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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw this online.  He comes off as rude and dim, in part because he's trying to make a buck by writing about his failure to think about a big move.  [b]That said, I don't like Austin and would never live there.  I don't get what people like about it.  
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- Bay Area native who likes NOVA pretty well.[/quote]

Kind of hijacking the thread, but I'd be really interested to hear your reasons why - and I don't mean that in a rude way at all. I am from TX, lived in Austin for about a year after college (mid-'90's) and have the option to move back. Went there for a weekend - relocation would be to northwest Austin. I kind of hated it/hated that area and am really reconsidering. [/quote]

NP, we lived for years in downtown Austin. How far northwest in Austin? I agree can be a pretty bland area. That said, most folks I know who worked up there lived closer to downtown. I'll leave it to the Austin hater to give you their perspective, but happy to answer any other questions. We loved the city, will likely move back when life permits. [/quote]

183 and Spicewood Springs/Anderson Mill.

I definitely knew it would be different than living in Hyde Park in the mid-'90's (where I lived) but I was not prepared for the vast housing tracts with absolutely no retail/grocery store/doctor's office/coffee, etc. within a 10-20 minute drive out of the housing area to the 183 feeder road. I live in a NoVa suburb with its share of strip malls, but it's easy and quick to get to all of the places I listed above. Not to mention we actually have a center of town and can go to things there. Just to get to downtown Austin on a weekend night was a 30 minute drive with no traffic. It sucked. And living more central is a no go with the housing prices being what they are, not to mention the daily traffic.  [/quote]

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