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Reasons why we love Austin, Texas!Not ordinary by any stretch of the imagination, Austin is a city with a heart and a soul. Whether you are visiting or a full-time resident, be prepared for experiences you'll find only in Austin. Cosmopolitan with a thriving cultural scene and vibrant nightlife, yet unpretentious--trade your suits for something a bit more casual. High-tech, yet still low-key. Austin is the fifth largest city in the South (a metropolitan population of more than 1.5 million, and among the fastest growing cities in the U.S.), yet still retains the college town atmosphere.Residents of Austin are known as "Austinites," and include a mix of university professors, students, politicians, lobbyists, musicians, state employees, high-tech workers, blue-collar workers, and white-collar workers. The city is home to enough large sites of major technology corporations to have earned it the nickname "Silicon Hills." Austin's official slogan promotes the city as "The Live Music Capital of the World", a reference to its status as home to many musicians and music venues.[1] In recent years, many Austinites have also adopted the unofficial slogan "Keep Austin Weird"; this refers partly to the eclectic and progressive lifestyle of many Austin residents, but is also the slogan for a campaign to preserve smaller local businesses and resist excessive commercialization. Austin Texas is situated on the Colorado River and has 3 lakes created by dams within its city limits: Town Lake, Lake Austin, & Lake Travis. The eastern section of Austin is relatively flat, but the western section & suburbs consist of rolling hills at the beginning of Texas Hill Country. The hills to the west are mostly limestone rock. A great point of interest in Austin is Mount Bonnell - about 780 feet above sea level and a great place to stop and overlook Lake Austin, which is approximately 200 feet below its summit. Nearby Cat Mountain also offers some fantastic views from the neighborhood streets that wind up & down its face.
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