We are all the time getting quizzed about why so many folks love Austin and want to move here.  What's the Big Deal? Here is part -2- .....

• According to “Dog Fancy” Austin is one of the Top 10 Cities to Be a Dog, November 2005 / you gotta love that!
• Austin ranks 8th of America's Cleanest Cities by Reader's Digest, July 2005
• Austin ranks 10th in the Top 10 Healthiest Cities in America by Sterling’s BestPlaces.com, July 2006
• Austin ranks 11th in the 25 Best Running Cities in America poll by Runners World, July 2005
• Austin makes the cut as one of 50 Fabulous Gay-Friendly Places to Live by Gregory A. Kompes, December 2005 / not that there is anything wrong with that!
• Austin ranks 2nd on Vegetarian Times' Ten Greenest Cities list, July/August 2005
• Polstar names Austin City Limits Music Festival the "Festival of the Year"
during its annual Concert Industry Awards, February 2006
 
• American Way magazine features "The Top 10 Lists of Great American Music" and Austin appears on three of the   lists including "great music towns," "great bigger-is-better music festivals" for the Austin City Limits Music Festival and "sacred ground" for Threadgills restaurant, June 2005
 
• Austin ranks 6th in a study by Silicon Valley naming the nation's Top Tech Hubs. The study compared business and quality\of-life issues, claiming Austin has affordable housing, electricity and state taxes, September 2005
 
• Austin is among the Coolest Cities for Young Professionals according to Kiplinger.com, September 2005
• Austin ranks 1st among U.S. cities in the fourth annual Mayors Challenge rankings of the Best Cities for Future Business Locations by Management magazine
 
• Each year, Intel ranks the Top 100 U.S. Cities and Regions with the Greatest Number of Commercial and Public Wireless Internet Access Points and Austin ranks third, October 2006
 
• Austin ranks 3rd in a list of America's Most Innovative Cities by the Wall Street
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