heyzeus wrote:How far north? Round Rock, or are you still in the City?
Austin traffic pretty well sucks, but as long as you don't have to cross the river ("lake") at rush hour you'll be fine.
still in the city...i have had a couple of people warn me on the traffic already...that big of a a deal ?
Not compared to any major city like NY, Chicago, Houston/Dallas etc. The problem here is it's a midsize city with few highways, so they're often congested. One truism is, the more you can stay off I35, the happier you will be in general.
But honestly, not that big a deal. Of it weren't for the heat and traffic/growth, Austinites would tragically have nothing to complain of.
Next year when Memphis comes to play Round Rock, you, heyzeus, arthurdent and I need to go catch a game. I've been threatening to meet up with some of you guys for a couple of years, might as well watch some baseball while we're at it.
07come11 wrote:Next year when Memphis comes to play Round Rock, you, heyzeus, arthurdent and I need to go catch a game. I've been threatening to meet up with some of you guys for a couple of years, might as well watch some baseball while we're at it.
07come11 wrote:Next year when Memphis comes to play Round Rock, you, heyzeus, arthurdent and I need to go catch a game. I've been threatening to meet up with some of you guys for a couple of years, might as well watch some baseball while we're at it.
Give yourself about 3 months before you start bemoaning all the newcomers. Wait about a year before you wax nostalgic about how weird and great Austin used to be. Eschew the corporate behemoth grocery chains in favor of corporate-owned appeals to anti-corporatism, like Central Market.
The Austin Chronicle is your guide to knowing how to toe the line between complaining about suburban sprawl, and kvetching about how downtown is becoming a concrete canyon (from which you can no longer see Town Lake, which is actually a river.) Neither of these is good; non-development and stasis is what your average 5-year resident craves most.
Seriously, it's a great city. And Central Market is actually great too, especially if you like to cook. They have an awesome selection of fresh seafood and a cafe with amazingly good tortilla soup, both of which I miss every time I visit a Kroger or SuperTarget here. Go to Barton Springs, and you might get lucky enough to see some boobs. Hippie Hollow will guarantee it, but you probably don't want to see those.
ghostrunner wrote:Give yourself about 3 months before you start bemoaning all the newcomers. Wait about a year before you wax nostalgic about how weird and great Austin used to be. Eschew the corporate behemoth grocery chains in favor of corporate-owned appeals to anti-corporatism, like Central Market.
The Austin Chronicle is your guide to knowing how to toe the line between complaining about suburban sprawl, and kvetching about how downtown is becoming a concrete canyon (from which you can no longer see Town Lake, which is actually a river.) Neither of these is good; non-development and stasis is what your average 5-year resident craves most.
Seriously, it's a great city. And Central Market is actually great too, especially if you like to cook. They have an awesome selection of fresh seafood and a cafe with amazingly good tortilla soup, both of which I miss every time I visit a Kroger or SuperTarget here. Go to Barton Springs, and you might get lucky enough to see some boobs. Hippie Hollow will guarantee it, but you probably don't want to see those.
07come11 wrote:Next year when Memphis comes to play Round Rock, you, heyzeus, arthurdent and I need to go catch a game. I've been threatening to meet up with some of you guys for a couple of years, might as well watch some baseball while we're at it.
Count me in.
It's been a while since I posted last...We found a home to settle down in Round Rock, two mins from the Dell Diamond where the Express play. Actually we can see the fireworks from the park on Fridays from our back porch...The Redbirds come to RR in June, I want it to be my first game at that park. I'm still in.
