As a top real estate team in Austin we are often asked by relocation clients to share with them about our city....
Named after Stephen F. Austin—the Father of Texas—Austin is an eclectic city combining down-home charm with bustling vitality. Austin, the state's capital, boasts an impressive resume: 2nd Best Big City in "Best Places to Live" by Money magazine, the "Greenest City in America" by MSN, the 2nd-fastest growing city in the U.S., a Top 25 -Fitest City according to Men's Fitness magazine and the nation's best-read city.
According to the demographer for Austin, the 2005 population estimate was 690,252. The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area with a population of 1.5 million.
Austin is also called the "Live Music Capital of the World," highlighted by the annual South By Southwest (SXSW) festival in March—a week-long event featuring hundreds of diverse bands. In addition Austin continues to make a national splash in the film industry with the very well received "Austin Film Festival". As for dining, Austin is said to have more restaurants per capita than any other U.S. city. Popular attractions include the 220-acre Wild Basin Preserve, the popular McKinney Falls State Park, and Mt. Bonnell, which overlooks Lake Austin. Dubbed "The Silicon Hills," Austin is a high tech mecca thanks to Dell Computer, IBM, Motorola, AMD, Freescale and other companies. The city is also home to the University of Texas, Concordia University, St Edwards University, and Austin Community College.
Keeping it Weird.....Over the years, many Austinites have also adopted the unofficial slogan "Keep Austin Weird"; this refers partly to the eclectic and progressive lifestyle of many Austin residents, but is also the slogan for a campaign to preserve smaller local businesses and resist excessive commercialization.
Call us anytime....we are always happy to "Talk Austin".
