On the move in Austin!
Written by Moveforfree on March 22, 2010 – 2:15 pm -Last week I was “on the move” in Austin, I thought I would recap a bit for you all!
Austin is one Unique city! I suppose that’s why their official slogan is “Keep Austin Weird.” That slogan was actually created for a campaign to preserve small local businesses and resist excessive corporatization. (via wikipedia.org)
But Austin is also Texas’s state capitol. The actual capitol building is the largest, but not the tallest state capitol building in the United States. Although I did get kinda dizzy looking down from the top floor.
Looking up at the dome from the ground floor.
Austin has a lot of really cool apartments. If you are a student at UT and are looking to move off campus, there are A LOT of apartments near the university that are perfect for students!
I also shot a quick video while I was in Austin. Did you know Austin is also known as “The live music capitol of the world”?
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Houston… facts and figures
Written by Moveforfree on March 11, 2010 – 2:30 pm -If you have lived in Houston for over 40 years or just moved there, there still may be some facts that you may not have known about this great city. (All information is from http://www.houstontx.gov/abouthouston/houstonfacts.html)
- Houston is the forth most populous city; right behind New York city, LA and Chicago.
- It covers over 8,500 square miles, just slightly smaller than the state of New Jersey.
- If Houston were an independent nation, it would rank as the world’s 30th largest economy
- Houston has a Theater District second only to New York City with its concentration of seats in one geographic area. Located downtown, the 17-block Theater District is home to eight performing arts organizations with more than 12,000 seats.
- Houston is home to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The largest rodeo in the world, it attracts more than 1.8 million visitors each year.
- More than 90 languages are spoken throughout the Houston area.
- Houston boasts more than 40 colleges, university and institutions – offering higher education options to suit all interests.
- Houston is home to the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world, with a local economic impact of $10 billion. More than 52,000 people work within its facilities, which encompass 21 million square feet. Altogether 4.8 million patients visit them each year.
- Houston’s economy has a broad industrial base in the energy, aeronautics, and technology industries: only New York City is home to more Fortune 500 headquarters.
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