COMMENT BY
steve from El Paso, TX
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
El Paso, TX
COMMENT
Don't believe the hype
I lived there for 22 years and left a year and a half ago. The people that live there have ruined it. Austin is no longer weird AT ALL. The weirdness has been replaced by hipsters and transplants who think that Austin is the greatest place on the planet and their attitudes enforce that. Meaning they all think they are special for living there. They are also very self centered.-I have heard this from people who used to live there and from people just visiting as well. Good luck making friends or finding a significant other there. Not only are people very picky socially about who they hang out with. If you live on the opposite side of town it's too much trouble to fight traffic to get across town.-Which I totally get because traffic is so bad. However, I don't get how clicky people are there in regards to who they associate with. I really wish things were different there. I love the beauty of Central Texas and everything there is to do there. I fought the good fight for a very long time thinking I could push past Austin's problems. I should have left decades sooner. I do not see Austin's problems getting any better either. The Austin marketing machine keeps the mindless (generally speaking) people there thinking it's the greatest place ever. The city continues to get companies to move there without improving the already horrible infrastructure to support all the people that will move there to get those jobs. If anyone reading this is considering moving there. Do your research and make sure if you watch videos online (for example) for more info about Austin/Central Texas that they don't gloss over the negative or positive of living in central Texas. With that being said. I concentrated on the bad. Here's some good. Lots of good places to eat and a variety of cultural food. Circuit of the Americas, College football. Major league soccer, Professional Hockey SXSW, ACL, tons of parks and outdoor things to do. Lots of live music and festivals. More bars than you can count. Not that far from other major cities. Places to fish, hunt and hike. Good luck!