Why
move to and live in Austin, Texas
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
