What makes Austin better then Houston or Dallas? (San Antonio, Fort Worth: university, tornado)

[ChrisInAustin]

I was bored to tears with this post after the first sentence.

Originally Posted by artsyguy

Austin has an extremely communist feel when compared to other Texas cities. It's very bland, slow, and very controlled by the big organizations in the city. If you like Hill country then you should live next to San Antonio.

Houston isn't a dump. It has beautiful forests, shopping centers galore, art, theater, parades, beautiful enormous skyline of skyscrapers, and some average beaches. If there is a bad smell it is probably closer to the beach.

Dallas is everything Austin wishes it could be. It's a huge progressive city. Everybody does their own thing. There are several arts districts, huge arts community, major upscale shopping, sports teams, night-life, libraries galore, major corporations galore, zoos, some nice nature areas, and the major universities don't try to control the city like in Austin. I found far more southern hospitality in Dallas than in snooty old dilapidated Austin.

[artsyguy]

Austin doesn't come across as libertarian. You do have Alex Jones and Jack Blood.....but I'm not sure many people in Austin <big government town> are into the true libertarian movement. lol.
BBQ, bats, and college football is "average American" not libertarian. And remember democrat-rats and republicans love their BBQ, tattoos, and college football too.

Originally Posted by homeinatx

I dunno know what Austin is besides its own event, but maybe a smaller, more libertarian Seattle, without the mountains or great seafood, but with sunshine and great BBQ. San Antonio and Fort Worth are good cities too. Being TX cities they have a lot in common, but they all have their own personalities too. Traffic is very bad in Houston and Dallas, and on certain stretches of highway in Austin and San Antonio too. So make a trip to check them all out, or most sensibly just move to the one where you have gainful employment! My personal ranking order ( for the cities, not the suburbs) would be inner loop Houston, central Austin, San Antonio inside 410 and then Fort Worth. Good luck in working this all out!

[artsyguy]

It is your loss that you are missing out on such greatness that is Dallas and Houston.

Originally Posted by ChrisInAustin

I was bored to tears with this post after the first sentence.

[ChrisInAustin]

I've lived in Manhattan. Sometimes greatness is overrated, sometimes it's overstated, and sometimes at any given moment it just doesn't fit the bill. And sometimes "dilapidated" is the best thing since sliced bread. Just ask any hipster living in Bushwick.

[artsyguy]

lol hey some people love communism where everyone does what is typical of their stereotypical group mind and behavior set. Do you think I care about hipsters in Austin? I don't because they are all probably the same, think the same, say the same things, eat the same foods, dress the same way, complain the same way, etc. You meet one you've met everyone in town. Too boring for me.

Originally Posted by ChrisInAustin

I've lived in Manhattan. Sometimes greatness is overrated, sometimes it's overstated, and sometimes at any given moment it just doesn't fit the bill. And sometimes "dilapidated" is the best thing since sliced bread. Just ask any hipster living in Bushwick.

Thanks for letting my sarcasm slide.

[wpmeads]

OK, I've lived in Austin, lived in the Hill Country, and now I live in Houston and I've had several friends from and Dallas and Fort Worth and I was also born in Dallas. Austin and Houston are both very different towns for very different people IMO but if your open minded, BOTH cities offer just as many great and unique aspects that you can't find anywhere else in Texas. Dallas, I've never really been all that impressed by. Honestly, I've always thought Fort Worth was a much more desirable town then Dallas. Also, I've always thought San Antonio was just as, if not more, intriguing of a town as any other Texas city.

So to answer the OP, it depends on what your looking for in a city.

[artsyguy]

San Antonio is a fantastic town.

Originally Posted by wpmeads

Also, I've always thought San Antonio was just as, if not more, intriguing of a town as any other Texas city.

So to answer the OP, it depends on what your looking for in a city.

[wpmeads]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

San Antonio is a fantastic town.

yeah, I've yet to meet someone who hates SA.

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I just didn't like Houston when I visited. Although nice, it was too massively sprawling, not pretty, and not as refined as Dallas. A bit rough around the edges.

Austin, while it tries to be progressive is just not diverse enough to be considered cosmopolitan. Dallas wins hands down.

[hoffdano]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

Houston and Dallas are enormous. There will be a lot more to do in both cities. I got bored to tears with Austin after about 6 weeks.

Based on your previous posts - it seems you may have spent two weeks in Austin.

I have lived here 25 years. Not bored yet.