Reply #27: Thanks for the tips [View All]

[ihavenobias]

Everyone has been incredibly friendly. Then again, this is a skewed sample considering I'm at DU and most people who bother to answer will be friendly, right? :)

We will clearly be checking out many of those places, especially since Cheryl is a vegetarian (I assume I mentioned that which is you mentioned those places). And honestly, I was never a big carnivore to begin with, so often times I opt for the veggie option anyway and we end up splitting entrees so that appetizers and desserts are more affordable (that and our stomachs don't explode).

With regard to the public transportation, I posted this is another thread but here it is again (my coworker's TX friend wrote this):

"The old airport is interesting. It has historically been pretty bad over there but it is being gentrified and it might turn out nice. It probably is not that expensive since it is not gentrified yet. As for public transit, I don't know anything about a commuter rail but a light rail is opening later this year but only service to NW Austin at that time. It is coming to SE Austin next year I think."

But other DUers have not necessarily agreed with this assessment, and you didn't seem to confident about the SE light rail. As for grossly overdeveloped places, it seems like any place worth living ends up in that situation. People from Phoenix (a place we've considered) say it's getting more and more congested. We considered SoCal (WAY too expensive) and that's much, much more crowded than Austin could ever be, or so it seems.

PS---Any good Mediterranean restaurants? And suggestions for animal lovers? We're already planning a trip to the Austin Zoo/animal sanctuary. We're probably scrapping the trip to the San Antonio Zoo because of the 3 hours round trip of driving, not to mention gas and time spent.