Austin is the coolest town in America. Located on the edge of the Texas hill country, Austin is home to 7 area universities, including the University of Texas Longhorns. Austin enjoys 300 days of sunshine a year as well as 175 parks, 23 green belts, and 30 miles of hike and bike trails. It is surrounded by many lakes and rivers that offer everything from lounging waterside in a great restaurant to tubing, boating, or water skiing. Austin is an innovative, trendy, exciting city with a young and creative population. You will find many outdoor and indoor music venues, South by Southwest festival, art festivals, plus a great nightlife that creates our casual and playful nature! This is living life “Austin Style.”
Austin was selected as the no. 1 Best Big City in "Best Places to Live" by Money magazine in 2006, and the "Greenest City in America" by MSN. Also, according to CNN Headline News and travel and leisure Austin ranks #2 on the list of cities with the best people referring to the personalities and attributes of the citizens. Austin was also voted America's #1 College Town by the Travel Channel. Austin was ranked the fifth-safest city in the USA recently as well.

More reason to move to Austin, Texas

JAN 2008 - Austin tops Forbes' list of America's Fastest Growing Metros. Austin is the winner among the country's most economically healthy large metros.

JAN 2008 - Forbes ranks Austin 3rd among Best Cities for Jobs in 2008. Austin ranked No. 1 for income growth and No. 2 for employment growth.

JAN 2008 - Moviemaker Magazine - Austin is named No.1 among the Top Ten U.S. Cities to Live, Work & Make Movies. Austin has ranked among the top three cities on the list for seven consecutive years.

NOV 2007 - Austin Ranked in the Top 10 Preferred Metropolitan Areas for Job Relocation.

NOV 2007 - Austin is one of "America's Favorite Cities." Travel + Leisure and CNN Headline News named Austin one of the top 25 travel destinations in the country.

SEP 2007 - Austin firms among Fastest Growing Private Companies, according to Inc. Magazine. Austin companies led the way in a recent list of Inc. magazine's 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. Forty-one Texas businesses appear on Inc. magazine's list.

AUG 2007 - Expansion Management names Austin the City Where Business Opportunity is Greatest for Growing Companies.

AUG 2007 - Austin is America's Best City for Hispanics. Hispanic Magazine has named Austin the best city in America for Hispanics to live and work. This is the third time Austin has taken the No. 1 spot.

AUG 2007 - Austin is Number 1 for Business Vitality. Austin is the best place for business in the U.S., according to Moody's Economy.com.

AUG 2007 - Newsweek names UT one of the Hottest Schools on America.

JUL 2007 - Austin has been named a "Startup Hub" by Fast Company magazine's annual 30 Fastest Cities in the World list. Cities were selected based on three basic criteria: a culture that nurtures creative action and game-changing enterprise, innovation and energy.

JUL 2007 - Austin is third in a listing of 150 places to live in an upcoming book "How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness" by the former publisher of Forbes magazine, Rich Karlgaard.

JUN 2007 - Austin named one of the 10 Greenest Cities in America. MSN has named the 10 cities doing the most to realize a sustainable metropolis and says that Austin's energy portfolio could make it known as the ray of sunshine in the field oil pumps.

MAY 2007 - Austin named No. 2 in Best Walking Cities. Prevention magazine and the American Podiatric Medical Association names Austin the second best city in the country for fitness and walking. This is the second year in a row Austin has topped the list of American cities best suited for walking.

MAY 2007 - Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Named Best Domestic Airport. ABIA was named No. 1 as the Best Domestic Airport by the responses to a survey of passengers conducted throughout the year.

OCT 2005 - Top 100 wireless U.S. cities (Austin ranks third) - Intel


JUN 2005 - "The Top 10 Lists of Great American Music" - Austin appears on three of the lists including "great music towns," "great bigger-is-better music festivals" for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, and "sacred ground" for Threadgill's restaurant. American Way.

JUL 2005 - Tyson Cole, owner & chef of South Austin restaurant Uchi, is one of "America's 10 Best New Chefs," according to Food & Wine magazine's annual ranking

JUN 2005 - Barton Creek Resort and Spa chosen one of top 100 Golf Courses in the
World. Condé Nast Traveler

MAY 2005 - Austin joins the likes of Bermuda, Hilton Head, South Beach and Yellowstone as one of MSNBC's "Top 10 Memorial Getaways."

JUN 2004 - Barton Creek Resort & Spa earns the 29th place on Conde Nast Traveler's "Top 100 Golf Resorts in North America and the Caribbean," which marks the "best places to stay and play."


JUN 2004 - Men's Journal magazine declares its love of Austin, naming it the 5th Best Big City on "The 50 Best Places to Live" list.

JUN 2004 - Austin is the Best Large City for Relocating Families, according to The Worldwide Employee Relocation Council (ERC), Primacy Relocation, and Sperling's Best Places.

MAY 2004 - Austin again makes an appearance on Forbes magazine's "The Top 10 Places for Business" - this time ranking third.

NOV 2004 - Austin-Bergstrom International Airport lands on the USA Today "10 Great Places to Hang out during a Layover" list. The reason? The airport's "Music in the Air Program" showcases Austin talent on three stages at various times of the week.
The city proves it's a world-class destination for "fat-tire fun," when Men's Journal makes Austin's trails No. 2 on its list of the "Ten Best Fall Mountain Bike Rides."

Men's Journal's list of "50 Best Places to Live"- this time at number 35. The city also received the "Best Nightlife" accolade, beating out New York City.

JAN 2005 - Austin-based companies, Whole Foods Market, Inc. (ranked 30) and National Instruments (ranked 40) make Fortune magazine's list of "100 Best Companies to Work for."

The Travel Industry Association of America, National Business Travel Association and the Institute of Business Travel Management released a study naming Austin 21st on the "Top 25 Cities for General Business Travelers" and 18th "Top 25 Cities for Convention/Conference/Seminar Travelers." (2005)

JUL 2005 - Austin takes the number four slot on the Top Fifty Schools That Rock, detailed in Schools That Rock - The Rolling Stone College Guide Book.

JUL 2005 - Austin ranks eighth on America's Cleanest Cities list - Reader's Digest.

JUL 2005 - 25 Best Running Cities in America - Austin is 11 - Runner's World.

AUG 2005 - "Ten Greenest Cities" list. - Vegetarian Times (July/August 2005)

SEP 2005 - Austin came in sixth naming the nation's top tech hubs. Study by Silicon Valley.

SEP 2005 - Austin is among the Coolest Cities for Young Professionals - Kiplinger.com.

NOV 2005 - Top 10 Cities to be a Dog - DogFancy



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