Monday, February 22, 2010

the best indication of a great city

is clearly its population of urban bats.

read this and tell me austin doesn't sound like the best place in america/the world.

Austin Is:

#1 Greenest City in America, MSN City Guides (2007)

#2 Friendliest People in "America's Favorite Cities," Travel+Leisure (2008)

#2 Best Place to Live, Men’s Journal (2006)

#2 for Live Music/Bands in "America’s Favorite Cities," Travel + Leisure (2008)

#2 Eco-Friendly Community, Natural Home Magazine (2007)

#2 Best Place to Live, Money Magazine (2006)

#3 Best City for Recent College Graduates, Forbes (2008)

#3 Cleanliness "America's Favorite Cities," Travel+Leisure (2008)

#3 Best Looking People in "America's Favorite Cities," Travel+Leisure (2008)

#5 Safest Big City, Morgan Quitno's 10th Annual Safest/Most Dangerous City Awards (2006)

#5 Best City in America for Couples, Forbes (2008)

#6 Best City to Live, Work and Play, Kiplinger's Personal Finance (2008)

Top 5 City for Young Singles, Kiplinger's Personal Finance (2007)

Top 10 City for Hispanics, Hispanic Magazine (2008)

Top 10 Best City for Young Professionals, Forbes (2008)

Among Hottest Entrepreneurial Regions in the Country, Inc. Magazine (2007)


Outdoors

172 city parks

30 miles of urban hike-and-bike trails along scenic Town Lake and Barton Springs

9 wilderness areas

300 annual days of sunshine

Mild winter climate and year-round outdoor recreation

North America's largest urban bat population—1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats

7 comments:

  1. omg do you know i might be moving to austin?!?!?!?!?!

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  2. what?! tell me more i want to move there too.

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  3. im going in a couple weeks to check it out (i've never been before) and if it's good, i'll probably move there in the fall you should come!!!!!!

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  4. plus i think farrah farley lives there/near there so duh you have to come

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  5. yes i'm applying to schoolio there and i also haven't ever been but it sounds so perfect so i was going to take a trip sometime soon to explore. or wait to see if i get into school there and then take a trip. well now that i know farrah is there that pretty much seals the deal. see you there!!!! wait- will wiley go to austin? will you have a job in austin?

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  6. yeah wiley will go and i get to keep my job so if you need me to support you financially i can pretty much do that not really but i'll try come on please it will be so much fun!

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  7. yeah ok. let's just go already. its literally awesome i can't even wait 3 more minutes.

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