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motorblade wrote:

> All that being true....I'd still rather be in Austin.

I lived there for 20 years.  I like both cities, but I concluded that
Austin is geared more for folks under 30.  I really like the nightlife
choices here in Houston, especially the range of choices.  Austin
probably has more bands playing on a given night, but if you get rid of
the folk acts and the alt rock bands with two guitarists and a drummer,
what's left?  ;-)

> Number of seats in theatre district does not say anything about what
> kind or range of theatre experience you are offered

Houston's theater scene is impressive.  You've got the big productions
downtown, and a lot of smaller, creative shows happening all over town.
Austin's got a darned good alternative theater scene, but I remember a
lack of high-end productions.

> I couldn't afford  the fancy restaurants in houston anyways so thats
> immaterial to me

Houston's range of superb restaurants goes from the very high end down
to dirt-cheap.  IMO, that's one area where Houston beats Austin hands
down.

> The sprawl of the city bother me

Same with Austin at this point.  Last time I was there I stayed up in
Round Rock... I can't get over how that area has grown since the 90's.
It reminded me of the Dallas 'burbs; generic to the extreme.

78704 is still wonderfully weird, of course.  But Houston inside the
loop is still pretty much the same, too.

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