[Jdawgboy]

Expensive by Texas standards but we really are still pretty cheap when compared to other cities especially on the east and west coasts.

Austin will be unique among the Texas cities with regards to density and ultimately height because we are growing in a different way now. We have to because we don't have multiple interstates and 2 or 3 loops encircling the city nor do we have the room to ever build anything like that. None of the other big 3 will end up being compact and dense the way Austin will eventually be because they are already spread out and they have highrise clusters outside of their DTs. As Austin continues build up the core over the next 20 years, there will be a huge difference in how Austin looks compared to the other cities.