Austin vs Berlijn

First of all I want to address the two other reviews on here. The one saying the "gun violence is too high" has clearly never lived anywhere else. Austin I believe is one of the safest cities in the country. I don't think any neighborhood in the city is a "no go" though you might run into more trouble in Riverside or North Lamar or Stassney. I've lived a few different places and Austin really does not have ghettos. No public housing at all, to my knowledge, only some Section 8/Voucher. Secondly the guy who said "Pros: Everything, Cons: Nothing" is...not correct. Anyway, Austin is a fun place to visit. Your enjoyment of the city will depend heavily on what you do and how comfortable you are driving everywhere. To live an urban lifestyle, you're pretty much going to need to be a programmer. Not much wiggle room on that. For true affordability, you're going to have to live way out in Williamson County or WAY down south and put up with Austin traffic. I would compare it to Atlanta just on a smaller scale. Summers are *hot.* If you're from a humid area and think "Oh it's a dry heat" you're in for a rude awakening. We have just enough humidity mixed in with the raw heat to make it pretty miserable. Don't really have much in the way of seasons. No real fall colors. Almost never snows. The last 2 years have been freak events and then it ends up icing and snowing TOO MUCH and half the city loses power. It maybe snowed an inch every 5 years when I was growing up there. Just FYI, Austin hasn't been weird since the death of Lesli over 10 years ago. It's become way more gentrified and yuppie (or DINK, I guess is the new term). It's really not weird hardly at all anymore. It reminds me more of Seattle South, with more sun but no mountains and ocean. Hope this helps.

Austin has 3 really problematic issue 1. Lack of public transportation. Less walkability. Everything is far. 3. Homeless issue. 4. Very expensive.