What's the worst thing about living in Austin? (San Antonio, Anton: food, best)

[scm53]

Originally Posted by cBach

'Tis true. And they eat at restaurants called "Hamburger Restaurant" next to car washes in suburban shopping centers.

Always the ubiquitous Buffalo Grill!

Also, not well known, is that the highest per capita number of McDonalds in Europe is in France. They love their McDo's.

[homeinatx]

My worst things:

smugness, liberal racism, no good Italian food, I35 and Mopac in rush hour, Alex Jones, Karen Aston, Kerbey Lane, the wasted opportunity that is Mueller, Circle C, the tragic state of baked goods that aren't Mexican, property taxes, frontage roads - except when I need them, Kathie Tovo, John Aelli, the Austin American Statesman, still no hardware store downtown, the canning of the Armadillos, no decent academic bookstore.

The list used to be longer but there is now decent coffee, a decent art museum, a great culinary scene, a live, work, play neighborhood . . .

[hound 109]

Originally Posted by scm53

183 in Austin thirty six years ago. Not exactly a "two lane country road".

Cool. Red Lobster is still right there. (now it's underneath the freeway)

[cBach]

I hate the traffic and the rate of growth. I also hate the NIMBY's preventing any solution to the aforementioned problems.

[Down Lo Ho]

Nothing...fine just the way it is.

[kmgb77]

Austin is the most pedestrian unfriendly city I have lived in. Even central urban have no or spotty sidewalks and pedestrian ways….very frustrating…makes for total car dependence

[newton22]

Austinites put on a smile, welcome out of towners with open arms and then turn around and hate on them behind their backs.

[riaelise]

Yes, I too am getting tired of all of the transplants thinking this is the land of milk and honey. Give me a break. I like it here just fine but damn...the gazillion "Is Austin for me?" topics..

[Danbo1957]

Originally Posted by homeinatx

My worst things:

smugness, liberal racism, no good Italian food, I35 and Mopac in rush hour, Alex Jones, Karen Aston, Kerbey Lane, the wasted opportunity that is Mueller, Circle C, the tragic state of baked goods that aren't Mexican, property taxes, frontage roads - except when I need them, Kathie Tovo, John Aelli, the Austin American Statesman, still no hardware store downtown, the canning of the Armadillos, no decent academic bookstore.

We use to despise smugness; we have always despised Dallas; too hot to eat Italian food; Kerbey Lane has always been mediocre; Texas French Bread will make you some artisan stuff; Tovo used to run the city planning commission, made plenty of friends and enemies; the Statesman used to be great until around 1980 when Cox Media went for the ad money; Breed Hardware on 29th (we could use an Ace type though, and a grocery store).

The real negative that affects everything else: Austin has simply grown in population too fast for too long (30 years of unabated growth beginning in 1983); 350,000 GMA census in 1983, now 1,350,000 in the GMA...

[Cabguy]

Originally Posted by TXEX06

So I guess in your opinion the PCH on the west coast was a terrible idea?

Town Lake is much more scenic.

PCH is A lot more scenic