I have to agree. Food in Austin is really mediocre, and it pains me every time someone happily announces they found the "best" restaurant in town. Went to Seatt

I have to agree. Food in Austin is really mediocre, and it pains me every time someone happily announces they found the "best" restaurant in town. Went to Seattle a few months ago and it is just so much better. Same with the weather. Too hot and humid most of the year, and recently we have been having really cold winters. But the thing that gets me is what to _do_ here. Whatever half good thing you want to go, is already crowded or sucks or both, and there are not many in town anyway. Children really don't have many options here either. Hell, I grew up in a smaller town, and we had a science museum and an aquarium there. I guess that Austin is just a college town trying to be a tech hub, which fits somehow if you are in your late 20s and early 30s. For the rest of us, it's just another city with plenty of jobs.