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Old 05-16-2010, 01:31 PM
 
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Well when I asked people what there was to do I got this list: Alamo draft house (I went and was not enthralled), bats under a bridge (never went), SXSW and ACL festival (not into those bands or expensive festivals), shopping (It was pretty good), dog and duck pub (ho-hum), down-town bars (ho-hum but lively none-the-less), restaurants (ho-hum but good Tex-Mex), gay pride parade (ho-hom), The Blanton (never went but I wanted too), small art galleries (ho-hum), Churches (too strange), Public libraries (average), The Capitol (didn't bother wasting time there), the people of Austin (too weird), University of Texas (boring and weird), sports events (not into football/kickball/dodge-ball), Barton springs pool (looks beautiful but was warned to not go in the water lol) and sight-seeing around the hills (that was pretty fun).

I had never heard of the arts/crafts/antique scene on south congress until after I moved. Cathedral of junk looks oddly hilarious. I wish I saw that in person.


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The events in Austin are hardly a secret! Now, they aren't literally spoonfed to you - you do have to look in, say, the Statesman or the Chronicle or the Daily Texan, say, or talk to people about what's going on or read the banners over the streets or SOMETHING to find out what's going on around you. With the internet, you don't even have to do that - google is your friend.

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Old 05-16-2010, 01:35 PM
 
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Cathedral of junk in Austin:
YouTube - Austin's Cathedral of Junk
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Old 05-16-2010, 01:44 PM
 
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Lake Travis is probably the prettiest area of Austin.
YouTube - Lake Travis - Austin, Tx

This is what Austin looks like in general. It's really flat and dreary for the most part:


YouTube - Driving through Austin, TX
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Old 05-16-2010, 05:39 PM
 
Location: Central Texas
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Well, like I said, you have to actually go out and look - at least as far as checking the newspapers and radio stations and banners, which talk about what's going on in Austin pretty much non-stop. But if you were only visiting, maybe you didn't have time to do that.
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Old 05-16-2010, 07:49 PM
 
Location: Morgantown, WV
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I'll say this much...being from SWPA/WV and having spent my entire life in and around the Appalachian Mountains, Austin and the Hill Country seemed so ridiculously similar to parts of West Virginia and definately Pittsburgh. The "hills" around Austin aren't quite as big and of course there are regional differences, but wow did I ever feel at home and fell in love with the scenery. Dallas definately does NOT touch Austin at all in terms of natural beauty, greenery, etc. You really can't compare the two...yes Austin doesn't sit in the heart of the Hill Country, but it's literally right on the cusp of it and about a 5 minute drive to Mt. Bonnell. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I sure as hell didn't see anything like this when I visited Dallas:

YouTube - Lake Travis Scenic Roads Austin,TX
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Old 05-17-2010, 02:27 AM
 
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That's a beautiful drive into Lake Travis. But that isn't the road that the majority of people will take to go to work or to the university. A lot of Austin is concrete and flatness.

You are right. Dallas doesn't have anything like that. The slice of hill country in Dallas is smaller but it is still interesting.

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You really can't compare the two...yes Austin doesn't sit in the heart of the Hill Country, but it's literally right on the cusp of it and about a 5 minute drive to Mt. Bonnell. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I sure as hell didn't see anything like this when I visited Dallas:

YouTube - Lake Travis Scenic Roads Austin,TX
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Old 05-17-2010, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Broomfield, CO
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What I really cant understand is how that something as unimpressive as the TX hillbilly country could POSSIBLY be something that covers up Austin's MASSIVE shortcomings in other areas. Again, most cities in this country have hills and trees (more than Austin has) and very few of them make a big deal about it. Why does anyone care that Dallas has a "smaller hillbilly country" that makes it close to the hillbilly country of Austin. Folks, hills and trees DONT make the city. Dallas could be the flattest, most treeless place on earth, but it will ALWAYS be superior to Austin because its a REAL CITY that doesn't lack basic services for its residents. I just cant understand how some hills and trees make ANY difference.

BTW, for those who think there aren't any trees in Dallas, the MAY be true in north Plano and Frisco, but north Dallas proper has more giant mature oak trees than Austin could EVER hope to have.


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That's a beautiful drive into Lake Travis. But that isn't the road that the majority of people will take to go to work or to the university. A lot of Austin is concrete and flatness.

You are right. Dallas doesn't have anything like that. The slice of hill country in Dallas is smaller but it is still interesting.
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Old 05-17-2010, 12:03 PM
 
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What I really cant understand is how that something as unimpressive as the TX hillbilly country could POSSIBLY be something that covers up Austin's MASSIVE shortcomings in other areas. Again, most cities in this country have hills and trees (more than Austin has) and very few of them make a big deal about it. Why does anyone care that Dallas has a "smaller hillbilly country" that makes it close to the hillbilly country of Austin. Folks, hills and trees DONT make the city. Dallas could be the flattest, most treeless place on earth, but it will ALWAYS be superior to Austin because its a REAL CITY that doesn't lack basic services for its residents. I just cant understand how some hills and trees make ANY difference.

BTW, for those who think there aren't any trees in Dallas, the MAY be true in north Plano and Frisco, but north Dallas proper has more giant mature oak trees than Austin could EVER hope to have.
I totally agree wit this post.
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Old 05-18-2010, 09:07 AM
 
Location: Round Rock, Tx
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but it will ALWAYS be superior to Austin because its a REAL CITY that doesn't lack basic services for its residents.
Just curious, but what basic services does Austin lack? I'd really like to hear another person's perspective because I grew up in Tokyo, and I LOVE Nyc, so you can imagine the culture shock I've experienced since living in Austin. I've adjusted, but I'm still a city girl at heart. I've been conflicted about staying in Austin, but now that I'm married, raising a family and building another house, I feel like I'm tied to Austin. I often find myself justifying my stay, though.
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Old 05-18-2010, 10:23 AM
 
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Just curious, but what basic services does Austin lack? I'd really like to hear another person's perspective because I grew up in Tokyo, and I LOVE Nyc, so you can imagine the culture shock I've experienced since living in Austin. I've adjusted, but I'm still a city girl at heart. I've been conflicted about staying in Austin, but now that I'm married, raising a family and building another house, I feel like I'm tied to Austin. I often find myself justifying my stay, though.
Dallas and Austin are similar in some ways, but if you are a city girl I think you would like Dallas a little better.As far as basic services,Its not that Austn lacks for the size of the city , but in Dallas you would have more of it. Its really just a matter of scale.Austin is the size of Oak Cliff, which is a neighborhood in Dallas so everything that Dallas offers would probably be on a more grander scale and more quality than Austin.U could use this theory for every comparison and category between the two.
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