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What didn't you like about Austin?

• 6stringmerc 11y ago
  I'll just go with a running list not in any real particular order, because each of the factors can overlap: Overly saturated music scene making it difficult to get paid, overly saturated labor market (students) making it difficult to get modest employment, terrible traffic congestion, quickly rising cost of living, and, this is the hardest to describe, an atmosphere permeating the place of superiority mixed with some of the worst customer service I have witnessed. Basically, instead of complaining about those things which I noticed over the course of a couple/few years of being there for an obligation, I left, and I'm happy I did.
  • elevenfist 11y ago
    So basically like San Francisco, except with a lower cost of living and possibly with better food
    • 6stringmerc 11y ago
      Having visited San Francisco for a good stretch, I can affirm there are some parallels. The weather in Austin is a bit more to my liking though. San Fran does have the plus of being within driving distance of ocean beaches though, and I can't claim Texas or Austin has anything equivalent.