[migol24]

Don't get me wrong. It's better than nothing. But for the most part, there is really nothing culturally significant about it. Even the towers there look more like suburb towers.

I've taken friends there from San Francisco, Chicago, etc and they scoff at the idea that it gets called anything as a downtown. It looks like a shopping mall. Feels like a shopping mall.

I highly suggest everyone here to take the bus there and see how it feels walking there. For it to be a "downtown" it does a very poor job providing for pedestrians. People that drive there do not yield to pedestrians. It's a haven for suburbanites who rather not make the drive to downtown.

There's a few things there I do appreciate. The coffee shops... and a few restaurants. Thats it.

Even the people that work at Houndstooth have said the same about the Domain. There's nothing even remotely that speaks to the culture of Austin.

But sure, yeah... to each their own. Just call it for what it is.