Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Are You Or Have You Considered Paying The Austin, Texas A Visit?
Have you been to Austin, TX? Are you or have you considered paying the city a visit? If Austin is not even remotely familiar to you, then you’ve come to the right place on the web. Austin, TX is a large city in the state of Texas. It is the capital city of the state of Texas. However, any high school geography class could tell you that.Texas itself is huge , which is perhaps, where the phrase “Don’t Mess with Texas” came from. In fact, the state of Texas is the second largest state in the U.S by both physical mass and population numbers.
Austin, TX itself sits in Travis County. Austin, TX is ranked the 35th largest city in the United States of America by population numbers. The climate of Travis County is humid and subtropical characterized by hot summers and mild winters. The hottest recorded temperature was 112 degrees fahrenheit in the year 2000, during the month of September. A terribly hot day of the month it was, indeed.
Austin has become known for its left-leaning politics in what is normally considered a mostly conservative populous. In fact, this is often referred to in jest by those of more conservative leanings by calling the city by the name of “The People’s Republic of Austin”, entertainingly enough.
High-tech is the name of the game in Austin, TX. Austin is known as a hub for both the tech and defense industry sectors, which is largely fueled by the technical training programs of the University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, Austin is considered a hub for pharmaceutical and bio-tech companies. There are about 85 companies from the biotech and pharma industry in Austin, TX.
A popular local motto in Austin is “Keep Austin Weird.” You may see this printed on stickers and on t-shirts. The “weird” part Austinites are referring to are the arts! …and Austin’s well-known love of music.Perhaps it is a combination of all of these things that helped Austin, TX arrive at 2nd place in the 2006 “Best Places to Live” list compiled by Money(the mag). Austin’s music and night life center around the nightclubs on 6th street and the film/music/interactive festival that has become popular in the area known as South by Southwest (SXSW), which occurs annually.
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