Austin has been experiencing unprecedented growth more or less since the 1970s, but especially since the 1990s. The population has more than doubled since then, while housing prices and the cost of living continue to rise.
One of the most interesting things about visiting places around Texas is simply thinking about the area’s past. Most of Texas was once covered by a shallow ocean, then populated by dinosaurs. At some point, volcanic activity took over, as plates shifted. Somewhere down the line, man came.
It’s no secret that bicycling is good for a person and good for the community. Bicycling prevents obesity, pollution and the costs that go along with one-person-one-car commuting. To encourage more Austinites to become cyclists, the city is celebrating Bike Month in May.
The last time the Austin Land Development Code was rewritten was in 1984; the population was 392,000.
When Rich Garza returned to his native Austin in 2005 to do event marketing for a Latin promotional company, he noticed something missing from the Live Music Capital of the World.
The days have gotten longer and warmer, encouraging us all to spend our free time outdoors biking, swimming, running, rowing and hiking. Sometimes we don’t have time to get out of the city or just want to do something for a few hours close to home.
As I recently walked on the sidewalk down Burnet Road, about a mile from my house, several cars passed me; I noticed one driven by a man who was clearly looking down at his cell phone.
