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Originally Posted by Ex-Ithacan
I would never have thought Austin is that hilly. Good stuff. I did wonder about the 3rd pic though. Looks like an imitation of a Mosque. Wassup?
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What's interesting is that so many visitors who stay downtown or on I-35 don't get to see the scenery on the west side, and they leave having no idea what they missed. I'm not from here, and after my first visit years ago, I immediately pulled up roots and moved here as fast as I could. Unfortunately, most of us don't get to live in the beautiful part of the city. We have to settle for sightseeing and drives to the lake to see west side. But that's not so bad, really.
What the aerials don't show is the horrendous traffic nightmares in this area. I saw in the paper about a year ago that we have the worst traffic congestion of any mid-sized city in the country. I don't know who did the study, but I can believe the results. And I guess all of us who moved here for the "good life" created the problem!