Characterize each neighborhood (Austin, Waco, Round Rock: home, live, zip code)

[cBach]

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

https://www.mapsofaustin.com/downtown-austin-map

Eeek. That’s the problem. I think JT and I have identified quite a few of the actual neighborhoods that you’ve lumped together. There is also Georgian acres that is north of 183 and south of rundberg bordered by Burnet (I think) and 35. It’s very similar to others, low-mid income with several pockets of recent immigrants and more second-third generation Latinos and new families.

I feel like a lot of Austin residents fail to identify the diversity of many of the neighborhoods in the city by lumping them together. This is no fault of your own and by no means bad, but this thread, if done right, could be a great opportunity to explore some of the neighborhoods in the city that get overlooked or lumped together. I mean, look at all those lil areas the "Riverside" and "East Austin" area actually entail. GOvalle, south shore, actual "east" Austin, etc, All of these have amazing stories and histories that once you get into the neighborhood you find out about. The article I posted earlier about Windsor Park was very enlightening and I know many of the neighborhoods in the city have amazing histories just as my neighborhood does as well.





Link to goo maps of the whole city

I understand there are many many more neighborhoods but like the saying goes "see the forest through the trees". It would be virtually impossible and take a full day to describe every neighborhood and kind of takes the fun out of it.

One person combined Steiner, Riverplace, and Lakeway and I can tell you Lakeway is nothing like Steiner but I still enjoyed the analogy.

[cBach]

Originally Posted by RunninJT

North Lamar - Smelly ethnic grocery stores

Yea. Kinda.

It's the only Muslim area and there's Chinatown. The housing stock is mainly ranches and very diverse for sure. There are Indians there as well for that person asking...

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by cBach

I understand there are many many more neighborhoods but like the saying goes "see the forest through the trees". It would be virtually impossible and take a full day to describe every neighborhood and kind of takes the fun out of it.

One person combined Steiner, Riverplace, and Lakeway and I can tell you Lakeway is nothing like Steiner but I still enjoyed the analogy.

Yep. I understand. And hopefully some people may jump in with some more expanded opinions on other "lumped together" areas. Fwiw, many of those "Rundberg" areas are very similar in the demographics and general reputation/stereotype. However, to get a full understanding of Austin you gotta dig a bit deeper. I'd love to hear about the smaller neighborhoods in the areas where others live. I don't know much about the more affluent areas in Austin as I would, say in my hometown of San Antonio.

[RunninJT]

Originally Posted by cBach

It's the only Muslim area and there's Chinatown. .

Oh I was agreeing with you, politely. Sure as hell don't smell like HeB . But this area is the only place to get a decent kebab in town thats for sure. As for Chinatown MT market, well the wafting perfume of the seafood market in the back can take the wind out of the uninitiated....but I go there every week for supplies.

If its one thing I would miss out of this part of town its the amount of truely amazing hole in the wall eateries that most of Austin will never see. Not just the cabrito taco trucks either, we got everything from Banh Mi's to Gyros all within a couple blocks. Cheap and good, some language barriers to overcome but nothing major.

[JT-3]

One thing I really like here is the architectural variety of the different neighborhoods. We really have it all, from Modernist white boxes to MCM to Craftsman to Tuscany style. You don't find this in many parts of the country. My favorite areas for a variety of reasons have been Cherrywood, Agave, Windsor Park, Pemberton Heights, Travis Heights east & west, Emerald Forest, Northwest Hills, and around Hancock/Crestview has some interesting fairytale looking homes.

This list changes somewhat year to year, and can be debated forever, but for any newcomers it's a terrific start towards understanding any characterization.
The 20 Best Austin Neighborhoods - Austin Monthly - July 2017 - Austin, TX

[cBach]

Originally Posted by JT-3

One thing I really like here is the architectural variety of the different neighborhoods. We really have it all, from Modernist white boxes to MCM to Craftsman to Tuscany style. You don't find this in many parts of the country. My favorite areas for a variety of reasons have been Cherrywood, Agave, Windsor Park, Pemberton Heights, Travis Heights east & west, Emerald Forest, Northwest Hills, and around Hancock/Crestview has some interesting fairytale looking homes.

This list changes somewhat year to year, and can be debated forever, but for any newcomers it's a terrific start towards understanding any characterization.
The 20 Best Austin Neighborhoods - Austin Monthly - July 2017 - Austin, TX

In the spirit of this thread, can you list each neighborhood and the main type of houses for those that are uninitiated?

[Mrs.JT]

Originally Posted by RunninJT

Well it starts at Rundberg. Bordered by Rundberg, I35, Dessau (Cameron turns into Dessau there) and east Braker. Mobile home park south of Rundberg, low income houses and apartments to the south, progressively more expensive houses as you go each block to the north. We have a lovely duck pond (now considered an official protected park) regularly stocked with fish. Lots and lots of retirees.

Sorry to hijack this thread, but does this include the Rundberg/Lamar intersection? If so, do you know what happened to the Rundberg Running Man? Are you him? LOL He was on the news a couple of times in the past years, and I've seen his Youtube videos. My son and my nephews became obsessed with him, and we always drive through there to honk and wave at him when my nephews are in town visiting. The last two times I drove by, he wasn't there. This kind of made me sad. LOL Is he still around??

[RunninJT]

Originally Posted by Mrs.JT

Sorry to hijack this thread, but does this include the Rundberg/Lamar intersection? If so, do you know what happened to the Rundberg Running Man? Are you him? LOL He was on the news a couple of times in the past years, and I've seen his Youtube videos. My son and my nephews became obsessed with him, and we always drive through there to honk and wave at him when my nephews are in town visiting. The last two times I drove by, he wasn't there. This kind of made me sad. LOL Is he still around??

Rundberg and Lamar is more Georgian Acres than Windsor. Strange how all these blocks around here have their own names. I drive to the HEB there at Rundberg and Lamar weekly and he's there, almost every time I drive by. Not always dancing, sometimes just talking to people.

Was always worried that the weird died with Leslie, but there are pockets of weird left here and there, but much rarer to find.

Am I who? If I danced that much I would be dead in an hour.

[Mrs.JT]

Originally Posted by RunninJT

Rundberg and Lamar is more Georgian Acres than Windsor. Strange how all these blocks around here have their own names. I drive to the HEB there at Rundberg and Lamar weekly and he's there, almost every time I drive by. Not always dancing, sometimes just talking to people.

Was always worried that the weird died with Leslie, but there are pockets of weird left here and there, but much rarer to find.

Am I who? If I danced that much I would be dead in an hour.

"RunninJT"...."Rundberg Running Man?" ...LOL...I kid, I kid.


I've seen him dancing, singing and talking to people. I don't see him run anymore, though. He used to run down the sidewalk, disappear and reappear later. I never knew how far or where he ran to? I drove by there twice in the past couple of months, and he wasn't there either time. Any other time, he was always there, so I was a bit worried. But if you've seen him recently, then he's good.

[10scoachrick]

On the other hand, places like Steiner and Avery Ranch(among others) will have homes of some age(15 years for AR, older than that for Steiner) as well as scores of new builds and homes from the $200s to well over $700K...making it pretty tough to characterize the "neighborhood" with one stroke of the keyboard. Never mind that AR has 4000 homes and would likely be just as tough to describe as it would be to pigeonhole a small city of 10,000 residents.

Doesn't mean it's not fun to stereotype