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Austin, A State of Mind

If you asked Austinites what is special aboutA little West is an area known as Barton
their city, you would get a potpourri ofHills. Zilker Metropolitan Park is Austin's
answers. For those who like live music,most beloved park and is located here. It
Austin calls itself the "Live Music Capitalconsists of 351 acres and offers a variety of
of the World. There is more live music hererecreational opportunities and family events.
than in New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago. InBarton Springs pool is a natural spring fed
early spring, musicians and independent filmpool with a year round temperature of 68
makers come from all over the world to be adegrees. It also contains the Zilker
part of South by Southwest Music and FilmBotanical Gardens and Austin Nature and
Festival. The festival has gainedScience Center. Every spring kids of all ages
international attention and is a fun place togather for the Zilker Park Kite Festival.
see new talent as well as seasonedZilker Park also has a miniature train ride
performers. Even if you miss getting a badgeand canoe rentals. There are also many hiking
to the fifty stages for live musictrails throughout the park. In the summer,
performances, you can still be part of thethe Zilker Hillside Theater hosts concerts
fun by walking around the downtown area andranging from Jazz to Country. Also, it is the
hearing the music wafting from the differentsite of the Zilker Summer Musical and
clubs.Shakespeare in the Park. Pack a picnic dinner
and bring a blanket to sit on the hillside
Austin is also known as "Silicon Hills"and  enjoy  the  show.
because of the many major technology
corporations that have located here. Many newThe Downtown District stretches from the
residents have moved here because of the jobTexas State Capitol to the Congress Avenue
opportunities associated with these high-techbridge. Each evening from March through
companies.November, you can watch a million Mexican
free-tailed bats emerge from beneath the
New arrivals to Austin have fun exploring thebridge. It's quite the social event every
different areas of town. Just south of theevening. You can watch from the Four Seasons
River is called SoCo for South Congress. ItHotel or Shoreline Grill or join the crowd on
is an eclectic collection of antique andand  under  the  bridge.
artsy shops and places to eat and listen to
music. It's not unusual to see bumperAustin has a couple of campaigns, one for
stickers that promote 'Keep Austin Weird' insupporting local businesses and the other for
this part of town. The residents consist ofkeeping Austin beautiful. Don't be caught
politicians, old hippies, cowboys, bubbas,throwing your trash on these streets. They
and tekkies. They all seem to get along justmean it here when they say 'Don't Mess with
fine.Texas.' Believe me when I tell you that it
will cost you if you get caught.



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