COMMENT BY
Ordinary American from Madison, AL
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Madison, AL
COMMENT
Highly Over Rated City
Just like the title says, Austin is highly over rated. Because it has been on so many best places to live lists, it has become very very crowded. Traffic is a nightmare and it is HOT. Very very HOT there. Austin does have a few gems and nice places to visit, but I just couldn't get past the heat and traffic. Austin is in central TX so I felt like I was so far away from the rest of the United States. I know a lot of people love Austin, and perhaps I would have liked it more maybe 20 years ago, before it was "discovered", but as is, right now, it just wasn't for me.