re: Guide to Austin: Texas being fantastic hosts

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Austin has become a crime ridden crap hole. Watch your wallets bama fans...

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I think you can say that about most huge metro's, especially the downtown areas.

If you get out of downtown, it's pretty nice... and this is coming from somebody who has tried to avoid Austin at all costs most of his life.

Until a few weekends ago, I had never in my adult life stayed in the area. Though driving the hills can get annoying for someone used to driving flat areas (Live in southern DFW), it really is beautiful down there.

Don't get me wrong, I could never live there with the traffic and politics of the city/people, but I won't continue to avoid visiting every now and then.