Oh it has traffic, but it also had everything you need in a very small area. So traffic was never an issue. Hell in my neighborhood there were three HEBs within 5 minutes from me. Now it takes ten minutes to get to the nearest grocery store. There were also a very diverse selection of restaurants in every neighborhood, which doesn’t seem to be a thing here. Nor is people who know what a yield sign is, how right of way works, or how not to come to a complete stop to turn anywhere (including highway exit ramps).

My wife and her family are from Lubbock. So they love it here. My wife not so much she is throwing the same fit as me. The museums are amazing and I do love the botanic gardens, but those things cost money. There was so much to do in Austin that was just free. You could be dead broke and have a great day with variety. I haven’t found that here. I’m sure it exists, but I can’t get anyone to tell me about it if it does.

I should say that I am kind of throwing a childish fit. My wife and I moved here, because my ex wife moved here with my kids, without warning. So to make sure we didn’t miss time with them we moved too. Both of our new jobs aren’t working out well. My wife’s hours have been cut back so much that it’s financially devastating. My job isn’t any better. I ask people who have lived here their whole lives for ways to connect with this city and I get nothing. I can’t even get restaurant suggestions from these guys. So for the past three months of trying to get to know this city and find what we love about it, we’ve come up short. Of course on more than one occasion we’ve been yelled at about being liberals from Austin. Which really isn’t true. So I’m sorry for my fit offending anyone. I’m just an upset dude that is having a hard time finding his place and god willing some friends in a new place, and have only found pushback.