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Austin, Texas is all of these & more. Our flourishing metropolitan city, the 11th most populated in the United States, has somehow managed to retain the “feel” of a small town while offering both its residents & its visitors a vibrant place to live & stay. The city that can boast world-class restaurants, theaters, art galleries, shopping & golf can also celebrate its proud roots in the form of mouth-watering BBQ, spicy Tex-Mex, & cold beer nights at the rodeo. This amazing cultural dichotomy is not exclusive to either high salaried professionals or the general working-class. Doctors can be seen wearing cowboy boots at local dance halls & flip-flops aren’t frowned upon even at 5-Star establishments.
Austin residents like to stay active & they have an infinite number of ways to get moving. Nearby are natural spring-fed swimming pools, urban bike & jogging paths, river floating, rock climbing, public and private golf courses, wineries & micro-breweries, & a string of Hill Country lakes that offer excellent waters for fishing, waterskiing & pleasure boating. Night life is also a popular activity & living up to its image as “The Live Music Capital of the United States,” Austin attracts thousands of music lovers each year to a staggering number of live music venues & to its world-famous music festivals.
Listed in countless Best-Places-to-Live lists, Austin is also home to a number of award-winning elementary, middle & high schools, & the prestigious University of Texas is just one of several colleges & universities located here. Being a great place to live & work often go hand-in-hand. According to Livability.com there are 123,444 business establishments in Austin with fewer than 10 employees, which is a good indicator of local entrepreneurship. Just as impressive is the fact that numerous larger companies show high corporate trust by locating their head offices here.
Real estate investment in Austin & its surrounding communities is at an all-time high. The Austin Chamber of Commerce describes our community as “a unique blend of Southern hospitality, cosmopolitan flair, Old West charm & modern sophistication.” At the heart of this great chili pot of class & culture, is an economy that Texas Enterprise describes as “booming”. Staff writer, Jan Bucholz, of the Austin Business Journal said in a January 2014 article that “Austin’s real estate market – residential & commercial – is the talk of the country.” And in a state that’s home to three of the fastest growing cities in the US, Forbes has listed Austin as the fastest growing city in the country. Are there some growing pains? A few. But there are also incredible opportunities & our quality of living is second to none. If you have not yet made Austin, Texas your home, now is a good time to do it. There’s an old Texas saying that goes like this, “I wasn’t born in Texas…but I got here as fast as I could.”
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