates and complain about wearing a scarf in July, but that's right up my alley. And how. I can't stand the heat.
Also, I experienced two earthquakes while living there and they were nothing like Loma Prieta, etc., but they were definitely a time!
I miss the Bay Area very much. I never say never. There's always a chance I'll find my way back.
Yes, the museum of art in Austin is a fairly large disappointment. I would expect more from the COA with funnelling money into a place like this especially since educated, higher end people generally frequent it. Generally speaking the city rolls out the red carpet for the rich. Is there another museum in the works?? At the new "W" hotel?? Or is that the new home for the Austin City Limits?? Cant remember.
Culture as a whole? Pretty limited in Austin. Mainly small town stuff. I mostly prefer the bay area culture, but can always downgrade a little
Wanna good museum. Nelson Adkins in KC. Surprisingly good for a midwestern city.
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It's about preferences, taste, and quality. Maybe Eepstein doesn't prefer any of the parks and museums that are in Austin. And to be honest. I think it is a cultural issue. The culture in Austin is completely different than in Dallas and North California. And I know he likes those two areas a lot. It's about culture.
Here is one bad review for Austin Museum of Art:
"don't know whether to give this place a 4 or a 1.
The first time I went into this building, years ago, I cried. Not tears of joy. I love Austin and appreciate the music scene, but I thought if this is The Austin Museum of Art - I'd expect better from rural Louisiana. The museum is tiny. The permanent collection is almost non-existent.
My problem with this place is the name. If you're going to call yourself the Austin Museum of Art, you are representing yourself as the art center of Austin, and this says really sad things about the state of art in Austin. I hate to be one of those transplant whiners, but after seeing my hometown of Boston's MFA, all the smaller museums in Boston and Cambridge , The Smithsonian museums in DC, the Art Institute of Chicago - heck even the museums of Houston and Dallas - to walk into this place was like a smack in the face.
I was mollified somewhat when the Blanton opened up and became the heart of the fine arts for Austin. I realized this museum was never meant to be that. But seriously, I think the city should sue to take its name off this place. If it called itself the Congress Street Art Space, for example, I wouldn't have such an issue with it. And the space has had some really decent exhibits, most notably the Lichtenstein exhibit. As a small art gallery, this place would get 4 stars from me. As The Austin Museum of Art - 0 stars. I split the difference and give it 2." Austin Museum of Art - Downtown - Austin, TX
Words spoken from my own heart! And once the economy turns around out there, thousands and thousands (including me and my family) will be following you.
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Originally Posted by Nomadic9460678748
Cost of living in the Bay Area when I lived there (2007-2008) was astronomical, but you get what you pay for. I loved being so close to the ocean and would take the N-Judah out to the beach just to read, watch the waves, read, write, listen to music and waste time. I lived in Oakland but would take day trips on the train. I miss being able to hop on the train.
The weather was more to my liking. I know people don't like the microclimates and complain about wearing a scarf in July, but that's right up my alley. And how. I can't stand the heat.
Also, I experienced two earthquakes while living there and they were nothing like Loma Prieta, etc., but they were definitely a time!
I miss the Bay Area very much. I never say never. There's always a chance I'll find my way back.
Most people are offering up California Beach towns as "similar" to Austin - how can that be? Austin has some very cool lakes but no beach!! (and really what is up with eepstein? ...Mr. Negativity!) Austin is very cool way more cool than Sacramento BUT in location they are similar (no beach!). In landscape and weather VERY similar. People are more friendly in Austin but people in Sac are friendlier than most Cali cities. If you can afford to live in a Cali beach city go for it and you'll probably never leave but if you want a very cool inland city Austin is the best you will find.
WRONG. Sactown is WAY cooler than Austin! In more ways than one!
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Originally Posted by DO2TX
Most people are offering up California Beach towns as "similar" to Austin - how can that be? Austin has some very cool lakes but no beach!! (and really what is up with eepstein? ...Mr. Negativity!) Austin is very cool way more cool than Sacramento BUT in location they are similar (no beach!). In landscape and weather VERY similar. People are more friendly in Austin but people in Sac are friendlier than most Cali cities. If you can afford to live in a Cali beach city go for it and you'll probably never leave but if you want a very cool inland city Austin is the best you will find.
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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Words spoken from my own heart! And once the economy turns around out there, thousands and thousands (including me and my family) will be following you.
You show how you're on crutches and how ungrateful you are to your current home for giving you an employment base. You bash where you are provided shelter?
I lived in California for 20+ years and Austin for 10 years. I don't think they are at all alike. I am a fan of both, but they don't seem similar at all.
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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I take that back eepstein, I want to review my old post the one where I asked you to list everything to do in Sacramento.
Since apparently after reading your posts, you seem like the guy who knows exactly how many people in ATX have pick up trucks on their driveways and where all the ghetto's are and the fake ethnic enclaves and stuff.
I want you to list everything there is to do in Sacramento, state your source, and then compare it to the exact number of things on this list by this poster. If you can do that, I'll give you credit for knowing what you're ranting on about.
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Originally Posted by bgrn198
You want stuff to do here there's tons to do around here
Yeah there's just nothing to do around here but 6th street LOL that's complete bull I just gave you TONS of family things to do in Austin and San Antonio.
So please, since you've got so much time to analyze the amount of pick up trucks Austinites drive, this should be a peace of cake, right?
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Northern California is not so bad unless you are in SF. There are so many large and open nature places to go and explore and most tourists don't even know they exist. I find it strange that a lot of people that live here don't even know or care to explore. My co-workers have lived here all of their lives in SF and have never seen the Lakes or the beaches along Highway 1. It blows my mind actually. I find it hard to stay home and do chores since I moved here. I would rather be out in the nature hiking around, or riding my motorcycle along Highway 1, or visiting the wine country or running around SF and stopping to shop and look around Union Square...I think it would take years to explore all the things there are to do here. I have not even scratched the surface yet! Fun Fun Fun!!!
