Community Description

Unlike any other place in Texas, Austin is a diverse and fascinating city. Casual and friendly yet sophisticated, relaxed yet teeming with energy and activity, traditional yet hip and on the cutting edge. Austin is a difficult place to categorize, but a great place to live!

Austin is surrounded by wooded hills, lakes, and rivers. An outdoor recreational mecca, biking, hiking, and jogging trails wind through the city and nearby parks. Sailing, water skiing, windsurfing, and boating are enjoyed in Austin's clearwater lakes. And of course there are plenty of golf courses and tennis courts to be found!

Known as the "Silicon Hills", Austin hosts a burgeoning high-tech industry - which rocketed the city to the top of Fortune Magazine's 1998 list of Best Cities for Business. Fueled by the it's entrepreneurial spirit and the presence of the University of Texas, Austin has attracted many high-tech firms. In 1989 there were 177 software companies. Today, there are over 600.

Austin Texas Real Estate and Relocation Austin has been on the receiving end of much praise and attention during the past few years. Touted as one America's best places to live, Austin does much to live up to it's highly acclaimed reputation.

The capital of Texas since 1845, Austin is home to the University of Texas with approximately 50,000 students. It is the most educated and best read city of it's size in the U.S. and one of the most computer literate.

Known as the "Live Music Capital of the World", you can find anything from country to opera pouring out of Austin's 100+ clubs, performance halls, and outdoor stages any night of the year. In addition, Austin is one of only 14 U.S. cities that hosts it's own opera, ballet, and theater companies.

Austin's beautification process was begun years ago by Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of the late President Lyndon B. Johnson. She helped to create a native plant sanctuary and a 28 mile hiking and biking trail along the shores of Town Lake at the southern edge of downtown Austin.

150 miles of sparkling lakes and rivers flow from the 32,000 square mile Texas Hill Country into the heart of Austin. You will not find any tumbleweed in this city named after the "Father of Texas", Stephen F. Austin.

Austin is a mecca for musicians, writers, executives, outdoor enthusiasts, environmentally conscious people, and just plain folk! There is a vibrancy and aliveness in the air here that is second to none. You will be pleasantly surprised by all that Austin has to offer.

All this and a pleasant, friendly, invigorating lifestyle, make Austin a great place to live! Let me help you find the home of your dreams so that you can settle back, relax, and enjoy all that Austin, Texas has to offer! Request your FREE Relocation Package today!

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